Course details

Course Outlines:

  • The component activities of the ship operation
  • The principles of container stowage — meeting safety requirements
  • The principles of container stowage — meeting operational requirements
  • Loading and discharge sequences and other documents
  • Quayside and ship-mounted cranes and their operation
  • Spreader beams and how they are used
  • The sequence of activities in a LoLo ship operation
  • The sequence of activities in a RoRo operation
  • Work activities aboard ship and on the quayside
  • Safe practices and good housekeeping in the ship operation.

Course Objectives:

This Unit is designed:

  • outline the four components of the ship operation, for loading and discharging.
  • To describe the principles followed when planning stowage on container ships and to explain how stowage affects the sequence of loading and discharge of containers.
  • To describe the lifting equipment used in container loading and discharging.
  • To describe the sequence of activities that make up the ship operation, for both lift-on-lift-off and roll-on-roll-off vessels.
  • To describe the work of the personnel involved in the ship operation.
  • To outline the safety procedures that must be followed in the ship operation. 
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport

Port Training Institute (PTI) was established on 26th of July 1982 as an affiliated institute to the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT). A committee of the Chairmen of Port Authorities & subsidiary companies of The Holding Company for Maritime Land Transport (17 authorities and companies) defined the focal mission of the Institute as follows: “TRAINING AND UPGRADING THE MARITIME SECTOR PERSONNEL”
PTI delivers courses in the fields of Port Management & Supervision, Port Management & Finance, Port Operation, Management of Safety Operations in Ports, Computer & Information Systems, Engineering & Technical Works, Gantry Cranes, Yard Cranes and Off-shore (fixed and mobile) Cranes and English Language. Training courses are delivered by a team of Technical and managerial experts in education and training. Furthermore, theytailor courses according to the needs of theircustomers, and in accordance with the international standards and requirements of the ISO 9001:2008.
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