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Jennifer Evans
Technical Adviser – Marine
Search our database of DP events
Explore 0 DP events and incidents, shared freely with the industry to ensure lessons are learned, as part of our mission to improve performance in offshore delivery.
Individual entries can be downloaded as a PDF to easily share and print within your own organisation. Fully searchable for quick reference. What are these?
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Simultaneous Operations
A DP Incident report highlighting the importance of maintaining focus during time on the DP desk
DPE 03/25
14 November 2025
Incident
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Importance of familiarisation and paying attention
The importance of maintaining full attention during the operator's time on the DP desk can never be underestimated, or forgotten
DPE
14 November 2025
Incident
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Always be prepared – Erroneous relative GPS heading input jeopardises follow target operations
Always be prepared – Erroneous relative GPS heading input jeopardises follow target operations
DPE 02/25
1 August 2025
Incident
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Printer compatibility
This undesired event occurred on a DP Class 3 drillship, whilst operating in open bus configuration and undertaking drilling operations.
DPE 02/25
1 August 2025
Undesired event
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Inadvertent act causes loss of DP, once again!
While vessel was recovering scrap metal using an ROV and crane, an alarm was triggered, but the DPO could not silence it
DPE 02/25
1 August 2025
Incident
