Single point mooring maintenance and operations guide (SMOG) /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Oil Companies International Marine Forum
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Witherby Publishing Group, 2015.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
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.