The transfer procedures required to be...

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• Cargo transfer procedures on tankships in 46 CFR (verify current subpart for tank vessel operations) • What information must be included in written transfer procedures versus what must simply be available on board • Difference between procedures (who does what and how) and technical data (drawings, lists, records)

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• Ask yourself: When the regulations talk about written transfer procedures, are they focusing more on people’s actions or on ship’s drawings and records? • Which of these items would directly help the crew safely conduct a cargo transfer step‑by‑step? • Which choices look more like general ship documents or records that are kept elsewhere, rather than part of the operational transfer procedure itself?

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• Verify in 46 CFR the specific section that lists required contents of tankship transfer procedures • Check which option most clearly describes who is responsible for what during transfer operations • Eliminate any options that are simply administrative records (like lists) and not actual procedural guidance for a transfer

The transfer procedures required to be followed on tankships shall contain which item?

A line diagram of the vessel's transfer piping

The duties by name of each person in charge required for each transfer operation

A current crew list

A list of each port of discharge

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