SIGTTO and OCIMF Working Group progress
A SIGTTO Working Group on High Modulus Synthetic Fibre is a joint initiative involving both SIGTTO and the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF). It was established, by SIGTTO, at the 66th GPC meeting in October 2012.
The WG first met in December 2012 and has had three further meetings since then.The WG has been tasked with providing guidance to those involved in the procurement of all high modulus synthetic fibre (HMSF) mooring ropes in order to align the WG’s output with its parent document, Mooring Equipment Guidelines (MEG 3)
The results of WG’s deliberations appear in an information paper entitled Guidelines for Specification of Manufacture, Testingand Procurement of HMSF Mooring Lines.The document has been compiled to help the purchaser make the optimum choice of mooring rope for a particular application.
The WG has completed its review and thedocument will be put to the 68th GPC for approval in October 2013. Once the SIGTTO and OCIMF approval processes are complete, the document will be available on the SIGTTO and OCIMF websites as a free download.
This is expected to be available by the end of 2013.
