“I am very pleased to announce I have been successful in gaining eCMID Accredited Vessel Inspector status. The application process went very smoothly and the trade-marked title of AVI was finally awarded to me on 19th February 2018 by International Institute of…
IMCA has updated, since early 2015, the DP incident database pusblishing the collection of the voluntarily reported station keeping incidents from 2011 to 2015 (the last station keeping incident report 2010 was posted on 2012). This last set of updates…
In a previous post we have pointed the attention on the impossibility of carrying out DP Footprint verification with the software K-Pos release 8 (see the article here) if not provided with a hardcopy printer. We have forwarded an improvement…
While the review of the IMO Circular 645 – Guidelines for vessels with Dynamic Positioning systems – is expected to be reviewed in 2017 bringing important key elements in the design and operation of DP vessel (see our article dated…
Having appreciated the general interest for the presentation held on May 20th, 2015 at University Parthenope in Naples (read more) on the ground of the Dynamically Positioned Vessels (DP Vessels), and consequently to the several requests from our Cusotmers to…
How to carry out a DP Footprint Verification with Kongsberg DP software rel. 8? Medea srl, Naval Architects, Marine Engineers & DP Auditors Company, has recently found that the new version 8 of the Kongsberkg DP software does not allow DP…
IMCA and MTS are the most accredited bodies giving guidance for the offshore players operating DP units. Both of them have release, among the others, guidelines on the preparation of the DP Operation Manual. Medea has recently carried out a…
We pass on our Customer and Subscrivers this important IMCA DP Safety Flash – no. 3/2015 with subject: DP Management – Collision with Rig, which can be found here: http://www.imca-int.com/media/210393/imca_dp_safety_flash_03-15.pdf Shortly, attention is drawn on human factor behind main cause ostensibly recorded as “enviromental”. The…
Medea, conscious of the importance of sharing information and lessons learnt, strongly intends to promulgate DP safety culture. A help in such a direction is done by passing IMCA DP Safety Flashes to Medea’s Customers, Followers and Subscrivers. In this…
