Course syllabus for Cargo voyage planning

Course syllabus adopted 2023-02-08 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameLastresans planering
  • CodeSJM050
  • Credits4.5 Credits
  • OwnerTSJKL
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyShipping and Marine Technology
  • DepartmentMECHANICS AND MARITIME SCIENCES
  • GradingUG - Pass, Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 75123
  • Maximum participants48
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0117 Written and oral assignments 4.5 c
Grading: UG		0 c0 c4.5 c0 c0 c0 c

In programmes

Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

Knowledge and skills corresponding to the learning outcomes of the following courses: SJM010 Introduction to cargo operations and ship stability SJM035 Dangerous goods and unitized cargoes

Aim

The course aims to provide the student with knowledge about the cargo voyage planning. The emphasis is on computational methods of stability, draft, trim and cargo distribution in order to fulfill the terms in the charter party and regulated by relevant legislation (SOLAS, Loadline, Stability criteria, etc.). The student should, after this course, have proper knowledge of the above tasks in order to serve as officer or master onboard cargo vessels of all sizes on international voyages.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

- Report on planning of the cargo voyage in order to fulfill the terms in the charter party and relevant legislation. 
- Calculate stability, draft, trim and cargo distribution in order to perform the cargo voyage. 
- Make calculations for final loading, lightering and trimming of the vessel, including sequence planning. 
- Perform grain stability calculations and draft survey.

Content

Deadweight cargoes, Volume cargoes, Voyage instructions, Shipping Documents: C/P, M/R, B/L, LoP, Restrictions, Laws and regulations, Routines and check lists, Operational issues. Stowage planning and loading calculations, Trim, Draft, Final loading procedures, Changes in condition during sea passage regarding bunkers and sea water density, Ballast Management, Grain stability, draft survey.

Organisation

Lectures, own studies, exercises and caluculation tutorials.

Literature

Transportstyrelsens författningssamling, Transportstyrelsens föreskrifter och allmänna råd om transport av last på fartyg och terminaler som anlöps av fartyg som lastar eller lossar fast bulklast, TSFS 2010:174
Transportstyrelsens författningssamling, Transportstyrelsens föreskrifter om transport till sjöss av fast gods i bulk (IMSBC-koden), TSFS 2010:166
Dokkum, Klaas van, (2016), Ship knowledge, Dokmar, 9th ed
Dokkum, Klaas van, et al (2013), Ship stability, Dokmar,5th ed
Hallbjörner (2017), General Arrangement SAGA SAND, Chalmers
Hallbjörner (2017), Capacity Plan SAGA SAND, Chalmers
Hallbjörner (2017), SAGA SAND Vessel Data, Chalmers
Hallbjörner (2017), General Arrangement SAGA LCTC, Chalmers
Hallbjörner (2017), SAGA LCTC Vessel Data, Chalmers
Hallbjörner (2017), Cargo Operations Formulas AP, Chalmers
Hallbjörner (2017), Handledning till räkneövningar för lastresan, Chalmers
Hallbjörner (2017), Cargo Voyage Exercises, Chalmers

Examination including compulsory elements

Assignments: Three voyages and one ballast exchange. The requirements for each assignment are described separately.
Test: Cargo Voyage Calculations. Passed is 90%

Attachments: Stowage plans, Sequence plans, Vessel particulars, Voyage instructions.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.

STCW

  • A-II/1 Maintain seaworthiness of the ship: Ship stability
    Also in course:SJM010,SJO780,
  • A-II/1 Monitor the loading, stowage, securing, care during the voyage and the unloading of cargoes: Cargo handling, stowage and securing
    Also in course:MMS055,SJM035,SJM128,SJO780,SJO880,
  • A-II/2 Assess reported defects and damage to cargo spaces, hatch covers and ballast tanks and take appropriate action
    Also in course:
  • A-II/2 Control trim, stability and stress
    Also in course:SJM010,SJM076,SJM128,SJO765,SJO780,
  • A-II/2 Plan and ensure safe loading, stowage, securing, care during the voyage and unloading of cargoes
    Also in course:MMS055,SJM035,SJM128,SJO780,SJO880,