TASKS/ACTIVITIES:
The Loading Master is in charge of the management and follow-up of:
Cargo oil tanks, water ballast tanks, cofferdams and in general, all capacities related of the hull of the FPSO.
Availability for inspection and maintenance jobs of marine related equipment and FPSO, including hull capacities.
The loading / offloading operations.
The loading operations with chemical tanker.
He acts as permit to works coordinator and marine specialist for those jobs.
He assists the Marine Operation Superintendant for marine tasks relatives to the FPSO equipments and structure.

JOB DESCRIPTION
He is responsible for the loading and transfer operations of crude oil and ballasting/deballasting operations.
He is in charge of distributing the daily work tasks to the pumpman.
He assists the Marine Operation Superintendent upon request.

Commercial operations:
He calculates and records the daily storage quantity.
He manages crude oil loading, storage and export.
He monitors the loading of produced crude oil and inert gas operations.
He decides on crude oil distribution between tanks, draws up of loading and offloading plans (including pumps and valves to be used).
He carries out trim and stability calculations and maintains appropriate records on board.
He is in charge of Crude Oil Washing operations and planning, including recording of sediments deposit.
He assists the Control Room “production operators” for loading, offloading, metering, ballasting inert gas operations and export tanker interfaces.

He is responsible for recording/calculation:
Vessel Experience Factor, statistics, tank gauging, offloading data.
Quality and quantity of Crude Oil loaded and exported,

He is in charge of slop water management according to MARPOL regulations.
He fills up the Oil Record book part 2 only, under delegation of the Marine Operation Superintendant.

Maintenance:
He is in charge of operability and testing of the trim and stability loading computer.
He is charge of the preparation of the tank entry, including work permit, tanks isolation / spading / opening / venting and lighting and vice-versa
He follows up of the maintenance of cargo tank equipment.
He follows up of empty spaces (void spaces, chain locker).