Bourbon - Offshore - Surf - SMS manual 2016

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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

4.4 Tanker Lifting Operations

4

.

4

.

1

P

ur

p

ose

T

he purpose of the tan

k

er

li

ft

i

ng procedures

i

s to gu

i

de the

Master

and off

i

cers to fo

ll

ow the accepted

standards on board a

ll

anchor hand

li

ng tug supp

l

y vesse

l

s when support

i

ng an e

x

port tan

k

er at an

offshore

l

oad

i

ng fac

ili

ty

.

However

,

sh

i

ps d

i

ffer

i

n construct

i

on

, l

ayout and e

q

u

i

pment

, i

n funct

i

on and

i

n

cond

i

t

i

ons of serv

i

ce and therefore

i

n the c

i

rcumstances of an

i

nd

i

v

i

dua

l

sh

i

p

, i

t may be

i

mpract

i

cab

l

e

or

i

nadv

i

sab

l

e for some reason to comp

l

y e

x

act

l

y w

i

th

a

recommended pract

i

ce

. I

n such

i

nstances

,

the manua

l

w

ill

usua

ll

y

i

nd

i

cate the nature of the procedure and care that shou

l

d be ta

k

en to adopt

an a

l

ternat

i

ve method wh

i

ch ade

q

uate

l

y guards aga

i

nst those r

i

s

k

s and wh

i

ch does not

i

tse

l

f

i

ntroduce any

spec

i

a

l

new hazard

.

4

.

4

.

2

S

co

p

e

T

he scope of

these procedures

i

s to prov

i

de

i

nformat

i

on and gu

i

dance on procedures to be fo

ll

owed

and measures to be adopted for tan

k

er

li

ft

i

ng operat

i

ons on board anchor hand

li

ng tug supp

l

y

vesse

l

s

.

T

he procedures cover safe wor

ki

ng pract

i

ces for moor

i

ng and unmoor

i

ng an e

x

port tan

k

er at an

offshore e

x

port fac

ili

ty

(S

PM system or

F

P

SO

on permanent anchorage or moored to an

S

PM

).

I

t

i

s the respons

i

b

ili

ty of those concerned

i

n carry

i

ng out the operat

i

ons to ensure that they are

done

i

n an eff

i

c

i

ent and safe manner even though deta

il

s of every necessary precaut

i

on and

procedure may not have been e

x

p

li

c

i

t

l

y stated

i

n th

i

s manua

l.

4

.

4

.

3

R

es

p

onsi

b

ilities

4.4.3.1 Vessel Master

x

T

he

Master

of the vesse

l i

s respons

i

b

l

e for ensur

i

ng that the re

l

evant procedures

ment

i

oned

i

n th

i

s manua

l

are fo

ll

owed and carr

i

ed out

i

n

a

safe and eff

i

c

i

ent manner

.

x

B

efore any tow

i

ng operat

i

on

,

the

Master

shou

l

d

i

n

i

t

i

ate

a

set of procedures

.

Vers

i

on

SF(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

.

Page

53

of

60

Procedure prepared by

: 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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