It achieves this through the assessment of safety and performance practices of its Members, and striving for standardisation through collaboration with similar organisations around the publication of IMCA's recommended practice.

Members include vessel owners and operators, suppliers and regulatory bodies.


Graeme Lorenson
Graeme Lorenson

Subsea7

Committee Chair

Harry Verhoeven
Harry Verhoeven

Kongsberg Maritime

Committee Vice-Chair

Jorma Koponen
Jorma Koponen

ABB

Committee Member

Odd Kenneth Tollefsen
Odd Kenneth Tollefsen

Altera Infrastructure

Committee Member

Michael Hensley
Michael Hensley

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Committee Member

Hans Brejaart
Hans Brejaart

Boskalis

Committee Member

Wassim Kennou
Wassim Kennou

Bourbon

Committee Member

Craig Styles
Craig Styles

Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore

Committee Member

Aleks Karlsen
Aleks Karlsen

DNV

Committee Member

Joey Fisher
Joey Fisher

M3 Marine

Committee Member

Klaus Hovesen
Klaus Hovesen

Maersk Training

Committee Member

John de Hartog
John de Hartog

Saipem

Committee Member

Cinthya Lopes
Cinthya Lopes

Simwave

Committee Member

Camilla Costa
Camilla Costa

TechnipFMC

Committee Member

Justin Taljaard
Justin Taljaard

Tidewater

Committee Member

Paul Kevin Murphy
Paul Kevin Murphy

Valaris

Committee Member

Richard Purser
Richard Purser

IMCA

IMCA Secretariat Lead

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DP in the Technical Library

Latest related Guidance:

A guide to DP-related documentation for DP vessels

Updated reference of key DP-related guidance – from IMCA and others – for dynamically positioned (DP) vessels.

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Code of practice for developing and conducting DP annual trials programmes

A framework for annual dynamic positioning (DP) trials programmes with an independent IMCA-accredited DP practitioner onboard.

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Code of practice for DP annual trials for mobile offshore drilling units

A framework enabling dynamically positioned mobile offshore drilling units (DP MODUs) to perform DP annual trials programmes.

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Latest related Information Notes:

Combined Heading/Motion and Gyro Sensor Concerns

The DP Committee has been made aware of potential failures regarding Combined Gyro Compass and Motion Reference Sensors.

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Development and Introduction of New DP Vessel Mission Functionalities

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DP Consequence Analysis – A Timely Reminder

Explaining DP consequence analysis and the benefits to reducing DP Station Keeping events

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