The integrity of the Floating Production Unit and its Mooring is a key point to ensure the minimum risk of pollution and production disruption due to Hull structure, Mooring, Hull system or Hull equipment.
The Floating Unit Integrity Management System aims avoiding any disturbance, shutdown, repair or even unscheduled return to dry dock.
This target can only be reached by the application of procedures and good practices, fit for purpose, leading to the proper implementation of optimised inspection and surveys programmes, in compliance with Company and statutory requirements and not only based in Class requirements.
The new built unit Hull and Mooring Inspection, Monitoring, Maintenance and Repair Plan shall be developed in an early phase, during the design and project phases in order to ensure, first, that everything is design for later on easy inspection and, second, that all items will be subjected to regular survey or maintenance: no orphan or unsurveyed items have to be allowed.
The interferences between different systems and numerous teams (SIMOPS) are also a subject to be addressed.
The unit Hull and Mooring Inspection, Monitoring, Maintenance and Repair plan is a cross-functionality job that shall be part of the hand over for an efficient and early implementation for operational life.
Multidisciplinary teams have to be involved in IMMR Plan execution and have to be experienced enough to phase the different scenarios.
One of the cornerstones is Class: all the floating units and its mooring have to be classed and maintained classed during its service life by a member of IACS. This independent assessment (Third Party) provides the basic and minimum framework focusing on personnel and structure safety.
Reference documents, procedures, good practices fit for purpose and even computerized tools have been developed in the frame of the Floating Units Integrity Management System policy.
