622/ Anchor Handling and Towing Operations Procedure / 992
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
D
ep
l
oy
i
ng
these
can
be
d
i
ff
i
cu
l
t
,
as
the
w
i
res
are
norma
ll
y
5
2
mm
,
somet
i
mes
down
to
3
8
mm
and
the
sma
ll
est
i
nsert
for
the
w
i
re
stopper
i
s
65mm
.
Cons
i
derat
i
on
should
be
g
i
ven
to
k
eep
i
ng
a
shac
kl
e
on
the
end
of
the w
i
re
to
prevent
i
t
j
ump
i
ng
out
of
the w
i
re
stopper
.
4.3 Towing
4
.
3
.
1
To
w
in
g
re
q
uire
m
ents
T
he
Master
i
s
respons
i
b
l
e for
the
safety
of
the
operat
i
on
. I
f more
than
one
vesse
l i
s
tow
i
ng
,
one
should
be
appo
i
nted
as
the
l
ead
i
ng
tug
.
A
successfu
l
tow
of
a manned
ob
j
ect
(
r
i
g
,
barge
,
etc
.) i
s
depend
i
ng
upon
good
commun
i
cat
i
on
between
the
vesse
l
and
the
respons
i
b
l
e
l
eader
on
the
towed
ob
j
ect
.
T
he
Master
must
ta
k
e any
precaut
i
ons
necessary
to prevent
the
tug
li
ne
to
brea
k.
T
he
operat
i
ng
company
i
s
respons
i
b
l
e
for
ensur
i
ng
that
the
ent
i
re
tow
i
ng
operat
i
on
for
the
contracted
i
nsta
ll
at
i
on has
been p
l
anned
.
T
he
owner
of
the
i
nsta
ll
at
i
on
,
represented
by
the
OI
M
, i
s
respons
i
b
l
e
for
p
l
ann
i
ng
and
secur
i
ng
the
necessary approva
l
s
of
the
tow
i
ng operat
i
on
.
T
he
OI
M
shall
des
i
gnate
a ma
i
n
tow
i
ng
vesse
l.
T
he
Master
on
the ma
i
n
tow
i
ng
vesse
l i
s
respons
i
b
l
e
for
nav
i
gat
i
on
of
the
tow
i
ng
operat
i
on
.
Ma
i
n
tow
i
ng
vesse
l i
s
respons
i
b
l
e
for
comp
l
y
i
ng w
i
th
the prepared
p
l
ans
.
T
he ma
xi
mum
bo
ll
ard
pu
ll
shall
not e
x
ceed
the
SWL
for
the
tow
i
ng e
q
u
i
pment on
the
i
nsta
ll
at
i
on
.
Correct use of
tens
i
on
contro
l
on
the
vesse
l
should
ma
k
e
th
i
s
eas
i
er
to hand
l
e
.
I
mportant
factors
that
shall
be
ta
k
en
i
nto
cons
i
derat
i
on
dur
i
ng
the
tow
i
ng operat
i
on:
x
T
he
s
i
ze of
the ob
j
ect
towed:
l
ength
,
w
i
dth
,
and draft
;
x
Hu
ll
shape and
cond
i
t
i
on
(
any mar
i
ne
fou
li
ng
);
x
G
enera
l
cond
i
t
i
ons
such
as
seaworth
i
ness
and
stab
ili
ty
.
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
46
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
.
622