Information Notes

Companies operating in the UK sector are reminded that the new passenger size limits for offshore helicopters in the UK take effect from 1 April 2015. From 1 April 2015, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will prohibit helicopter operators from carrying passengers on offshore flights, except in response to

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The United States Coast Guard has published proposed amendments to its commercial diving regulations. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is attached. The deadline for comments is 20 May 2015. The US Coast Guard is proposing to amend its regulations for commercial diving that is conducted from deepwater ports or

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The UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has issued an amendment to its UK policy on personnel transfer procedures in the wind farm sector, notified to members in section briefing note IMCA E&A 01/15 (now withdrawn). The amendment clarifies the fact that it does not apply to vessel to vessel

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This IMCA information note is intended to provide information and give advice to diving contractors wishing to manage any possible hazards associated with balancing the need for divers in saturation to have unobstructed access through trunkings while providing protection against possible suction or pressure loss. 1       The Need to Provide

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The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) has published a revised version of its HSE competency management guidelines for the geophysical industry. This revised report is intended as the geophysical industry base reference for HSE competency management and training. It has been updated significantly to provide guidance to all

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The UK HSE has recently published the updated Offshore Diving Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) – L103 – Commercial diving projects offshore: ACoP and guidance (2nd edition). HSE notes that this publication sets out what you have to do to comply with the requirements of the Diving at Work Regulations

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The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has launched an e-guide for managing stress and psychosocial risks in the workplace. As part of the Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress campaign, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has launched its e-guide on managing stress and

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The issue of validity periods for competence assurance assessments has been revisited by the Competence & Training (C&T) core committee following feedback from member companies who now have established in-house competence assurance and assessment schemes in place. This information note supersedes the information notes on the same topic issued in

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The OGP (International Association of Oil & Gas Producers) Geomatics Committee’s Seabed Survey Data Model (SSDM) Task Force has published SeabedML, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Geography Markup Language (GML) Application Schema for SSDM version 1. OGC GML enables open data exchange of geographical features and is particularly useful on web-enabled

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On 31 July the Council of the European Union agreed adoption of agreed restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in eastern Ukraine. This decision gives legal value to an agreement reached at the Committee of Permanent Representatives on Tuesday 29 July and announced by European Council President

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This information note is to make members aware that the use of agent or private security company supplied armed guards onboard vessels in Nigerian waters may be considered by Nigerian Navy authorities to be in breach of regulations. This could result in legal action including detention of personnel found to

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The outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa has gained widespread media attention. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported new cases and deaths attributed to Ebola virus disease (EVD). While the outbreak in Guinea appears to be declining, it continues to evolve in Liberia and Sierra Leone. WHO

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Originally issued with the following reference(s): IMCA SEL 05/14

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