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COLUMN OP/ED

Why I Became a Member of the OSVDPA

A new voice for today’s workboat professional emerges.

By Capt. Robert “Bobby” Moyer

As the captain of an OSV, I’ve spent in our industry that are designed to receive input directly a great deal of my life waiting. Wait- from the mariners. ing at the dock, at anchor, at the 500. But, I have found a body that has created just such a sys-

Wherever one could wait, I have waited tem. Last year, I became a member of the Offshore Service there. I can wait with the best of them. Vessel Dynamic Positioning Authority (OSVDPA). The OS-

Now, just out of habit, I’ll wait when VDPA offers individual membership to DPOs, DP instruc- doing so is not required or helpful. tors, and other dynamic positioning professionals. For the

Because of this waiting I, like most OSVDPA, membership is separate from their DPO certi