Engine Department

Engine department (ship)
The engine control room on theArgonaute. The Argonaute is a Frenchsupply vessel, mainly used for anti-pollution missions along with the tugboat Abeille Bourbon. It was built in !!" in #orway, is based in $rest, belongs to %&'F and is used by the French #avy. In maritime transportation, the engine department or engineering department is an organi(ational unit aboard a ship that is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the propulsion systems and the support systems for crew, passengers, and cargo. )*+ It is also responsible for repairing and maintaining other systems on the ship, such as, Electrical -ower .eneration -lant /ighting Fuel oil /ubrication 0ater distillation separation 1ir conditioning 'efrigeration
The engine department emerged with the arrival of marine engines for propulsion, largely during the latter half of the *2th century. 3ue to advances in marine technology during the !th century, the engineering department aboard merchant ships is considered e4ually important as the dec5 department, since trained engineers are re4uired to handle the machinery on a ship. )citation needed+ #owadays due to the increase in automation on merchant vessels and the increase in the unattended machinery spaces (&6%) aboard them, the number of seafaring engineers has decreased drastically on board merchant ships. Today, the engine department usually consists of the following number of engineers and crew", )citation needed+ (*) 7hief Engineer (*) %econd Engineer (*) Third Engineer (*- ) Fourth Engineer ( -8) 9unior Engineer (!-*) Engine 7adet (!- ) :iler
(!-*) 0iper (!-*) Fitter (!-*) 6otorman (!-*) 6achinist
The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (or STCW), *2;< sets 4ualification standards for masters, officers and watch personnel on seagoing merchant ships. %T70 was adopted in *2;< by conference at the International 6aritime :rgani(ation (I6:) in /ondon, and entered into force in *2<8. The 7onvention was significantly amended in *22=. The 1978 STCW Convention was the first to establish basic re4uirements on training, certification and watch5eeping for seafarers on an international level. -reviously the standards of training, certification and watch5eeping of officers and ratings were established by individual governments, usually without reference to practices in other countries. 1s a result standards and procedures varied widely, even though shipping is e>tremely international of nature. The 7onvention prescribes minimum standards relating to training, certification and watch5eeping for seafarers which countries are obliged to meet or e>ceed. The 7onvention did not deal with manning levels, I6: provisions in this area are covered by regulation *8 of 7hapter ? of theInternational 7onvention for the %afety of /ife at %ea (%:/1%), *2;8, whose re4uirements are bac5ed up by resolution 1.<2!( *) -rinciples of safe manning, adopted by the I6: 1ssembly in *222, which replaced an earlier resolution 1.8<*(@II) adopted in *2<*. :ne especially important feature of the 7onvention is that it applies to ships of nonparty %tates when visiting ports of %tates which are -arties to the 7onvention. 1rticle @ re4uires -arties to apply the control measures to ships of all flags to the e>tent necessary to ensure that no more favourable treatment is given to ships entitled to fly the flag of a %tate which is not a -arty than is given to ships entitled to fly the flag of a %tate that is a -arty. The difficulties which could arise for ships of %tates which are not -arties to the 7onvention is one reason why the 7onvention has received such wide acceptance. $y 6ay !*", the %T70 7onvention had *=; -arties, representing 22. percent of world shipping tonnage. Contents )hide+ * *22= revision 6anila 1mendments " %T70-F 7onvention 8 #otes = 'eferences
1995 revision[edit :n ; 9uly *22= the I6: adopted a comprehensive revision of %T70. They also included a proposal to develop a new %T70 7ode, which would contain the technical details associated with provisions of the 7onvention. The amendments entered force on * February *22;. Full implementation was re4uired by * February !! . 6ariners already holding licenses had the option to renew those licenses in accordance with the old rules of the 1978 Convention during the period ending on * February !! . 6ariners entering training programs after * 1ugust *22< are re4uired to meet the competency standards of the new 1995 Amendments. The most significant amendments concerned, a) enhancement of port state controlA b) communication of information to I6: to allow for mutual oversight and consistency in application of standards, c) 4uality standards systems (B%%), oversight of training, assessment, and certification procedures, The 1mendments re4uire that seafarers be provided with Cfamiliari(ation trainingC and Cbasic safety trainingC which includes basic fire fighting, elementary first aid, personalsurvival techni4ues, and personal safety and social responsibility. This training is intended to ensure that seafarers are aware of the ha(ards of wor5ing on a vessel and can respond appropriately in an emergency.
d) placement of responsibility on parties, including those issuing licenses, and flag states employing foreign nationals, to ensure seafarers meet obDective standards of competence, and e) rest period re4uirements for watch5eeping personnel.
!anila "mendments[edit The I6: 7onvention on %tandards of Training 7ertification and 0atch5eeping of %eafarers adopted a new set of amendments in 6anila in !*! called CThe 6anila 1mendmentsC. These amendments were necessary to 5eep training standards in line with new technological and operational re4uirements that re4uire new shipboard competencies. The 6anila 1mendments were effective as of * 9anuary !* . There is a transition period until !*; when all seafarers must be certified and trained according to the new standards.Implementation is progressive, every year a modified set of re4uirements comes into force. The most significant amendments are, #ew rest hours for seafarers #ew grades of certificates of competence for 1ble seaman in both dec5 and engine #ew and updated training, refreshing re4uirements 6andatory security training 1dditional medical standards %pecific 1lcohol limits in blood or breath.

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