Use of Hand steering

 Hand steering 

Vessel must be on Hand steering under  following navigational conditions: 

1. When operating in areas of heavy traffic 
2. During all river, canal and estuarial transits 
3.  During all approaches to and departures from ports, terminals or anchorages 
4. During all berthing, un-berthing and anchor handling operations 
5. Ship-to-ship (STS} operations 
6. Whenever the ship's ability to maneuver is restricted by shoals or shallow waters 
7. When in Traffic Separation Schemes (TSS}, safety fairways and any anchorage ground within 12 nm from the Base Line of any coastal state. 
8. When within 3nm from any shore 
9. When engaged in underway transfer of personnel or stores to or from a launch 
10.  When engaged in Search and Rescue operations 

In addition, consideration shall be given for engaging hand steering in the following conditions: 

1.  When operating in reduced visibility. 
2.  When navigating in heavy weather 
3. For any large alterations of course as defined in the Master's Standing Orders. 
4. In case of navigation equipment failure 
5.  When steaming at slow speed 

Additional steering gear motor should be engaged to improve response time. 

Other useful blogs

1. Emergency-generator
2. CO2 System
3. Checklist-for-handing-over-taking-over-of-second-mate
4. Pipeline-and-valves
5. Initial-certificate
6. Calibration-of-ship-equipment
7. Breathing-air-compressor
8. Meteorology-phase-1
   
9. Letter-of-protest
10. Cargo-document
11. Working-aloft-permit
12. Hot-work-permit-and-precautions
13. Enclose-space-entry-procedure
    
14. Emergency-shut-down-button
    
15. Initial-certificate
16. Calibration-of-ship-equipment
17. Breathing-air-compressor
    
18. Log-book
    
19. Bunkering-plan-and-precautions
    
20. Passage-planning
    
21. Inert-gas
    
22. Critical-spare
    
23. Handing-over-taking-over-Chief-mate
    
24. Handing-over-taking-over-of-Master
    
25. Plans and Manuals
    
26. P and I clubs
    
27. Classification-societies
    
28. Marpol annex 5
29. Ballast water management- exchange
30. Marpol  ammendment 2020
31. Marpol  ammendment 2021
32. Marpol  ammendment 2022
33. Marpol ammendment 2023
34. Cargo document
35. Contents of procedure and arrangements manual
36. Tanker statement of fact
37. Tanker definations
38. Notice of readiness
39. Sopep
40. Drill
41. Stowage-plan-and-loadable
42. Work-rest-hour
43. Alcohol-testing-is-done-onboard
44. Duties-and-responsibilities-of-deck-cadets
45. Bill of lading
46. Emergency-towing-arrangement
47. Content-of-wheel-house-poster
48. Member-States-of-the-Prominent- MOU -on PSC
49. Triangle-permanently-marked-at-midship-on-some-ships
50. Guidelines-for-handling-high-viscous-molasses
51. Content-of-contract-of-employment
52. Master VIQ checklist
53. Iamsar
54. Brake-rendering-testing
55. Ships certificates
56. Hand-steering
57. Air draft
58. Ecdis
59. GP Rating course
60. Ship Pyrotechnics
61. Oil-spill-preparedness
62. Maritime-security

#merchant navy #shipping #mariner #sailors #india #singapore # tanker #cargo #enclosespace #gasdetection #safety #navigation #ecdis #alarms #bridge equipment #gprating #gp rating #maritimeinstitute #handingovertakingover #master #chiefmate #education @mariner #awareness #maritimeinstitute #russia #crew #telegramchannel #maritimestudies #indianmarititmeuniversity #imo @sailors  #internationalmaritimeorganisation #philipines #china #emergencyshutdown #esd #cargo #portpapers #greece #usa @shipcrew @imo @maritime #mechanicalengineer #marineengineer #emergencygenerator #emergencyequipment