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Master’s Guides
Our loss prevention team has written and published a unique series of Master’s Guides. Each one focuses on how to achieve best practice in key areas of shipboard operations.
The guides were created by harnessing the professional knowledge of the former seafaring members of our loss prevention team, combined with input from relevant industry experts.
The aim of the guides is to provide practical and technical advice that will serve to eliminate claims deriving from common errors and mistakes during routine shipboard operations.
Free to download
The guides make excellent training manuals and are free to download and use:
A Master's Guide to Fire Safety on Ferries, 2021
The purpose of this guide is to promote best practice in fire safety, and to raise awareness of fire risks in general and fire risk on ferries in particular.
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1 Introduction
2 Basic advice
3 Basic fire science
4 Fire safety and ferry construction
5 Firefighting equipment and its use
6 Emergency preparedness
7 The human element
8 Accident investigation
9 Dos and don’ts checklist
10 Appendix 1: Case studies
11 Appendix 2: SOLAS chapter II-2, fire safety 36requirements on ship construction – fire protection, detection and extinction
12 Appendix 3: IMO Circulars
A Master's Guide to Hatch Cover Maintenance, 2021
The purpose of this guide is to explain the key issues of hatch cover security and to steer mariners towards active maintenance. Ensuring hatch covers are well maintained reduces the number and cost of cargo wet damage claims.
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1 Introduction
2 Hatch covers and their function
3 Types of hatch covers
4 Basic advice
5 Common false beliefs about hatch covers
6 Leakage problems
7 Use of sealing tape and foam fillers
8 Leak detection tests
9 Monitoring and inspection
10 Maintenance and repair
11 Heavy weather precautions
12 Safety when working with hatch covers
13 Appendix 1 – Procedures to open and close hatch covers
14 Appendix 2 – Hatch cover inspection checklist
15 Appendix 3 – Hatch cover operation checklist
16 Appendix 4 – Sample form for ultrasonic weathertightness test of hatch covers