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Bolt failures on Lawson ROV launch and recovery systems

Publisher
IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
Type
Safety Flash
Reference
IMCA SF 03/09
Date
Themes
Dropped ObjectsMachinery and EquipmentStructural and Asset Integrity

Summary

Members are alerted to the attached safety flash from Lawson Engineers Ltd, manufacturers of launch and recovery systems, covering a recent failure of bolts in a 3000m launch and recovery system which allowed a latched-in tether management system (TMS) and ROV to fall to the deck.

IMCA SF 03/09. Themes: dropped objects, machinery and equipment, structural and asset integrity.

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