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Podcast – IMCA S 028 AUV Audit Guidance Document
Nick Hough, consultant – safety and security explores the new guidance as a framework for offshore contractors.
IMCA publishes AUV Audit Guidance Document in a bid to promote a common approach to the auditing of autonomous underwater vehicles
Read the Press Release introducing this new guidance document.
IMCA Publishes Guidelines on the use of GNSS for Tide Calculations
Read the Press Release or take a few minutes to visit our podcast area for a short podcast introducing this new guidance document.
Podcast – IMCA S 027 GNSS for Tide Calculations
Nicholas Hough, consultant – safety and security, highlights the key elements of IMCA’s new guidance document in this short podcast.
Webinar: market, technical and regional updates
IMCA’s Asia-Pacific and Middle East & India regional committees join forces to present an exclusive member-only webinar on 17 March 2021.
Revision of the Guidelines for GNSS Positioning in the Oil & Gas Industry published by IOGP and IMCA
IOGP and IMCA work together to maintain relevant guidance for the industry.
IMCA revises subsea metrology guidance
Subsea metrology procedures are expanding rapidly to provide ever higher accuracy solutions, so the publication by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) of a revised version of ‘Guidance on subsea […]
IMCA guidance demonstrates the strength of working together
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has undertaken the ambitious project of reviewing every guidance document in their extensive library, ensuring all are fully up-to-date. Work on the project, which […]
IMCA workshop at Oi2016: Shared Vehicle-Borne Sensors for ROV and Offshore Survey Applications
The rise of ‘ROV DP’, the capability to hold an ROV (remotely operated vehicle) stationary in the water column, has led to an increase in the sharing of ROV-mounted sensors, […]
IMCA publishes shared use of sensors guidance
Two documents on the shared use of sensors have been revised and merged to form one common document recently published by the International Marine Contractors Association as IMCA S023 ‘Guidelines […]
Closer collaboration between IMCA and ICES
Two recent events have highlighted how the International Marine Contractors Association and the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) are working closely to promote the importance of hydrographic and […]
IMCA revises 'Guidelines for The Use Of Multibeam Echosounders for Offshore Survey'
‘Guidelines for the Use of Multibeam Echosounders for Offshore Surveys’ (IMCA S 003 Rev 2) has been extensively revised by members of the International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) Offshore Survey […]
IMCA publishes An Introduction to Inertial Navigation
The increased use of inertial navigation systems (INS), particularly in support of offshore survey, installation and inspection tasks, has emphasised the need for a general introduction and outline of the […]
IMCA publishes revised Inter-Vessel Survey Data Standard Telemetry Protocol
Small changes have been made to the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Inter-Vessel Survey Data Standard Telemetry Protocol (IMCA S 006 Rev.2) “Our publications are constantly reviewed and revised and […]
IMCA publishes peripheral survey sensors guidelines
The newly published ‘Guidelines for the management of peripheral survey sensors’ (IMCA S 021) has been developed under the direction of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Offshore Survey Division […]
IMCA launches new freelance competence materials
Raising the profile of the competence of offshore personnel, and the value of company competence schemes, across the marine construction industry is one of the core activities of the International […]
Offshore survey personnel – statistics for 2010
For many years the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published information on how many people were working offshore in ROV and diving roles, now for the first time they […]
Safe Management of Survey and Inspection Data – new IMCA publication
There is not a computer user alive who has not experienced the frustration of losing data – however, when talking about the safe handling and management of large volumes of […]
IMCA publishes guidance on subsea metrology
A new publication ‘Guidance on Subsea Metrology’ (IMCA S019) from the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) turns the spotlight on subsea metrology, covers the basics of subsea metrology, engineering requirements, […]
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