1. What happened?

2. Why did it happen?

3. Who is to blame?
 SMCP for Pilotage

Objective: by the end of the lesson you will be

able to use the appropriate SMCP when
navigating the vessel in port
Use of The Standard Marine
Communication Phrases
(SMCP) should be made as
often as possible
 SMCP for Pilotage
 Pilot request  Embarking/  Pilot on the
disembarking bridge
pilot
 SMCP for Pilotage
 Pilot request  Embarking/  Pilot on the bridge
disembarking pilot
1. When will the 1. It takes … seconds
pilot embark? 1. Put lights on to change the
2. You are the pilot ladder engines (from ahead
exempted from 2. Put engines to astern)
pilotage ahead/astern
3. Do you accept 2. We have a right-
3. Vessel is not
shore-based suited for the hand/left-hand
navigational pilot ladder propeller
assistance 3. How long does it
from VTS take from hard-a-port
Centre?
to hard-a-starboard?
 Complete the card "SHIP TO SHORE
Master/Pilot Exchange" using your sea
experience.

 In pairs, simulate the master/pilot exchange,

asking questions about the information on
the card "SHIP TO SHORE Master/Pilot
Exchange".
1. Do you require a pilot?
2. What is your ETA at Matadi pilot station?
3. Where is the pilot ladder? / On which side is the pilot ladder?
4. Are you underway?
5. Are you ready to receive me?
6. What is the boarding speed?
7. How high is your freeboard?
8. Is embarkation possible now?
9. What are her maximum revolutions astern?
10. What is your present draft?
11. What is her maximum power ahead?
12. How many screws does she have?
13. Is there a dedicated look-out on the bridge?
14. Is the engine room on bridge conrol?
15. Does she have a right-hand propeller?
16. Which way do the propellers turn when going ahead?
17. Is the turning effect of the propeller strong?
ORE Brasil
Carrier

SHIP IDENTITY
Name: Ore Brasil Call sign: VRPY5 Flag: Hong Kong [HK]
Year built: 2011 IMO Number: 9488918

Cargo: copper ore Ship Type: CARRIER Last Port: Santos, Brasil
Weight: 160000 tons
PILOT BOARDING
Data/ETA 14.03.2019 15:00 LT Freeboard: 8m
SHIP PARTICULARS
Draught: 20 m
 Rudolf
Samoylovich
LNG Tanker
SHIP IDENTITY
Name: Rudolf Samoylovich Call sign: C6DB3 Flag: Bahamas [BS]
Year built: 2018 IMO Number: 9750713
Cargo: Propane gass Ship Type: Tanker Last Port: Saint Petersburg
Weight: 85000 tons
PILOT BOARDING
Data/ETA 14.03.2019 10:00 LT Freeboard: 9m
SHIP PARTICULARS
Draught: 13 m
 PHOENIX J
Container
vessel
SHIP IDENTITY
Name: PHOENIX J Call sign: V2FE2 Flag: Antigua Barbuda [AG]
Year built: 2010 IMO Number: 9504047

Cargo: General cargo in Ship Type: Container vessel Last Port: Helsinki
containers
Weight: 5738, 6 tons
PILOT BOARDING
Data/ETA 14.03.2019 12:00 LT Freeboard: 4m
SHIP PARTICULARS
Draught: 7 m
Home task: Ex.22, p.110