Tests Before Entering or Getting Underway As PER C.F.R 164.25

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M/V ‘’KOUTALIANOS’’

PIRAEUS

TESTS BEFORE ENTERING OR GETTING UNDERWAY AS


PER C.F.R 164.25

NO MORE THAN 12 HRS BEFORE ENTERING OR GETTING UNDERWAY, THE


FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TESTED:

 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STEERING GEAR. THE TEST INCLUDES A


VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE STEERING GEAR AND ITS CONNECTING
LINKAGE, AND WHERE APPLICABLE THE OPERATION OF THE
FOLLOWING:

i. EACH REMOTE STEERING GEAR CONTROL SYSTEM


ii. EACH STEERING POSITION LOCATED ON THE NAVIGATING BRIDGE.
iii. THE MAIN STEERING GEAR FROM THE ALTERNATIVE POWER SUPPLY,
IF INSTALLED.
iv. EACH RUDDER ANGLE INDICATOR IN RELATION TO THE ACTUAL
POSITION OF THE RUDDER.
v. EACH REMOTE STEERING GEAR CONTROL SYSTEM POWER FAILURE
ALARM.
vi. EACH REMOTE STEERING GEAR SYSTEM POWER UNIT FAILURE ALARM.
vii. THE FULL MOVEMENT OF THE RUDDER TO THE REQUIRED
CAPABILITIES OF THE STEERING GEAR.

 ALL INTERNAL VESSEL CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS AND VESSELS


CONTROL ALARMS.
 STANDBY OR EMERGENCY GENERATOR, FOR AS LONG AS NECESSARY
TO SHOW PROPER FUNCTIONING INCLUDING STEADY STATE
TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE READINGS.
 STORAGE BATTERIES FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTING AND POWER
SYSTEMS IN VESSEL CONTROL AND PROPULSION MACHINERY SPACES.
 MAIN PROPULSION MACHINERY, AHEAD AND ASTERN.

NO VESSEL MAY ENTER, OR BE OPERATED ON THE NAVIGABLE WATERS OF


THE UNITED STATES UNLESS THE EMERGENCY STEERING DRILL DESCRIBED
BELOW HAS BEEN CONDUCTED WITHIN 48 HOURS PRIOR TO ENTRY LOGGED
IN THE VESSEL LOGBOOK, UNLESS THE DRILL IS CONDUCTED AND LOGGED
ON A REGULAR BASIS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS. THIS DRILL
MUST INCLUDE AT THE MINIMUM THE FOLLOWINGS:

a) OPERATION OF THE MAIN STEERING GEAR FROM WITHIN THE


STEERING GEAR COMPARTMENT.
b) OPERATION OF THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE
NAVIGATING BRIDGE AND STEERING COMPARTMENT.
c) OPERATION OF THE ALTERNATIVE POWER SUPPLY FOR THE STEERING
GEAR IF THE VESSEL IS SO EQUIPPED.

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