0027-nd rev 11.2 8-jul-16 guidelines for marine lifting and lowering operations
GUIDELINES FOR MARINE LIFTING & LOWERING OPERATIONS 0027/ND Rev 11 Page 9 of 84
IACS member certification added in Sections 12.1.1 and 12.6.1.
Sling certificate validity added in (old) Section 12.6.3.
Spreader bar/frame certification added in (old) Sections 12.6.6 and 12.6.7
Reference [3] (0032/ND – Guidelines for Moorings) added.
Reference [9] (LR Lifting Code) added.
Mooring analysis requirements added to Sections 12.1.1 and 12.7.3 to 12.7.7.
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Revision 10 superseded and replaced Revision 9. Major changes were:
The installation of subsea equipment has been added, mainly in Section 11.
Part of the Approval Process has been moved from Section 4 to Section 4 of 0001/ND “General
Guidelines for Marine Projects”, Ref. [1].
Various changes and new headings in Figure 5-1.
Weight control in Section 5.2 now references Section 8 of 0001/ND, Ref. [1].
Clarification of Rigging Geometry in Section 5.4 and Lift Point Loads in Section5.5.
Text to consider measuring slings over pins included in Section 5.8.1.
Section 5.9.4 added for 2-hook load factors and Sections 5.10.2, 5.10.4 and 5.10.5 for 2-part
sling factors.
Minimum safety factor for synthetic (fibre) slings reduced from 4.75 to 4.0 in Section 5.13.3
Clarification of shackle safety factors in Section 5.14.2 and grommets in Section 5.15.6.
Allowance is made for DAFs already included in certified capacity in Section 7.5.2.
Section 7.6.1now references 0001/ND, Ref. [1] for load factors for structural steel.
SLS and ULS limit states are replaced with LS1 (gravity dominated) and LS2 (environmental
load dominated) in Sections 7.6.2 and 10.5.4.
Clarification of sling ovalisation in Section 8.2.
Extra details provide of lift point inspection added to Section 8.6.
Section 8.8 (lateral lift point load) relocated from Section 5.
Section 9.2.10 added for reduced clearances around lifted objects.
Clearances around mooring lines and anchors has been transferred from old Section 9.4 to
0032/ND, “Guidelines for Moorings”, Ref. [6].
Consideration of relative motion for lifting onto floating structures in included in Section 10.2.3.
Section 12.3 now references 0001/ND, Ref. [1], for Weather Restricted Operations and
Metocean Reduction Factors.
Amplification of requirements for removing seafastenings and other secondary steel before
lifting starting in Section 12.9.3 and moving the transport vessel in Section 12.9.4.
Additional guidance on slings and shackles in Section 12.10.
Ref. [11] changed in Section 12.10.11 and in the Reference section.
Guidance for use of Lifting Tools added in Section 12.11 and colour coding in Section 12.12.
Information required for approval has been moved from the old Section 13 to Appendix A and
the criteria in that section have been moved to earlier sections in the document.