632/ 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
towed separate
l
y
care must be e
x
erc
i
sed w
i
th the second hose to prevent fou
li
ng of the f
i
rst
.
x
T
he
li
ne hand
l
er must fo
ll
ow the agreed procedure for pass
i
ng the hoses to the tan
k
er
.
x
T
he tan
k
er must rema
i
n on standby unt
il l
oad
i
ng operat
i
ons are underway and the
l
oad
i
ng
Master
has re
l
eased the
li
ne hand
l
er
.
U
n
m
oorin
g
x
T
he
li
ne hand
l
er shou
l
d be pos
i
t
i
oned under the e
x
port tan
k
ers crane and standby to recover
the e
x
port hose once re
l
eased from the tan
k
er
.
x
O
nce the safety
li
ne has been re
l
eased to the
li
ne hand
l
er the hoses shou
l
d be towed
c
l
ear of the tan
k
ers s
i
de
.
x
O
nce the tan
k
er un
-
moor
i
ng has been comp
l
eted and the tan
k
er has streamed the moor
i
ng
system and moved c
l
ear
,
the e
x
port hoses shou
l
d be reconnected to the moor
i
ng system
,
wh
i
ch shou
l
d then be secured to the hose standby
-
moor
i
ng buoy
.
4.4.6.2 Operations using AHTS / TUG
D
epend
i
ng on the e
q
u
i
pment spec
i
f
i
cat
i
ons of the vesse
l
and the f
i
e
l
d re
q
u
i
rements th
i
s operat
i
on
can e
i
ther be underta
k
en by e
i
ther tow
i
ng over the bow or stern of the AH
TS.
4.4.6.3 Stern Operations Mooring
x
Approach the e
x
port tan
k
er to
transfer
moor
i
ng
Master
and
Author
i
t
i
es
, i
f app
li
cab
l
e
.
x
R
etr
i
eve the heav
i
ng
li
ne from the
tan
k
er and ma
k
e fast the messenger
rope
,
wh
i
ch
i
s connected to the end
the AH
TS’
s tow
i
ng e
q
u
i
pment
.
x
T
he messenger rope shou
l
d be
recovered on board the tan
k
er and
tow
i
ng pennant must be secured
.
x
O
nce the tow
i
ng pennant
i
s
secured
,
the tow
li
ne shou
l
d be
veered
;
suff
i
c
i
ent tens
i
on must be
ma
i
nta
i
ned to
k
eep the tow
li
ne c
l
ear
of the seabed and the prope
ll
ers of
the tan
k
er/AH
TS.
A
l
so shou
l
d be
suff
i
c
i
ent enough for the
Master
to
use h
i
s eng
i
nes
,
wh
i
ch may be
re
q
u
i
red
i
n ass
i
st
i
ng the tan
k
er
moor
i
ng operat
i
on
.
x
Use
of
T
ow
i
ng
pennants
i
s
h
i
gh
l
y
recommended
. F
use
w
i
res
are
short
l
engths
of
w
i
re
of
sma
ll
er
d
i
mens
i
ons
than
the
tow
w
i
re
and
are
put
i
n
between
the
br
i
d
l
e
and
the
end
of
the
sh
i
p's
ma
i
n
w
i
re
. T
he
i
r
purpose
i
s
to
brea
k i
f
the
we
i
ght
on
the
tow
-
w
i
re
becomes
e
x
cess
i
ve
,
ensur
i
ng
that
the
tow
-
w
i
re
i
tse
l
f
rema
i
ns
comp
l
ete
.
x
T
he
brea
ki
ng
stra
i
n
of
the
tow
i
ng
pennant/fuse
w
i
re must
be
between
5
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
.
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56
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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