SWEDEN
Education in safe LNG handling at
Chalmers University of Technology
BY: ANNE VOITH, MARKETING MANAGER, MARITIME SIMULATION, KONGSBERG DIGITIAL - SOURCE: ARTICLE BY ADAM BERGMAN, SJØFARTSTIDNINGEN
IGF CODE AND STCW REGULATIONS
Because of stricter environmental re-quirements
for sulphur emission in
shipping, LNG is increasingly used as
a clean fuel alternative, specifically for
vessels operating in Emission Control
Areas (ECA) such as the North Sea,
Baltic Sea and designated coastal ar-eas
in the United States and Caribbean
Sea. The 2020 global sulphur limit is set
at 0.5%, which will increase the use of
LNG as a fuel worldwide.
Based on IMO’s IGF Code, the STCW
requirement raises the bar for the edu-cation
of students and seafarers re-sponsible
for safety duties, as well as
masters, engineer officers and other
personnel with direct responsibility for
the care and use of LNG-fuelled sys-tems
Lecturer Johan Eliasson Ljungklint executing the LNG training at Chalmers University of Technology for
Furetanks personnel. Photo credit: Adam Bergman.
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on a vessel.
COURSE CONTENT COOPERATION
In September this year, several of Fure-tanks’s
officers and land-based person-nel
were gathered at Chalmers Univer-sity
of Technology to learn more about
proper handling of LNG. “In the begin-ning
of 2018, the IGF Code came into
force, requiring that all responsible ma-rine
engineers on board a LNG-fuelled
vessel need to have been trained in
safely handling the LNG,” comments
Staffan Strive, responsible for educa-tion
at Chalmers Professional.
The course content is assembled in co-operation
with Kalmar Maritime Acad-emy.
“The creation of the course con-tent
started two years ago when we
found that more and more ship owners
were using LNG as fuel on new-builds.
This is the second time we have run
this type of course, and we work hard
to achieve top quality through the use
of competent instructors and present-ers
with experience from LNG vessels,”
Strive adds.
REALISTIC SIMULATOR EXERCISES
At the LNG course, Johan Eliasson Ljun-gklint,
lecturer and responsible for the
marine engineer program at Chalmers,
gives the participants both practical and
theoretical knowledge in LNG handling.
“The course participants get theoretical
knowledge and are also trained in how
to deal with freezing injuries, as the LNG
is extremely cooled-down,“ explains
Ljungklint. “But first and foremost, the
participants are going through very real-istic
simulator exercises, specifically de-veloped
for this type of course, where
LNG bunkering is a vital aspect.”
FUTURE-ORIENTED APPROACH
“Chalmers focuses strongly in devel-oping
personnel in many areas and
has achieved a very good response
from the industry so far,” says Staffan
Strive.“The quality-oriented ship own-ers
in Sweden know the importance of
keeping crew competence up-to-date
and in shape for the future,” he con-tinues.
“In this case, Furetank not only
sent its LNG vessel personnel for train-ing,
but also prepares crew for other
types of vessels in case LNG-certified
personnel will be needed in the future.”
To learn more about our LNG-han-dling
training system, please visit our
web:www.kongsberg.com
Furetanks personnel using K-Sim Engine LNG trainer to learn proper LNG bunkering procedures at
Chalmers University of Technology. Photo credit: Adam Bergman.
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