Analysis of the coal carrier transportation safety procedure

• Main Authors: I-Chun Cheng, 陳宜君
• Other Authors: Ki-Yin Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29245873423224487774

碩士 === 國立臺灣海洋大學 === 商船學系所 === 97 === Our country coal market has completely relied on imports since the suspension of coal mine, which consequently led to the increase in demand for transportation via bulk cargo. The risky characteristics of coals include spontaneous combustion and transpiration of toxic gas. To ensure safety for ships and the crews, appropriate safety procedures during transportation should be adopted according to coal characteristics. The study aimed to explore coal safety transport through collection and reorganization of relevant safety requirement for bulk cargo stipulated by the International Maritime Organization and relevant information on coal’s chemically risky characteristics in spontaneous combustion and the transpiration of toxic gas. Moreover, an interview with the crews working on the bulk cargo vessel was conducted to analyze the insufficiency in the principles and general provisions for personnel entering the cargo and the un-unification measurements for the different level of indicator of spontaneous combustion from the existing Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargo (BC Code). The study further proposes the establishment of a unification benchmark on the measurements for indicator of spontaneous combustion used to determine the level of coal gas, based on the categories of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), in order to provide the vessel companies and crews in coal loading with reference to international regulations on safety procedures such as Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Card and to lower the probability of ship accidents in bulk cargo as well as making contribution to the safety of our national bulk cargo transport.