New requirements focus on towing and lifting

Bureau Veritas has updated its towing and lifting notations to reflect the wide variety of vessel types now employed in the industry; Wendy Laursen elucidates.

Smit Angola is a Robert Allen-designed RAmpage 5000 class offshore support tug operated by Boskalis.

As more and more flexibility and capability is demanded of increasingly sophisticated OSVs, rules and regulations struggle to keep up with developments coming from industry. That’s why class society Bureau Veritas has worked closely with industry to develop guidelines to make towing safer and to set standards for vessels involved in offshore lifting operations.