0027-nd rev 11.2 8-jul-16 guidelines for marine lifting and lowering operations
5.4 2-HOOK LIFT FACTORS 5.4.1
A tilt effect shall be calculated to account for the increased sling loading caused by rotation of the
object about a horizontal axis and the effect of out-of-plumb hoist lines. The tilt effect should be based
on possible tilt caused by maximum hook height tolerances and hoist line deviations from the vertical.
More guidance for the derivation of the effect of tilt is given in Appendix B.1.
5.4.2
For a 2-hook lift with hooks on one or two cranes on the same vessel, the individual gross hook load
at each hook shall be the more onerous condition of a tilt of 3° or a hook elevation difference of +/-
1.0m.
5.4.3
Factors reduced below those defined in Section 5.4.2 may be used, subject to supporting analyses,
limiting seastate criteria and installation procedure steps/controls.
5.4.4
For a 2-hook lift with the cranes on separate vessels, the individual gross hook load at each hook for
offshore lifts shall be the more onerous condition of a tilt of 5° or a hook elevation difference
determined by analysis.
5.4.5
For a 2-hook lift with the cranes on separate vessels, the individual gross hook load at each hook for
inshore lifts shall be the more onerous condition of a tilt of 5° or a hook elevation difference of ± 1.0m.
5.4.6
For multi-hook lifts carried out by the same sheerleg crane vessel (non-rotating crane), where the hook
elevations are closely synchronised, the factors in Section 5.4.2 can be reduced by 50%.
5.4.7
To account for increased sling loading due to rotation of the object about a vertical axis; a yaw effect
factor of 1.05 is normally sufficient. For lifts with small sling opening angles at the hooks and/or
significant wind/tugger line loads a greater yaw effect factor may be applicable. Note the yaw effect for
a 2-hook lift only applies when there is more than one sling connected to the hook.
5.4.8
For sheerleg type cranes on one vessel the yaw factor specified in Section 5.4.7 can be reduced to
1.0.
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