• SAFETY GUIDE FOR MOORING PRACTICE OF OFFSHORE VESSELS

    The International Marine Contractors Association has published a safety guidelines for Offshore Vessels when docks in port and harbours.

     

    Ship enter and leave ports regularly. Tying up a ship when alongside a berth or another vessel is potentially a very hazardous operation unless simple and effective safety procedures are followed. Mooring accidents are always on the list of personal injury accidents, often resulting in severe injuries or even fatalities.

     

    These are very simple guidelines marked by common sense, but that it can save of serious accidents and even human lives.

    For the mooring safety, the people involved in the operation has to have in mind several factors. We are going to look at these factors, according the Safety Guide of IMCA (IMCA M 214).

     

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