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Met

h

anol O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

09

Fi

re

S

afety precaut

i

ons

:

x

S

mo

ki

n

g

shall

be

proh

i

b

i

ted everywhere

dur

i

n

g

the

operat

i

on

even

i

ns

i

de

(i

n

case

vent

il

at

i

on

and

accommodat

i

on

A

/

C

wou

l

d

fa

il,

pressur

i

n

g

of

accommodat

i

on

wou

l

d

no

l

on

g

er

be

assumed

and

methano

l

g

as may enter

)

x

E

l

ectr

i

ca

l

e

q

u

i

pment

shall

be e

x

p

l

os

i

ve proof

;

x

A

l

coho

l R

es

i

stant

-

A

q

ueous

Fil

m

F

orm

i

n

g

F

oam

of

the

a

l

coho

l-

res

i

stant

type

(

A

R-

A

FFF)

w

i

th

6

%

foam

proport

i

on

i

n

g

(

w

i

th water

)

e

q

u

i

pment

i

s

adv

i

sed

for

use on methano

l

f

i

res

;

x

D

ry Chem

i

ca

l

e

x

t

i

n

g

u

i

shers

shall

be

access

i

b

l

e

for

sma

ll

f

i

res

.

An

ade

q

uate

supp

l

y

of

hand

he

l

d

and

whee

l

ed

types

shall

be

ava

il

ab

l

e

;

x

H

ydrants

shall

be

strate

g

i

ca

ll

y

p

l

aced w

i

th

ade

q

uate

hoses

– F

oam

g

uns

are

p

l

aced

and

or

i

entated

as

per

c

l

ass

i

f

i

cat

i

on

soc

i

ety approva

l

to

cover

the

dan

g

erous

area

x

S

ma

ll

sp

ill

s

shall

be

remed

i

ated w

i

th

sand

,

earth

or

other

non

-

combust

i

b

l

e

absorbent mater

i

a

l

s

,

and

the area

then

f

l

ushed w

i

th water

. L

ar

g

er

sp

ill

s

shall

be

d

il

uted w

i

th water

.

4

.1.

4

En

v

iron

m

ental

p

rote

c

tion

Methano

l

b

i

ode

g

rades

eas

il

y

i

n

water

.

Methano

l i

n

h

i

g

h

concentrat

i

on

i

n

fresh water

or

sa

l

t water

can

have

short

term

harmfu

l

effects

on a

q

uat

i

c

li

fe w

i

th

i

n

the

i

mmed

i

ate

sp

ill

area

.

S

M

P

E

P/

SO

P

E

P

e

q

u

i

pment

shall

be

ready

for

use

on

dec

k. S

cuppers

shall

be

c

l

osed

and

p

l

u

gg

ed

to

prevent

any methano

l

sp

ill

a

g

e

to

the

sea

.

4

.

2

Met

h

anol trans

f

er

4

.

2

.1

J

o

b p

re

p

aration

T

he

methano

l

transfer

shall

be

prepared

accord

i

n

g

to

company

’

s

standards

,

us

i

n

g

G-

J

S

A

15

(S-

J

S

A

i

f

deve

l

oped by

the

vesse

l),

Chec

k-li

st and

ho

l

d

i

n

g

a

too

l

bo

x

meet

i

n

g

as ment

i

oned on

sect

i

on

9.

A

ll

e

l

ectr

i

c

power

e

q

u

i

pments

i

n

d

i

rect

v

i

c

i

n

i

ty

of

the

Methano

l

transfer

stat

i

on

and

p

i

p

i

n

g

s

,

shall

be

of

an

e

x

p

l

os

i

on

proof

type

(i

nc

l

ud

i

n

g

li

g

ht

i

n

g

and portat

i

ve

UH

F).

B

attery

rep

l

acement

shall

be done

i

n a

safe area

, i

ns

i

de accommodat

i

on

.

S

u

i

tab

l

e

PP

E

shall

be

worn

. R

esp

i

ratory

mas

k

s

,

face

sh

i

e

l

d

,

chem

i

ca

l

su

i

ts

,

cert

i

f

i

ed

methano

l

res

i

stant

chem

i

ca

l

proof

boots

and

g

l

oves

,

hard

hat

.

T

he

Ni

tro

g

en

shall

be

ava

il

ab

l

e

on

suff

i

c

i

ent

vo

l

ume

to

prov

i

de

a

cont

i

nuous

l

oad

i

n

g

/

off

l

oad

i

n

g

of

the who

l

e

q

uant

i

ty

of methano

l. Ni

tro

g

en

i

s

e

i

ther

produced

on

board

by

the

n

i

tro

g

en

g

enerator

,

supp

li

ed

by

the

F

P

SO

(

rece

i

ver

)

or

chem

i

ca

l

tan

k

er

(

supp

li

er

),

or

ava

il

ab

l

e

i

n a

tan

k l

oaded on ma

i

n dec

k.

A

S

C

B

A

sha

ll

be

p

l

aced

at

the most

strate

g

i

c

p

l

ace

i

n

order

to

cope w

i

th

emer

g

ency

recovery of

personne

l

i

ns

i

de

the

n

i

tro

g

en

room

.

Vent

il

at

i

on

shall

be

on

i

n

the

n

i

tro

g

en

p

l

ant

room

dur

i

n

g

the methano

l

operat

i

on

.

T

he

S

C

B

A

shall

be worn

dur

i

n

g

transfer

phases when

enter

i

n

g

the

n

i

tro

g

en p

l

ant

room

,

as

n

i

tro

g

en

e

x

posure

may

occur

,

un

l

ess

the

vent

il

at

i

on

i

s

k

ept

on

.

An

O2

detector

i

s

chec

ki

n

g

atmosphere

i

n

th

i

s

room

dur

i

n

g

operat

i

ons

.

A

stretcher

and

resusc

i

tat

i

on

ki

t

should

be

p

l

aced

c

l

ose enou

g

h

to

the

n

i

tro

g

en p

l

ant

room

.

Methano

l

transfer

pumps

emer

g

ency stops

sha

ll

be

tested

.

T

he

li

st

and

tr

i

m

of

the

vesse

l

should

be

cons

i

dered

.

A

g

ood

sett

i

n

g

a

ll

ows

a

better

f

l

ow

of methano

l

when

off

l

oad

i

n

g

and w

ill k

eep

the

pump

runn

i

n

g

l

on

g

er w

i

th

l

ess methano

l l

eft

over

i

n

the

tan

k

s

at

the

end

.

Vers

i

on

SF(BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

6

09-

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

Q

M

S

s

i

te

.

U

ncontro

ll

ed

document

when

pr

i

nted

.

P

rocedure prepared by

:

BOS

H

ead

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by

:

BOS

H

ead

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by

:

BOS

Q

ua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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