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STATOIL VETTING

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M&M/O&S/HSE&M

HSE &

Marine Assurance

Ship Vetting

Shuttle Tanker

Technical Services

HSE

O&S

O&S/PRO O&S/CRUDE O&S/NGL O&S/MET

O&S/HR O&S/CBS

O&S/SAB O&S/BIS

O&S/SHIP

O&S/STAP O&S/NA

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O&S/HSE & Marine Assurance

HSE &Marine Assurance

Ship VettingShuttle Tanker

Technical ServicesHSE

Supported by

NAVAL ARCHITECTS

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VETTING TASKS

• Inspection of T/C-, spot-, fob-and shuttle tankers.

• Co-ordination of inspections (1563/2006)

• Evaluation of inspections (accepting or rejecting vessels)

• Office vetting

• Supporting internal commercial dep. and terminals

• Lectures (Norshipping, officer conferences etc)

• Participate in OCIMF, CDI, SIGGTO, EBIS (and Intertanko)

• Follow up on incidents/accidents

• Focus on acceptance rules/new rules

• 40-60 inquiries (e-mails) from internal/external customers every day.

• Using Intertanko and OCIMF as a ”tool” to promote

• Statoil’s rules ”world wide”.

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Vetting co-operation

•Members in SIS3:

•Statoil, Norsk Hydro, Preem , Conocophillips and

Borealis.

•Share information in SIS3

• Inspection by a member is same as own inspection

Classification: Statoil internal Status: Draft

Contracted inspection companies• Total 9 companies

-Norway (1)

-Sweden (1)

-England (1)

-Germany (1)

-USA (1)

-Singapore (3)

Classification: Statoil internal Status: Draft

Statoil additional requirements• If FOC, is ITF Special Agreement on board? If no, then obs.

• Have all deck officers attended bridge team courses? If no, then obs.

• Is Master is given guidance or authority to sign Lloyds Open Form? If no, then obs.

• Are stand by pumps ready on deck in case of oil spill (may be compensated with “dumpvalves” to sloptanks? If no, then obs.

• Control of ships’ lifting equipment (ref. OCIMF “Recommendations for the tagging/labelling, testing and maintenance, documentation/certification for the ships’ lifting equipment”-May 2005.

• UKC and squat to be referred to on the pilot card.

• AIS should be placed in a position easy to see for the radar operator.

• Life buoy lights in hazardious zones should be intrinsically safe or gas proof.

• Comb. Carrier supplement. Is common vent riser system meeting requirements in SOLAS for conventional tankers? If no, then obs.

Check hatch cover for gas leaks (min. 500 mmWG)

• Mooring wire tails must not be made of conventional Polypropylene or Polythelene or mix of same.

• SWL of bollards and chocks on poopdeck?( comments)

LNG Supplement.

-Give date Custody Transfer System (CTS) last certified. (comments)

-Name of certifying body (comments)

-CTS certified to which standard (comments)

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Inspection statistics

Total insp. Total obs. Average2003 1055 6202 5.88

2004 1255 6900 6.54

2005 1425 6952 4.88

2006 1563 11974 7.66

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Rejected vessels after inspection/at terminals

2003 2004 2005 2006

Rejected insp. 10 12 20 12

Rejected terminals 1 0 0 0

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AGE LIMIT REQUIREMENTS

•OIL/CHEM/PROD TANKERS*): MAX 20 YEARS (25 YEARS WHEN CAP)

•OBO’S: MAX 15 YEARS (20 YEARS WHEN CAP)

•GAS TANKERS: MAX 20 YEARS (30 YEARS WHEN CAP)

•DRY CARGO VESSELS: MAX 30 YEARS

*) CAP for hull >15 years old>20000 tdw

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MAIN ACCEPTANCE CRITERIAS

•ALL VESSELS NEED TO BE PRE-INSPECTED

•STATOIL QUESTIONNAIRE (https://www.sis3.com)

• INSPECTION EVERY 24 MONTHS (EVERY 12 MONTHS FOR VESSELS ABOVE 10 YEARS)

•UPDATED STATOIL QUESTIONNAIRE EVERY 12 MONTHS

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References

•Reference to Tankers

•Reference to OBO

•Reference to Gas tankers

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SIS3 SYSTEM

•Connected to Lloyds Casualty Database, LMIU, Sire , CDI

and Equasis.

•Above connections and new updated questionnaires set

the vessels in ”Not accepted modus”.

USING APPROX. 1800 SIRE REPORTS IN THE SCREENING PROCESS.

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T/C –AND COA CONTRACTS

•OFFICE VETTING (BEFORE CONTRACT IS SIGNED)

• INSPECTION EVERY YEAR

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Reported tanker incidents (1978 – 2005)报道的油轮事故（ 1978- 2005）

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200

400

600

800

1000

War

Hull & Machinery

Fire/Expl

Grounded

Coll/Contact

Misc

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STILL ACCIDENTS• Is squat/UKC discussed with pilot ?

• Is echosounder used properly?

• Direct from yard/fatigue/control of equipment, valves etc.

• Is AIS properly used?

• Is GPS (DGPS) adjusted to correct chart datum?

• Relaxed when pilot are on board?

• Relaxed when chemist is on board?

• Officer on watch calling master to late

• Officer on watch not reducing speed/changing course

• False alarms/use of toothpick/bypassing alarms (compensating measures?)

• Cargo tanks filled up to 98 %/alarms activated

• Bunkering/ internal transfer of bunkers

• Sparks from the funnel when alongside the dock

• More than one critical operation at the same time