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Published Articles
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Safety Events
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DP Events
No DP events published during this period.
Publications
- Dynamic positioning station keeping review – incidents and events reported for 2022
- Guidance on health, fitness and medical issues in diving operations
- Guidance for the positioning of dynamically positioned (DP) jack-up vessels on and off the seabed
- Guidance on competence assurance, assessment and verification
- Requirements for IMCA-Approved Diver Medic training courses
- Guidance for the initial and refresher familiarisation of vessel crews
- Guidance on the IMCA eCMID system
- IMCA eCMID System Annual Report 2022/23 – Inspection Findings and Report Quality Assurance
- Requirements for IMCA-approved Trainee Air Diving Supervisor training courses
- Guidelines for oxy-arc cutting
- Guidance on diving cylinder and valve thread compatibility
- Diver emergency heating report (1984)
- Guidelines for management of change
- Basic safety training and vessel induction for non-marine personnel working offshore
- Guidance for remotely operated vehicle load testing and inspection
- Guidance on surface supplied diving operations using nitrox
- Code of practice for developing and conducting DP annual trials programmes
- Code of practice for the initial and periodic examination, testing and certification of diving plant and equipment
- IMCA international code of practice for offshore diving
- Hyperbaric evacuation systems (HES) interface recommendations
- Guidance on prevention and mitigation of lost bell emergencies
- Guidance on competence assurance and assessment: Marine Division
- AUV audit guidance document
- Operations Committee governance: Roles, induction, terms of reference and scorecard
- Technical committee governance: Roles, induction, terms of reference and scorecard
- Bye-laws
- Regional committee governance: Roles, induction, terms of reference and scorecard
- IMCA assessment procedure for training course approval
- Secretariat code of practice
- Complaints procedure
Information Notes
- Clarifying what Members need to do to prepare for implementation of the International Code of Safety for Ships Carrying Industrial Personnel (IP Code)
- International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004
- Laser Safety
- IMCA Air Diving Supervisor Examination – Recommended Study Material
- Lifting Terminology: Appropriate Marking on Diving Equipment
- Environmentalist Activists
- Removal of T1 Membership Category for Training Providers Offering In-Water Training of Commercial Divers
- IMCA is advocating for clarity in the applicability of the EU ETS Regulation & associated EU MRV Regulation to the Offshore Marine Contracting Sector
Forthcoming Events
- 21-22 May 2024 - IMCA DP Conference 2024
- 21 May 2024 - IMCA Meet the Members: Perth, Australia
- 12 September 2024 - IMCA Lifting & Rigging Seminar 2024
- 9 October 2024 - IMCA Asia Pacific Regional Meeting
- 10 October 2024 - Underwater Ship Husbandry Seminar
- 8-9 November 2024 - Offshore Wind North East
- 3-4 December 2024 - IMCA Global Summit 2024