Single point mooring maintenance and operations guide (SMOG) /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Witherby Publishing Group,
2015.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Section one: Description of single point moorings
- Catenary anchor leg mooring buoys
- Single anchor leg mooring buoy
- Section two: Design of single point moorings
- General design considerations
- Site selection and layout
- Mooring load transfer system and load analysis
- Petroleum cargo transfer system
- Single point mooring buoy design
- Hose system design
- Section three: Operation of single point moorings
- Management of safety, occupational health and security
- Qualifications and training
- Pre-arrival procedures
- Environmental operating limits
- Personnel and equipment transfer between support vessel and tanker
- Tanker berthing and mooring
- Connecting rail hoses
- Operations of tankers in berths
- Cargo transfer
- Disconnecting hoses
- Departure from the single point mooring
- Section four: Inspection and maintenance of single point moorings
- Inspection and maintenance principles
- general precautions
- Inspection and maintenance schedules
- Mooring system
- Lifting equipment
- Spares policy
- Line flushing operations
- Section five: Handling, storage, testing and inspection of hoses at single point moorings
- Hose lifting and storage
- Hose string assembly and handling
- Hose service life
- Guidance following operpressure and accidents
- Hose inspection and testing requirements
- Inspection and testing of hose strings in-situ
- Testing hoses on shore
- Destructive testing of hoses after retirement
- Hose ancillary equipment
- Appendices
- Appendix A: The elements of MTMSA applied to SPM management
- Appendix B: Calculating the hose lift weight
- Appendix C: Forecastle watchman guide
- Appendix D: Support facilities for single point moorings.