Refuel Bluewater Kestrel at the fuel wharf

You are the General Purpose Hand assigned to refuelling on Bluewater Kestrel.

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What is going on

Bluewater Kestrel needs 1,800 litres of diesel before Monday's buoy job and the 500 hour service that follows. The fuel wharf at the marina was the site of a two litre diesel spill on 5 September when a visiting vessel's tank vented, and the Fleet Engineering Manager has made it clear there is no tolerance for a repeat. Kestrel has two tanks of 1,500 litres each; the soundings show 420 litres in port and 380 litres in starboard. The fuel wharf staff will operate the dispenser while you are in charge of the vessel side of the transfer. The marina office must be called on the radio before the transfer starts.

Soraya Petrakis, Fleet Engineering Manager
Subject: Refuel Kestrel before the 500 hour service

Kestrel needs 1,800 litres of diesel before the Monday job and the 500 hour service the week after. Please refuel her at the marina fuel wharf following the Vessel Refuelling Procedure to the letter. I want the tank soundings before and after, the quantity taken and the transfer recorded in the Planned Maintenance and Defects system and the refuelling log. Dave's team will meet you at the wharf. Remember the spill on 5 September; there is no tolerance for a repeat.

Your brief

Refuel Bluewater Kestrel following the Vessel Refuelling Procedure and the Environmental and Pollution Prevention Policy, with the correct preparation, watch, quantity calculation and records, and no fuel spilled to the wharf or the water.

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 Vessel Refuelling Procedure and the refuelling section of the Environmental and Pollution Prevention Policy and list the preparations required before the nozzle is connected.
Take and record the tank soundings, calculate the ullage in each tank and the quantity that can be safely taken to leave 10 per cent ullage, and compare it with the 1,800 litres requested.
Set up the fill point: spill kit and booms, drip tray, scupper plugs, fire extinguisher, signs, and confirm engines are stopped and no hot work or phones are in use.
Call the marina office on the working channel to start the transfer and record the call in the deck log.
Keep watch at the fill point for the whole transfer while a second crew member monitors the tank level, and slow the rate before 90 per cent.
On completion, secure the caps, drain the hose, and record the quantity taken, the before and after soundings and the time in the refuelling log.
Enter the refuelling record in the Planned Maintenance and Defects system against Kestrel and note the tanks' final levels for the 500 hour service.
If any drip or spill occurs, contain it, report it to the master and the marina office and complete a Marine Incident Report Form.

My notes: what did I enjoy, and what surprised me?

What someone in this role would produce

Ullage and quantity calculation
Completed refuelling log entry
Planned maintenance system record
Photograph or sketch of the fill point set-up

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