DP station keeping review – incidents and events reported for 2019

Version history

March 2024, Rev. 0.1 – Update of preface and layout; no change to content

January 2020 – Initial publication

Summary

This volume of DP station keeping events, reported during 2019, has been prepared by the IMCA secretariat and continues to maintain a high degree of confidentiality and security.

Each report received by IMCA is treated on an individual basis. The person submitting the report is contacted by email and only once the information contained in the report is anonymised is it used as feedback to the industry.

The importance of receiving reports from the industry cannot be over emphasised; the information the reports contain is used across all IMCA’s DP activity. This includes new and revised guidance documents, feedback to client and regulatory organisations and to users through the IMCA DP Bulletin.

The review and analysis of received reports is ongoing with the aim of encouraging and improving reporting throughout the industry and providing valuable lessons learnt and meaningful analysis and feedback. Statistically, authoritative conclusions about the safety of DP operations cannot be drawn from analysis of the reports received; however, trends or patterns may be determined over time.

In addition to this review, initiating events, causes and comments reported by users have been incorporated into a table for easy comparison. This enables individual DP vessels to readily complete an onboard comparison of actual events occurring in the industry with the situation on-board their vessel.

DP station keeping reports are welcome from both IMCA members and non-members alike. Reports can be accepted in company or other format providing that the analysis can be carried out from the information received.

Contents

• Introduction
• DP Station Keeping Summary for 2019
• DP Event Bulletins