BWKERING OPERATIONS

WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

to send (sent, sent)	- отправлять
ETA- estimated time of arrival	- полагаемое время прибытия
grade	- сорт (топлива)
length of time	- время
to schedule	- планировать
amount	- количество
if any	- если таковое имеется
to handle cargo	- обрабатывать груз
flexible hose	- гибкий шланг
to connect	- соединять
connecting flange	- соединительный фланец
to commence	- начинать
fill pipe	- приемная труба
valve manifold	- клапанная распределительная коробка
to direct	- направлять
storage tank	- танк запаса топлива
scupper	- шпигат
to seal off	- герметично закрывать
minor oil spill	- незначительный разлив топлива
air vent containment	- сборник топливоуловителей воздушных труб
drip tray	- поддон
sawdust	- опилки
manual valves.should be	- необходимо убедиться в том, что клапаны
proved to be open for the	с ручным управлением были открыты для
flow of liquid	прохождения жидкости
reliable	- надежный
tank - sounding equipment	- оборудование для замера уровня (жидкости) в танках
contents	- содержимое
even	- даже
to dip a tank	- замерять глубину (жидкости) в танке
to be certain of their contents	- чтобы убедиться в их содержимом
means of communication	- средства связи
bunkering installation	- бункеровщик
to indentify	- здесь обозначать

 

TEXT

Before bunkering the ship sends to the company's agent ashore a radiogram indicating: 1) the name of the ship, 2) the estimated time of arrival at the fuel port, 3) the estimated quantity and grade of fuel oil or lubricated oil required, 4) the length of time the ship is scheduled to be in the fueling port, 5) the amount of cargo if any. which will be handled during the port call. Two days or 24 hours before the arrival the ship sends to the agent the time of arrival and the exact number of metric tons of required fuel.

At the fixed time a fuel barge comes alongside the ship, a flexible hose from the fuel barge is connected to the ship's pipe by connecting flanges and bunkering commences. The fuel fill pipe is connected to a valve manifold in the engine-room spaces.From the valve manifold fuel is directed to various storage tanks.

The third engineer is in charge of bunkering operations.

A set procedure for bunkering includes:

1. All scuppers are to be sealed off, i.e. plugged to prevent any minor oil spill on deck going overboard.

2. All tank air vent containments or drip trays are to be sealed or plugged.

3. Sawdust should be available at the bunkering station and various positions around the deck.

4. All fuel tanks should be carefully checked before bunkering commences.

5. All valves on tanks which are not used should be closed or switched to the ''off' position. 6 Any manual valves in the filling lines should be proved to be open for the flow of liquid.

7. Reliable tank-sounding equipment must be used to regularly check the contents of each tank. It may even be necessary to dip or manually sound the tanks to be certain of their contents.

8. A complete set of all tank soundings must be obtained before bunkering commences

9. A suitable means of communications must be set between the ship and the bunkering installation before bunkering commences.

10. Any tank that is being filled should be identified in some way on the level indicator, possibly by a sign or marker reading " Filling".