Alexander Bezlyudnyy

Marine Superintendent is the person within the Fleet Group responsible for controlling the marine operations and associated activities of vessel(s) assigned to his control.

The Marine Superintendent is the first point of contact on all operational issues, accidents and incidents.

Near Miss Reports: Marine Superintendents must review the Near Miss Reports which are posted by the vessel in MIPS. The Marine Superintendent shares the Near Miss reports with the fleet or sister vessels where applicable. Near Miss reports are closed out by the Marine Superintendent with suitable remarks.

Incident Reports: Masters must report to the Marine Superintendent on any Incident/Accident. The Marine Superintendent in conjunction with Superintendent Engineer shall review the Incident/Accident report and ensure the Master enters all necessary details in MIPS and the report is correctly categorized as per guidelines provided.

Nautical Publications & Charts: Marine Superintendent shall liaise with the service providers to ensure that the service levels are upheld and vessels are equipped with the latest charts and publications.

Flag State Surveys and certificates:

a. Liberian flag state mandates an annual inspection and Marine Superintendent shall arrange such an inspection within the time frame at a convenient port. Saudi Flag State do not require annual inspection, however, they may carry out inspection when the vessel call any Saudi port

b. Marine Superintendent shall ensure that the survey details and deficiencies if any are uploaded in MIPS by the Master

c. The Marine Superintendent and Superintendent Engineer shall be jointly responsible for monitoring the rectification of any deficiencies resulting from such surveys.

d. Marine Superintendent shall liaise with the Flag authorities for registration of vessels, flag change, flag certificates and dispensation of affected certificates.

Port Information: When proceeding to a new port where company vessels have not called before, Marine Superintendent shall assist Master to gather information from all available sources such as agents, guide to port entry, publications. Any new information or regulatory updates available for any port shall be communicated to the fleet via email or circular expeditiously.

Canal/Restricted waters:

a. Should a voyage include transit through a canal the Marine Superintendent shall check that, where applicable the vessel has been issued with a current Canal Tonnage Certificate by the appropriate Authority.

b. The original of the certificate is to be held on board with a copy filed ashore. Whilst the Master is responsible for checking that the ship can meet the length, beam and draft requirements for each canal transit the Marine Superintendent shall also monitor these requirements by consulting the following:

¨ The Canal Authorities Rules and Regulations;

¨ The Agent based at the Canal Port in question.

c. Should a vessel not meet the canal requirements the Master shall advise the Marine Superintendent prior to the commencement of the voyage. The Marine Superintendent shall then immediately alert the Charterer or their representatives.

d. Where Company UKC policy is not met, Marine Superintendent in conjunction with HSEQ department shall review the deviation to UKC policy submitted by Masters and communicate the results to vessel and commercial operator.

Q88/HVPQ: It shall be the responsibility of the Marine Superintendents in the Tanker Fleet Groups to update the Q88 / HVPQ database on a weekly basis or as required by the commercial operator Q88 / HVPQ is a questionnaire database regularly accessed by oil majors and other organisations involved in petroleum transport to evaluate vessel suitability for their purposes. The Marine Superintendents shall assist the Masters to ensure ship's particulars and vessel’s capabilities are correctly filled in.

Certificates:

a. All vessel certificates are uploaded by Master in MIPS certificate folder.

b. The Superintendent Engineer and Marine Superintendent shall monitor certificate folder in MIPS to ensure that applications for renewals are made promptly.

The Marine Superintendent shall ensure that Master’s performance appraisal is completed in PAL crewing module for each tour of duty.

Marine Superintendent shall ensure that vessels are uploading the completed records on to the ISF watchkeeper website on a weekly basis. Non-conformance with rest hours is reviewed and discussed with the vessel. Records of communication between vessel and office regarding the non-conformances are maintained on board.

Marine Superintendent shall conduct interviews of potential candidates or new hires to a Junior/Senior Officer position.

The Marine Superintendent shall monitor the Master in the execution of cargo operations. This may involve specific guidelines or instructions to the Master or the request for specific information from the Master on his intended actions with regard to cargo and ballast plans. The Marine Superintendent shall work closely with the Master to ensure all Charterer’s requirements as outlined in the voyage orders, or charter party can be duly met. Should there be any reason to doubt the vessel’s capability to meet the Charterer’s requirements - the Sr. Manager - Vessel Group shall be promptly advised. Marine Superintendent shall review all cargo loading and discharge plans sent by the vessel.

The Marine Superintendent shall, after reference to the relevant regulations applicable to the particular cargo, check that the Master is conversant with the requirements for the cargo. The Marine Superintendent shall check that the Master has addressed any special requirements with respect to loading, stowage, discharge, care or carriage of that particular cargo.

Marine Superintendent shall review and approve the tank cleaning plan of the vessel.

In order to protect Owners’ interest against cargo related claims, commercial operator may request services of P&I Club. The Marine superintendent shall liaise with Insurance department for the appointment of a qualified correspondent.

Marine Superintendent should be conversant with key clauses of the time charter / pool agreements or special requirements for voyage charters. Where non-standard clauses with respect to crewing, operational or technical matters are requested to be inserted by the charterer, the Owners commercial department may approach the fleet group for discussion. The Marine Superintendent shall advise the Sr. Manager Fleet Group of such clauses and obtain his approval.

The Marine Superintendent shall review and approve all Deviation and Downtime which is recorded in MIPS.

The Marine Superintendent, by communicating with the Master, shall monitor aspects listed below:

¨ The tank cleaning process/plan, where applicable, is carried out with due consideration given to the cargo type and the tank coating.

Any problems relating to cargo matters shall be addressed by the Marine Superintendent who shall liaise with the Master as appropriate.

Marine Superintendent shall coordinate with the Purchase officer to arrange for the proper and safe disposal of any contaminated bilge water, cargo slops or contaminated ballast water and for confirming that the necessary disposal facilities are available at the relevant port(s).

THIRD PARTY VESSEL INSPECTIONS:

Inspection Requests - Marine Superintendent shall closely monitor vessels’ third party inspection requirement and shall ensure the inspections are organised well in time to guarantee vessels’ capability to trade. Once an inspection decision is made at the Fleet Group’s daily meeting, the Marine Superintendent shall organise as follows:

¨ SIRE Inspections – – the Marine Superintendent shall submit the inspection requests directly using the OCIMF website.

¨ CDI Inspections – the Marine Superintendent shall submit the inspection requests directly using the CDI website.

Preparing Vessels for the Inspection:

The Marine Superintendent shall be preparing the vessels for a third-party inspection:

a. PSC compliance checklist - As per the current guidelines from the Liberian flag, The Online Pre-Arrival Check list which is received from the Liberian flag is forwarded to the vessel. The completed form is then submitted to the Liberian flag. Where flag states do not have such a system, the PSC Compliance Checklist (Figure 03b) shall be issued to the vessel by the HSEQ Department upon receipt of an appropriate position alert through the Polestar tracking system. Figure 02b must be sent to the Fleet Group once all the required checks have been made. In both cases, it is the responsibility of the Fleet Group to ensure that any defects reported are attended to appropriately in advance of the port call.

b. Vetting preparation Checklist This checklist available in Appendix – Figure 02a shall be sent to the vessel by FPC prior to each vetting inspection.

c. Where required by Sr. Manager fleet group, Marine Superintendent shall visit vessel to assist with the pre-vetting inspection and carry out any other audit to identify and rectify potential observation in advance.

d. Marine Superintendent shall visit and carry out inspection of his vessel at least once a year. Complete Figure 06 as applicable to vessel type.

Close-out of Inspection Findings:

a. SIRE Inspection - The Superintendent Engineer and the Marine Superintendent shall be jointly responsible for follow-up with the Master to arrive at root cause and preventive action for each of the findings. These shall be made available to the Director HSEQ or his nominee for preparation of a draft response. The draft response shall be reviewed by the Sr. Manager - Vessel Group, Superintendent Engineer, vessel and the Marine Superintendent and once it is accepted the Director HSEQ or his nominee shall post it on to the OCIMF website and pursue the matter with the oil major for a close-out of the inspection process.

b. CDI Inspection - The Marine Superintendent and the Superintendent Engineer shall be jointly responsible for follow-up with the Master to arrive at Root cause, Corrective measures and preventive measures for each of the findings and prepare a draft response. The draft response shall be revied by the Sr. Manager – Vessel Group or his nominee and share with HSEQ for review. The Marine Superintendent shall post it on to the CDI website.

c. PSC Inspection Master and/or Marine Superintendent shall liaise with port agent and PSC authorities for formal close-out of PSC findings. Where required by flag, Marine superintendent shall provide a copy of the PSC inspection report along with operator’s comments.

d. Flag State Inspection Marine Superintendent shall follow flag state requirement for closure of the inspection process.

e. Terminal Inspection Master and/or Marine Superintendent shall liaise with the port agent and terminal authorities for formal close-out of findings

Marine Superintendent is responsible for the enforcement of Fleet Security instructions onboard vessels in his care and coordination of periodical test of vessel’s DSAS system.