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A

nc

h

or

H

andlin

g

and To

w

in

g

O

p

erations

P

rocedure

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

14

4

D

escri

p

tion

4.1 AH & T Operations description

4

.

1

.

1

S

ta

b

ilit

y

S

tab

ili

ty

of

vesse

l

should

be

chec

k

ed

pr

i

or

start

i

ng

any

anchor

hand

li

ng

and

tow

i

ng

operat

i

ons

. I

n

add

i

t

i

on

to

sa

ili

ng

cond

i

t

i

on

,

stab

ili

ty

ca

l

cu

l

at

i

ons

shall

cons

i

der

worst

-

case

scenar

i

os

.

Pr

i

ntouts

of

these

cond

i

t

i

ons

are

to

be

d

i

sp

l

ayed

throughout

the

operat

i

on

and

rev

i

ewed

as

soon

as

there

i

s

any

event

,

wh

i

ch may

change

the

vesse

l’

s

cond

i

t

i

on

.

A

n

y

criteria in t

h

e a

pp

roved

S

ta

b

ilit

y

Booklet

shall

b

e ad

h

ered to.

Pr

i

or

to

sa

ili

ng

,

a document

shall

be

d

i

sp

l

ayed on

the

br

i

dge

,

v

i

s

i

b

l

e and

ava

il

ab

l

e

to a

ll

dec

k

off

i

cers

on

duty

. T

h

i

s

document

shall

show

the

acceptab

l

e

vert

i

ca

l

and

hor

i

zonta

l

transverse

force/tens

i

ons

to

wh

i

ch

the

vesse

l

should

be

e

x

posed

, i

nc

l

ud

i

ng

a

s

k

etch

of

the

GZ

curve

and

a

tab

l

e

of

the

tens

i

on/forces

that

prov

i

de

the ma

xi

mum

acceptab

l

e

hee

li

ng moment

.

A) Calculations shall show the maximum acceptable tension in wire/chain, including

transverse force that can be accepted in order for the vessel’s maximum heeling to be

limited by one of the following angles:

a) Heeling angle equivalent to a GZ value equal to 50% of maximum GZ;

b) The angle of flooding of the work deck (the angle which results in water on deck when the deck

is flat;

c) 15 degrees.

T

he

ca

l

cu

l

at

i

on

shall

then

be made

to

show

the ma

xi

mum

force

from

the w

i

re/cha

i

n

,

act

i

ng

down

at

the

stern

ro

ll

er

and

transverse

l

y

to

the

outer

p

i

ns

,

wh

i

ch

wou

l

d

be

acceptab

l

e

w

i

thout

ta

ki

ng

the

vesse

l

beyond

the

ang

l

es

stated

above

.

T

he

document

to

be

v

i

s

i

b

l

e

and

ava

il

ab

l

e

shall

a

l

so

show

the ma

xi

mum

force

i

n

the

w

i

re/cha

i

n

as

we

ll

as

the

po

i

nt

where

the

l

atera

l

force

i

s

assumed

to

be

app

li

ed

(

tow

i

ng

p

i

ns/stern

ro

ll

er

). T

he ma

xi

mum

vert

i

ca

l

pu

ll

on

the w

i

re/cha

i

n

shall

not

be

such

as

to

e

x

ceed

those

li

m

i

ts

g

i

ven

above

,

or

to

e

x

ceed

the

S

afe

W

or

ki

ng

L

oad

(SWL)

of

the

ro

ll

er

.

I

f

deep

-

water wor

k i

s

p

l

anned

,

we

i

ght

on

the

stern

ro

ll

er

can

be

hundreds

of

tons

,

wh

i

ch w

ill

be

app

li

ed

at

a

d

i

stance

off

centre

li

ne

accord

i

ng

to

the

set

-

up

of

the

tow

i

ng

p

i

ns

. T

h

i

s w

ill

add

to

li

st

i

ng moments

and

stern

tr

i

m

. T

h

i

s

type

of

vesse

l

usua

ll

y

suffers

reduct

i

on

of

stab

ili

ty

and

the

dec

k

edge

i

s

i

mmersed

ear

li

er

as

the

stern

tr

i

m

i

ncreases

.

B

efore

any

ba

ll

ast

i

ng

operat

i

on

i

s

carr

i

ed

out

the

operator

should

be

aware

of

the

i

mmense

effect

on

stab

ili

ty

of

hav

i

ng

any

tan

k

s

l

ac

k,

part

i

cu

l

ar

l

y

transverse

ro

ll

reduct

i

on

tan

k

s

.

Cons

i

derat

i

on

shall

be

g

i

ven

to

the ma

xi

mum

li

st

i

ng/hee

li

ng

ang

l

e

,

wh

i

ch wou

l

d be

acceptab

l

e

dur

i

ng

the

operat

i

on

.

T

o

preserve

stab

ili

ty

by

reduc

i

ng

the

r

i

s

k

of

f

l

ood

i

ng

,

a

ll

watert

i

ght

doors

,

wh

i

ch

open

onto

the

ma

i

n

dec

k

and

g

i

ve

access

to

under

dec

k

spaces

,

shall

be

k

ept

c

l

osed

dur

i

ng Anchor

Hand

li

ng

and

T

ow

i

ng

(

AH

T)

operat

i

ons

.

A

ll

such

doors

shall

be

c

l

ear

l

y mar

k

ed accord

i

ng

l

y

.

Vers

i

on

S

F

(BOS-

P

RD-0

7

01.000

5

-

ver

.

C

R). O

r

i

g

i

na

l D

ate

:

3

1

/

12

/

201

5

.

Vers

i

on

D

ate

: N

/A

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y on QM

S

s

i

te

.

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6

of

60

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: BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by

: BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by

: BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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