The Digital DP Annual Trials* (i.e. by web-based remote approach) are almost to be considered as an alternative to the conventional “attended” trials and they became a known practice among the offshore stakeholders. We have consolidated this practice with some prototype project since 2015. Under the scenario of digital transformation and smart-working, “remote” tools certainly play an important role on the ground of marine digitalization, ship’s maintenance and warranty surveying.
Digital DP Trials have their plus and their minus for sure, but world is going through the direction of e-applications and remote control. Therefore we pursued this goal: to research and develop a modern solution, appropriate to the term “digitalization”, based on our experience of DP Auditors. We finally launched BeReady, the web-application dedicated to schedule, document, validate the DP trials for the purpose of the DP Annual Audit Report.
ing. Gennaro Russolillo, CEO of Medea commented.
By Digital DP Annual Trials + BeReady:
- Test Programme becomes digital and available in the web-app BeReady with a fully robust approach to provide a better outcome for DP annual trials programme;
- DP Auditor, Crew and Manager have access to the Digital Test Programme, with different degree of permission appropriate for the role/rank;
- DP Auditor confirms the ship-specific annual programme which may include Incremental and/or Rolling tests and/or tests that are evidenced by planned maintenance or survey records;
- Vessel’s Manager may schedule the DP trials in consideration of vessel’s idle periods;
- Vessel’s Crew may carry out the test under the step-by-step guidance given by BeReady;
- DP Auditor, who is an independent witness, assess and validate the tests;
- Fleet Manager may monitor the process from the data entry till the final sea trials report;
- Test progress is real-time monitored and results always available to the interested parties;
- DP annual trials programmes are completed in accordance with IMCA M 190.
The benefits of the Digital DP Trials are similar to remote survey and they are multiple: for example trials can be planned / rolled out in 12months time span; tests can be carried out during idle or waiting periods; no need for a DP auditor to attend (cost-effective). The benefits of BeReady are those one mutuated from the web-app technology of mobility, multi-level and multi-access content management.
BeReady can be also implemented whitin Neptunus as module or kept independent on a dedicated platform.
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(*) Digital DP Trials (also known as “Remote DP Trials” in time past) are preferred for vessel already FMEA-tested and known to Medea. Application of Digital DP Trials is subject to final acceptance by Medea.
BeREADY: Remote DP ANNUAL TRIALS System
