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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

4.2.1.12 The Mid-line Buoy shallow water

I

ncreas

i

ng

l

y

,

anchor

cha

i

ns

are

be

i

ng

l

a

i

d

over

p

i

pe

li

nes

. I

n

shall

ow

water

th

i

s

worr

i

es

surveyors

,

so

var

i

ous methods

are

used

to

li

ft

the

cha

i

n

.

At dep

l

oyment

the anchor

hand

l

er

ta

k

es

the

anchor

from

the

r

i

g and

dec

k

s

i

t

,

us

i

ng

the PCP and

co

ll

ar

.

T

he

r

i

g

cha

i

n

i

s

l

oc

k

ered

unt

il

the

e

x

act

po

i

nt

i

s

reached

where

the

cha

i

n

wou

l

d

be

over

the

p

i

pe

li

ne

.

A

cha

i

n

c

l

amp

i

s

f

i

tted

and

a m

i

d

-li

ne

buoy

,

wh

i

ch

i

s

des

i

gned

to

ta

k

e

the

water

pressure

,

f

i

tted

. T

hen

the

cha

i

n

i

s

pa

i

d

out

as

the

vesse

l

moves

s

l

ow

l

y ahead

,

unt

il

the

anchor

can be

reconnected

and

reset

.

As

the

chas

i

ng

co

ll

ar

cannot

be

run

bac

k

to

the

r

i

g

,

a

prev

i

ous

l

y

spoo

l

ed

on

pennant w

i

re

i

s

attached

to

the

PCP

,

and

the anchor

l

a

i

d under

tens

i

on

,

as

before

.

O

nce

the

anchor

i

s

on

the

bottom

a

surface

buoy

i

s

f

i

tted

,

and

f

l

oated

. T

h

i

s may

be

rep

l

aced

by

a

l

ay

down

w

i

re after

tens

i

on

i

ng

,

and

prov

i

ng of

the anchor

’

s

ho

l

d

i

ng are

comp

l

eted

.

Vers

i

on

S

F(

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

.

Page

37

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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