IMCA Newsroom

Press Release 03/07

CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF ROV, SUPPORT VESSEL AND ASSOCIATED WORK FROM IMCA

The Remote Systems & ROV Division Management Committee and Contracts Workgroup of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) working with Stronachs Solicitors of Aberdeen, have prepared the recently published "Contract for the Provision of ROV, Support Vessel and Associated Work". Building on industry standards to suit members' and clients' requirements, it has been developed to facilitate contracting between IMCA members and their clients.

"Many contractors provide services from a vessel which they do not own but have hired from the market," explains IMCA’s chief executive, Hugh Williams. "The terms of hire are often the BIMCO Supplytime 89 uniform time charter party for offshore services vessels. The newly drawn up contract document enables contractors to pass on these vessel terms to their client and add in the terms for ROV - or associated - services. It is purely guidance; each IMCA member company is, of course, free to enter into whatever contracts it deems to be in its own interests.

"The document is designed to be flexible so that any scope of work can be inserted, not just ROV support services. In this way we believe it will also be valuable in other areas for example diving support of survey services."

Other publications aimed at raising awareness on contracting members including: 'IMCA contracting principles'; 'Guidelines on identifying and assessing risk in construction contracts'; 'Terms and conditions for survey support services'; and 'Terms and conditions for ROV support services'.

Notes to Editors (common)

• IMCA is an international association with over 450 members in more than 50 countries, representing offshore, marine and underwater engineering companies. IMCA has four technical divisions, covering marine/specialist vessel operations, offshore diving, hydrographic survey and remote systems and ROVs, plus geographic sections for the Americas Deepwater, Asia-Pacific, Europe & Africa and Middle East & India regions, as well as a core focus on safety, the environment, competence and training. IMCA seeks to promote its members' common interests, to resolve industry-wide issues and to provide an authoritative voice for its members.
• IMCA publishes some 200 guidance notes and technical reports. These have been developed over the years and are widely distributed. They are a definition of what IMCA stands for, including widely recognised diving and ROV codes of practice, DP documentation, marine good practice guidance, the Common Marine Inspection Document, safety recommendation, outline training syllabi and the IMCA competence scheme guidance. In addition to the range of printed guidance documents, IMCA also produces safety promotional materials, circulates information notes and safety flashes.
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