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  • International Maritime Organization (IMO) MSC.1580 Published
    August 8, 2017 Comments Off on International Maritime Organization (IMO) MSC.1580 Published

    The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has issued new “Guidelines for Vessels and Units with Dynamic Positioning (DP) Systems. This Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) Circular 1580 was published on the 16 June 2017. 1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-eighth session (7 to 16 June 2017), approved the Guidelines for vessels and units with dynamic…

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  • OCIMF Issues “Dynamic Positioning Assurance Framework – Risk-Based Guidance”
    August 30, 2016 Comments Off on OCIMF Issues “Dynamic Positioning Assurance Framework – Risk-Based Guidance”

    The first edition of the Dynamic Positioning Assurance Framework, Risk-Based Guidance has been issued by OCIMF. Within the seventeen (17) page document is the foreword which goes into some history of DP operations, the standard list of abbreviations and a glossary, a fairly comprehensive bibliography is included, which leads onto the four (4) main sections:…

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  • Voluntary Reporting of Dynamic Positioning Incidents
    January 7, 2016 Comments Off on Voluntary Reporting of Dynamic Positioning Incidents

    For those not aware, The USCG have issued guidance on DP Incident Reporting dated June 19th 2013. It details WSOG’s, reporting of changes of DP status from “green” to “red”, identify the vessel CAMO, and identify which critical operations. After addressing any resultant safety concern(s), the owner or operator of the dynamically positioned MODU should…

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  • USCG Update
    December 9, 2015 1 Comment on USCG Update

    NOVEMBER 2015 UPDATE The USCG commented at the MTS DP Conference, held in October 2015 in Houston, Texas, that vessel owners and operators would not endure further investigation of any DP incidents if they were voluntarily reported and to an acceptable standard. This is paraphrased from the conference by this websites administrators. This would mean…

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