Introduction to Container Ship Operations and Onboard Safety

 

Alexander Arnfinn Olsen is a training solutions architect for a global maritime engineering company and Senior Consultant at RINA Consulting Defence, UK. He is STCW II 1995 qualified and has also worked as a marine training designer, marine auditor and fisheries observer. His other books with Routledge include Introduction to Container Ship Operations and Onboard Safety, Maritime Cargo Operations and Merchant Ship Types.

Part I. The Merchant Mercantile

1. Introducing the Merchant Mercantile

2. Officer Training and Professional Development

3. Ranks, Roles and Responsibilities

4. Health and Safety

5. Container and RORO Ships

6. Maritime Regulatory Framework

Part II. Principles of Ship Architecture and Engineering

7. Basic Container Ship Architecture

8. Primary Ship Engineering Systems

9. Auxiliary Ship Engineering Systems

10. Principles of Ship Stability

Part III. Ship Operations

11. Deck Operations

12. Engine Room Operations

13. Bridge Operations

14. Passage Planning and Navigation

15. Stowaways, Piracy and Drug Trafficking

Part IV. Cargo Operations

16. Hague-Visby Rules and Bills of Lading

17. Dangerous Cargoes

18. Container Specifications

19. Container Planning, Handling, Stowing and Lashing

Part V. Maritime Emergencies

20. Maritime Emergencies and Incidents

21. Ship Fires, Firefighting Systems and Firefighter Equipment

22. Emergency Distress Equipment and Signals

23. Lifesaving Appliances

24. Abandoning Ship

"This book will provide the reader with an entry level introduction to some of the key themes of living and working onboard a commercial ship. It touches on a vast array of subjects, all of which are designed to ‘open the door’ for the reader, who may then go on to read more technically advanced texts."

-- Hossein Enshaei, Australian Maritime College