DYNAMIC POSITIONING
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AN INTEGRAL PART OF OFFSHORE WIND
For many years Dynamic Positioning (DP) has been used extensively to support complex marine operations within offshore oil & gas and its benefits were swiftly recognised by the pioneers of offshore wind
DP vessels are now commonplace within windfarm construction and operations due to the technology’s operational safety and unique positioning capabilities. Briefly explained it is a control system employed by vessels to automatically maintain a position and heading by using its own propulsion system including thrusters located around its hull.
STAYING IN CONTROL Position reference sensors, combined with wind sensors, motion sensors and gyrocompasses, provide real-time data to the control system pertaining to the vessel’s position and the magnitude and direction of environmental forces affecting its position.
This enables a DP vessel to hold position or follow pre-determined routes without the need for anchors or tugs whilst allowing operations where
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mooring or anchoring is not feasible due to water depths, underwater obstruction or sensitive sea bed conditions. As a result, DP vessels are used throughout an offshore windfarm’s lifecycle; from initial survey to turbine and sub-station installation, cable laying, offshore support operations, through to end of life decommissioning.
MERGER
East Coast College (ECC), formed by the recent merger of Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Colleges, has been at the forefront of Nautical Institute (NI) accredited DP training for over 30 years and has trained thousands of officers to become NI approved DP Operators (DPOs).
The college offers the globally recognised NI training scheme including induction, advanced and DPO revalidation and refresher programmes. For those who work
alongside DP operations and need to understand the technology’s characteristics and limitations, the college also offers a popular Introduction to DP course, a requirement of IMCA’s Diving Superintendent competency profile for Dive Support Vessels.
SKILLS CENTRE INVESTMENT ECC is entering a new phase in its DP history through investment in a £11.3 million Energy & Engineering Skills Centre, within which will be housed a state-of-the-art full mission Class ‘A’ DP simulator.
Operational in 2019, the facility will broaden the college’s capability in servicing the requirements of the offshore DP sector.
East Coast College
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