Tips for Preventing Ship Damage While Sailing

Everything that is used, of course requires maintenance so that it is not easily damaged and has a longer usability, including ships. In addition, ship maintenance also aims to avoid the risk of accidents while sailing due to ship performance that is not optimal.

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Ship Repair and Maintenance

Several ways can be done as a form of ship maintenance efforts. Here are some tips to consider.

1. Regular Ship Operation Schedule
  • Regularly scheduled ship operations will provide regular and intense maintenance methods. The scheduler for ship operations should be carried out by people who are experts and are able to estimate the ship’s needs, when to sail and when to service.
  • Orderly complying with the schedule that has been set is very good for the health of the engine, crew, and equipment. That way, the ship will be maintained and have a longer sailing period.
2. Improve Guarding of Crews and Equipment
  • Not only the sailing schedule is considered, but it must be balanced with the care of the crew and equipment so that the condition of the ship is maintained while sailing. Especially for ships that are used to sail for a long time, the care of crew and equipment must be increasingly considered.
  • The tighter the guard, the less the occurrence of operating errors when the ship sails. This includes immediately identifying faults if in the middle of the voyage the crew or equipment is found to be wrong, and can be replaced immediately.
3. There is a job classification from the most important and urgent
  • Identification of the most difficult and urgent types of work can be used as a good maintenance effort. This does not mean that you are underestimating easy and light work, but that everything needs cooperation in order to run optimally.
  • Likewise with the condition of the ship, with the classification of jobs from the most severe and urgent, competent human resources can be determined to fill the job.
  • Competent human resources can be assigned according to their portion to minimize any adverse events that may occur.
4. Numbering and labeling of each spare part item
  • In the maintenance and inspection of machines and other spare parts on a regular basis, it is necessary to try to number and label the items for each spare part. Not only that, numbering and labeling reduce the error rate or the possibility of missing spare parts item data.
All forms of maintenance efforts for the types of ships above can be applied in a synergistic manner so that the ship can avoid the risk of damage that may occur while sailing. Likewise, the use of the type of ship, its function must still be adjusted so that the ship is more durable.