624/ Anchor Handling and Towing Operations Procedure / 992
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nc
h
or
H
andlin
g
and To
w
in
g
O
p
erations
P
rocedure
BOS-
P
RD-2
6
.900
6
14
x
T
he presence of
actua
l
and
corrected
charts
and other
re
l
evant
pub
li
cat
i
ons
for
nav
i
gat
i
on
.
x
Even
i
f
sa
ili
ng
routes
and
p
l
ans
are
rece
i
ved
from
the
r
i
g
,
the
Master
has
the
respons
i
b
ili
ty
to
contro
l
and
eva
l
uate
i
f
the
operat
i
on
i
s
w
i
th
i
n
norma
l
operat
i
ona
l li
m
i
ts
,
and
i
f
the
sa
ili
ng
route
i
s
nav
i
gat
i
ona
l
safe
.
x
K
eep
a
safe
d
i
stance
from
any
offshore
i
nsta
ll
at
i
ons
;
preferab
l
y
f
i
ve
naut
i
ca
l
m
il
es
i
n
the
open
sea
.
Pass
on
the
s
i
de
that
prov
i
des
the
best
assurance
that
the
tow w
ill
dr
i
ft
away
from
the
i
nsta
ll
at
i
on
i
n
case of
a b
l
ac
k-
out or
the
tow
li
ne
brea
k
s
.
x
W
eather
reports
shall
be
obta
i
ned
regu
l
ar
l
y
. T
he
weather
cr
i
ter
i
a
and
necessary
weather
w
i
ndow
for
the
tow
shall
be def
i
ned
.
x
T
he need
for
support
vesse
l
s
shall
be eva
l
uated
.
T
he
fo
ll
ow
i
ng
app
li
es w
i
th
regard
to
the
use
of
any
support
vesse
l
s
a
l
ong
the
tow
i
ng
route
for
traff
i
c
contro
l
and
ass
i
stance
through
the
voyage
. (T
he
i
nsta
ll
at
i
on's
standby
vesse
l
may
be
used
as
a
support
vesse
l, i
f
ava
il
ab
l
e
,
or
an
anchor
-
hand
li
ng
vesse
l
that
has
to
fo
ll
ow
the
tow
to
the
ne
x
t
anchorage
.) I
f
a
support
vesse
l i
s
used
i
ts
tas
k
s
should
i
nc
l
ude
,
but not be
li
m
i
ted
to:
-
Mon
i
tor
i
ng
and
p
l
ott
i
ng
a
ll
sh
i
p
traff
i
c
a
l
ong
the
tow
i
ng
route
.
- I
ntercept
i
ng
any
vesse
l
that moves
too
c
l
ose
to
the
tow
.
-
Chec
ki
ng
that
the
anchor
i
ng
s
i
te
i
s
c
l
ear
and
free
of
permanent
f
i
sh
i
ng
gear
before
the
i
nsta
ll
at
i
on arr
i
ves
.
- F
unct
i
on
i
ng as
a bac
k-
up
tow
i
ng
vesse
l, i
f
the
vesse
l i
s
r
i
gged
for
th
i
s
type
of
j
ob
.
B) Towing
T
he be
l
ow
i
s meant
to
be
gu
i
dance and
i
nc
l
udes
a
summary of
act
i
ons
dur
i
ng
tow
i
ng
operat
i
ons
.
x
T
he
tow
i
ng gear
from
the
r
i
g
to
be
secured
i
n
the w
i
re
stopper
.
x
T
he w
i
re
and
the
tow
i
ng
gear
to
be
connected w
i
th
an
ade
q
uate
shac
kl
e or
other
su
i
tab
l
e/ade
q
uate
connect
i
ng
dev
i
ces
.
x
T
he
tens
i
on
contro
l
to
be
set
to
the
l
owest
l
eve
l.
x
T
he w
i
nch
to
be
operated
i
n h
i
gh
speed mode
.
x
After
connect
i
on
,
tens
i
on
up
the w
i
re
.
x
L
ower
the
tow
i
ng
p
i
ns
,
and
open
the w
i
re
stopper
.
I
n good weather
,
a
reasonab
l
e w
i
re
l
ength
i
s
appro
xi
mate
l
y
700
to
800
meters
.
I
n
rough weather
,
a w
i
re
l
ength
of
up
to
1200-1
5
00
mtrs may be
necessary
.
However
,
water
depth and
app
li
ed
tens
i
on/power
should
a
l
ways
be
ta
k
en
i
nto account
. T
ow w
i
re
should
not
be a
ll
owed
to
touch
the
seabed
.
W
hen
the
tow
i
ng operat
i
on
i
s
ready
to
commence
,
the
Master
can e
i
ther:
x
Act
i
vate
the Automat
i
c
D
ynam
i
c
T
ow
i
ng
funct
i
on
(i
f
f
i
tted
).
x
Put
on
the w
i
nch
bra
k
e
,
stop a
ll
hydrau
li
c
pumps
and
act
i
vate
the
l
ong
-
t
i
me
tow
i
ng
funct
i
on
.
x
Ad
j
ust
the
tens
i
on
contro
l
to
a
su
i
tab
l
e
sett
i
ng
and
l
oosen
w
i
nch
bra
k
e
. I
f
pressure
i
n
hydrau
li
c
motors
e
x
ceeds
the
pre
-
set
li
m
i
t
the w
i
nch
w
ill
render
. T
h
i
s way
i
t
i
s
poss
i
b
l
e
to
ta
k
e
spec
i
a
l
care
about how powerfu
l
stra
i
n
you get on
the w
i
re
.
N
ote:
W
hen
the
hydrau
li
c
pumps
and
servo
un
i
t
i
s
stopped
,
the
o
il
pressure
i
n
the
servo
un
i
t may
l
ea
k. I
t
i
s
adv
i
sab
l
e
to
start
the
servo
pump
for a m
i
nute once per
hour
or
to act
i
vate
the
l
ong
-
t
i
me
tow
i
ng
funct
i
on
.
I
n
tow
i
ng
operat
i
ons
that
l
asts
for
a
l
ong
per
i
od
of
t
i
me
, i
t
i
s
i
mportant
fre
q
uent
l
y
to
g
i
ve
out
or
hau
l i
n
on
the w
i
re
i
n order
to
prevent
abras
i
on at
the
stern
ro
ll
er
.
Vers
i
on
SF(BOS-
P
RD-0701.000
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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Head
of
O
perat
i
ons
.
Approved
by:
BOS
Head
of
O
perat
i
ons
.
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li
dated by:
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li
ty
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epresentat
i
ve
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