10:45

A-hoist: Adding lifting capacity to the existing A-type fleet

• Unveiling Ampelmann: Introduction to Ampelmann and its various systems
•  Beyond People Transfers
• Spotlight on the A-hoist System: Detailed exploration of the A-hoist system, including its design, structural challenges, operational challenges, and its first successful employment

Pieter Burgel, design engineer and Jaap Dekens, structural engineer, Ampelmann Operations B.V., The Netherlands

 11:15

Advancing LR’s Rules- Challenges and Solutions in the Application of High Strength Steels beyond Grade S690 for Lifting Appliances in Marine Environments

• Challenges of using steels above S690 grade in marine environments.
• ECA based case studies leading to LR’s Rule requirements.
• Correlation between different input variables and quantify their sensitivities in an ECA calculation.

Dr. Yikun Wang, Senior Structures Specialist and Martyn Wright, Lloyd's Register EMEA, United Kingdom

Use of numerical and real time simulations prior to flare tip replacement on Balder FPU

• Finding operational boundary limits for Floatel Superior with numerical simulations
• Establishing operational procedures during a full mission crane simulator joint workshop
• Performing operational training during the simulator workshop
• Feed-back after the flare tip replacement operation

Bård E. Bjørnsen, Department Manager, Kongsberg Maritime

Equinor fast track to total control of loose equipment offshore

• A modern take on challenges of conforming to regulations on loose lifting equipment offshore
• Highlights from implementation process on organizing equipment data and documentation on loose lifting gear
• Team work across disciplines – Inspection experts, offshore operators and system specialists work together in easy-to-use software

Lars-Erik Kjellson Hovde, Project manager, Onix AS, Norway and Geir Inge Byberg, Leading engineer Operation and Maintenance, Equinor, Norway

13:45

Reducing Lifting Incidents on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) - Leading Change When You Don’t Control the Process

• This presentation will describe how BSEE’s Safe Lifting Team has been working with industry to develop new, creative ideas and tools to help drive, not regulate, safety performance during lifting activities
• Since approximately 90% of our reported lifting incidents occur during “routine” operations, we needed to shift our attention to the “human factors” which are difficult, if not impossible, to regulate
• Working with industry, we shifted our role from telling to encouraging, collaborating, and demonstrating the value of change and raising our awareness during “the next lift”

Susan Dwarnick, Chief, Offshore Safety Improvement Branch, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), US Department of the Interior, United States

14:15

Building trust in modern heave compensating systems, launch of DNV-RP-N202

• Scope and referenced standards
• Key design parameters and information sharing
• Accuracy of heave compensation systems
• Validation of heave compensation systems

Marcin Piotr Sikora, Principal Engineer, DNV, Norway

15:15

EN 13852-1:2023 Offshore cranes – General purpose offshore crane - New revision presentation

• A brief introduction
• Changes highlights
• Questions

The presentation has been done in collaboration with Lloyds Register.

Julien Dunand-Chatellet, TotalEnergies S.E., France