The gangways are manned by a watchman who is responsible to the SSO or OOW. Primary responsibility of a Gangway Watchman to control access to the ship, control of people and equipment to and from the vessel, searching of personnel and/or baggage, reporting of security incidents or breaches. Additionally, Gangway watchman must be trained for below Gangway access point ALWAYS MUST BE MANNED. If somebody from ship’s staff call for another duty, must be sure, that reliever is available at the gangway. Those on gangway duty must not leave the station until properly … [Read more...]