IMCA Digest - May 2024

No articles published during this period.

• Hand and finger injuries
• Crewmember suspended above deck by lifting equipment
• CTV crew member snagged on tag line and lifted off feet
• Engine failure and subsequent engine room fire
• BSEE: Welding and Burning Hazards

No DP events published during this period.

• Code of practice on failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
• Recommended practice on the use of chain lever hoists in the offshore subsea environment
• Code of practice for the use of high pressure jetting equipment by divers
• Guidance on diving operations in the vicinity of pipelines
• Requirements for IMCA-approved trainee diving system inspector training courses
• The initial and periodic examination, testing and certification of hyperbaric evacuation launch systems
• Guidelines for the use of multibeam echosounders for offshore surveys
• Dive technician competence and training
• Guidance on hyperbaric evacuation systems
• Code of practice for the safe use of electricity under water
• Accredited diving system inspector certification scheme
• Protective guarding of gas cylinder transport containers (quads)
• Dynamic positioning station keeping review – incidents and events reported for 2022
• Guidance on health, fitness and medical issues in diving operations
• Guidance for the positioning of dynamically positioned (DP) jack-up vessels on and off the seabed
• Guidance on competence assurance, assessment and verification
• Guidance for the initial and refresher familiarisation of vessel crews
• Guidance on the IMCA eCMID system
• IMCA eCMID System Annual Report 2022/23 – Inspection Findings and Report Quality Assurance
• Guidelines for oxy-arc cutting
• Guidance on diving cylinder and valve thread compatibility
• Diver emergency heating report
• Guidelines for management of change
• Basic safety training and vessel induction for non-marine personnel working offshore
• Guidance on surface supplied diving operations using nitrox
• Code of practice for developing and conducting DP annual trials programmes
• IMCA international code of practice for offshore diving
• Hyperbaric evacuation systems (HES) interface recommendations
• Guidance on prevention and mitigation of lost bell emergencies
• Guidance on competence assurance and assessment: Marine Division
• AUV audit guidance document
• Operations Committee governance: Roles, induction, terms of reference and scorecard
• Technical committee governance: Roles, induction, terms of reference and scorecard
• Bye-laws
• Regional committee governance: Roles, induction, terms of reference and scorecard
• Secretariat code of practice
• Complaints procedure

• Human and organisational performance
• Publication of G012 IMCA assessment procedure for diving contractor membership
• Tracking progress: Marine decarbonisation of the global fleet
• FuelEU Maritime – Scope of Application and exclusion of offshore vessels for the moment
• Fuel consumption data collection for 2023
• MEPC 81 adopts revised Guidelines on Life Cycle GHG Intensity of Marine Fuels (LCA Guidelines)
• Clarifying what Members need to do to prepare for implementation of the International Code of Safety for Ships Carrying Industrial Personnel (IP Code)
• Regional harmonised procedures for uniform implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention in the Mediterranean Sea
• Laser Safety
• IMCA Air Diving Supervisor Examination – Recommended Study Material
• Lifting Terminology: Appropriate Marking on Diving Equipment
• Environmentalist Activists
• Removal of T1 Membership Category for Training Providers Offering In-Water Training of Commercial Divers
• IMCA is advocating for clarity in the applicability of the EU ETS Regulation & associated EU MRV Regulation to the Offshore Marine Contracting Sector

• 15 May 2024 - IMCA Middle East & India Regional Meeting
• 21-22 May 2024 - IMCA DP Conference 2024
• 21 May 2024 - IMCA Meet the Members: Perth, Australia