Vessel Operating Manual
The VOM is the ultimate guide to your vessel and its systems
The Vessel Operating Manual (VOM) is the ultimate guide to your vessel and its systems. This important manual helps you and your team keep your assets in peak working order, while also delivering information about how to achieve the safest and most efficient operations, specific to your vessel configuration.
The VOM is a useful tool when you need backup information or if you are onboarding new crew and need a quick and efficient way for them to familiarise themselves with the vessel.
What is in the VOM?
Topics Covered
The VOM provides information that enables the start-up and shutdown of the main machinery, and instructions for operating the vessel’s primary, secondary, electrical and auxiliary systems.
For each system we describe the following:
The system’s functions
The layout of the system
The relevant system operating instructions
The different system modes
The relationships between the systems
The relevant safety directives and warnings