ASTM F3257-17

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Designation: F3257 − 17 An American National Standard
Standard Guide for
Design, Construction, and Operation of Vessels Providing
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Accommodation Service to Offshore Installations
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F3257; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
This guide provides the marine industry with recommendations for the design, construction and
operation of vessels providing accommodation service to offshore installations.An owner or operator
of an accommodation service vessel (ASV) should be concerned about the safety of the vessel offered
by its design and construction because ASV operations may involve significant consequences due to
the presence of large numbers of people, that are typically far offshore and distant from search and
rescue assets, and may be located near high risk industrial activities.
1. Scope mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
1.1 Objectives—Guidelines are provided for the design,
construction, and operation of an Accommodation Service
2. Referenced Documents
Vessel (ASV) intended to provide accommodation services to
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
an offshore installation.The goal of these guidelines is to focus
F1337 Practice for Human Systems Integration Program
attention on the safety aspects of design. These guidelines are
Requirements for Ships and Marine Systems, Equipment,
recommended for each vessel providing accommodation ser-
and Facilities
vice to an offshore installation for more than 36 persons.
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2.2 API Standards:
1.2 Relationship with Regulatory and Classification
API RP 75 Recommended Practice for Development of a
Standards—This guide covers information for designing, con-
Safety and Environmental Management Program for Off-
structing and operating ASVs and includes considerations not
shore Operations and Facilities (3rd edition, May 2004)
generally addressed in classification or statutory requirements
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2.3 International Labor Organization:
intended for traditional cargo or passenger ships. While por-
ILO Practice for Accident Prevention on Board Ship at Sea
tions of this guide may refer to standards, it is not intended to
and in Port (2nd edition, 10 October 1996)
supersede any classification or statutory requirements.
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2.4 International Maritime Organization:
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
SOLAS International Convention for the Safety of Life At
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended, London, 2009
standard.
Resolution A.1023(26) Code for the Construction and
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (2009
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
MODU Code), 2009 London, December 2009, as
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
amended
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
STCW International Convention on Standards of Training,
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW)
1.5 This international standard was developed in accor-
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F25 on Ships and Washington, DC 20005-4070, http://www.api.org.
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Structures. CH-1211 Genève 22, Switzerland, http://www.ilo.org.
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Current edition approved May 1, 2017. Published September 2017. DOI: Available from​International Maritime Organization (IMO), 4, Albert
10.1520/F3257-17. Embankment, London, SE1 7SR, United Kingdom, http://www.imo.org.
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F3257 − 17
Convention and Code, London, April 1994, as amended 3. Terminology
2008 SPS Code Code of Safety for Special Purpose Ships,
3.1 Definitions:
2008, Londo
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