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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

towed separate

l

y

care must be e

x

erc

i

sed w

i

th the second hose to prevent fou

li

ng of the f

i

rst

.

x

T

he

li

ne hand

l

er must fo

ll

ow the agreed procedure for pass

i

ng the hoses to the tan

k

er

.

x

T

he tan

k

er must rema

i

n on standby unt

il l

oad

i

ng operat

i

ons are underway and the

l

oad

i

ng

Master

has re

l

eased the

li

ne hand

l

er

.

U

n

m

oorin

g

x

T

he

li

ne hand

l

er shou

l

d be pos

i

t

i

oned under the e

x

port tan

k

ers crane and standby to recover

the e

x

port hose once re

l

eased from the tan

k

er

.

x

O

nce the safety

li

ne has been re

l

eased to the

li

ne hand

l

er the hoses shou

l

d be towed

c

l

ear of the tan

k

ers s

i

de

.

x

O

nce the tan

k

er un

-

moor

i

ng has been comp

l

eted and the tan

k

er has streamed the moor

i

ng

system and moved c

l

ear

,

the e

x

port hoses shou

l

d be reconnected to the moor

i

ng system

,

wh

i

ch shou

l

d then be secured to the hose standby

-

moor

i

ng buoy

.

4.4.6.2 Operations using AHTS / TUG

D

epend

i

ng on the e

q

u

i

pment spec

i

f

i

cat

i

ons of the vesse

l

and the f

i

e

l

d re

q

u

i

rements th

i

s operat

i

on

can e

i

ther be underta

k

en by e

i

ther tow

i

ng over the bow or stern of the AH

TS.

4.4.6.3 Stern Operations Mooring

x

Approach the e

x

port tan

k

er to

transfer

moor

i

ng

Master

and

Author

i

t

i

es

, i

f app

li

cab

l

e

.

x

R

etr

i

eve the heav

i

ng

li

ne from the

tan

k

er and ma

k

e fast the messenger

rope

,

wh

i

ch

i

s connected to the end

the AH

TS’

s tow

i

ng e

q

u

i

pment

.

x

T

he messenger rope shou

l

d be

recovered on board the tan

k

er and

tow

i

ng pennant must be secured

.

x

O

nce the tow

i

ng pennant

i

s

secured

,

the tow

li

ne shou

l

d be

veered

;

suff

i

c

i

ent tens

i

on must be

ma

i

nta

i

ned to

k

eep the tow

li

ne c

l

ear

of the seabed and the prope

ll

ers of

the tan

k

er/AH

TS.

A

l

so shou

l

d be

suff

i

c

i

ent enough for the

Master

to

use h

i

s eng

i

nes

,

wh

i

ch may be

re

q

u

i

red

i

n ass

i

st

i

ng the tan

k

er

moor

i

ng operat

i

on

.

x

Use

of

T

ow

i

ng

pennants

i

s

h

i

gh

l

y

recommended

. F

use

w

i

res

are

short

l

engths

of

w

i

re

of

sma

ll

er

d

i

mens

i

ons

than

the

tow

w

i

re

and

are

put

i

n

between

the

br

i

d

l

e

and

the

end

of

the

sh

i

p's

ma

i

n

w

i

re

. T

he

i

r

purpose

i

s

to

brea

k i

f

the

we

i

ght

on

the

tow

-

w

i

re

becomes

e

x

cess

i

ve

,

ensur

i

ng

that

the

tow

-

w

i

re

i

tse

l

f

rema

i

ns

comp

l

ete

.

x

T

he

brea

ki

ng

stra

i

n

of

the

tow

i

ng

pennant/fuse

w

i

re must

be

between

5

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

56

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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