STCW Basic Safety Training case studies
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STCW - the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers - was adopted on 7 July 1978 and entered into force on 28 April 1984. It has been amended many times since, including in 1995, when the STCW Conference adopted the STCW Code, and in 2010, through the Manila Amendments. The STCW Basic Safety Training case studies are 5 cases and about 3,190 words.
1Engine-room fire with a missing crew member: CO2 release decision
At 0412 on a 6,000 TEU container ship in the North Atlantic, the engine-room fire detection system alarms. The crew musters: 21 of 22 are accounted for; the oiler on the 0400–0800 watch is missing.
705 words, about 4 min2Rest-hour breach during a 36-hour port call
The chief officer on a 25,000 DWT bulk carrier is in port for 36 hours. Cargo operations run continuously.
601 words, about 3 min3Passenger mustering with a blocked station and non-English speakers
A ro-ro passenger ferry with 1,200 passengers and 80 crew is 2 hours from port when a fire breaks out in the galley. Muster station 3 is filling with smoke and cannot be used; 45 passengers, including 6 wheelchair users, are directed there by a crew member.
606 words, about 3 min4DSC distress alert with no follow-up voice message
While on watch in GMDSS Sea Area A2, the radio operator receives a DSC distress alert on VHF Ch 70 from a nearby fishing vessel about 12 nautical miles away. The alert is not followed by a distress message on Ch 16.
585 words, about 3 min5Engine-room flooding: isolate, pump, or evacuate?
During the 0400–0800 engine-room watch, the bilge high-level alarm sounds on a 12-year-old bulk carrier. The duty engineer finds water rising in the engine room from a fractured sea-water cooling pipe.
693 words, about 3 min