Bourbon - Offshore - Surf - SMS manual 2016

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i

s

good

pract

i

ce

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Cutt

i

ng

a

synthet

i

c

li

ne

w

i

th

an

a

x i

s

hazardous

and

shall

not

be

done

under

tens

i

on

. T

he

use

of

stoppers

to

contro

l

snap

-

bac

k

decreases

the

hazards

i

nvo

l

ved when

cutt

i

ng

any

cha

i

n

,

w

i

re

or

synthet

i

c

li

ne

.

E

mer

g

ency

p

re

p

aredness:

B

efore

tow

i

ng

operat

i

on

the

b

l

owtorch

shall

be

tested

, i

n

good

cond

i

t

i

on

and

ready

to

be

used

. T

he

q

uant

i

ty

of

o

x

y

-

acety

l

ene

shall

be

chec

k

ed and

shall

be

f

ill

ed

i

f

necessary

.

4

.

1

.

12

Weat

h

er

L

imitations

W

eather

forecasts

should

be

ava

il

ab

l

e

and

chec

k

ed

dur

i

ng

a

ll i

nsta

ll

at

i

on move

operat

i

ons

and

therefore

operat

i

ons

p

l

anned

accord

i

ng

l

y

. I

n marg

i

na

l

weather

cond

i

t

i

ons

,

the

Master

of

each

vesse

l

and

the

person

i

n

charge

of

the move

should

agree

to

term

i

nate

/

commence

operat

i

ons

. T

he

Master

of

each

vesse

l

has

the

respons

i

b

ili

ty

to

dec

i

de

whether

or

not

cond

i

t

i

ons

a

ll

ow

h

i

s

vesse

l

to

operate

safe

l

y

. W

eather

shall

be

mon

i

tored

regu

l

ar

l

y

,

dur

i

ng

the AH

T

operat

i

ons

.

4

.

1

.

13 B

ollard

P

ull

Master

shall

ensure

that

the

vesse

l’

s

bo

ll

ard

pu

ll i

s

ade

q

uate

for

the

proposed

j

ob

. I

n

cons

i

der

i

ng

th

i

s

,

Master

should

be

aware

that bo

ll

ard

pu

ll,

as measured

for

the

vesse

l’

s

cert

i

f

i

cates

i

n

some

cases

doesn

’

t

a

ll

ow

for

the

power

used

by wor

ki

ng dec

k

mach

i

nery

.

A

ll

owance

for

any

reduct

i

on

shall

be made when

cons

i

der

i

ng

bo

ll

ard pu

ll

ava

il

ab

l

e dur

i

ng

a

j

ob

.

D

eta

il

ed

i

nformat

i

on

shall

be ava

il

ab

l

e

i

n

the

Vessel Specific AHT Operation Manual.

Ma

xi

mum

bo

ll

ard

pu

ll i

s

ach

i

eved w

i

th

the w

i

re

r

i

ght

astern

,

rudders

or

e

q

u

i

va

l

ent

am

i

dsh

i

ps

.

More

deta

il

s

concern

i

ng

bo

ll

ard

pu

ll

w

ill

be

found

i

n

the

Oilfield Seamanship Series – The Tow

Master

’s

Handbook – Volume Eight – Clarkson.

F

or

the

S

teerprop

f

i

tted

vesse

l

s

,

bo

ll

ard

pu

ll

deta

il

s w

ill

be

found

i

n

the

Bollard Pull Trial Code for tugs with

Steerprop Propulsion.

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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14

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

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li

ty

R

epresentat

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ve

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