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IMCA’s 2014 DP Incident Report (June 2016)

It seems only appropriate, in this our offshore annual edi- #Type Event Description tion, and with OSVDPA Executive Director Aaron Smith 32 IncidentLoss of automatic DP control, loss of providing expert commentary and analysis in our IN- position or any other incident which has

SIGHTS feature for this month (page 12), that we provide resulted in or should have resulted in a ‘Red Alert’ status.

coverage of the International Marine Contractors Associa- tion report on a full year of Dynamic Positioning (DP) Inci- 25 Undesired Loss of position keeping stability or dent Summary. That’s because even when times are slow in

Event other event which is unexpected/un- controlled and has resulted in or should the oil patch – and the rig counts in the U.S. Gulf have thank- have resulted in a ‘Yellow Alert’ status.

fully been on the uptick for six straight weeks as we go to press – it is also true that safety can’t take a backseat just because 14 Downtime Position keeping issue which would not warrant a ‘Red’ or ‘Yellow’ alert, but where pro