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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

x

T

he dec

k

crew

removes

the

safety p

i

n

from

the w

i

re

stopper

by orders

from

the off

i

cer

i

n

charge

.

N

ote

some

r

i

s

k

s

assoc

i

ated

to

th

i

s

operat

i

on:

x

Crew aft

;

potent

i

a

l

M

OB;

x

D

ec

k

crew may be

stuc

k i

n

the head

by

the PCP

,

stray

li

ne

,

or

crane b

l

oc

k.

x

S

nagg

i

ng

of

the

crane

;

x

T

ouch

i

ng

/

co

lli

s

i

on between

vesse

l

and

r

i

g

;

x

PCP or

tugger w

i

re may brea

k;

x

Prob

l

ems w

i

th

connect

i

ng e

l

ements

;

unnecessary use

of

t

i

me

;

x

Vesse

l

dr

i

ft

i

ng

off

course

;

x

Heavy

li

ft

;

p

i

nch

po

i

nt

hazards

;

x

W

or

k

around

the

shar

k j

aw

; l

arge

forces

i

nvo

l

ved

.

After

retr

i

ev

i

ng

pennant from

the

crane

,

do

not manoeuvre

to

the

new

pos

i

t

i

on wh

il

e

dec

k

hands

are

connect

i

ng

the PCP

and wor

k

w

i

re

on

dec

k.

Avo

i

d wor

k

on dec

k

when

the wor

ki

ng w

i

nch

i

s

runn

i

ng and

the

vesse

l i

s mov

i

ng

.

Us

i

ng

the

nav

i

gat

i

on

system

supp

li

ed

,

head

towards

the

anchor

s

l

ow

l

y

,

wh

il

e

pay

i

ng

out

w

i

re

(i

nc

l

ud

i

ng

the PCP

)

to about

1.4

t

i

mes water

depth

.

T

he

r

i

g

has

to

ma

i

nta

i

n

a

w

i

nch

tens

i

on

of

5

0%

of

i

ts

ma

xi

mum

before

chas

i

ng

can

start

avo

i

d

i

ng

any

b

i

ght

on

the

li

ne

. W

hen

chas

i

ng

a

l

ong

the

li

ne

,

the

propu

l

s

i

on

of

the

vesse

l

shall

be

carefu

ll

y mon

i

tored

i

n

order

to

prevent

brea

ki

ng

of

the

w

i

re

when

the

chaser

reaches

the

anchor

. T

ens

i

on

meter

, i

f

f

i

tted

,

shall

a

l

so be mon

i

tored

to

watch

any

une

x

pected

pea

k

of

tens

i

on

.

N

o

tens

i

on

should

be

app

li

ed

i

n PCP

to ensure

smooth pass

i

ng over

the

cha

i

n

.

Vers

i

on

S

F

(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

.

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23

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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