- Early Bird tickets available for the IMCA Global Summit 2024. 3-4 December, Utrecht, Netherlands. Members can save £400.
- Discover how we are helping Members reduce emissions: Explore the ProjectGHG hub now.
- Join the global DP Community at the IMCA DP Conference in Amsterdam. 21 and 22 May. SOLD OUT!
- Now booking. Underwater Ship Husbandry Seminar. 10 October 2024, Singapore.
IMCA Digest - February 2024
News
- Circular Economy principles support Members on their sustainability journey
- Shipping industry calls for release of Galaxy Leader crew still held captive
- IMCA Live 2024: Finding solutions to the challenges we face
- ProjectGHG: A new campaign to support Members on their decarbonisation journey
- Next steps identified on Underwater Radiated Noise (URN) at IMO
- Red Sea & further developments on IP Code at IMO
- Event analysis reveals common causes of DP failure
Published Articles
No articles published during this period.
Safety Events
- Pipeline End Manifold yoke dropped from 45° position
- LTI: Damage and personal injury arising from heavy weather
- Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) hit protruding scaffolding on a supply vessel
- Heavy equipment fell over during manual handling
- UK HSE: Crane boom collapse
- Unauthorised entry into confined space
- Hot work whilst working at height in a confined space – job was stopped
- BSEE: Confined space entry – tank cleaning
- USCG: wire rope hazard management – dropped turbine nacelle
- Vessel damaged in contact with platform
- BSEE: Are your emergency procedures and your emergency equipment good enough?
- High potential: navigation near offshore wind turbines
- Failure of self-righting frame on Fast Rescue Craft (FRC)
- Fall Protection – Defective Safety Harness
- MSF: two dropped object incidents
DP Events
No DP events published during this period.
Publications
- Introduction to marine emissions
- Guidance to identify DP system components and their failure modes
- The hazards of using hold-back vessels during DP operations
- Guidance on installation based diving operations and the evacuation of divers from installations
- Overboard scaffolding operations and their effect on diving safety
- Marking and colour coding of gas cylinders, quads and banks for diving applications
- Plastic spherical air-filled fishing buoys
- Guidance on the selection, safe use and inspection of high performance fibre slings used for engineered lifts
- The safe and efficient operation of remotely operated vehicles
- Guidance on testing of through-water communications
- Requirements for IMCA-approved ROV introductory training courses
- Guidelines for the management of DP system network storms
- Guidance on surface swimmers
- Understanding biodegradable lubricants: An introduction to ‘green’ oil in hydraulic systems offshore
- Guidelines for the quality assurance and quality control of software
- Thruster integrity management guidance
- Guidance on mobilisation requirements for offshore survey operations
- Marking of hyperbaric rescue systems designed to float in water
- Guidance on the use of inert gases
- Guidance on examination of steel wire rope through magnetic rope testing (MRT)
- Battery packs in pressure housings
- Deep water acoustic positioning
- Neurological assessment of a diver
- Guidance on stainless steel in oxygen systems
- Vessel assurance
Events
- 5-7 February 2024 - Floating Wind Solutions 2024
- 20-22 February 2024 - Subsea Expo 2024
- 28 February 2024 - IMCA Asia Pacific Regional Meeting