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
4.4 Tanker Lifting Operations
4
.
4
.
1
P
ur
p
ose
T
he purpose of the tan
k
er
li
ft
i
ng procedures
i
s to gu
i
de the
Master
and off
i
cers to fo
ll
ow the accepted
standards on board a
ll
anchor hand
li
ng tug supp
l
y vesse
l
s when support
i
ng an e
x
port tan
k
er at an
offshore
l
oad
i
ng fac
ili
ty
.
However
,
sh
i
ps d
i
ffer
i
n construct
i
on
, l
ayout and e
q
u
i
pment
, i
n funct
i
on and
i
n
cond
i
t
i
ons of serv
i
ce and therefore
i
n the c
i
rcumstances of an
i
nd
i
v
i
dua
l
sh
i
p
, i
t may be
i
mpract
i
cab
l
e
or
i
nadv
i
sab
l
e for some reason to comp
l
y e
x
act
l
y w
i
th
a
recommended pract
i
ce
. I
n such
i
nstances
,
the manua
l
w
ill
usua
ll
y
i
nd
i
cate the nature of the procedure and care that shou
l
d be ta
k
en to adopt
an a
l
ternat
i
ve method wh
i
ch ade
q
uate
l
y guards aga
i
nst those r
i
s
k
s and wh
i
ch does not
i
tse
l
f
i
ntroduce any
spec
i
a
l
new hazard
.
4
.
4
.
2
S
co
p
e
T
he scope of
these procedures
i
s to prov
i
de
i
nformat
i
on and gu
i
dance on procedures to be fo
ll
owed
and measures to be adopted for tan
k
er
li
ft
i
ng operat
i
ons on board anchor hand
li
ng tug supp
l
y
vesse
l
s
.
T
he procedures cover safe wor
ki
ng pract
i
ces for moor
i
ng and unmoor
i
ng an e
x
port tan
k
er at an
offshore e
x
port fac
ili
ty
(S
PM system or
F
P
SO
on permanent anchorage or moored to an
S
PM
).
I
t
i
s the respons
i
b
ili
ty of those concerned
i
n carry
i
ng out the operat
i
ons to ensure that they are
done
i
n an eff
i
c
i
ent and safe manner even though deta
il
s of every necessary precaut
i
on and
procedure may not have been e
x
p
li
c
i
t
l
y stated
i
n th
i
s manua
l.
4
.
4
.
3
R
es
p
onsi
b
ilities
4.4.3.1 Vessel Master
x
T
he
Master
of the vesse
l i
s respons
i
b
l
e for ensur
i
ng that the re
l
evant procedures
ment
i
oned
i
n th
i
s manua
l
are fo
ll
owed and carr
i
ed out
i
n
a
safe and eff
i
c
i
ent manner
.
x
B
efore any tow
i
ng operat
i
on
,
the
Master
shou
l
d
i
n
i
t
i
ate
a
set of procedures
.
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
.
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53
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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