Safety Alert
Risk to offshore installation mooring lines outside 500m safety zone
Risk to offshore installation mooring lines outside 500m safety zone
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- ED3-2023
- Marine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Mechanical failureRisk managementVessel collision
- Fishing operationsNavigation
- Emergency response and rescue vesselMooring lines
- Emergency responseSafety communication
- Commercial fishingMarine industryUpstream oil and gas
Summary
This safety notice addresses trawling and navigation risks to floating offshore installation moorings beyond 500 m safety zones. It describes collisions and fishing-gear snagging despite warnings, and calls for clear information on mooring spreads and conditional snagging hazards, alongside review of collision risk management and emergency response arrangements.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Vessel collision; ship collision; marine allision.
Classifications: Fishing operations.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Emergency response and rescue vessel; ERRV; standby vessel.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Commercial fishing.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
Safety alert concerning risks to offshore installation mooring lines beyond the 500-metre safety zone.
ED3-2023. Themes: marine operations, vessel and mooring.