Information Notes

This Information Note should be of interest to IMCA Members with offshore oil and gas and renewable energy businesses in the United States.

Migration of people is not a new phenomenon.  In the last ten years, owing to civil strife, economic hardship and conflict, there have been unprecedented migration flows, particularly towards Europe.  Insofar as migration has the potential to affect the security and safety of our members’ crews and operations, it is

This Information Note should be of interest to IMCA Members with offshore oil and gas and renewable energy businesses in the United States.

Guidance and lessons learned may be missed if the FMEA/FMECA document is not periodically refreshed.  A neglected DP system FMEA/FMECA may lead to a reduction in robustness, resilience, and single fault tolerance if it is only updated after deficiencies have been identified by a vessel DP Assurance process or after

Members’ attention is brought to the recent Guidance Note issued by JFD relating to the potential for leakage on the Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus (COBRA) at the joint between the […]

on the material they should study prior to sitting the ADSI examinations. 

Read this Information Note for DP Consequence Analysis.

Environmental Sustainability is important not only for our Members, but also for the local communities and habitats and ecosystems where they work.  This Environmental Bulletin highlights five examples of community […]

Members’ attention is brought to the recent Guidance Note issued by JFD relating to the Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus (COBRA) handle manifold becoming loose within the activation assembly on the […]

Members’ attention is brought to the recent Guidance Note issued by JFD concerning changes to the pre-use procedures for the Compact Bailout Rebreathing Apparatus (COBRA).  The COBRA manual will be […]

IMCA D 024 Rev. 2 DESIGN for saturation (bell) diving systems was published in July 2014. Section 16 of that document covered DESIGN requirements for Hyperbaric Rescue Unit Life Support […]

IMCA D 024 Rev. 2 DESIGN for saturation (bell) diving systems was published in July 2014.  The latest revision of IMCA D 024 has now been published (Rev. 3).  This […]

IMCA D 018 Rev. 1 Code of practice for the initial and periodic examination, testing and certification of diving plant and equipment was published in June 2014.  The latest revision […]

Members are advised that a number of revised IMCA DESIGN suite documents are about to be published.

Since 1997 IMCA has been the custodian of the offshore Diver Medic Course.  Over the years this programme has been extremely successful and, as a result, trained diver medic interventions […]

Thanks are extended to all three candidates who put their names forward to serve as Chair of IMCA’s Environmental Sustainability Committee (the ESC). The ESC is a core committee of […]

An industry interest group launched what was previously a crew boat, renamed the Jones Act Enforcer, in July 2021 to monitor offshore vessel energy activities for compliance with the Jones […]

IMCA has updated the format of certificates issued under its certification schemes. This information note sets out details to help IMCA members and certificate holders recognise and understand the new […]

Thanks are extended to all who agreed to stand for election and to those who have served as committee members over the previous term. I confirm that, as a result […]

Thanks are extended to all who agreed to stand for election and to those who have served as committee members over the previous term. I confirm that, as a result […]