Single Passage or Towage Arrangements
Main and auxiliary engine makes;
If you thinking about purchasing a ship, but it's located on the other side of the world, or you need to relocate a vessel with an expired classification documents to a shipyard for repairs or others - our company will help you explore the possibilities and organize the vessel single passage or towage according to prescribed rules and standards.
To initiate the initial processing of your request, we need the following information:
General arrangement plan;
Departure & Arrival ports;
Copy of classification documents of the vessel, specifying the navigation area;
Copy of Minimum Safe Manning Certificate;
Estimated dates for the vessel's readiness for relocation.
We specialize in the development, organization and coordination of all the required measures, arrangements with the Classification Societies and the Maritime Administrations, as well as the Port Authorities, for the following types of towing:
planned towing of a vessel;
towing of a damaged vessel (floating object).
Single Passage / Towage Documentation
Our company performs development and approval of the Single Passage or Towage Project by the Classification Society or Maritime Administration with the subsequent receipt of a Single Passage / Towage Permission Certificate (if required) and organization of technical survey.
Single Passage / Towage Project includes:
Explanatory note indicating the characteristics and requirements for the technical state of the towed object, analysis of the requirements of regulatory documents applicable to this case, a description of the area and conditions of single passage or towage operation, measures to ensure the safety (including measures of the environmental protection);
Selection of the optimal route, taking into account the distances from shelter sites, ports of refuge and GMDSS areas, as well as restrictions on permissible wind-wave characteristics during the passage or towage operation;
Description of the navigational situation and weather conditions along the route;
Calculation of the safe speed and the required bollard pull for towing the vessel, as well as the calculation of the elements of the towing line;
Selection of a tug with optimal performance characteristics for towing purposes, in relation to the towing object. Calculations of strength, stability and freeboard for the towage area and conditions. Scheme of the towing line, towage plan, fencing protection scheme.
Calculation of the safe speed and the required bollard pull for towing the vessel, as well as the calculation of the elements of the towing line;
Drawings of the location of navigation lights and daytime signals of the towed vessel;
Description of the power plant, electrical, radio and navigation equipment of towing vessels. Description of the steering, anchor, mooring devices, fire protection and equipment, rescue and signaling means on all ships of the tugboat;
List of emergency supplies. Instructions for the Master, including organizational measures, established weather restrictions, instructions on the safe speed and length of the tug, use of ship's stores, damage control of a vessel in emergency situations, etc.
