Anchor Handling Courses
Course Facilitator: Centre for Marine Simulation (CMS)
Course Location: Marine Institute campus, Ridge Road (CMS)
Certificate Awarded: Certificate of Achievement
Duration: 5 days
Prerequisites: Minimum certification of Watchkeeping Mate STCW/2
Type and Purpose:
This course is designed for deck and engineering officers who have bridge experience in at least one anchor handling operation. The course will provide theory and simulator experience covering basic anchor handling and winch operations.
Course Topics:
- 1.0 Introduction to Ship Handling for Anchor Handling and Tug Supply (AHTS) Vessels
- 2.0 Forces and Dynamic Loading
- 3.0 Equipment
- 4.0 Mooring Principles
- 5.0 Unmooring a Rig
- 6.0 Towing Operations
- 7.0 Mooring a Rig
Course Facilitator: Centre for Marine Simulation (CMS)
Course Location: Marine Institute campus, Ridge Road (CMS)
Certificate Awarded: Certificate of Achievement
Duration: 3 days (21 hours)
Prerequisites: Chief Mate or Master Certificate; and participants are accepted on the recommendation of the company
Type and Purpose:
This course develops an understanding of statical stability theory, criteria for stability assessment and rules and regulations impacting on vessel stability. Emphasis is placed on practical application of the theory to calculate statical stability parameters under specific conditions of load and then compare this to accepted stability standards.
Course Topics:
- 1.0 General Stability Concepts
- 2.0 Ship Mass and Center of Mass
- 3.0 Simpson's Rules/Trapezoidal Rule
- 4.0 Small Angle Stability
- 5.0 Longitudinal Stability & Trim
- 6.0 Rules and Regulations Stability
- 7.0 Large Angle Stability
- 8.0 Free Surface
- 9.0 Condition Assessment
- 10.0 Validation of Calculations
For information on course costs and delivery dates please contact:
Maria Halfyard
Centre for Marine Simulation
Marine Institute of Memorial University
Office 709-778-0339
Email: Maria.Halfyard@mi.mun.ca
