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Informative Guidance about conducting Dynamic Positioning (DP) drills and ensuring preparedness for DP system failures on offshore vessels.

The document is designed to complement IMCA M117, which sets competence standards for DP personnel, by offering operational guidance for planning, executing, and reviewing DP drills.

The aim is to foster crew competence, operational safety, and efficiency through structured training and scenario-based exercises.

This document provides comprehensive guidelines and recommendations for the operation of Class 1 DP vessels, emphasising the importance of understanding their limitations and ensuring proper training and preparedness of personnel.

DP systems are used on vessels in all the major maritime regions of the world and the result of this expansion and diversity has meant that the challenges of ensuring key personnel have the competency to perform their roles has never been greater.

All vessel owners/operators require suitably qualified and experienced DP personnel for safe and commercially successful operations.