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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

x

T

he procedures shou

l

d

i

dent

i

fy the respons

i

b

ili

t

i

es of

k

ey personne

l

and

i

dent

i

fy who

i

s the

person

i

n charge of the operat

i

on

. T

he

Master

shou

l

d d

i

scuss and f

i

na

li

ze w

i

th the

C

li

ent's representat

i

ve

,

the e

x

port tan

k

er

Master

and the p

il

ot the p

l

an of operat

i

ons

,

the

procedures

,

the VH

F

wor

ki

ng channe

l

and any spec

i

a

l

safety measures re

q

u

i

red noted

. T

he

procedures must be

i

n accordance w

i

th:

x

Company

’

s and Charterer

’

s

S

afety

R

egu

l

at

i

ons and

S

afe Capac

i

ty of the Vesse

l;

x

T

he e

x

port tan

k

ers

O

wner's

S

afety

R

egu

l

at

i

ons

;

x

T

he

Master

shou

l

d cha

i

r

a

pre

-j

ob too

l

bo

x

meet

i

ng to d

i

scuss the se

q

uence of operat

i

ons

,

moor

i

ng and pendant

li

ne components

,

and address to the off

i

cers and rat

i

ngs the

i

r

ass

i

gnments and safe havens

;

x

Wi

th the Ch

i

ef Mate and Ch

i

ef Eng

i

neer he w

ill

ensure that a

ll

the necessary pre

-

operat

i

on

chec

k

s have been carr

i

ed out

;

x

T

he

Master

must remember that though the tow

i

ng operat

i

on

i

s carr

i

ed out as

a

j

o

i

nt tas

k

between the vesse

l

and the e

x

port tan

k

er

,

he can at any t

i

me re

q

uest the postponement or

change of p

l

ans

i

n the operat

i

on shou

l

d he dec

i

des

that

i

t

i

s dangerous to proceed w

i

th the

operat

i

on

i

n

i

ts present format

.

4.4.3.2 Chief Engineer

x

T

he Ch

i

ef Eng

i

neer

i

s respons

i

b

l

e for ensur

i

ng that a

ll

mechan

i

ca

l

e

q

u

i

pment such as ma

i

n

eng

i

nes

,

thrusters

,

generators

,

hydrau

li

c power un

i

ts

,

w

i

nch

,

tugger w

i

nches

,

gu

i

d

i

ng p

i

ns

etc

…

have been chec

k

ed and that they are a

ll i

n runn

i

ng order

.

x

T

he Ch

i

ef Eng

i

neer w

ill

ensure that there

i

s an ade

q

uate supp

l

y of fue

l

and

l

ubes on

board for the e

x

pected

l

ength of t

i

me of the operat

i

on

.

x

T

he Ch

i

ef Eng

i

neer w

ill

carry out the chec

k

s concern

i

ng h

i

m

.

x

T

he Ch

i

ef Eng

i

neer must ensure that the eng

i

ne room

i

s at a

ll

t

i

mes ade

q

uate

l

y manned

dur

i

ng the operat

i

on

.

x

He w

ill

a

l

so hand

l

e the ma

i

n w

i

nch on board AH

TS,

and must be fam

ili

ar w

i

th operat

i

ons

.

4

.

4

.

4 G

eneral

S

a

f

et

y p

recautions

T

he fo

ll

ow

i

ng genera

l

safety precaut

i

ons

,

among others

,

shou

l

d be observed by the

Master

:

•

T

he boat's gear must be

k

ept up to the h

i

ghest poss

i

b

l

e standard espec

i

a

ll

y the ma

i

n

&

spare w

i

res

,

pennants and dec

k

tugger w

i

res

. I

nspect

i

on of w

i

res and cargo gear

i

nventory up

to date

.

•

Pr

i

or to carry

i

ng out any operat

i

on the anchor hand

li

ng and tow

i

ng

S-

J

S

A must be comp

l

eted

to ensure that operat

i

on

i

s done

i

n

a

safe

l

y manner

. I

n add

i

t

i

on Anchor hand

li

ng/ tow

i

ng

preparat

i

on chec

kli

st

BOS-FR

M

-0

3

.002

3 must be

comp

l

eted

.

•

T

he

Master

must h

i

mse

l

f fu

ll

y understand the operat

i

on he

i

s re

q

u

i

red to carry out and have

d

i

scussed the operat

i

ona

l

p

l

an w

i

th the P

il

ot/Moor

i

ng

Master

and the e

x

port tan

k

er Capta

i

n

.

•

T

he

Master

must br

i

ef the

Ch

ie

f

Mate

, Ch

ie

f

E

n

g

ineer

and dec

k

crew on the se

q

uence of

events to be carr

i

ed out and the pecu

li

ar

i

t

i

es or departures from norma

l

pract

i

ce

,

wh

i

ch w

ill

ta

k

e p

l

ace

.

•

An anchor hand

l

er's dec

k

must a

l

ways be

a

neat

,

order

l

y and thorough

l

y seaman

lik

e p

l

ace

.

G

ear must be stowed

i

n

i

ts proper p

l

ace read

il

y access

i

b

l

e and ava

il

ab

l

e for

i

mmed

i

ate use

.

•

R

efer to

S

M

S

sect

i

on

9

Persona

l S

afety

BOS-

P

RD-0

3

.90090

6

.

•

S

tandard hand s

i

gna

li

ng must be commun

i

cated to a

ll

part

i

es

i

nvo

l

ved

.

•

A

ll

crew must adhere proper PPE

. R

efer

S

M

S S

ect

i

on

9

PPE matr

ix.

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

54

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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