Section 2 Exchange of information

2.1.1 This Section defines the recommended information which should be made available to the manufacturer (or designer) by the Owner/Operator.

2.1.2 Environmental and operational conditions:

1. area classification (e.g. hazardous area);
2. environmental conditions and in particular:
   1. operational significant wave heights (as applicable);
   2. out-of-service significant wave heights (as applicable);
   3. wind speeds;
   4. lowest temperature of operation as defined in Ch 4, 2.25 Materials of the Code for Lifting Appliances in a Marine Environment, July 2022;
3. operational mothership accelerations and inclinations (which may be associated with the significant wave heights and location on the mothership);
4. support conditions of the OPTS on board the mothership;
5. interface drawing of the mothership in the area and at the location where the OPTS is installed;
6. geometrical limitations as required by the mothership;
7. limitations of forces and moments as required by the mothership;
8. details of emergency procedures affecting the OPTS operations (particularly in case the OPTS is engaged in evacuation procedures);
9. communication requirements between:
   1. Operator and mothership;
   2. Operator and target unit;
10. stowage arrangements, including vessel accelerations and inclinations;
11. number of persons to be transferred at the same time;
12. details required to conduct safe transfer operations (e.g. one-way or two-way flow of personnel);
13. operational target unit accelerations as applicable (associated with the wave heights) and relative to mothership deck the nominal elevation of target structure which the OPTS will be touching on or is connecting to; and
14. planned duty cycle (expected number of operational cycles and life time of equipment).

2.2.1 This Section defines the recommended information which should be made available to the Owner/Operator by the manufacturer (or designer).

2.2.2 Detailed instructions for use including the following information should be provided:

1. OPTS system type and access type as defined in Ch 1, 2 Offshore Personnel Transfer System types;
2. any special features/designs as defined in Ch 1, 2 Offshore Personnel Transfer System types;
3. connection and disconnection types as defined in Ch 1, 2 Offshore Personnel Transfer System types and Ch 1, 9.7 Disconnection systems;
4. interface requirements between OPTS and mothership and OPTS and target unit (e.g. structural, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, etc.);
5. the OPTS operational and environmental limitations and parameters including the significant wave height and wind speed, including any limiting mothership accelerations and inclinations associated with operational, emergency and stowage conditions;
6. the OPTS capacity for personnel (and load transfer duties, as applicable) including information regarding any restrictions in operational procedure during personnel transfer;
7. OPTS configurations and geometrical extension;
8. qualification, training and duties of the Operator (see Ch 1, 1.12 Information to be submitted);
9. service life;
10. design operating temperature;
11. station keeping performance (e.g. system capability plot) of the Dynamic Positioning (DP) System or other station keeping systems (all as applicable);
12. plan of the interface area specifying the points designed for sea fastening on mothership deck. If required, also the height of additional foundation on deck due to OPTS operational limits in gangway accessing the target unit/structure;
13. maximum overturning moment, the torque and side forces/moments with corresponding axial and radial loads to be taken by the OPTS supporting structure;
14. details of required stowage arrangements;
15. degraded modes of operation as a result of an identified failure (if applicable);
16. emergency procedures; and
17. instructions for use and maintenance manuals.