Transcript VLOC Conversion Project Presentation

Korean Register of Shipping
EMERGENCY TOWING
PROCEDURE
2008 Tripartite
KOREAN REGISTER OF SHIPPING
History in IMO
 Emergency Towing Arrangement: SOLAS Ch. II-1 Reg. 3-4.
 Emergency Towing Procedure: SOLAS Ch. II-1 Reg. 3-4.2
MSC 76: Proposal to install ETS on board the vessel
DE 48: Functional Requirement
’02 Dec.
’05 Feb.
’07 Oct.
MSC 83: Approval of SOLAS Amendments
MSC 84: Adoption of SOLAS Amendments & Approval of Guideline
’08 May.
Application
 New SOLAS Ch. II-1 Reg. 3-4.2 requires Emergency
Towing Procedures shall be provide for the following
vessels:
 All passenger ships: not later than 1 January 2010
 Cargo ships: constructed on or after 1 January 2010
 Cargo ships: constructed before 1 January 2010,
not later than 1 January 2012
 It is recommended to consider the earlier provision of the
Emergency Towing Procedure on board the ships
presently under construction.
Purpose
 The towing procedures should be maintained on board
the ship for towage in an emergency
 The procedures should be considered as part of the
emergency preparedness required by paragraph 8 of
part A of ISM code.
8 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
8.1 The Company should establish procedures to identify,
describe and respond to potential emergency shipboard
situations.
8.2 The Company should establish programmes for drills and
exercises to prepare for emergency actions.
8.3 The SMS should provide for measures ensuring that the
Company's organization can respond at any time to hazards,
accidents and emergency situations involving its ships.
Emergency Towing Procedure
Drawings of possible ETA at both ends
Sample procedure
Means of communication
Inventory of equipment onboard
Guidelines for Emergency Towing Procedures
EMERGENCY TOWING
BOOKLET
(incl. Ship Specific Data)
SHIP EVALUATION
EMERGENCY
TOWING
PROCEDURES
SHIP EVALUATION
 The ability of the ship to be towed from bow and stern
 line handling procedures
 layout, structural adequacy and SWL of connection
points
 The on-board tools and equipment available
 Chains, cables, shackles, stoppers, tools and line
throwing apparatus.
 Radio equipment on board.
 Unless the SWL of connection points are known, these
loads should be determined by an engineering analysis
(MSC/Circ.1175)
EMERGENCY TOWING BOOKLET
 Ship-specific data
 ship’s name , call sign, IMO number, anchor details, ….
 Comprehensive diagrams and sketches
 assembly and rigging diagrams;
 towing equipment and strong point locations; and
 equipment and strong point capacities and safe
working loads (SWLs).
 A copy should be kept by the owners/operators in order to
pass on to the towage company in the emergency.
 Common electronic file format
EMERGENCY TOWING PROCEDURES
 A quick-reference decision matrix
 Organization of deck crew and task
 Diagrams for assembling and rigging bridles, tow lines,
etc., for possible emergency towing arrangements
 Power shortages and dead ship situations.
 A communication plan
 Evaluation of existing equipment, tools and arrangements
Main Areas of Consideration
Possible Methods of line handling
 Passing and receiving messenger lines, towlines,
bridles.
 Difficulty in the ship type with high freeboard such
as container ships
Possible Methods of tow line connection
 Layout, structural adequacy evaluation
 SWL for connection points (fairleads chocks,
winches, bitts, bollards)
A Sample of Emergency Towing Procedure .
Thank you for your attention !