[WRE ADVISOR | BUSINESS]
IMCA CORE ACTIVITY L
A FIRM PLACE FOR LIFTING AND RIGGING AS AN
BY MARK FORD, TECHNICAL MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL MARINE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION (IMCA)
ifting and rigging is fundamental to almost every offshore and subsea operation, ranging from routinely lifting stores and spares, to the in-depth planning and execution of complicated engineered lifts such as Statoil’s Hywind floating wind farm project off the coast of North East Scotland. Te International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) with its global membership of marine contracting organisations helps to identify and manage the hazards associated with them and thus make a valuable contribution to avoiding incidents.
In recent years IMCA’s Crane and Winch Operations Workgroup, one of the trade association’s most proactive workgroups, developed sector-specific guidance for its four technical divisions (Diving; Marine; Offshore Survey; and Remote Systems and ROV) and organised an annual event.
Early 2017 saw a step change with the Workgroup
now recognised and incorporated, as the Lifting & Rigging Management Committee (LRMC), into IMCA’s existing structure as a core activity. Tis sees it
“THE INTERNATIONAL MARINE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION (IMCA) WITH ITS GLOBAL MEMBERSHIP OF MARINE CONTRACTING ORGANISATIONS HELPS TO IDENTIFY AND MANAGE THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH (LIFTING AND RIGGING) AND THUS MAKE A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO AVOIDING INCIDENTS.”
M179 Rev. 1 (September 2016) provides guidance on assessment, condition and discard of cable-laid slings, grommets and FERFS.
Example of a pulled strand in a fiber sling.
sitting alongside Competence & Training; Contracts & Insurance; Health, Safety, Security & Environment; and Marine Police & Regulatory affairs, there to serve all its technical divisions and their members. Documentation, competence, safety considerations (including the issue of safety flashes where relevant), and the organisation of lifting and rigging events all play key roles for the LMRC, chaired by Sandy Steven of Subsea 7. Member involvement and input is a vital way of
moving the IMCA work programme forward, and IMCA’s annual Rope Forum seminars (chaired by David Cannell of TechnipFMC), have proved a great way to encourage discussion on issues affecting the industry. Renamed the Lifting & Rigging Seminar, this year’s
event (the eighth in the series) was held in Amsterdam in mid-June, and post-event the presentations and a full report on the seminar were posted online along with details of the workshops held as an integral part of a busy day. Eighty-five members and guests attended the Seminar, which focused on defining the issues related to high value subsea construction ropes. Tere was representation from rope manufacturers, rope users, third party assurance suppliers and academic development institutes from around the world.
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