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The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is set to stage its two-day Dynamic Positioning (DP) Conference in Amsterdam at the Steigenberger Airport Hotel on 31 May-1 June 2022. Aimed at those involved in both offshore renewable energy and offshore oil and gas DP operations, the event will provide an opportunity for IMCA members and industry colleagues to participate in an industry forum where attendees will hear from experts actively involved in dynamic positioning and have the opportunity to take part in Q&A sessions and workshops that will help formulate the work programme for IMCA’s DP Committee. Looking forward to the
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has launched a new online self-assessment tool to enable Members to track their progress against Environmental Sustainability expectations in their Recommended Code of Practice launched last year. The tool, which has been developed for IMCA Members’ internal use, presents their self-assessment score and, once sufficient submissions have been made by other IMCA Members, a comparison with other users’ outcomes is given. Nadine Robinson, IMCA’s Technical Adviser for Environmental Sustainability explained: “The online self-assessment tool enables us, individually and collectively, to reflect on how IMCA Member companies and we, as the offshore marine contracting industry,
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) welcomes Stephen Peet as Technical Director. Stephen Peet brings a wealth of experience to IMCA having held senior positions with Wood Group and KBR following earlier career roles at GE and British Gas. More recently Stephen was the Europe and Africa regional director for integrity management and digital solutions at Oceaneering. Allen Leatt, IMCA Chief Executive stated: We welcome Stephen to the team and look forward to benefitting from his 25 years of engineering and management experience. Allen added: Mark Ford, who held the technical director role for the last two years now takes
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has expanded its ‘Guidelines for Walk to Work (W2W) Operations’ (IMCA M254). Originally published in October 2020, the guidelines were produced to help standardise the way in which vessels give personnel safe access to offshore structures, both in the wind and oil & gas industries, and were developed under the direction of IMCA’s Marine Division Management Committee. Vessel owners, wind farm operators and motion compensated gangway manufacturers worked alongside an offshore energy industry focused steering group consisting of representatives from leading manufacturers of motion compensated gangway systems to develop the guidelines. The document was
The International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA’s) contribution to offshore training has been recognised by the presentation, by the Brazilian Navy, of the Brazilian ‘Friend of the Navy’ Medal (Medalha Amigo da Marinha) to John Chatten of Fugro, Chair of IMCA’s South America Region.IMCA‘s Chief Executive, Allen Leatt said: “It is an honour for IMCA to receive this accolade.We, and Fugro, are delighted. This acknowledges IMCA’s global contribution to competence and training and improving performance in the industry which simply would not be possible without the commitment and dedication of our committees. Congratulations and thanks go to John for his hard
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has asked members to treat with utmost caution, any certificates, other than those listed on their website, that depict IMCA logos or portray IMCA approval. The Association was made aware of a number of doctored ROV certificates, being circulated in the Asia-Pacific region, despite the fact it does not currently issue, approve or accredit ROV certification. IMCA Contact Allen Leatt Chief Executive Contact Error: Contact form not found. Allen Leatt, Chief Executive of IMCA explained:“It is hugely concerning that people are being misled in this way, and investing in a qualification that doesn’t exist.
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) celebrates the United Nations (UN) International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December 2021. The campaign entitled “your right, your role, say no to corruption” emphasises the important role we all have to play in preventing and tackling corruption. The campaign also places the onus on Governments to implement measures to protect those that speak up from retaliation. IMCA Contact Allen Leatt Chief Executive Contact Error: Contact form not found. Allen Leatt, IMCA’s Chief Executive, explained:“International Anti-Corruption Day is an ideal opportunity for IMCA Members to evaluate the effectiveness of their systems, processes, and procedures in
The International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) Environmental Sustainability Committee (ESC) has made the shortlist for ‘Team of the year’ at edie’s 15th annual Sustainability Leaders Awards. Championing climate leadership, the awards scheme celebrates the people, projects and partnerships that are transforming business. The “Team of the year” accolade will be awarded to the in-house sustainability/energy team that has delivered tangible environmental improvements, displaying effective and dynamic teamwork, strong values and innovative approaches to achieve success. This nomination recognises IMCA’s ESC’s contribution, as a geographically-dispersed dynamic team, to improving performance in environmental sustainability in the offshore energy sector by developing the
A delighted, and surprised, Captain Andy Goldsmith, Marine Technical Adviser at the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) was presented with the Honourable Mention Award 2021 last week at the Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference, Exhibition & Awards by Edwin Lampert, Executive Editor & Head of Business Relations, Riviera Maritime Media.The citation read:‘Thank you for your onshore and offshore support. On behalf of a grateful industry and with very best wishes on your retirement, we’re delighted to make this presentation”Andy Goldsmith will not retire until the spring of 2022, but this is the last Riviera/OSJ conference at which he is scheduled to
Technical and IT specialists from IMCA will be taking part in the online ‘eCMID AVI Festival of Knowledge IV’ seminar on Wednesday 24 November from 10.00hrs – 15:30hrs GMT.Aimed at the eCMID Accredited Vessel Inspector (AVI) community and those in related industries, the seminar will put alternative fuels firmly in the spotlight with a number of presentations on different aspects; other topics to be covered include eCMID updates from MSA (Marine Surveying Academy) and IMCA; and an overview of the latest eCMID/eMISW supplements, including HSC and HS-OSC codes, and Walk to Work supplements.Graeme Reid, Technical Adviser and Adam Hugo, IT
The November South American Regional Webinar of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) will be held on Wednesday 24 November at 10:00 local time in Brazil (BRT) (UTC-3) and bring together the work of the South American Committee with that of the global Competence & Training Committee. Being held in a mixture of English and Portuguese the key focus for the webinar, led by Chair John Chatten and Vice Chair Daniel Marins, supported by the committee members and with Andy Goldsmith as IMCA’s regional lead, will be on competence. Registration is at legacy.imca-int.com/calendar/imca-south-america-webinar-on-competence/ Andy Goldsmith, IMCA’s, Lead for South America
The Diving Medical Advisory Committee (DMAC) has issued new a position statement on the importance of COVID-19 vaccination for offshore divers.DMAC’s statement at www.dmac-diving.org/guidance/DMAC-Statement-202110.pdf makes it clear that the known risks of COVID-19 illness and its related, possibly severe complications, far outweigh the potential risks of having an extremely rare serious adverse reaction to vaccination. DMAC strongly recommends that offshore divers and diving personnel follow national recommendations for primary vaccinations and booster doses; and that: “diving contractors wishing to control risks as far as reasonably practicable should take account of this, within the applicable legislative framework”.IMCA’s CEO Allen Leatt, noted:“During
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is pleased to announce that Bill Chilton has joined the team as Technical Adviser – Diving. Bill has 25 years of experience in the commercial diving industry. He joins IMCA having worked at the UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) for 12 years as a Diving Specialist Inspector regulating the safety of divers working in the offshore energy and other sectors of the diving industry. At the HSE Bill also worked as a decommissioning specialist when he was seconded for a period to the decommissioning team. Prior to his time at the HSE, Bill
Nominations are now being accepted for the International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) 2021 Awards programme presenting an opportunity to showcase our Member company initiatives in the key areas of Safety and Environmental Sustainability. Allen Leatt, Chief Executive explains: “Since launching our awards programme in 2018 we have received entries showcasing a wide range of initiatives and I look forward to seeing this year’s submissions. 2021 has brought new challenges and our Members continue to rise to those challenges by generating new solutions.” The Judging Panel comprises two representatives from the IMCA Board of Directors, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is supporting The Bubbleheads, a team of four divers, as they embark on a major challenge to row across the Atlantic Ocean from La Gomera in the Canary Isles to Antigua in the Caribbean in the 3,000-mile Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 2021 to raise money for the Wessex Cancer Trust and the British Legion.IMCA has long supported deep sea saturation divers and their work, providing guidance to ensure safe operations.Allen Leatt, IMCA Chief Executive statedWe fully respect and support the worthy charitable background and nature of this endeavour.“As long-serving saturation divers, they know all
Two members of the International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) Marine Technical Adviser team will be speaking at the European Dynamic Positioning (DP) Conference in London on 16 November. One will cover new findings related to IMCA’s DP event reporting system and the other will consider the ‘marriage’ between DP vessels and the offshore wind industry. Richard Purser, who joined the IMCA Technical team earlier this year, will be speaking on ‘DP events and reporting – latest trends and influencing factors’; and Captain Andy Goldsmith, who combines his role as a Technical Adviser covering DP with a similar role for Renewable Energy, follows him on the programme considering ‘What does DP mean for the offshore wind sector?’. Richard Purser described what he will cover: “Analysis
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) will be updating delegates at The Bergen International Diving Seminar, taking place 9-10 November on diving activities and on fulfilling environmental sustainability expectations. On Day 1, Bryan McGlinchy, IMCA’s Diving Manager will be talking about the changes and expansion of the IMCA diving technical team and explaining the ongoing technical support to members as well as describing progress by the association since 2018 (when the last event was held). This embraces the revision work on the DESIGN suite of documents, the development of and the introduction of Accredited Diving System Inspector (ADSI) scheme and the work on the revision of the IMO Diving System Code, together with the routine work of revising IMCA’s library of diving guidance. Technical Adviser – Diving, Peter Sieniewicz, will then speak about the introduction of the
The Nautical Institute (NI) and the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) continue to build on their Dynamic Positioning continuing professional development (CPD) app with the launch of a second module. In response to industry demand in recent months, the scheme has now been expanded to include all key DP personnel. The scheme, originally aimed at supporting Dynamic Positioning Operators, is designed to help all key DP personnel maintain their technical knowledge of the latest industry guidance and operational best practice. The app expands professional awareness of the latest IMCA/industry guidance; DP safety bulletins; DP exercises and training drills; and assists in
The International Marine Contractors Association has revised IMCA M 125 Safety Interface Document for a DP vessel working near an offshore platform, as part of a continuous review of IMCA guidelines to ensure their relevance across all energy sectors. The 1997 guidelines were originally developed to assist the interfacing of the DP vessel’s safety management system (SMS) with the SMS of offshore installations and was primarily focused on manned structures in the oil & gas industry.The revision includes a subtle name change to address its application to both manned and unmanned structures: Safety Interface Document for a DP vessel working
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