LNG/Q-Max course
This course is dedicated to the transport of LNG type Q / Max, double propellers and rudders as well as large bulk carriers.
Models used:
- Q-Max - 266 000 m3 / twin screw LNG carrier
- Brittany (190 000 DWT, on heavy ballast)
- Ben Franklin (125 000 m3 LNG carrier with Schilling rudder)
- Berlin (38 000 DWT, loaded)
- Gilda (125 000 DWT, 70% loaded, with optional Becker rudder)...
Objectives:
- Develop and acquire new skills.
- Understand the behavior of the ship in restricted maneuver.
Level
For: Masters / Officers
Requirements: Without experience on manned models
Duration: 5 days from Monday to Friday with an average of 6 hours of maneuver / day, over a period from the beginning of April to the end of October
Trainer: Experienced instructors who juggle harmoniously between teaching and training on the lake and Tug captains when using tug
Program
- Transit in a narrow channel, specificities of the 2 supra-convergent propellers,
- Entry into the locks,
- Anchoring and mooring, circles of gyration,
- Emergencies with escort tugs in the current, with or without rudder and/or engine failure, Maneuverability in a narrow channel,
- Emergency maneuvers in case of problems on a machine or rudder.
Testimony
Capitaine Makkar MANDEEP SINGH, SHELL, (Mai 2017)
"Importance of maintaining a slow speed according to the circumstances has been fully embedded in my system, and I will keep that in wind at all times."