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Moorin

g

O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

0

7

T

he

Vessel Master

shall

dec

i

de

a

su

i

tab

l

e moor

i

n

g

l

ayout

ta

ki

n

g

the

fo

ll

ow

i

n

g

i

nto account

,

as

a m

i

n

i

mum

:

x

T

he

vesse

l

act

i

v

i

t

i

es

;

x

T

he de

g

ree

of

pass

i

n

g

traff

i

c

;

x

T

he

ran

g

e of

the

t

i

de

;

x

T

he

current

cond

i

t

i

ons

;

x

T

he weather

cond

i

t

i

ons

.

T

he moor

i

n

g

l

ayout

shall

ma

k

e

best

use

of

the moor

i

n

g

li

nes

ava

il

ab

l

e

. W

hen

the

sh

i

p

i

s

f

i

tted w

i

th w

i

re

and

synthet

i

c

rope moor

i

n

g

s

then

i

t

i

s

often

best

to

use

the w

i

res

for

spr

i

n

g

s

and

po

l

ypropy

l

ene

breast

li

nes

and

the

synthet

i

c

li

nes

for

head

li

nes

and

stern

li

nes

. W

henever

poss

i

b

l

e

li

nes

l

ead

i

n

g

i

n

the

same

d

i

rect

i

on

shall

be

the

same

l

en

g

th

and

be made

of

the

same mater

i

a

l

and

construct

i

on

.

M

ix

ed moor

i

n

g

s

,

w

i

re w

i

th

synthet

i

c

or w

i

re

or

synthet

i

c

rope

a

l

one

but w

i

th

d

i

ffer

i

n

g

construct

i

on

shall

NOT

be used

i

n

the

same

serv

i

ce

.

T

he

l

ead

of

the

li

ne

to

the

shore

must

a

l

so

be

cons

i

dered

. W

henever

a

li

ne

i

s

unab

l

e

to

act

i

n

e

x

act

l

y

the

same

d

i

rect

i

on

as

the

force

i

t

i

s

try

i

n

g

to

w

i

thstand

, i

ts

ho

l

d

i

n

g

power

i

s

reduced

. T

he

effect

i

veness

of

any

li

ne

i

s

proport

i

ona

l

to

the

cos

i

ne

of

the

an

g

l

e

the

li

ne ma

k

es w

i

th

the

k

eys

i

de

.

A

li

ne

at

twenty

de

g

rees

shall

be

94%

effect

i

ve

,

wh

il

e

a

li

ne at

an

an

g

l

e

of

f

i

fty de

g

rees

shall

on

l

y be

6

4%

effect

i

ve

.

U

se

shall

be made of

any berth

i

nformat

i

on

ava

il

ab

l

e

from

prev

i

ous

ca

ll

s

at

the

same berth

.

4

.

2

.

3 P

re

p

aration o

f

Moorin

g

T

he

Master

i

s

respons

i

b

l

e

for

ensur

i

n

g

that

suff

i

c

i

ent

personne

l

are

ass

i

g

ned

to each moor

i

n

g

stat

i

on

.

R

espons

i

b

l

e persons

superv

i

s

i

n

g

the moor

i

n

g

stat

i

on

must

as

a m

i

n

i

mum

:

x

Ensure

that

a

ll

moor

i

n

g

stat

i

on

team members

are present and

du

l

y e

q

u

i

pped

accord

i

n

g

to

the

P

ersonne

l

P

rotect

i

ve E

q

u

i

pment

(

PP

E

)

matr

ix i

nc

l

ud

i

n

g:

x

Covera

ll

s

;

x

S

afety

footwear

;

x

W

or

k

g

l

oves

;

x

H

ard hat

;

x

G

o

gg

l

es

;

x

Fl

otat

i

on dev

i

ce

.

x

Ensure

that

commun

i

cat

i

on

li

n

k

s w

i

th

the

br

i

d

g

e

are

tested

, l

oud

and

c

l

ear

;

x

Ensure

that

the

appropr

i

ate

number

of

heav

i

n

g

li

nes

are ava

il

ab

l

e

;

x

Ensure

that

li

nes

to

be

run

out are

c

l

ear

of

the ma

i

n wor

ki

n

g

areas

and are

proper

l

y

ta

k

en

care of

to ensure

that

the

l

eads

are

correct

so

as

to avo

i

d

the

poss

i

b

ili

ty of

chaff

i

n

g

between

d

i

fferent

li

nes

;

x

Ensure

that w

i

res

or

other

ropes

l

ead

i

n

g

from

powered w

i

nches

shall

not have

l

en

g

ths

of

s

l

ac

k l

y

i

n

g

on

the

dec

k,

where

they

can be ha

z

ardous

to personne

l

from

b

i

g

hts

be

i

n

g

formed

or

uncontro

ll

ed

run bac

k;

x

Ensure

that

a

ll

moor

i

n

g

stat

i

on

personne

l

are

aware

about

the

se

q

uence

of

runn

i

n

g

li

nes

;

x

Ensure

that

a

ll

moor

i

n

g

stat

i

on

personne

l

are

aware

x

Conf

i

rm

to

the

Vessel Master

that

the moor

i

n

g

stat

i

on

i

s

ready

for

berth

i

n

g

operat

i

ons

.

T

he

Vessel Master

must

ensure

that

the moor

i

n

g

stat

i

ons

are prepared and

ready

for

use pr

i

or

to

arr

i

va

l

of

the

vesse

l

at

the berth

.

V

ers

i

on

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P

RD-0

7

.900

6

0

7

-

ver

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r

i

g

i

na

l

date

:

22/0

6

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ers

i

on

date

:

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/

1

2/20

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.

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a

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on

Q

M

S

s

i

te

.

U

ncontro

ll

ed

document when

pr

i

nted

.

P

rocedure prepared by

:

BOS

H

ead

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by

: H

ead

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

V

a

li

dated

by

:

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Q

ua

li

ty

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epresentat

i

ve

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