This IMCA Recommended Practice provides guidance for the initial and periodic examination, testing, and certification of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) launch and recovery systems (LARS). It covers system components such as winches, cranes, A-frames, latches, sheave wheels, termination sockets, wire ropes, load-bearing umbilicals, and associated terminations.
The document defines objectives, application considerations, competent-person categories, certification requirements, testing intervals, certification retention, maintenance practices, and examination criteria. It includes detailed appendices for the main structures of ROV LARS, wire ropes and terminations, load-bearing umbilicals, and the e-kink test.
Application Scope: International offshore marine contracting operations involving ROV launch and recovery systems, lifting equipment, wire ropes, load-bearing umbilicals, and related inspection and certification activities. Applicable local or national regulations take precedence where they are more stringent.
