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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

T

ow

i

ng

spr

i

ng ma

i

ntenance:

x

T

h

i

mb

l

es

p

l

aced

on

s

i

ng

l

e

or

doub

l

e

tow

i

ng

spr

i

ng

should

be

removed

to

a

ll

ow

i

nspect

i

on

at

po

i

nts

of

contact

.

x

F

re

q

uent

l

y used

tow

i

ng

spr

i

ngs

should

undergo ma

i

ntenance

once a

year

.

x

T

h

i

mb

l

e

connect

i

ons

should

be

t

i

ght

. I

f

necessary

,

re

-

sp

li

ce

to

remove any p

l

ay

.

x

S

tore

and

cover

tow

i

ng

spr

i

ngs

to

protect

from

e

x

posure

to

spray and

sun

li

ght

.

x

W

hen ma

ki

ng

a

doub

l

e

tow

i

ng

spr

i

ng

, 20

tons

of

pressure

shall

be

app

li

ed

for

at

l

east

24

hours

before us

i

ng

i

n

tow

i

ng operat

i

ons

.

x

R

e

li

ab

l

e

eva

l

uat

i

on

of

the

serv

i

ceab

ili

ty of

a

tow

i

ng

spr

i

ng

i

s

d

i

ff

i

cu

l

t

.

x

T

he

sh

i

p

Master

i

s

so

l

e

l

y

respons

i

b

l

e

for

dec

i

d

i

ng

when

rep

l

acement

i

s

necessary

based

on

h

i

s

e

x

per

i

ence and

cr

i

ter

i

a

.

.

R

emar

k

:

T

ow

li

nes

can

be

used w

i

thout

a

tow

i

ng

spr

i

ng

. T

h

i

s may be

adv

i

sab

l

e

i

n

heavy weather

cond

i

t

i

ons

and

for

rescue operat

i

ons

and accord

i

ng

c

li

ent

re

q

u

i

rements

.

T

ow

i

ng

li

ne

i

ntegr

i

ty

Vers

i

on

SF

(

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

.

Page

52

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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