Analysis of station keeping incident data 1994-2003

  • Informative Guidance
  • Revision 0.1 - January 2006

In-depth exploration of IMCA DP station keeping incident data, extending the annual review already carried out to determine trends and underlying causes.

Contents

  • Summary

  • Introduction

  • Incident data

  • Trends

  • Blackouts

  • Thrusters

  • Operator error

  • Incident type

  • Position references

  • Vessel type

  • DP class type

  • Benefit of incident reporting

  • Conclusions

  • References

  • Appendix 1 – Catalogue of incident report changes


Revision

  • Rev. 0.1 - March 2024
    Page 2 updated; bookmarking (layout) improved; removal of withdrawn references; no change to content
  • Rev. - January 2006
    Initial publication