ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16548 First edition 2012-10-15 Ships and marine technology - Ship design General guidance on emergency towing procedures Navires et technologie maritime - Conception du navire Directives génerales sur les procedures de remorquage d'urgence Reference number IS0 16548:2012(E) LSO IS02012 IHS under ted without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 16548:2012(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO2012 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either IsO at the addressbeloworIso'smemberbodyinthecountryoftherequester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel.+41227490111 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2012 - All rights reserved No reproductic networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 16548:2012(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv 1 Scope 1 2 Normative references ..1 3 Terms and definitions .1 4 General description .2 4.1 General .2 4.2 Limitation during towing operation '2' 4.3 Master's response 4.4 Safety considerations .3 4.5 Towing preparations 3 5 Decision matrix for determining towing pattern .4 Annex A (informative) Towing patterns and decision matrix ..5 Annex B (informative) Procedures for connecting towing lines ..12 Annex C (informative) Ship specific data ..22 Annex D (informative) Organization of tasks .27 Annex E (informative) Current status. ..29 Bibliography. .32 iii se with IS thout license from IHS Not for Resale