Exercise 7. Jig Saw Reading.Read the following paragraphs in groups. Be ready to provide the general idea of each paragraph and render the most important information.

Paragraph 1. Shipboard fire

üsound fire alarm;

üreport location of fire;

üassess fire:

- determine the class of fire;

- determine appropriate extinguishing agent;

- determine appropriate method of attack;

- determine how to prevent the spread of fire;

- determine the required personnel and fire-fighting assignments;

- establish proper communications between bridge and location of fire

- begin procedures for attacking the fire;

- continue until fire is extinguished;

üif assistance is required, transmit distress call and message.

Paragraph 2. Grounding

ücheck for hull damages;

üif assistance is required transmit PAN-PAN urgency signal;

üdetermine which way deep water lies;

üdetermine if wind and sea are carrying the vessel harder aground;

ülessen the draught of the vessel;

üput engines astern to back away;

üif extrication is impossible until assistance arrives or change of tide, minimize hull damage and water intake.

Paragraph 3. Hull Damages

üidentify location of incoming water;

ücut off all electrical power running through the area;

üshore up area to stem water flow;

ücheck bilge pump for operation;

ücheck auxiliary pumps for back-up operation if needed;

üif necessary, abandon vessel as a last resort;

Paragraph 4. Abandoning Ship

üabandon ship only as a last resort

ütransmit distress call and message;

üwear lifejackets, have adequate clothing;

üin waters below 16ºC (60ºF) put on immersion suits

ühave crewmembers stand by lifeboat or liferaft and prepare to launch

ümake sure sea painter (бакштов) is attached to vessel;

üload crew and launch;

ükeep lifeboat or liferaft tethered (соединенным) to vessel as long as possibleю

Exercise 8. Read the following text. Express the main idea of the text. Make an instruction what to do in case of pirate attack or armed robbery. Make an simulation of briefing for crew members how to counteract the unlawful acts.

Pirates and Armed Robbers

There is a special signal for use by a vessel under attack or threat of attack from pirates or armed robbers. “Piracy/armed robbery attack” is a category of distress message for all classes of DSC (Digital Selective Calling) equipment and Inmarsat (International System of Marine Satellite Communications) has added a piracy message to the Inmarsat-C menu for the GMDSS. For their own safety vessels may have to covertly send out a “piracy/armed robbery attack” message. When the RCC (Rescue Coordination Center) becomes aware of such a situation, it will advise appropriate agencies. If a vessel covertly sends a message, care will be taken regarding any communications sent back to the vessel so as not to warn the pirates. The two distinct phases to an attack by pirates or armed robbers are:

üpirates are detected by shipboard personnel prior to boarding of the vessel;

üpirates board unnoticed, taking hostages and making threats of violence or death to the vessel’s crew.

Pirates normally order the vessel not to make any radio transmissions, with further threats of violence.

Pirates detected prior to boarding of the vessel

Providing the vessel has not been ordered by the pirates to maintain radio silence, contact should immediately be made with vessels in the vicinity and shore authorities by sending a “piracy/armed robbery attack” message through Inmarsat or on an available DSC or other distress and safety frequency.

Pirates board unnoticed

A vessel should comply with any order by pirates or armed robbers not to make any form of transmission informing shore authorities of the attack. Pirates may carry equipment capable of detecting terrestrial radio signals. A recommended alternative in this scenario is for the alarm signal to be automatically made through satellite so as not to be detected by the pirates. The alarm signal should be made through Inmarsat by using the Inmarsat-C a “piracy/armed robbery attack” message along with the vessel’s current position.

This message should be activated by means of concealed push buttons located in al least three separate locations on the vessel: the wheelhouse; the Master’s cabin; and the engine-room.

Activation of the push button should result in the satellite terminal automatically selecting and transmitting the attack message to the appropriate shore authority. To avoid false alerts there should be a coded sequence of operation of the push button, which will require deliberate action to activate it. This system will:

üleave the pirates unaware that a message has been transmitted;

üprovide early warning to shore authorities that an attack is in progress and may deter (предотвратить) future attacks.