Published articles

Andre Rose, technical adviser – competence and training, gives an overview of the IMCA documents relating to the competence process in the fifth instalment of this series.

Nadine Robinson, technical adviser on environmental sustainability, explains how IMCA’s Recommended Code of Practice on Environmental Sustainability is having a global impact.

Andre Rose, technical adviser, explores the need for a competence process and how it can demonstrate compliance and best-practice.

Andre Rose, technical adviser, explores how to overcome the challenges for competence schemes in the latest article in our competence series.

Andre Rose, technical adviser, on the need for using a competence scheme in the latest article in our competence series.

Nadine Robinson, technical adviser – environmental sustainability, on the new voluntary IMCA code that promotes environmental stewardship.

Richard Purser, technical adviser – marine unravels competence and explores different aspects of this subject.

Andre Rose, technical adviser – competence, unravels competence and explores different aspects of this subject in this first article in a series of six.

Andre Rose, technical adviser – remote systems and ROV, introduces the Mayflower 400 – one of the most advanced vessels afloat today.

Nicholas Hough, consultant – safety and security on the 34 Safety Flashes featuring 148 incidents or events published by IMCA in 2020 – so that ‘lessons learned’ are clear to all.

Andy Goldsmith, technical adviser – marine reveals the findings of IMCA’s annual ‘Dynamic Positioning Station Keeping Review’.

Nicholas Hough, consultant – safety and security, explores the resilience awareness programme nad how it can help IMCA members to support their crews and colleagues.

Bryan McGlinchy, diving manager, updates members on changes to requirements for diving supervisors and how the IMCA CPD app can help.

Details on the IMCA Board’s roadmap for advancing environmental sustainability in the marine contracting industry, as we move from “strategy to action”.

Andy Goldsmith, technical adviser – marine, explores basic safety training requirements for personnel employed in the offshore renewable energy sector.

Andy Goldsmith, consultant – marine, interviews Kate Harvey of the Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation.

Ali Macleod, technical adviser – diving, on the use of a new auditing inspection application which will improve consistency and benchmarking.

Bryan McGlinchy, diving manager on the opportunity for IMCA members to revise the code, last updated in 1995.

Graeme Reid, technical adviser – marine, on the eCMID and how it removes inefficiencies.

Andre Rose, technical adviser – competence and training, remote systems and ROV- explores cyber security in the offshore energy sector.