FEATURES OF MANEUVERING SAFETY MANAGEMENT DURING SHIP-TO-SHIP DOCKING

Abstract

Introduction. The article deals with the current problems of safety of navigation, as well as the problem of maneuvering safety during mooring operations. At the present stage of Ukraine's formation, the factor of its establishment as a maritime state, based on its spatial and geophysical features, place and role in the global and regional system of international relations, is of particular importance. The problem of maneuvering safety during mooring operations is determined by the growing number of mooring operations in the open sea. Mooring to an anchored vessel is a very common type of ship's key operations. Performing such a complex type of maneuvering as anchoring is usually dictated by operational necessity. Taking into account the complexity of mooring operations on board an anchored vessel, it is not used as often as, for example, mooring on the move, but if necessary and taking into account a number of circumstances, the type of mooring under consideration is used in maritime practice. Thus, one of the main reasons for choosing this method of mooring is the need to perform urgent cargo operations in the conditions of open roads or the open sea, when it is impossible to enter the port. First of all, this applies to industrial vessels engaged in fishing in remote areas of the world ocean, as well as supply vessels delivering cargoes to areas of prospecting and other works related to the development of natural resources of the sea shelf. The purpose of the article is to analyze the possibility of safe performance of mooring operations in order to choose the most optimal ways of their implementation in terms of safety. Results. Measures are proposed and recommendations are given on the choice of the most optimal, from the point of view of safety, ways of performing mooring operations to the vessel. Conclusions. Thus, safety at sea in general and safety of mooring operations, in particular, will always be an urgent problem, the solution of which will require a large number of research works in the field of navigation.