Why Choose ISGOTT & SIGTTO Requirements for Tanker/Oil & Gas Terminal Safe Operations Training Course?

The ISGOTT & SIGTTO Requirements for Tanker/Oil & Gas Terminal Safe Operations Course gives marine, terminal, and oil and gas professionals a comprehensive, structured understanding of the international frameworks, safety standards, and operational requirements that govern safe tanker and terminal operations — covering ISGOTT in its latest version, SIGTTO, IMO conventions, SIRE inspections, and the full ship/shore interface safety framework.

Safe tanker and terminal operations depend on a thorough understanding of the regulatory frameworks, hazard management principles, and operational procedures that protect personnel, assets, and the environment across every stage of cargo transfer. From petroleum hazards, gas detection, and static electricity management, through enclosed space entry, cargo operations, and emergency shutdown systems, to LNG and LPG handling, ship/shore communications, and emergency response the depth of knowledge required is significant.

This course addresses that knowledge systematically moving through the four parts of ISGOTT and the five chapters of SIGTTO gas carrier and terminal operations ensuring delegates understand not just what the requirements are, but why they exist and how to apply them in real operational environments.

This course is built for professionals who are accountable for tanker and terminal safety and want the regulatory knowledge, operational understanding, and practical confidence to meet those responsibilities at the highest professional standard.

What are the Goals?

The ISGOTT & SIGTTO Requirements for Tanker/Oil & Gas Terminal Safe Operations Course is designed to develop comprehensive knowledge of the international regulatory frameworks, safety management systems, and operational procedures governing tanker and terminal operations from petroleum hazard management and shipboard systems through to LNG and LPG handling and ship/shore interface safety.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the requirements and roles of IMO, SOLAS, MARPOL, ICS, OCIMF, IAPH, and ISGOTT in governing safe tanker and terminal operations
  • Apply ISGOTT Part 1 general information across petroleum hazards, gas detection, static electricity, fire protection, and human factors
  • Apply ISM Code requirements, permit to work systems, and enclosed space entry procedures to shipboard safety management
  • Manage cargo operations, tank cleaning, gas freeing, crude oil washing, and ballast operations in accordance with ISGOTT Part 2
  • Apply ISGOTT Part 3 marine terminal administration, operations, systems, and emergency preparedness requirements
  • Manage cargo transfer equipment — including marine loading arms, hoses, vapour emission control, and emergency shutdown systems
  • Apply SIGTTO cargo handling procedures, ship/shore interface requirements, emergency procedures, and personal health and safety measures

Who is this Training Course for?

The ISGOTT & SIGTTO Requirements for Tanker/Oil & Gas Terminal Safe Operations Course is designed for marine, terminal, and oil and gas professionals who are responsible for or involved in the safe operation of tankers and oil and gas terminals and who need a thorough, working knowledge of ISGOTT and SIGTTO requirements.

This course is suitable for:

  • Terminal operators and marine terminal managers responsible for safe cargo transfer and terminal operations
  • Ship officers and tanker crew responsible for cargo operations, safety management, and ship/shore interface compliance
  • Marine superintendents and fleet safety officers overseeing tanker operations and ISGOTT compliance
  • Port and harbour authorities managing tanker arrivals, berthing, and terminal access
  • HSE professionals responsible for hazard management, emergency preparedness, and safety system compliance at marine terminals
  • LNG and LPG terminal professionals requiring SIGTTO knowledge for gas carrier operations
  • Vetting and SIRE inspection professionals assessing tanker and terminal safety standards
  • Graduate marine and terminal professionals building a structured foundation in ISGOTT and SIGTTO operational requirements

How will this Training Course be Presented?

The ISGOTT & SIGTTO Requirements for Tanker/Oil & Gas Terminal Safe Operations Course is delivered through a structured, chapter-by-chapter learning approach that systematically covers the full content of ISGOTT Parts 1 through 4 and SIGTTO Chapters 1 through 10 — ensuring delegates develop an authoritative, integrated understanding of both documents and how they apply to real tanker and terminal operations.

Each day is structured around a defined section of ISGOTT or SIGTTO — with regulatory content connected to operational application through case-based discussion and practical scenario analysis throughout.

Delivery methods include:

  • Instructor-led sessions covering ISGOTT and SIGTTO requirements chapter by chapter in operational context
  • Hazard management workshops applying petroleum hazard, gas detection, static electricity, and fire protection principles
  • ISM Code and permit to work sessions developing shipboard safety management and enclosed space entry capability
  • Cargo operations and tank management discussions applying ISGOTT cargo, ballast, and tank cleaning requirements
  • Emergency procedures and incident response discussions applying SIGTTO emergency shutdown, fire response, and ship removal procedures

The Course Content

  • IMO
  • SOLAS & MARPOL Conventions Requirements
  • The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
  • The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF)
  • The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH)
  • Marine Terminal Competence and Training Guide (MTCOT)
  • ISGOTT in its latest version (Version 6)
  • SIGTTO
  • SIRE Inspection
  • IGC Code
  • ISPS Code

Basic Properties and Hazards of Petroleum

  • Flammability
  • LEL and UEL 
  • Characteristics of hydrocarbon and concept of Toxicity

Gas Evolution and Measurement

  • Gas measurement & Sampling
  • Minimising Hazards from Vented Gas
  • Fixed & Portable hydrocarbon gas detection systems
  • The hazards associated with handling, storing and carrying residual fuel oils

Static Electricity

  • Principles of electrostatics
  • General precautions against electrostatic hazards
  • Other possible sources of electrostatic hazards

Managing Hazards and Risks for Ship and Terminal

  • Management system
  • Risk management
  • Stop Work Authority Lock-out/Tag-out
  • Control of hazardous energy
  • Personal safety
  • Preventing fire and explosion Control of potential ignition sources
  • Electrical equipment and installations in hazardous areas

Fire Protection

  • Theory of firefighting
  • Types of fire and appropriate extinguishing agents
  • Fixed & Portable fire extinguishers 
  • International shore fire connection
  • Protective clothing
  • Automatic fire detection systems

Security

  • Security Threat and risk assessment
  • Security plans
  • Responsibilities under the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code

Human Factor

Risk assessment Procedures Leadership

  • Stop work Authority 
  • Manning Level
  • Training, Experience & Competence

ISGOTT Part 2 Tanker Information (Chapter 9 – 14)

Management of Safety and Emergencies

  • The International Safety Management (ISM) Code
  • Work planning and permit to work systems
  • Management of contractors
  • Managing Simultaneous Operations

Enclosed Spaces

  • Enclosed space entry safety Management & Authorization
  • Identifying enclosed spaces
  • The hazards of enclosed space atmospheres
  • General requirements & precautions
  • Work in enclosed spaces
  • Rescue and evacuation from enclosed spaces
  • Respiratory Protective Equipment

Shipboard Systems

  • Loading and discharging arrangements
  • Fixed Inert Gas systems
  • Venting systems
  • Cargo and ballast systems

Shipboard Operations

  • Cargo operations
  • Tank cleaning
  • Gas freeing
  • Crude Oil Washing
  • Ballast operations
  • Cargo measurement, ullaging, dipping and sampling

Marine Terminal Administration

  • Marine Terminal Information System
  • Documentation

Marine Terminal Operations

  • Limiting conditions for operations
  • Electrical storms
  • Double banking
  • Tanker/terminal access
  • Over the tide cargo operations
  • Operations where the tanker is not always afloat
  • Generation of pressure surges in pipelines
  • Reduction of pressure surge hazard
  • Pigging

Marine Terminal Systems and Equipment

  • Electrical equipment
  • Lifting equipment
  • Lighting
  • Tanker/terminal electrical isolation
  • Earthing and bonding practice in the terminal

Cargo Transfer Equipment

  • Marine Loading Arms
  • Cargo hoses
  • Vapour Emission Control Systems
  • Cargo transfer drainage and containment
  • Emergency Shutdown systems

Marine Terminal Fire Protection

  • Marine terminal fire protection
  • Alarm and signaling systems
  • Detection and alarm systems at terminals
  • Firefighting equipment
  • Access for firefighting services

Emergency Preparedness and Evacuation

  • Overview
  • Hierarchy of emergency scenarios
  • Terminal emergency plan (components and procedures)
  • Spill response plan
  • Emergency evacuation and personnel escape routes
  • Training for emergencies and emergency exercises
  • Emergency removal of tanker from berth

ISGOTT Part 4 Ship/Shore (Tanker/Terminal) Interface (Chapter 21 – 25)

Communications

  • Procedures and precautions
  • Pre-arrival exchange of information
  • Pre-berthing exchange of information
  • Pre-transfer conference
  • Agreed loading / discharge plan
  • Agreement to carry out repairs

Mooring and Berthing

  • Mooring safety
  • Security of moorings
  • Preparations for arrival
  • Berthing at jetty berths
  • Berthing at buoy moorings

Tanker and Terminal Precautions for Cargo Operations

  • External openings in superstructures
  • Central air conditioning and ventilation systems
  • Openings in cargo tanks
  • Inspecting a tanker’s cargo tanks before loading
  • Marine cargo inspectors
  • Spills and leaks
  • Firefighting while the ship is alongside a terminal
  • Firefighting while in proximity to other ships
  • Notices
  • Manning requirements
  • Control of vehicles and other equipment 
  • Helicopter operations

Bunkering Operation

  • Bunkering Safety Checklist

The Ship/Shore Safety Checklist

  • Composition of the Ship/Shore Safety Checklist
  • Example safety letter
  • Instructions for completing the Ship/Shore
  • Ship/Shore Safety Checklist (SSSCL)

Introduction to liquified Gases

  • LNG
  • LPG
  • Safe jetty designs & Operation

Properties of Liquefied Gases

  • Chemical properties
  • Physical properties
  • Principles of refrigeration
  • Inert gas and nitrogen
  • Hydrate formation
  • Spillage of liquefied gas
  • Liquid and vapour densities
  • Flammability

Principles of Gas Carrier Design

  • The gas carrier codes
  • Cargo containment systems
  • Gas carrier types & layout
  • Surveys and certification

The Ship — Equipment and Instrumentation

  • Cargo pipelines and valves
  • Cargo pumps, heaters & vaporisers
  • Reliquefication plants and boil-off control
  • Cargo compressors and associated equipment
  • Inert gas and nitrogen systems
  • Electrical equipment in gas dangerous spaces
  • Temperature, Pressure & Level Monitoring Instrumentation 
  • Custody transfer systems

The Terminal — Equipment and Instrumentation

  • Cargo transfer systems
  • Shore storage / containment systems
  • Pumps, compressors and heat exchangers
  • Temperature, Pressure & Level Monitoring Instrumentation 
  • Fire-fighting Equipment Inspection, maintenance and training

The Ship/Shore Interface

  • Supervision and control
  • Communications Prior Tanker arrival, Alongside the jetty & During Cargo Operation
  • Ship/Shore safety check list
  • Berthing and mooring
  • Connection and disconnection of cargo hoses and hard arms
  • Cargo handling procedures
  • Linked Emergency shut-down systems
  • Terminal booklet — Information and Regulation

Cargo Handling Operations

  • Tank inspection
  • Loading procedures
  • The loaded voyage
  • Operation of the reliquefication plant
  • LNG boil-off as fuel
  • Discharging procedures
  • Ship-to-ship transfer

Cargo Measurement and Calculation

  • Special practices for gas cargoes
  • Density in air and density in vacuum
  • LNG quantification
  • Shore measurement versus ship measurement
  • Corrections to Vessel Trim & List
  • Ship/shore calculation procedures
  • Cargo documentation

Personal Health and Safety

  • Cargo hazards
  • Flammability
  • Toxicity
  • Entry into enclosed spaces
  • Personal protection

Emergency Procedures

  • The principal hazards
  • Liquefied gas fires & fighting procedures
  • Emergency procedures
  • Emergency release and emergency shutdown
  • Removal of ship from berth

Certificate

  • AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course

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This course is designed for terminal operators, ship officers, marine superintendents, port authority professionals, HSE specialists, LNG and LPG terminal professionals, and vetting and inspection personnel who need a comprehensive, authoritative understanding of ISGOTT and SIGTTO requirements. It is suitable for both experienced professionals formalising their regulatory knowledge and those newer to tanker and terminal operations who need a structured, complete foundation in international safety standards.  

Enclosed space entry is covered within the shipboard operations module — addressing ISGOTT requirements for enclosed space entry safety management and authorisation, hazard identification, atmosphere testing, general precautions, rescue and evacuation procedures, and respiratory protective equipment. Delegates leave with the regulatory knowledge and practical understanding to ensure enclosed space entry operations are managed in full compliance with ISGOTT requirements — one of the highest-risk activities in tanker operations.  

The Ship/Shore Safety Checklist is addressed within Day 3 as a core ISGOTT Part 4 requirement — covering the composition and purpose of the checklist, pre-arrival and pre-berthing information exchange, pre-transfer conference requirements, and the procedures for completing and signing off the checklist before cargo operations begin. Delegates develop a thorough understanding of what the checklist is designed to achieve and the operational discipline required to use it as an effective safety tool rather than a procedural formality.  

Day 2 covers ISGOTT Part 1 hazard management in full — including flammability, LEL and UEL, hydrocarbon toxicity, gas detection systems, static electricity principles and precautions, fire protection theory and systems, and the human factor considerations built into ISGOTT's risk management framework. Delegates develop a thorough understanding of why these hazards are present in tanker and terminal environments and what ISGOTT requires to manage them effectively.  

Day 3 covers ISGOTT Part 3 in full — including marine terminal administration, limiting conditions for operations, cargo transfer equipment including marine loading arms and emergency shutdown systems, vapour emission control, terminal fire protection, and emergency preparedness including spill response plans, evacuation routes, and emergency exercises. Delegates develop a comprehensive understanding of what ISGOTT requires from terminal operators across every aspect of safe terminal management.  

Day 5 covers SIGTTO Chapters 6 through 10 — including SIGTTO cargo handling procedures for loading, the loaded voyage, reliquefaction plant operation, LNG boil-off as fuel, discharging, and ship-to-ship transfer. Delegates also develop an understanding of cargo measurement and calculation procedures, shore versus ship measurement, and the cargo documentation requirements that govern LNG and LPG custody transfer — making this day particularly relevant for terminal professionals and gas trading personnel.  

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