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Moorin

g

O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

0

7

D

ur

i

n

g

the

fu

ll

pre

-

tas

k

p

l

ann

i

n

g

,

the

Vessel Master

or

the

OOW

superv

i

s

i

n

g

the operat

i

on

shall

def

i

ne

a

safety

z

one

to

avo

i

d

any

C

li

ent

,

contractor

or

passen

g

er

be

i

n

g

i

n

a

dan

g

erous

s

i

tuat

i

on

.

Any

vesse

l

crewmember

shall

rem

i

nd

a

ll

passen

g

ers

or

supernumerar

i

es

,

when

necessary

,

to

stay

w

i

th

i

n

the

safety

z

one

throu

g

hout

the

operat

i

on

.

T

he

Vessel Master

shall

ensure

that

spec

i

f

i

c

o

il

f

i

e

l

d

charts

show

i

n

g

subsea

character

i

st

i

cs

are

ava

il

ab

l

e

pr

i

or

to

commenc

i

n

g

the

moor

i

n

g/

retr

i

ev

i

n

g

operat

i

on

.

Catenary

Curves

shall

be

c

l

ear

l

y

def

i

ned

for

a

ll

moor

i

n

g

li

nes

to

ensure

that

,

at

any

sta

g

e

of

the

operat

i

on

,

there

i

s

no

doubt

about ma

i

nta

i

n

i

n

g

the

c

l

earance

between

the

dep

l

oyed

cha

i

n

/

w

i

re

catenary

and

any

subsea

asset

. S

uch

curves

shall

be

d

i

scussed

and

conf

i

rmed w

i

th

the

C

harterer

and be part of

the

fu

ll

pre

-

tas

k

p

l

ann

i

n

g

and

O

perat

i

ona

l B

r

i

ef

i

n

g

.

P

r

i

or

to

commenc

i

n

g

any

spread moor

i

n

g

operat

i

ons

,

the

Vessel Master

or

OOW

shall

not

i

fy

,

by Very

H

i

g

h

F

re

q

uency

(

V

H

F)

announcement

,

the o

il

f

i

e

l

d

and

a

ll

vesse

l

s

i

n

the

v

i

c

i

n

i

ty of

the

fo

ll

ow

i

n

g

deta

il

s

:

x

T

hat a

spread moor

i

n

g

operat

i

on

i

s

i

n pro

g

ress

;

x

N

ames

of

vesse

l

s

i

nvo

l

ved

i

n

the operat

i

on

;

x

T

he avo

i

dance area

.

T

he

Vessel Master

shall

adapt

the

fre

q

uency

of

the

safety messa

g

e

broadcast

depend

i

n

g

on

the

operat

i

on

be

i

n

g

performed and

traff

i

c dens

i

ty

i

n

the

area

.

D

ur

i

n

g

a

ll

the

sta

g

es

of

anchor

dep

l

oyment

/

recovery

operat

i

ons

,

the

Vessel Master

and

/

or

the

OOW

shall

mon

i

tor

and

record

anchor

li

ne

’

s

tens

i

on

bear

i

n

g

of

the

spread moor

i

n

g

system

. S

uch

i

nformat

i

on mon

i

tor

i

n

g

shall

be

recorded

w

i

th

i

n

the

B

r

i

d

g

e

L

o

g

boo

k

or

w

i

th

i

n

another

appropr

i

ate

l

o

g

boo

k

as

per

the

Vessel

Master’s

i

nstruct

i

ons

.

4

.

7

.

3

Moorin

g

O

p

erations

P

lan

T

he

Vessel Master

shall

deve

l

op

a

Moor

i

n

g

O

perat

i

ons

P

l

an

w

i

th

a

ll

spec

i

f

i

cat

i

ons

necessary

for

the

schedu

l

ed operat

i

on

.

T

he

Moor

i

n

g

O

perat

i

ons

P

l

an

shall

prov

i

de

a

common

understand

i

n

g

of

the

operat

i

on

and

should

out

li

ne

framewor

k

cond

i

t

i

ons

,

us

i

n

g

i

ma

g

es

,

d

i

a

g

rams

and

charts

. T

h

i

s Moor

i

n

g

O

perat

i

ons

P

l

an

shall

be

approved

by

the

vesse

l

C

harterer

and be

d

i

scussed dur

i

n

g

the br

i

ef

i

n

g

.

T

he Moor

i

n

g

O

perat

i

ons

P

l

an

shall

be

ava

il

ab

l

e on

the

vesse

l

br

i

d

g

e

and

shall

be

part of

the

OOW

handover

.

O

perat

i

ons Mana

g

er

shall

re

g

u

l

ar

l

y

rev

i

ew

the Moor

i

n

g

O

perat

i

ons

P

l

ans

. I

n

add

i

t

i

on

, BOS

may appo

i

nt

an

i

ndependent

ver

i

f

i

cat

i

on

company

to assess moor

i

n

g

p

l

ans

and

procedures

used

i

n

such operat

i

ons

.

T

he

Vessel Master

shall

use

the

same p

l

an dur

i

n

g

anchor

dep

l

oyment

or

retr

i

eva

l

operat

i

ons

.

4

.

7

.

3

.

1 Content

of Moor

i

ng

O

perat

i

ons P

l

an

A

Moor

i

ng

O

perat

i

ons P

l

an deve

l

oped by the

Vessel Master

and approved by the vesse

l

C

harterer

shall

i

nc

l

ude

,

as a m

i

n

i

mum

,

the fo

ll

ow

i

ng:

x

I

dent

i

f

i

cat

i

on of

i

nd

i

v

i

dua

l

ro

l

es and respons

i

b

ili

t

i

es of a

ll

persona

l i

nvo

l

ved

i

n such operat

i

ons

;

x

T

he Voyage P

l

ann

i

ng

i

n progress

;

x

D

ef

i

ned a

ll

owab

l

e weather

li

m

i

ts for the operat

i

on

;

x

W

eather forecasts ava

il

ab

l

e through the p

l

aned operat

i

on

;

Vers

i

on

SF(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.

Vers

i

on

date:

31/1

2

/

20

15

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on QM

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document when

pr

i

nted

.

Procedure prepared by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by: Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated

by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

20

/

2

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