Offshore Information Sheet 4/2011 Flooding risk to machinery spaces of floating offshore installations: Guidelines on inspection of ship side valves; flood detection and control; inspection and training
It is a legal requirement that the ship side valves are suitable, maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair. Duty holders should assess the flooding risk and the criticality of ship side valves.
This sheet gives guidance on what is required by the duty holder to demonstrate that the ship side valves are suitable, suitably maintained, in good repair and they have arrangements that deal with flooding incidents.
This sheet is of particular relevance to long term moored installations such as FPSOs, floating storage units and floating production units.
Source: HSE