§ 150.213 - Cargo Transfer Assistant.

No person may serve, and the licensee may not use the services of a person, as a Cargo Transfer Assistant at a deepwater port unless:

(a) That person presents evidence that he has one year experience, or performed 15 cargo transfer evolutions at an oil transfer facility servicing tankers of 70,000 deadweight tons or larger in a capacity involving connection and disconnection of the tankers to a single point mooring floating hose string;

(b) The licensee determines that that person knows:

(1) The rules in subpart D of this part;

(2) The oil transfer procedures and transfer control systems, in general, of tankers serviced at the port;

(3) The special handling characteristics of each product to be transferred;

(4) The procedures described in the Operations Manual for:

(i) Oil transfer;

(ii) Spill prevention, containment, and cleanup;

(iii) Accidents and emergencies; and

(iv) Voice radiotelecommunications; and

(c) The licensee designates that person as Cargo Transfer Assistant and retains written evidence of that designation at the deepwater port.