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Moorin

g

O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

0

7

W

hen

the

vesse

l i

s

f

i

tted

w

i

th

both

w

i

re

and

synthet

i

c

rope

moor

i

n

g

s

, i

t

i

s

often

best

to

use

the

w

i

res

for

spr

i

n

g

li

nes

and

synthet

i

c

breast

li

nes

and

head

li

nes

.

W

henever

poss

i

b

l

e

, li

nes

l

ead

i

n

g

i

n

the

same

d

i

rect

i

on

must

be

the

same

l

en

g

th

and

be made

of

the

same

mater

i

a

l

and

construct

i

on

.

M

ix

ed

moor

i

n

g

s

, (

w

i

re

and

synthet

i

c

li

nes

or

w

i

re

/

synthet

i

c

rope

a

l

one

but

w

i

th

d

i

ffer

i

n

g

construct

i

on

/

s

i

z

e

)

must

not be

used

for

li

nes

l

ead

i

n

g

i

n

the

same d

i

rect

i

on

.

T

he

l

ead

of

the

li

ne

to

the

shore

must

a

l

so

be

cons

i

dered

. W

henever

a

li

ne

i

s

unab

l

e

to

act

i

n

e

x

act

l

y

the

same

d

i

rect

i

on

as

the

force

i

t

i

s

try

i

n

g

to w

i

thstand

, i

ts

ho

l

d

i

n

g

capac

i

ty

i

s

reduced

. T

he

effect

i

veness

of

any

li

ne

i

s

proport

i

ona

l

to

the

cos

i

ne of

the an

g

l

e

the

li

ne ma

k

es w

i

th

the

q

uays

i

de

.

D

ur

i

n

g

the

berth

i

n

g

operat

i

on

,

the

Vessel Master

and

respons

i

b

l

e

persons

for

the

fore

and

aft

moor

i

n

g

stat

i

ons

shall

commun

i

cate

and

e

x

chan

g

e any usefu

l i

nformat

i

on

,

such

as

:

x

R

eport

i

n

g

when a

T

U

G i

s ma

ki

n

g

fast

/

l

ett

i

n

g g

o

;

x

R

eport

i

n

g

wh

i

ch

li

ne

i

s ma

ki

n

g

fast

;

x

R

eport

i

n

g

when a

ll li

nes

are ma

ki

n

g

fast

.

I

f

the

vesse

l i

s

f

i

tted

w

i

th

se

l

f

-

tens

i

on

i

n

g

w

i

nches

,

both

respons

i

b

l

e

persons

of

moor

i

n

g

stat

i

ons

must

be

coord

i

nated

when

they

sw

i

tch

the

w

i

nch

tor

q

ue

sett

i

n

g

on

auto

mode

,

after

obta

i

n

i

n

g

the

Master’s

perm

i

ss

i

on

.

4

.

2

.

4

Moorin

g P

osition

D

ur

i

n

g

moor

i

n

g

,

the off

i

cer

at

the poop

dec

k

must

i

nform

the

Master

when

the

sh

i

p

i

s

"i

n

pos

i

t

i

on

".

T

h

i

s means

the sh

i

p

i

s

pos

i

t

i

oned

a

l

on

g

s

i

de

i

n

order

to

l

ower

the

ramp w

i

thout be

i

n

g

obstructed

.

4

.

2

.

5

Hea

v

in

g L

ines

At

each moor

i

n

g

stat

i

on

at

l

east

two

heav

i

n

g

li

nes

of

suff

i

c

i

ent

l

en

g

th

,

made

up

and

ready

for

use

must

be

ava

il

ab

l

e

. T

he

end

of

the

heav

i

n

g

li

ne may be made

up

from

a

trad

i

t

i

ona

l

mon

k

ey

f

i

st

or

other

k

not

to

prov

i

de

suff

i

c

i

ent we

i

g

ht

to a

ll

ow

the

li

ne

to be

thrown

effect

i

ve

l

y

.

T

he use of meta

l

or

other

heavy

i

nserts

,

pa

i

nt

i

mpre

g

nated

k

nots

etc

.

to prov

i

de we

i

g

ht

i

s

proh

i

b

i

ted

4

.

2

.

6 S

to

pp

ers

At

each

moor

i

n

g

stat

i

on

,

a

suff

i

c

i

ent

number

of

stoppers

must

be

ava

il

ab

l

e

for

ropes

or

w

i

res

wh

i

ch

may

re

q

u

i

re

to

be

transferred

from

a drum

end

to b

i

tts

.

A

su

i

tab

l

e

stopper

must

be

used

accord

i

n

g

to

the

rope mater

i

a

l

used

for moor

i

n

g

operat

i

ons

. T

he

rope

must

not

be

sur

g

ed

on

the

drum

end

to

prevent

the

rope

me

l

t

i

n

g

and

fus

i

n

g

on

the

drum

end

. O

nce

ade

q

uate

tens

i

on has

been ach

i

eved

,

the

rope

should

be

stoppered and

l

a

i

d up on

the moor

i

n

g

b

i

tts

.

W

hen

f

i

ber

ropes

are

used

onboard

,

the

stopper

used

should

i

dea

ll

y

be

of

the

same mater

i

a

l

as

the

rope

be

i

n

g

stoppered

. W

hen w

i

re

ropes

are

used

,

the

stopper

to

be

used

must

be

a

cha

i

n

stopper

and

not

a

rope

stopper

.

T

he

Ma

xi

mum

B

rea

ki

n

g

L

oad

(

M

BL)

of

the

stopper

should

be

around

5

0%

of

the

M

BL

of

the

li

ne

be

i

n

g

stoppered

.

H

owever

P

o

l

yam

i

de

(

ny

l

on

)

stoppers

should

not

,

be

used

on

po

l

y

i

m

i

de

li

nes

due

to

the

l

ow

coeff

i

c

i

ent of

fr

i

ct

i

on of

the mater

i

a

l.

W

hen

l

ay

i

n

g

up

the

li

ne

onto

the moor

i

n

g

b

i

tts

,

the

f

i

rst

one

or

two

turns

shall

be

ta

k

en

d

i

rect

l

y

around

the

f

i

rst

post

of

the

b

i

tts

,

or

around

the

outs

i

de

of

both

posts

,

before

the

rope

i

s

l

a

i

d

up

i

n

f

i

g

ures

of

e

i

g

ht

around

the b

i

tts

.

V

ers

i

on

S

F

(BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

6

0

7

-

ver

.0

4

). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date

:

22

/

0

6/

20

1

2.

V

ers

i

on

date

:

31/1

2

/

20

15

.

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a

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on

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M

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s

i

te

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ncontro

ll

ed

document when

pr

i

nted

.

P

rocedure prepared by

:

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ead

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by

: H

ead

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

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a

li

dated

by

:

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