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Tan

k

Cleanin

g

O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

1

3

4

.

2

.

4 V

entilation

Conf

i

ned

spaces

shall

be

vent

il

ated

us

i

ng

des

i

gnated

vent

il

at

i

on

e

q

u

i

pment

;

ensur

i

ng

that

vent

il

at

i

on

reaches

the

bottom

of

the

space

.

4

.

2

.

5 A

t

m

os

ph

ere Test

T

he

atmosphere

i

n

the

conf

i

ned

space

shall

be

tested

us

i

ng

i

n

date

ca

li

brated

test

e

q

u

i

pment

. T

he

test

shall

be

carr

i

ed out

i

n

var

i

ous

areas

of

the

space

.

4

.

2

.

6

E

x

itin

g

Pr

i

or

to

e

xi

t

i

ng

the

space

a

thorough

i

nspect

i

on

of

the

who

l

e

area

shall

be

carr

i

ed

out

.

A

ll

too

l

s

,

e

q

u

i

pment

and

other mater

i

a

l

s

shall

be

removed

. T

he

safety

attendant

shall

recover

the

too

l

s

,

e

q

u

i

pment

and mater

i

a

l

s

from

outs

i

de

the

space

.

T

he

space

shall

be

re

-

secured

, i

so

l

at

i

ons

re

-i

nstated

and

the P

TW

cance

ll

ed

.

4

.

2

.

7

Tan

k

c

leanin

g

–

u

sin

g

t

h

e s

h

i

p’

s

c

rew

T

he

C

h

ie

f

O

ff

i

c

er/Tas

k

Sup

ervisor

shall

g

i

ve

the

T

oo

l

bo

x T

a

lk. I

n

add

i

t

i

on

to

the

standard

T

oo

l B

o

x T

a

lk

content

;

spec

i

f

i

c

to

tan

k

c

l

ean

i

ng

,

the

i

nherent

dangers

assoc

i

ated

w

i

th

eng

i

ne

room

access

,

wor

ki

ng

i

n

conf

i

ned

space and

the

rout

i

ng

of

hoses

shall

be

fu

ll

y

d

i

scussed

. T

he

prev

i

ous

content

of

the

tan

k,

the

Emergency

R

esponse P

l

an

and

commun

i

cat

i

ons

re

q

u

i

rement

shall

a

ll

be

h

i

gh

li

ghted

,

T

an

k

s

to

be

c

l

eaned

shall

be

i

so

l

ated

from

any

tan

k

s wh

i

ch

st

ill

conta

i

n

bu

lk liq

u

i

ds

. L

oc

k-

out/

T

ag

-

out Perm

i

t

T

o

W

or

k (S

ect

i

on

9)

shall

be used

as

appropr

i

ate

.

Mechan

i

ca

l

apparatus

i

n

any

tan

k

s

to

be

c

l

eaned

are

to

be

mechan

i

ca

ll

y/e

l

ectr

i

ca

ll

y

i

so

l

ated

us

i

ng

L

oc

k-

out/

T

ag

-

out Perm

i

t

T

o

W

or

k (S

ect

i

on

9).

W

here

access

to

tan

k

s

i

s

v

i

a

the

eng

i

ne

room

,

a

ll

non

-

v

i

ta

l

mach

i

nery

i

s to

be

sw

i

tched

off

and

i

so

l

ated

us

i

ng

L

oc

k-

out/

T

ag

-

out Perm

i

t

T

o

W

or

k (S

ect

i

on

9). S

ources

of

i

gn

i

t

i

on

are

present

i

n

the

eng

i

ne

room wh

i

ch

shall

be

ta

k

en

i

nto

cons

i

derat

i

on

.

M

SDS

sheets

perta

i

n

i

ng

to

prev

i

ous

cargo

carr

i

ed

s

i

nce

the

l

ast

c

l

ean

i

ng

operat

i

ons

shall

be made

ava

il

ab

l

e

to

the

tan

k

c

l

eaners

.

“

MA

R

P

OL 7

3/

78

A

NN

E

X II”

regu

l

ates

the

d

i

scharge

of

N

o

xi

ous

Liq

u

i

d

S

ubstances

and

the

use

of

chem

i

ca

l

s

that

are

used

for

tan

k

c

l

ean

i

ng

purposes

.

A

ll

c

l

ean

i

ng

add

i

t

i

ves

eva

l

uated

and

found

to

meet

the

re

q

u

i

rements

of

“paragraph

1

3

.

5

.2

of

Anne

x II

of

MA

R

P

OL 7

3/

78

”

are

conso

li

dated

i

nto

“anne

x 10

of

the

MEPC

.2

/C

i

rcu

l

ar

1

5

”.

S

ome

substances

ment

i

oned

on

a

vesse

l’

s

N

o

xi

ous

Liq

u

i

d

S

ubstances

cert

i

f

i

cate

re

q

u

i

re

approved

surveyors

i

n

attendance

dur

i

ng

tan

k

c

l

ean

i

ng

,

for

e

x

amp

l

e

z

i

nc

brom

i

de

. W

hen

app

li

cab

l

e

,

further

r

i

s

k

assessment

shall

be

carr

i

ed out

,

espec

i

a

ll

y

for

s

ili

ca

based

cements

.

T

he

tan

k

shall

be

c

l

eaned us

i

ng

the appropr

i

ate methods

.

4

.

2

.

8

Tan

k

c

leanin

g

–

u

sin

g

s

h

ore

c

ontra

c

tors

I

t

i

s

the

respons

i

b

ili

ty of

the

Master

to prov

i

de

the

contractors w

i

th

a

safe p

l

ace of wor

k.

T

he

Master

i

s

u

l

t

i

mate

l

y

respons

i

b

l

e

for

the

safe

comp

l

et

i

on

of

the wor

k.

W

hen

contractors

are used

i

nstead of

own

crew

, 4.2.7

as ment

i

oned

above

shall

rema

i

n app

li

cab

l

e

.

Vers

i

on

S

F

(BOS-

P

RD-0

3

.900

6

0

3

-

ver

.04). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date

: 22

/

0

6/

2012.

Vers

i

on

date

:

3

1

/

12

/

201

5

.

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

: BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by

: BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

6 /

9

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