Course Description

Course Value $1,000 AUD

Managing Director Seaways Consultants Pty Ltd

Arie Nygh

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Rope Husbandry

    • Lecturer: Robert Underhill

    • Introduction

    • Tow Line Register

    • Towline Safety Factor

    • Spare Emergency Towlines

    • Inspection of Working Lines

    • Counting Tow Jobs

    • Replacement of Towlines

    • Grommets and Pendants

    • Messenger Lines

    • Mooring Lines For Berthing Tugs

    • Anti-Chaffing Practices

    • Stretch Factors In Towlines

    • Length of Towline Used

    • Use of Cow Hitches

    • Minimum Breaking Load

    • Failure of a Towline in Service

    • Visual Inspection Guidelines

    • Factors Affecting Rope Life

    • Retirement of Towlines

    • Inspection Checklist

    • Double Strop Bend

    • TN Bend
  • 2

    Tug Master Communications

    • Lecturer: Ross Nicholls

    • Establishing Communications Protocols

    • Establishing a Standard Communications Vocabulary

    • Standardaising Communications for Routine Operations

    • Communications for Mooring/Unmooring

    • Communicating With A Pilot

    • Communicating With a Pilot: Making Fast/Letting go a Tow

    • Communications During a Ship Manoeuvre

    • Addressing Communications Problems
  • 3

    Barge Operations

    • Introduction

    • Hipped Up

    • Butting Up

    • Choosing Deck Lines

    • Stern Towing

    • Stern Tow to Hipped Up and Vice Versa

    • Test: Barge Operations
  • 4

    Safe Operations

    • Introduction

    • Crew: Training and Familiarisation

    • Crew: Fit For Work

    • Crew: Fatigue

    • Vessel: Fit For Purpose - Design

    • Vessel: Equipment

    • Operations: Observance of Good Seamanship

    • Operations

    • Operations: Communication

    • Operations: Interaction and Deck Safety

    • Further Reading

    • Test Safe Operations
  • 5

    Tug Stability

    • Introduction

    • Heeling Forces Towing Over the Stern

    • Stability Curve

    • Causes of Changes in Stability

    • Test: Tug Stability
  • 6

    Hydrodynamic Interation Between Tugs and Ships

    • Introduction

    • Contiguous boundary zones

    • Tugs working in close proximity to the vessel

    • Complex pressure zone astern of the vessel

    • Manoeuvring Tugs In Close Proximity To Ships

    • Non Standard Harbour Towage Operations

    • Operating Near the Ship’s Stern

    • Diagrammatic Representations of Tug and Ship Interaction

    • Test: Hydrodynamic Interaction Between Tugs and Ships
  • 7

    Incident Reporting

    • Lecturer: Alan Loynd

    • Introduction

    • Escort Towing

    • Working Under the Bow

    • Criminalisation

    • Guidelines

    • Case Studies

    • Afterword
  • 8

    Winch Types and Controls

    • Lecturer: Grant Smeding

    • Introduction

    • Winch Drive Types

    • General

    • Common Winch Functions

    • Safety Features

    • Summary

    • Test Winch Types and Controls
  • 9

    Towline Friction and its Consequences

    • Introduction

    • Explanation friction and friction coefficient

    • Forces working on a towing tug

    • Towline friction coefficients

    • Friction and its consequences

    • Further consequences of using Dyneema towlines

    • Peak loads on tugs without render-recovery winches

    • Conclusions and Recommendations
  • 10

    Operating Controllable Pitch Propellers (CPP) in Kort Nozzles

    • Introduction

    • Understanding Controllable Pitch Propellers (CPP)

    • Advantages and Disadvantages of CPP

    • CPP operating within a Kort Nozzle

    • Types of Ducts

    • Case Study

    • Quiz
  • 11

    Ship's Deck Fittings Utilised for Towage

    • Introduction

    • Background

    • Design and Construction Standards of Ship's Bitts and Fairleads

    • Summary of System Loads and Strength Requirements

    • Investigation Revelations

    • Findings Pertaining to Ship's Bitts and Leads

    • General Design Strength Principal of Deck Fittings

    • Towline Angles

    • Quiz