405-Mooring Operations / 748
Moorin
g Op
erations
BOS-PRD-07.900607
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Maintenan
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e o
f
steel wire
m
oorin
g
s
It is essential to grease or oil steel wire mooring ropes at frequent intervals as rusting
shall
reduce the
strength of the wire in a very short time.
It is important that periodically the whole wire is physically removed from the drum for inspection and
greasing. The bottom layers of a wire which has previously been turned end for end may corrode undetected
without proper maintenance.
Regular visual inspections of a wire eye
shall
be carried out for any signs of wear or damage.
Wires with areas of dark patches
shall
be thoroughly inspected to determine the degree of corrosion.
Any wire
shall
be replaced if it is damaged to the extent that more than 10% of the visible strands in a length
of wire equal to 8 diameters are broken.
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3 T
estin
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b
rakes
The brakes of all-self storing mooring winches
shall
be tested at least every dry-docking.
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Means o
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sa
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cc
ess
Upon securing at a berth in port, it is mandatory that ships
shall
have a safe means of access. The
Master
is
ultimately responsible for ensuing that ship/shore access arrangements are in place and are safe at all times.
The initial rigging of the gangway or accommodation ladder on arrival at each berth
shall
be supervised by a
deck officer. It is one of the responsibilities of the deck officer on duty to ensure that it remains correctly and
safely rigged throughout the ships stay in port. According to Sec 3, training on diverse procedures for rigging
and maintenance of means of access
shall
be done on a regular basis with ratings, and logged on the
appropriate form “Information acknowledgement” on board. Another way of training consists in the use of
“Master Safety Document” or specific JSA and logged on regular Tool Box Talks.
The maintenance of the means of access
shall
be done in conformance with Sec 4, and guidance of the
PMS.
The access arrangements
shall
be in accordance with national or port regulations, but
shall
remain under the
Masters
discretion regarding the point of safety.
In the event that access to the ship is supplied by another source, for example a repair yard, a berth
operator, it is still the
Masters
duty to ensure that such access also complies in every way with these
requirements.
In the event that a safe access cannot be provided, by nature of berth and ship differences, the
Master
shall
ensure that gangway openings onto the ship are closed, that entry prohibited notices are mounted and that a
deck watchman is posted to prevent access during the period that safe access is not available. A note of any
periods when there is no safe access to the ship at a berth,
shall
be entered in the deck log book.
The ships gangway or its accommodation ladder
shall
provide a safe access, with safety net rigged
underneath i.e. not wrapped around the means of access. An example is given below.
Version 04. Original date: 22/06/2012. Version date: 31/12/2014. Valid version only on QMS site. Uncontrolled document when printed.
Procedure prepared by: BOS Operations Department Project Coordinator. Approved by: Head of Operations. Validated by: BOS Quality Representative
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