Guide to Helicopter/Ship Operations - ICS [2025, PDF]

Guide to Helicopter/Ship Operations

Year: 2025
Language: English
Author: ICS
Genre: Guide
Publisher: ICS
Edition: 6
ISBN: 978-1-913997-66-3
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages + text layer
Pages count: 164
Description: For nearly 50 years, the ICS Guide to Helicopter/Ship Operations has been recognised throughout the global shipping industry as the definitive best practice guidance on the subject. As with previous versions, this new and improved edition has been published after wide consultation with both marine and aviation experts.
Its purpose remains the same: to encourage safe and efficient helicopter/ship operations. While this Guide is intended mainly for the use of ships' masters, officers and crew, it also offers advice to helicopter pilots and operators. The objective is to promote standardised procedures and shipboard facilities for helicopter/ship operations worldwide.
This sixth edition of Guide to Helicopter/Ship Operations has been reorganised to make it more user-friendly for crew to find relevant information quickly, and adds new ready-to-use content including:
• An enhanced shipboard safety checklist for helicopter operations, with tasks presented in chronological order;
• A new, industry standard risk assessment for landing and winching;
• An aide memoire for the responsible officer;
• An example toolbox talk to prepare for a helicopter operation;
• Further clarifications on roles and responsibilities; and
• Updated terminology.
This new edition of Guide to Helicopter/Ship Operations also follows the successful launch of the a-learning course, 'Helicopter Operation Procedures for Ships' available from the ICS Academy. ICS collected feedback and lessons learned during the design, development and testing phase of the a-learning course to further enhance the sixth edition of this Guide. These improvements ensure a more comprehensive and cohesive publication for readers who may use the Guide alongside or independently of the a-learning course.
The Guide to Helicopter/Ship Operations remains the go-to resource for all helicopter to ship operations, ensuring that the operation runs safely and smoothly.