Attend a bulk carrier arrival as part of the mooring gang

What is going on

A 230 metre bulk carrier is arriving at berth 4 at 0430 on Wednesday with the pilot boarding at 0330. Berth 4 has mooring dolphins, so Bluewater Petrel will run the head and stern lines while the gang works the wharf bollards. Four days ago a heaving line monkey's fist struck a gang member's helmet at berth 2 and the company has changed the stand-off rule. Sione Tupou's medical has expired so he is wharf duties only. The berth is inside the port security zone and every gang member must display a valid identification card. Kirsty Anand wants the toolbox talk prepared, the gang and line boat ready on station 30 minutes early, and the job closed properly.

Your brief

Lead the mooring gang through the arrival: prepare and deliver the toolbox talk from the Mooring and Line Handling Procedure, confirm security access and fitness for duty of every gang member, run the mooring operation with clear radio communication, and close the job in the Job and Booking Register with the times and any near misses.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

• Read the Mooring and Line Handling Procedure and the Vessel and Facility Security Policy and note the requirements for attendance, toolbox talk, personal protective equipment and security access.
• Check each gang member in the Crew Roster and Certification Matrix for identification card, medical and fitness for duty status, and confirm Sione Tupou is allocated wharf duties only.
• Obtain the mooring plan from the pilot or agent, and prepare the toolbox talk covering ship size, line sequence, snap-back zones, escape routes, the new heaving line stand-off rule, weather and radio channels.
• Deliver the toolbox talk at the berth, record attendance, and confirm the line boat is launched and on station with a radio check to the pilot and port control.
• Direct the gang through the head, stern, breast and spring lines using standard mooring terms on the working channel, keeping every member out of bights and snap-back zones.
• Confirm all fast to the pilot and record the time of first line and all fast.
• Record any near miss or unsafe act by the ship's crew in the Marine Incident and Hazard Register and inform the Port Services Supervisor.
• Close job J-26-1180 in the Job and Booking Register with the times, the gang members present and any notes for the departure.

What someone in this role would produce

• Toolbox talk record with attendance
• Crew fitness and security access check
• Closed job record with first line and all fast times
• Any incident register entries