- MEANS OF COMMUNICATTION
- BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS
- REMOTE CONTROLS
- BILGE PUMPING ARRANGEMENT
- FIRST START ARRANGEMENT
- NORMAL OPERATION OF PROPULSION MACHINERY.
All means of communication between the navigating bridge and the machinery control positions including engine room telegraph, as well as the bridge and the main / alternative steering position, if fitted, are tested. Where ships having emergency steering positions there are means of relaying heading information and, when appropriate, supplying visual compass readings to the emergency steering positions. Confirmation that means of indicating the angular position of the rudder are operational
Periodical Surveys of boilers and other pressure vessels have been carried out as required by the Rules and the safety devices have been tested. External visual examination. External examination of boilers including test of safety & protective devices and test of safety valve using it’s relieving gear.
For exhaust gas economizers, review of engine log book to verify that Chief Engineer has tested the safety valves at sea within the window period of Annual Survey
Means for the operation of the main and auxiliary machinery essential for propulsion and the safety of the ship, including when applicable, the means of remotely controlling the propulsion machinery from the navigating bridge and the arrangements to operate the main and other machinery from a machinery control room.
Examination of the bilge pumping systems and bilge wells including operation of each bilge pump (including hand pumps and eductors), extended spindles and level alarms, where fitted. Operational confirmation of the bilge-pumping system for each watertight compartment and drainage from enclosed cargo spaces situated on freeboard deck.
Examination & test of water ingress detection alarm system for cargo holds. (IRS Rules Part 1 Ch.2, Cl 2.2.4.21) Operational confirmation of the means provided to bring the machinery into operation from the dead ship condition without external aid.
Confirming that the normal operation of the propulsion machinery can be sustained or restored even though one of the essential auxiliaries becomes inoperative (IRS Rules Part 1 Ch.2, Cl 2.2.4.4)
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