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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

O

nce

the

second

anchor

hand

l

er

i

s

connected

,

he

w

ill

heave

up

to

5

0

metres

under

the

stern

,

us

i

ng

appro

xi

mate

l

y

1

5

0

tonnes

tens

i

on

,

at

the

same

t

i

me

the

l

oad

comes

off

the

f

i

rst

anchor

hand

l

er

who

then

puts

the

anchor

over

the

stern

,

after

reduc

i

ng

power

. T

he

second

anchor

hand

l

er

then

s

l

ac

k

s

away unt

il

the

tens

i

on

i

s

off

,

and

the

grapne

l

s

li

ps

off

the

cha

i

n

.

Putt

i

ng a

10

m

l

ength of

cha

i

n

on

the bottom

of

the

grapne

l

he

l

ps

th

i

s

.

At

a

ll

t

i

mes

each

vesse

l

hand

l

er must

be

aware

of

the

effect

of

the

chang

i

ng

we

i

ght

of

the

cha

i

n

on

the

manoeuvrab

ili

ty and

stab

ili

ty of

both

vesse

l

s

.

T

he

operat

i

on

should

be

p

l

anned

such

that

at

no

t

i

me

the

vesse

l

w

ill

be

i

n

a

pos

i

t

i

on where

the

l

oads

w

ill

e

x

ceed

her

own

li

m

i

t

i

n

the

event

of

an

ass

i

st

i

ng

vesse

l

be

i

ng

unab

l

e

to

share

the

l

oad

i.

e

.

the

l

oad

of

the

comp

l

ete

cha

i

n

must

be

w

i

th

i

n

the

capab

ili

ty

of

the

s

i

ng

l

e

vesse

l. T

h

i

s

shall

be

shown

by

the

stab

ili

ty

ca

l

cu

l

at

i

ons

and may

re

q

u

i

re

i

nput

from

the

charterer

or

the

i

r

representat

i

ve

.

I

f

the

vesse

l i

s

e

x

posed

for

forces

h

i

gher

than

e

x

pected

,

the

l

oad

should

be

reduced

/

the

operat

i

on

stopped or

, i

n worst

case

,

the w

i

re/cha

i

n

re

l

eased by us

i

ng emergency

re

l

ease

funct

i

on

.

T

he

vesse

l

shall

not

connect

the

anchor/tow

i

ng

gear

d

i

rect

l

y

to

her

w

i

nch

un

l

ess

she

can

hand

l

e

the

l

oad/force/tens

i

on

and

dynam

i

c

cond

i

t

i

ons a

l

one

,

based

on

her

perm

i

ss

i

b

l

e

capac

i

ty

accord

i

ng

to

the

stab

ili

ty and

l

oad

ca

l

cu

l

at

i

ons

.

W

h

il

e

the

f

i

rst

anchor

hand

l

er

tens

i

ons

up

aga

i

n

,

the

second

anchor

hand

l

er

now

dep

l

oys

a

J

-

hoo

k

c

l

ose

to

the

r

i

g

,

be

i

ng

carefu

l

to

avo

i

d

the

anchor w

i

re

connected

to

the

8

3mm

cha

i

n

.

Pu

lli

ng

the

J

-

hoo

k

c

l

ose

under

the

stern

,

both

vesse

l

s

now

head

out

on

the

bear

i

ng

shown

on

the

nav

i

gat

i

on

screen

,

the

second

anchor

hand

l

er ma

ki

ng

sure he does

not

s

li

p

bac

k

a

l

ong

the

cha

i

n

towards

the w

i

re

,

as

the

r

i

g

pays

out

the w

i

re

.

O

nce

the

w

i

re

has

been

dep

l

oyed

,

the

second

anchor

hand

l

er

pays

out

w

i

re

unt

il

the

tens

i

on

i

s

off

,

wh

il

e

the

f

i

rst

anchor

hand

l

er

on

l

y

pays

out

to

ha

l

f

water

depth

,

whereupon

the

second

anchor

hand

l

er

d

i

sengages

the

J

-

hoo

k

by mov

i

ng

away

from

the

r

i

g

,

and

the

f

i

rst

anchor

hand

l

er

can

then

stretch

and

dep

l

oy

the anchor

,

before

chas

i

ng bac

k

to

the

r

i

g

.

I

f

a

J

-

hoo

k i

s

used

for

support

i

ng

the

cha

i

n wh

il

e

the

f

i

rst

anchor

hand

l

er

i

s

dep

l

oy

i

ng

the

anchor

over

the

stern

,

no

re

l

ease

i

n

tens

i

on w

ill

be ach

i

eved

.

I

f

a

grapne

l i

s

used

to

support

the

i

nner

end

of

the

cha

i

n wh

il

e

runn

i

ng

out

,

the

cha

i

n may

tw

i

st

due

to

the

anchor w

i

re

tens

i

on

i

ng

,

and

i

t may be

i

mposs

i

b

l

e

to

re

l

ease

the

grapne

l,

wh

i

ch w

ill

have

i

ts

f

l

u

k

es

bent

. I

t

i

s

then

necessary

to

dec

k

the

grapne

l,

and

a

b

i

ght

of

cha

i

n

,

w

i

th

a

tens

i

on

of

over

200

tonnes

,

hop

i

ng

the

damage

i

s

not

bad

enough

for

i

t

to

co

ll

apse

on

the

stern

ro

ll

er

. T

he

b

i

ght

of

cha

i

n

can

then

be

l

owered w

i

th

a

J

-

hoo

k.

A

ll

the

e

q

u

i

pment

on

these

j

obs

has

to

be

up

-

s

i

zed

,

w

i

th

grapne

l

s

of

3

00

tonnes

and

J

-

hoo

k

s

of

35

0

tonnes

somet

i

mes

be

i

ng

used

;

w

i

res

used

are

8

3mm

upwards

,

w

i

th

120

tonnes

shac

kl

es

. F

a

il

ures

are

st

ill

common

.

4.2.1.18 Sepla anchor

S

uct

i

on Embedded P

l

ate

Anchor

(S

EP

L

A

) i

s

act

i

ng

as

a

stea

l

p

l

ate w

i

th

10

to

3

0

m

2

superf

i

c

i

es

and

3

0

to

5

0

tons we

i

ght

.

T

he p

l

ate

anchor

i

s

embedded

i

n

the

so

il.

A

suct

i

on P

il

e wh

i

ch

i

s

ca

ll

ed

the

“fo

ll

ower

” i

s

used

i

n

the

i

nsta

ll

at

i

on

of

the p

l

ate anchor

.

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

.

Page

41

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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