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Na

v

i

g

ation and

W

atc

h

Kee

p

in

g

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

5

02

4

.

3

.

6

Hea

v

y

weat

h

e

r

T

he

Ma

s

te

r

i

s

res

p

ons

i

b

l

e

for

document

i

n

g

h

i

s

re

q

u

i

rements

for

heavy

w

eather sa

ili

n

g

i

n

the

Master’s

Standing Orders

and

w

i

th

the

B

r

id

g

e

W

atc

h Off

ice

r

s

ensur

i

n

g

they are

fo

ll

o

w

ed

.

A

fu

ll

r

i

s

k

assessment

shall

be

carr

i

ed

out

p

r

i

or

to

onset

of

heavy

w

eather

to

ensure

the

safety

of

the

vesse

l

and

cre

w

.

I

dea

ll

y

,

a

vesse

l

should

“

r

i

de

”

heavy

w

eather

on

a

course

and

at

a

s

p

eed

to ma

i

nta

i

n

head

i

n

g w

h

il

e

li

m

i

t

i

n

g

the effects

of

brea

ki

n

g

seas

and

to

p

revent dama

g

e

.

D

ur

i

n

g

heavy

w

eather

, i

n

add

i

t

i

on

to

other

documented safe

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

p

ract

i

ces

,

the

B

r

id

g

e

W

atc

h

Off

ice

r

shall

:

x

I

f

p

r

i

or

w

arn

i

n

g

of

heavy

w

eather

i

s

rece

i

ved

(

or

i

f

a

p

ro

p

osed

course

a

l

ternat

i

on

shall

cause

severe

mot

i

on

)

ensure

that

a

ll

p

ersonne

l

are

made

a

w

are

,

car

g

o

should

be

chec

k

ed

to

ensure

movab

l

e

ob

j

ects

are

su

i

tab

l

y

secured

and

a

ll

p

ract

i

ca

l

p

recaut

i

ons

are

ta

k

en

to

avo

i

d

any

dama

g

e

that may

other

w

i

se occur

;

x

Cons

i

derat

i

on

shall

be

g

i

ven

to

f

i

nd

i

n

g

she

l

ter

from

the

seas

;

a

p

ort

of

refu

g

e

shall

be

cons

i

dered

i

f

the

vesse

l i

s

ta

ki

n

g

or

i

s

lik

e

l

y

to

ta

k

e unacce

p

tab

l

e

p

un

i

shment

;

x

Cre

w

act

i

v

i

ty

on

dec

k

or

any

e

x

p

osed

area

shall

be

avo

i

ded

un

l

ess

necessary

for

the

safety

of

p

ersonne

l,

the

vesse

l

or

assets

;

x

I

f

cre

w

members

have

to

g

o

onto

the

dec

k

or

i

nto

other

e

x

p

osed

areas

,

the

use

of

li

fe

li

nes

or

s

i

m

il

ar

p

rotect

i

on

shall

be

cons

i

dered

i

n add

i

t

i

on

to

f

l

otat

i

on dev

i

ces

;

x

T

he

vesse

l

shall

be

maneuvered

i

nto

a

p

os

i

t

i

on

and

at

an o

p

t

i

m

i

sed s

p

eed

to

afford

ma

xi

mum

p

rotect

i

on

for

cre

w

on

dec

k,

w

ho

shall

be

constant

l

y mon

i

tored

unt

il

safe

l

y

c

l

ear

from

the dec

k;

x

I

f

s

i

zeab

l

e

ob

j

ects

are

l

ost

or

j

ett

i

soned

overboard

and

rema

i

n

af

l

oat

,

a

secur

i

ty messa

g

e

shall

be

transm

i

tted

and

the

nearest

C

oa

s

tal

S

tate a

u

t

h

o

r

itie

s

shall

be

i

nformed

. T

he

C

ont

r

act

s

Mana

g

e

r

,

Op

e

r

ation

s

Mana

g

e

r

and

any a

pp

li

cab

l

e offshore

i

nsta

ll

at

i

on

shall

a

l

so be

i

nformed

;

x

I

f

the

contents

of

the

l

ost

ob

j

ect

are

hazardous

,

a mar

i

ne

p

o

ll

utant

or

a

dan

g

er

to

nav

i

g

at

i

on

,

the

a

pp

ro

p

r

i

ate messa

g

e

shall

be

d

i

s

p

atched

. T

he

C

ont

r

act

s

Mana

g

e

r

, Op

e

r

ation

s

Mana

g

e

r

and

any

a

pp

li

cab

l

e

offshore

i

nsta

ll

at

i

on

shall

a

l

so be

i

nformed

;

x

I

n

the

event

of

any

dama

g

e

or

other

l

oss

,

or

any

other

s

i

tuat

i

on

deve

l

o

p

i

n

g

that

i

s

deemed

unusua

ll

y

hazardous

w

i

th

cons

i

derat

i

on

to

the

p

reva

ili

n

g

heavy

w

eather

cond

i

t

i

ons

. T

he

Ma

s

te

r

shall

fo

ll

o

w

the

p

rocedures

for

i

nc

i

dent

re

p

ort

i

n

g

;

x

T

he

C

ont

r

act

s

Mana

g

e

r

,

Op

e

r

ation

s

Mana

g

e

r

and

any

a

pp

li

cab

l

e

offshore

i

nsta

ll

at

i

on

shall

be

i

nformed

.

D

ur

i

n

g

heavy

w

eather

,

En

g

i

nee

W

atch

K

ee

p

i

n

g

res

p

ons

i

b

ili

t

i

es

are as

documented

for

coasta

l

nav

i

g

at

i

on

.

4

.

3

.

7 Dy

na

m

ic

P

o

s

itionin

g

(

D

P

2

)

W

atc

h

Kee

p

in

g

T

he

br

i

d

g

e

shall

be manned

by

t

w

o

D

P

Op

e

r

ato

r

s

w

henever

the

vesse

l i

s

o

p

erat

i

n

g

i

n

a

D

P

mode

. B

oth

D

P

Op

e

r

ato

r

s

p

er

w

atch

shall

be

q

ua

li

f

i

ed

B

r

id

g

e

W

atc

h Off

ice

r

s

,

tra

i

ned

and

e

x

p

er

i

enced

i

n

D

P

o

p

erat

i

ons

and

w

i

th

a

sound

w

or

ki

n

g

k

no

w

l

ed

g

e of

offshore o

p

erat

i

ons

.

O

ne

of

the

D

P

Op

e

r

ato

r

s

shall

be

cert

i

f

i

ed

and

des

i

g

nated

by

the

S

enio

r

D

P

Op

e

r

ato

r

(

Sr

-

D

P

O

)

and

be

i

n

char

g

e

of

the

w

atch

. T

he

second

O

p

erator

shall

be

the

D

P

Op

e

r

ato

r

(

D

P

O

)

and

shall

be

ca

p

ab

l

e

of

ta

ki

n

g

a

w

atch at

the

o

p

erat

i

n

g

conso

l

e

.

T

he

D

P

conso

l

e

i

s

to

be manned

at

a

ll

t

i

mes

w

hen

the

vesse

l i

s

o

p

erat

i

n

g

i

n

the

D

P

mode

and the

S

enio

r

D

P

Op

e

r

ato

r

shall

at

a

ll

t

i

me

rema

i

n on

the

br

i

d

g

e

.

T

he

D

P

Op

e

r

ato

r

at

the

conso

l

e

i

s

the

act

i

ve

surface

co

-

ord

i

nator

of

the

o

p

erat

i

on

w

h

il

st

the

vesse

l i

s

i

n

the

D

P

mode

,

and as

such

shall

rema

i

n ded

i

cated

to h

i

s

res

p

ons

i

b

ili

t

i

es

at

the

D

P

conso

l

e

.

T

he

D

P

Op

e

r

ato

r

under

no

c

i

rcumstances

shall

ta

k

e

p

art

i

n

the

sh

i

p

s

rout

i

ne act

i

v

i

t

i

es

.

T

o

avo

i

d

l

oss

of

concentrat

i

on

,

the

t

w

o

D

P

Op

e

r

ato

r

s

on

w

atch

should

e

x

chan

g

e

p

l

aces

at

the

conso

l

e

at

l

east

every

t

w

o hours

and

p

referab

l

y every one

hour

.

V

ers

i

on

S

F

(BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

5

02-

ver

.0

4

). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

0

1

/0

6

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1

2.

V

ers

i

on

date:

31

/

1

2/20

1

5

.

V

a

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on QM

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document

w

hen

p

r

i

nted

.

P

rocedure

p

re

p

ared by:

BOS

Head

of

O

p

erat

i

ons

.

App

roved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

p

erat

i

ons

.

V

a

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

e

p

resentat

i

ve

.

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