The Republic of Liberia’s Mobile Offshore Unit Standards, RLM-293, provides the Administration’s requirements for the construction, arrangement, equipment, and operation of Mobile Offshore Units (MOUs) including Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs). A copy of RLM-293 is attached to this Marine Notice. Owners, Operators and Classification Societies are to be guided by RLM 293 in preparation for the inspection and certification of MOUs for the Liberia flag.
Liberia flag has issued a Marine Notice and this Marine Notice is applicable to all Liberian flagged MOUs, including MODUs, both existing and newbuilds. It supercedesn TEC-009 of 2020. Mobile Offshore Units (MOUs) are vessels used in support of exploration or exploitation of offshore resources, construction or servicing of offshore facilities and may include the following vessel types (non exhaustive list):
- MODU (Mobile Offshore Drilling Units)
- FSO (Floating, Storage and Off-Loading)
- FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage, and Off-Loading)
- FPU (Floating Offshore Production Unit)
- FSU (Floating Storage Units)
- Non self-propelled accommodation vessels
- Non self-propelled construction vessels
- Non self-propelled crane and pipelaying vessels
- Other non-self-propelled non-cargo or passenger vessels as designated by the Administration
Self-propelled MOUs, other than MODUS, FPSO, FSOs, FSUs, may be subject to compliance with the Special Purpose Ship Code as determined by the Administration.