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Tan

k

Cleanin

g

O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

1

3

W

hen

shore

s

i

de

contractors are

i

nvo

l

ved

i

n

the

tan

k

c

l

ean

i

ng

operat

i

on

, i

t

i

s

the

respons

i

b

ili

ty

of

the

sh

i

p

Tas

k

Sup

ervisor

to

ensure

that

Tan

k

Cleanin

g

Contra

c

tor

Sup

ervisor

i

s

i

nc

l

uded

and

i

nvo

l

ved

i

n

Pre

T

as

k

P

l

ann

i

ng

and

T

oo

l B

o

x T

a

lk.

I

n

add

i

t

i

on

to

the standard

T

oo

l B

o

x T

a

lk

content

,

the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng

,

as

a m

i

n

i

mum

,

spec

i

f

i

c

to

tan

k

c

l

ean

i

ng

shall

be

i

nc

l

uded

i

n

the

content pr

i

or

to

tan

k

c

l

ean

i

ng

commenc

i

ng:

x

Add

i

t

i

ona

l

hazards

assoc

i

ated w

i

th

emp

l

oy

i

ng

contractors

;

x

I

nherent

dangers

assoc

i

ated w

i

th

eng

i

ne

room

access

and

rout

i

ng

of

hoses

shall

be

fu

ll

y d

i

scussed

dur

i

ng

T

oo

l B

o

x T

a

lk

s

;

x

T

he prev

i

ous

contents

of

the

tan

k

shall

be

i

dent

i

f

i

ed

;

x

Di

v

i

s

i

on of

respons

i

b

ili

t

i

es

between

the

sh

i

p

and

the

contractor

dur

i

ng

the operat

i

on

;

x

R

espons

i

b

ili

t

i

es

for

i

ssu

i

ng

P

TW

and

the

connect

i

on

between

the

two

i

f

P

TW

are

i

ssued

by

the

sh

i

p

and

the

contractor

;

x

T

he measures

put

i

n p

l

ace wh

i

ch

spec

i

f

i

ca

ll

y

i

mpact on

the

contractor

;

x

T

he

i

nvo

l

vement of

the

contractor

i

n

the Emergency

R

esponse P

l

an

;

x

Commun

i

cat

i

ons

between

the

sh

i

p and

contractor

personne

l;

x

T

he

f

i

tness

for

purpose of

any e

q

u

i

pment brought

onboard by

the

contractor

.

T

he

Tas

k

Sup

ervisor

shall

ensure

that

the

Contra

c

tor

Sup

ervisor

br

i

efs

h

i

s/her

team

w

i

th

regard

to

the

outcome of

the

T

oo

l B

o

x T

a

lk

and

the measures

to be

ta

k

en

.

4

.

2

.

9 L

oa

d

in

g

s

h

ore

c

ontra

c

tors eq

u

i

pm

ent

W

hen

shore

contractors

supp

l

y

the

i

r

own

e

q

u

i

pment

to

be used onboard

the

Tas

k Sup

ervisor

shall

ensure:

x

PPE

supp

li

ed

i

s

appropr

i

ate

and

f

i

t

-

for

-

purpose

. I

t

shall

be

same

standard

or

better

than

that

re

q

u

i

red by

BO

U

RBON;

x

Manua

l

hand

li

ng

e

q

u

i

pment

,

for

e

x

amp

l

e

shove

l

s

,

for

use

down

the

tan

k

s

shall

be

i

n

good

cond

i

t

i

on

and

non

-

spar

k

generat

i

ng

;

x

E

l

ectr

i

ca

l

e

q

u

i

pment

shall

be

i

ntr

i

ns

i

ca

ll

y

safe

,

f

l

ame

proof

w

i

th

transformers

and

cab

li

ng

i

n

good

cond

i

t

i

on

;

x

Vent

il

at

i

on

fans

,

a

i

r

or

water

powered

shall

be

safe

for

use

,

w

i

th

the

trun

ki

ng

of

ade

q

uate

l

ength

to

reach

the

bottom

of

the

tan

k;

x

I

f

the

above

cannot

be

ach

i

eved

,

or

there

i

s

any

doubt

,

the

Tas

k Sup

ervisor

shall

not

a

ll

ow

the

tan

k

c

l

ean

i

ng

operat

i

on

to

commence

.

4

.

2

.1

0 R

e

m

ovin

g

tan

k

resi

d

u

es

R

es

i

dues

from

tan

k

c

l

ean

i

ng

are

c

l

assed

as

spec

i

a

l

waste

or

dangerous

waste:

th

i

s

i

s

waste

wh

i

ch may

harm

the env

i

ronment or

be a danger

to

humans

or

an

i

ma

l li

fe

.

A

ll

staff

should

be aware

that

st

i

rr

i

ng up

the

res

i

dues may

cause hydrogen

su

l

ph

i

de

(

H

2

S)

to

r

i

se

.

S

uch

wastes

shall

not

be

d

i

scharged

w

i

th

“garbage

”,

and

i

s

genera

ll

y

covered

by

separate

nat

i

ona

l

l

eg

i

s

l

at

i

on

.

R

es

i

dues

shall

be

removed

from

the

tan

k i

n

the appropr

i

ate

receptac

l

es

.

T

he

Tas

k

Sup

ervisor

shall

ensure

sp

ill ki

ts

are

ava

il

ab

l

e

. S

p

ill

age

shall

be

k

ept

to

a m

i

n

i

mum

and

c

l

eaned

up

q

u

i

c

kl

y when

they occur

.

W

hen

shore

contractors

carry

out

tan

k

c

l

ean

i

ng

they

shall

d

i

spose

of

the

res

i

dues

i

n

accordance

w

i

th

l

oca

l

and

nat

i

ona

l l

eg

i

s

l

at

i

on

. T

he

Master

shall

ensure

that

appropr

i

ate

records

of

the

operat

i

on

are

k

ept

,

reference

the

S

h

i

p

’

s

T

an

k

C

l

ean

i

ng

R

ecord

B

oo

k,

and

the

rece

i

pt

for

the

res

i

dues

obta

i

ned

from

the

contractor

.

W

hen

the

tan

k

c

l

ean

i

ng

operat

i

on

i

s

carr

i

ed

out

by

sh

i

p

staff

,

the

res

i

dues

shall

be

d

i

sposed

of

proper

l

y

ashore and

a

rece

i

pt obta

i

ned

from

the waste

contractor

.

Vers

i

on

S

F

(BOS-

P

RD-0

3

.900

6

0

3

-

ver

.0

4

). 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

.

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