Guidelines for lifting operations
- Recommended Practice
- Revision 2.1 - June 2023
This document provides comprehensive guidelines for lifting operations in the marine industry, including safety management, roles and responsibilities, lift categorisation, and specific considerations for subsea lifts, diving operations, lifting personnel, wind turbine components, and dismantling offshore structures.
Contents
Definitions and Glossary of Terms
Introduction
Summary of Guidance
Personnel
Pre-Lift Planning
Inspection, Examination and Marking of Lifting Equipment
Executing a Lift
Record Keeping
References
Appendices
Additional Considerations for Subsea Lifts
Diving Operations
Lifting Personnel
Lifting of Offshore Wind Turbine Components
Dismantlement of Offshore Structures
Revision
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Rev. 2.1 - June 2023The document is additionally supported by the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), with no technical changes to the content
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Rev. 2 - August 2022Review and update to ensure the guidelines properly cover lifting operations in the renewable energy sector contracting activities within appendix A4. Minor amendments to other sections
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Rev. 1 - March 2018An extensive revision to all sections of the document with the inclusion of appendices on subsea lifts, diving operations, lifting personnel, lifting at extreme heights and dismantlement of offshore structures
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Rev. - October 2007Initial publication