Just to clarify a little the situation.
The recovery analysis has been carried out and the head designed as normal for every project. 1.5 FOS is applied to the SWL of the recovery winch system. I think that the philosphy behind the low FOS is that, unlike a crane hook, the equipment is used...
We wish to design and fabricate a hook for recovery of a subsea pipeline.
The question I have is whether the rules which apply to lifting appliances offshore also apply to pipelay equipment (specifically to the winch which will be used for recovery).
The reason is that if we have to apply the...
