Teekay Ship-to-Ship Innovation

December 11, 2015

Ship-to-ship Innovation

Teekay believes in building long-term, mutually beneficial relationships founded on total dependability and technical know-how. Oil and gas companies and tanker owners rely on our team of highly specialized supervisors and mooring masters backed by state of the art ships featuring unique design features for critical support during crude oil, oil products, LPG and LNG ship to ship and transfer.

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	Teekay Firsts: First cargo transfer involving containers First cargo transfer involving trucks First company to have a double hull tanker in lightering service (1992) First four full-scale commercial LNG ship-to-ship operations First operator of a deep-water LNG port Internal ship vetting department Introduction to Lightering (ship-to-ship) educational video provided to customer Proving trials for ship-to-ship between RoRo and submersible heavy lift vessel Skaugen Scheduling Software
	Teekay Equipment: A Higher Standard Cargo hoses tested every 6 months, instead of 12 months as required legally Dye testing of nose cones First to conduct destructive testing of fenders and hoses First to have a fender age policy of 15 years First to have a cargo hose age policy of 4 years First to use an outside vendor on Advanced helicopter policies nautical charts that identify location of pipelines (recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard for public service) Use of aircraft tires for fender nets
	Teekay Team Skills All mooring masters are full-time employees Semi-annual check rides for all mooring masters Human Factors training on crew resource management Implementation of wire handling and inspection course Mooring master re-certification required every five years Simulator training for all mooring masters Simulator training for lightering support vessel masters and   mates
	Innovations: Raising the Bar for the Industry Standard Cargo loading station in wheelhouse Double wall cargo hoses Dry break coupling for high velocity cargo hoses Enhanced loading rate Enhanced maneuverability via thruster and high lift rudder Toggle pins for unmooring
	Marine Solutions Enhanced de-ballasting capacity Increased forward 100m wire diameter to 1 inch as a  proactive measure Larger diameter chain on fender nets Mooring grommet Purpose designed Billy Pugh personnel transfer basket Purpose designed hose handling crane/rated for personnel transfer Portable fair-lead for securing secondary fenders Use of mooring diagrams for use offshore by mooring masters Fender davits