Includes material specification and technical requirements for modern designs, also with reference to double carcass hoses, lifting lug requirements, standards for packing, float design requirements and standardisation of bead float collars. The guide gives specification of minimum acceptable technical requirements to ensure the satisfactory performance of rubber, reinforced, smooth bore, oil suction and discharge hoses for offshore moorings. A purchasers inspection guide is included to assist a purchaser's inspector in checking that workmanship and material are in accordance with the specification.