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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Condition of Assignment

Explain the term "Condition of Assignment"

If the conditions listed below for the reasons for freeboard
requirements are to be achieved which are:-
1. To ensure that ship cannot be loaded beyond her strength.
2. To provide her with adequate reserve buoyancy
3. To keep the decks high enough from the water to enable the crew to
navigate and handle her in all weathers.
it is important to that all openings in the freeboard deck should be
properly protected and closed and that provision should be made to allow
the ship to free quickly of water which may come in upon the decks. 

To ensure that this done, the ship is required to comply with certain
"Conditions of Assignment".

These are conditions which must be met before freeboards are assigned
to a ship and a LOAD LINE CERTIFICATE issued, which enables the load
lines and mark to be graved in and painted on the side of the ship.
The conditions are concerned with water tight integrity of the hull and
state requirements for the strength, height of coamings, closing
arrangements of items such as super-structure and bulkheads, hatchways,
machinery space openings, openings in freeboard & superstructure decks
ventilators, air pipes, cargo ports, freeing ports, side scuttles, scuppers,
inlet and discharges.
Also means provided for protection of crew.

Explain how these are maintained for a ship?

Vessels are surveyed annually to ensure that they fulfill the
"CONDITIONS OF ASSIGNMENT"
Conditions of Assignment need periodic inspection to ensure that the
ships condition is such that those conditions of assignment are still being
fulfilled.
Hatch-Covers, Cargo-ports, Watertight doors, scuttles, and other closing
down appliances would get corroded, reduced resilience or damage of
seals, locking arrangements might get damaged.

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Coamings of hatches, ventilators, air pipes get corroded at weather

deck level thereby reduction in strength.
Freeing ports or scuppers blocked or valves not working.
Gangways, Rails, bulwarks gets damaged or not secure.

Hence continuous maintenance, inspection & surveys ensure that they

fulfill "CONDITIONS OF ASSIGNMENT"

Posted by Swapneil at 7:35 PM

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