It is my pleasure to hand over the vessel to your good care, with the following brief notes for your information and guidance.Hope these notes assist you in getting you familiarized with the vessel. These notes are divided in to various sections in an order which may be convenient for you to go through. Items of a general nature which are a normal practice of good seamanship may not reflect in these notes and are understood to be followed as a general practice. All information is not contained herein and a complete set will be handed over to you upon your arrival.Vessel's operation and performance / maintenance status - deck / bridge equip. dk. mc. including crane / accommodation. Inspection status - ballast tanks , fresh water tanks , void spacesZonal maintenance on board wrt paintingDeck stores / spares / paints / tools /maintenance equipment / sopep inventory. Pls mention store area wise.Status of mooring ropes / wire ropesStatus of guarantee claims as applicableBunkering and sopep statusDeck crane typical problems crane wise and statusInventory of accommodation / galley / medicineDefect list and the difficulties encountered with proposed remedial actionLSA FFA maintenance statusBRIDGE & NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE STATUSVESSELS OPERATION AND PERFORMANCE / MAINTENANCE STATUSA) VESSEL'S PERFORMANCE: Also like other bulkers of her size she tends to dip by the head while underway due to her block coefficient.Permanent bunker capacities (100%) : FO 2036.54 mt/ DO 120.42 mt. Port consumption per 24hrs idle (mt) : FO: 4mt (with no cranes working) & FO: 6mt (with all 4 cranes working) At sea she consumes abt 35mt. The bunker tanks are situated between 3 & 5 cargo holds, if the voyage consumption is from these tanks during the voyage, ensure you finish the vessel with a slight sag of about 3-5 cms to make up for the hog that will be created during the voyage due to bunker consumption and fresh water generation, in order to have an accurate draft survey at the disport. Failure to do this will land up the vessel with a Hog of around 7 cms.Consumption of bunkers lifts the vessel almost bodily furnishing it with a slight stern trim. Regarding the final loading please be guided by circular CIR/TECH/005/12 for TRIM OPTIMISATION & SAVING BUNKER COST which basically states to finish the vessel at as even keel as possible such that during sailing the vessel should sail at even keel to maximize bunker efficiency .Keep the trim as minimum as possible to arrive safely to the discharge port. Having said this please adhere to the draft restriction if any at the discharge port.This voyage we were advised to go at ECO speed as the bunker prices are soaring hence we have kept RPM at 113. And consuming around 30 MT/day.B) VESSEL'S OPERATIONOwners of the vessel Full speed shipping.Operators- Stellar ocean transport llc,dubaiVessel was built at STX DALIAN SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD CHINA & delivered on 11 March 2011 at Dalian shipyard.She is a relatively new geared bulk carrier 190m long and 32.26m wide displacing 67795.5Mt at her summer draft of 13.02m. She is classified by ABS, and has successfully completed her 1st annual survey in China on 24/03/12.The vessel has 5 self trimming holds built I n accordance with the latest regulations, having ship structure access, (the manual is in your cabin.) Her guarantee period has expired on 11/03/2012.She is classified as ABS , +A1 (E) Bulk Carrier,ESP,CSR,AB-CM,BC-A(Holds 2&4 may be empty), S,+ACCU, TCM, CPS, UWILD, BWE,RRDA,CRC,RW,The vessels lifting gear comprises of 4 electro hydraulic deck cranes, 2 bunker davits, one on either side (SWL 0.5T) One provision davit on the port bridge wing SWL 2TShe usually plies between SOUTH EAST ASIA, INDIA AND PERSIAN GULF.Voyage instructions are received from SOT office followed by detailed instruction from charterers. If there is any discrepancy between the two please inform it to the master immediately. I have made a deadweight calculation spreadsheet which includes all details from density adjustments to cargo uplift, stowage plan, and bunker consumption. I will show you once you are on board. All my calculations are in that file and for every voyage there is a separate folder which includes all the activities, draft surveys, charter party, correspondence for that voyage. Its upto your disposal to use it or calculate manually. Of course I too counter check it manually. Please involve, & keep the master closely updated regarding your calculations.The present plan is to discharge the cargo to obtain a draft of 12.0m at anchorage and then proceed alongside where the rest of the cargo will be discharged. ETA Kandla is 03/1000 lt. Cargo will be discharged by ships gears both alongside and at anchorage. The port is tidal and hence it will depend on the tide as to which day we can go in.Poop deck quarters painted.Gangway areas spot chipped and painted.Ships hull spot touched up black above the summer loadline and antifouling area till 8 metres draft. Area remaining to paint is from port side of hold 5 to port quarter.Fire line and fire hose boxes.The full main deck and hatch covers have been spot chipped painted and stenciled. The cross decks and areas of the holds within the cross decks are remaining . Already we have started from the forward cross deck between hold one and the forepeak store.For detailed description please refer to the Sot/FO/11 form sent to the company on a monthly basis.All ventilators, dampers are checked monthly, and maintained as required. Sounding caps, pipes and hold water tightness are intact. Draft marks have been recently painted. CO2 smoke detection system has been checked during annual survey by blowing smoke into the system sensor on 25/03/2012, recently when we had ballasted hold 3 we found water in the sensor which was later rectified by E/O.At Indonesia we get a good opportunity to do shipside maintenance please use the opportunity to carry out the same.There was a crack recently found on the conduit pipe junction box abreast the cross deck of holds 3 & 4. It has been repaired.The sounding pipes pass through the holds which have to be inspected for damages before loading & after discharging.The ventilation system is natural.There are 3 PMA manholes to every hold this is as per the ship structure access manual. There are 3 ladders in the inside of each holds located on the hoppers to enable thorough check of Ships structure.During every hold cleaning ensure the WIAS sensors are free of cargo to enable activation of alarms.Monthly test of alarms can be carried out using a magnet put on the sensor of the WIASlocated in the duct keel. Both alarms can be tested from there. LAST TEST WASCARRIED OUT ON 28/04/2012 .There had been a problem with the NO.5 CH sensor but now it has been rectified and is now working satisfactory. The problem was electrical in nature & has now been solved. The main console is Located on the wheel house on the aft bulkhead of the chart room fromwhere the alarm can be acknowledged and overridden in the case of no.3 hold being used as the ballast hold.The cargo securing manual is under the masters custody.Top up the ballast hold every time it slackens to avoid extensive sloshing.The temperature pipes are situated at the fwd and aft end for holds 1 & 2 only the rest are situated aft.Co2 ports are checked after every cubic cargo discharge and are cleared if clogged. Hold 3 has a valve system to present the water from getting into the CO2 line when in ballast mode. PLEASE ENSURE IT IS SHUT WHEN BALLASTING THE HOLD.When closing the holds, Ensure all the rest pads and rolling and pitching stoppers are greased well prior closing.All drain plugs are blown through with compressed air and checked with a bottle of water, before closing the holds after loading.Bosun and duty a/bs are instructed not to close the holds without cleaning of the track ways. Each hatch cover has gas sampling points to draw the sample during coal loading. Maintenance of the hatch pumps is done by the c/e.The underside frames of the hatch covers have started getting rust weepings. This is the next job in hand; access is easy by climbing on the frames, the next available opportunity this needs to be looked into.The hatch cover pump has a temperature setting and if run for too long will trip at 8o degrees.Each hatch cover has and emergency stop button situated on the stbd side to stop the operation in an emergency. It has been tried out during my tenure and found satisfactory. In case the pump doesnt start please check all 5 buttons for activation as if ANY ONE IS ALSO pressed then the pump will not start.The system is working fine. Line filter is cleaned as per schedule (monthly).{BY 2/E} There has been a leakage from one of the line valves and we had received a spare valve. We have raised a requisition for spare hoses for the hydraulic line.The QACs are free and are to be ohauled periodically.Some of the stoppers have a tendency of going back to the lock position once turned over for opening please exercise caution while opening the holds, to check the same.BRIDGE & NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE STATUS: All bridge equipments are in good condition. 2/o maintains the same . There is a drawer for C/o on bridge. Vessel is fitted with JRC equipments which are user friendly, and once you are on board you will be familiarized with their operation. Vessel is fitted with Fleet77 And Fleet Broad Band for communication and distress purposes. Installation of BNWAS is supposedly to be done . Office will come back upon its installation in the near future. The installation points will be as approved by the office. The location of the SSAS will be shown to you during the time of hand over. The vessel has a networking/LAN system installed and is working fine. Annual servicing of gyro is due. The VDR gives an alarm at a particular UTC twice a day. One lamp of the chart table had broken during my tenure and will be replaced soon. A few GCs have been raised by the vessel and are filed in the GC file. Please go through them once you are on board. The vessel has 2 GPS . Charts & publication corrections are done by 2/o & 3/o and they directly report to the master for the same. All the main switches are located in front of the control console. The v/l is bridge controlled and usually we go at 114-115 rpm for matching the fuel criteria. and achieve a speed of 14kts. At times the zero synchronization does not occur, so just give Dead slow ahead and again bring her to stop. Also when astern movement is given please be advised that during routine operations let the engine run on dead slow astern for atleast one minute till the rpm stabilizes before giving slow astern. In case you fail to comply with the above the slow down is activated which takes around 2~3 seconds to get reset. In scenarios (it happened to us in Minasaqr) where immediate half astern/ ahead is given ME does not respond. So, a bridge ahead / astern movement has to be restricted till the slow down conditions are reset. There are two computers on bridge. One is used by master for communication purpose and other one is used by all officers.. ACCOMMODATION BLOCK MAINTENANCE STATUS. All accommodation decks, railings, have been spot chipped and primered.Bridge wing has been given a full coat of paint.The funnel exhausts are painted on a monthly basis.The weather tight door locks are freed on a monthly basis.Hose test of all doors has been carried out and found satisfactory.All vents and flaps are regularly greased and kept free.Port side B deck scupper is a design defect and needs additional clearing.Ac fresh air intake louvers have been spot chipped and painted.A few GCs have been raised by the vessel and are filed in the GC file. Please gothrough them once you are on board. ACCOMODATION INTERIOR MAINTENANCE STATUS Wax polishing of all accommodation alleyways, common rooms, Offices and Wheel house to be carried out once in 2 months.Kraft paper is put before arrival every port.Upon departure all mats are cleaned with aquatuff and fresh water.Crew & officer laundries are maintained and kept in a tidy condition.Weekly thorough cleaning of all bulk heads and accommodation is carried out.Please ensure no foreign materials, strictly apart from toilet papers are flushed down the toilet as it will lead to malfunction of the Sewage treatment Plant. Crew has been given training on this aspect.Fresh water pipelines are PVC, hence care has to be taken and checked frequently for cracks or looseness of clamps or joints due to vibration.There are 2 spare cabins at the moment, one on b deck crew(5,6) and another junior1 cabin. Please note the crew (5,6) is used by the foreman in Indonesia during cargo operations for his stay onboard.There is a slight puffing on the floor at certain places in the accommodation.There is also a deformation in the flooring of the hospital and galley & gymnasium.As of now no fresh water leaks have been noticed or found.C/o cabin blower closing arrangement is not functional, i.e. the blower cannot be shut. A GC has been raised to that effect.Please ensure thorough cleaning of the crew changing rooms.Presently there are no cockroaches or rodents on board. Frequent fumigation of all spaces will ensure the same. The Ch/ck and G/S are constantly pestered to maintain it in a good condition.There are a few floor tiles in the galley missing; we are awaiting white cement to fix it.On your routine accommodation rounds please keep a check on expired items. We were caught in Indonesia for the same.There are a few minor doable GCs within the accommodation once you are on board will brief and discuss with you in detail.LSA FFA maintenance status All LSA & FFA is being maintained by 3rd officer but under your supervision. I usually allot him tasks which he fulfils. Rescue boat davit painted full coat applied.Fire hose boxes painted and stenciled.Spot chipped and painted Life boat davit & full coat applied.Full coat of paint applied on Embarkation ladder stands.Spot chipped and painted rescue boat cradle.LSA annual servicing of l/boat, r/boat, davits has been carried out in Feb 2012 at Chennai.All LSA FFA is in immaculate condition and being maintained.We do not have an SCBA compressor on board. In order to refill the bottles in case of emergency. We have to inform office well in advance for refilling SCBA & EEBD for them to arrange the same.After I boarded the vessel we had tried out the rescue boat engine with the drum in place, at that time I had noticed that no cooling water was coming out of the exhaust nozzle, we had raised a GC for the same. Rescue boat engine has just been rectified at china. The problem was, the cooling water pump impeller had burnt out. This occurred because the engine was started without water prior my joining the vessel. PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE RESCUE BOAT ENGINE IS STARTED WITH WATER IN THE DRUM AT ALL TIMES. IT SHOULD BE DONE IN YOUR DIRECT SUPERVISION AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. The usual practice I am following is during Saturday routines they (3/o & 4/e) should try out the engine after 1600 so that I am on bridge and can personally monitor the same. A notice has also been place to implement the same on the r/b engine.Inspection status - ballast tanks , fresh water tanks , void spaces SOT/FO/037 is the company's tank inspection form which is duly filled up as and when required. All the tanks to be completed once in a year.Inspections completed for the following tanks:TANK NAMEDATE CARRIEDOUTDATE DUEThere are no structural defects noted as such.There are coating defects as you will see once you go through the photographs. A gc has been raised for the defects. Jotun experts had boarded the vessel on 25/03/2012 at Rizhao and their reports are with the master. According to them the coating was found to be in a satisfactory condition. ATTACHED PLS FIND THEIR REPORT AS BELOW.Deck stores / spares / paints / tools /maintenance equipmentStatus of mooring ropes / wire ropes Defect list and the difficulties encountered with proposed remedial action DECK STORES / SPARES / PAINTS / TOOLS /MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT / SOPEP INVENTORY. PLS MENTION STORE AREA WISE.The inventories of the same will be handed over to you during the handing over process. They are taken monthly and filed.You have enough equipment to last you a month.All the spares are in the mates locker except for hatch cover spares and the ship structure access equipments which are in the fore peak store.Sopep locker is designated and has the emg hatch cover pump also.There is a navigation cum fire locker in the wheelhouse. Obsolete documents are kept in the linen locker.Chemical and grease ROB is given to C/E every month.We presently have 4 machines. The requisition DS-DKSP-12-054 SPARES FOR JET CHISEL has been received at Singapore this call and the spares renewed. Now all 4 machines are operationalThe existing model of jet chisel on board is some Chinese make called XCD 2. The spares ordered are basis 2 mm needles.The major break down is the needle holder & the piston. The holes in the needle holder are getting wider due to wear and tear. The broken needles are replaced as deemed necessary.STATUS OF MOORING ROPES / WIRE ROPES Kindly refer to the amended company form SOT/FO/054 which is sent to office on monthly basis. Presently vessel having certificates for all wire/mooring ropes/lifeboat falls/rescue boat falls, the copies of which are filed and the originals with Master.ROPES:We have 6 ropes forward and 6 ropes aft for mooring stations. One rope is of a 72 mm diameter used for giving it to the tugs.All ropes are kept in upon departure port and are removed prior arrival. We have 2 heaving lines fwd and 2 aft, +1 gentline fwd and aft.We have recently renewed the gantline for the stage.I have indented for one also. We have different ropes for wire greasing and wire renewal.You have 1 spare manila rope for a pilot ladder.We have 2 pilot ladders & 2 aluminium draft ladders.Spare rubber, wooden steps, spreaders and chokes are kept in the fpk store. There are 2 manropes for pilot ladder.There is only one set of staunchions and manropes for the pilot assist ladder. There is one seperate set of staunchions and manropes for the Gangway.We have 2 bosun chairs which are in good condition.We have rope fenders fwd. In addition we also have tyre fenders, which are used in Indonesia as a cushion to the ship whilst the barge comes and is alongside the vessel.THE LATEST SOT/FO/054 is in the month end folder.Annual surveys. & V.I. report.Annual survey was carried out by class ABS in Rizhao China and no deficiencies were reported. There was one matter which is pertaining to the coating technical file. The ship has been searched and it was not found. The office is aware of this.The superintendent inspection was carried out On 25 Jan 2012 . The frequency is 6 months hence it will be due in june mostly along with the audit. DANAOS PMS: Chief Officer: User Name: choffow09 Password:choffow09The company has recently installed a system of Danaos PMS in addition to the existing SOT / FO / 056 Deck PMS FormBoth need to be filled up.Danaos is installed on all the computers on board. I usually y use the ships office one. All msgs./ guidance pertaining to danaos is kept in your e-mail under the danaos Archive.2/o & 3/o also need to fill up the Danaos PMS. I update the deck PMS and send it to the office monthly the danaos needs updating once a week at least there are many things you can get off danaos. As you read the manual you will get the grip of it.The basis on which this PMS works is creating job cards. I create the job cards weekly and distribute it to the duty officers also. I export the job card in an excel format and give it to them and they fill it up. Then I import those files back into the Danaos application.THE PROCEDURE TO CREATE A JOB CARD IS AS FOLLOWS: ( This is just to get you started. The entire manual is in the folder \\Chiefengineer\CE Cabin\Danaos Onboard software Manuals)Double click the danaos icon.Login using ur id and password.Click on technical. Click on Onboard reports, jobs scheduling, jobs planning section.1.2 Job Card GENERATION (JOBS PLANNING SELECTION) A. Go to the following path and run report JOBS PLANNING SELECTION.Hope these notes put you on a splendid start and assist you during your tenure on board. WISH YOU A PLEASANT AND SAFE STAY ONBOARD. BON VOYAGE, SAFE SEAS, & FAIR WINDS. (Upon receipt of these notes if you have any doubts or need any detail you can e-mail me on choff.Diamondstar@SkyFile.com & I shall be glad to assist)