1 Personnel 1.1 Crew considerations 1.2 Support staff requirements


2 Budget Considerations 3 Planned Maintenance & Spare Parts 3.1 Initial Planning 3.2 Mobilisation to Vessel – First Steps – Shore based personnel and crew based ashore


3.3 Commencement of maintenance work identified in 3.1 – Personnel living onboard


3.4 Review of FMEA and proving trials documents following maintenance and upgrades


and more detailed, and came to believe that there could be distinct bonuses if the task was undertaken correctly. Joey Fisher, a member of the IMCA Marine DP Committee and I spoke at four conferences about reactivation and also did a lot of listening. Two of the events were IMCA seminars held in Amsterdam and Singapore with interactive workshops on the topic enabling us to soak up valuable industry feedback.


Interestingly, these workshops concluded that given the right circumstances there is no reason why a reactivated DP vessel should not re-enter service in a better condition than when she was laid up - but more of that later.


GLOBAL INDUSTRY COOPERATION


There appeared to be every reason for getting to work on the production of the much- needed concise information note. There was agreement across the board that no hefty volume was necessary as the document was to be designed for professionals playing a key role, and so headings and bullet points rather than wordy paragraphs were crucial to its success in what we determined would be in the style of an aide memoire.


The Reactivation of DP Vessels Workgroup was established with Mike Meade of M3 Marine as its chairman and the first of six virtual meetings was held on 30 January across all geographic regions. It was a major piece of collaborative work involving 12 IMCA Member companies who are suppliers and consultants, as well as DP vessel owners and operators. We are extremely grateful for their time and commitment to this exercise.


Ten main sections were identified and work commenced. Two of our committee experts each took two sections and came up with the headings and the bullet- point topics to be listed under those headings. Then the entire committee reviewed the sections, headings and bullet points to ensure everything had been fully covered. It was an exciting and exacting process with the information note for industry being created, in a very timely manner, by the industry itself.


HEADINGS AND SUB-HEADINGS IN PLACE


This was the list of main headings that was determined. In all, there are 197 main bullet points (and a further 36 subsidiary bullet points) listed under these main and sub- headings. No mean feat and a great tribute to all 15 of our experts from seven countries.


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4 Proving Trials & Acceptance Criteria 4.1 Purpose of reactivation trials


4.2 Lay-up factors affecting the reactivation trials programme


4.3 Documentation/inspection to develop a trial program (inputs)


4.4 DP subsystem specific guidelines for reactivation trials


4.5 Personnel and responsibilities


4.6 Follow up actions


5 Recertification, Flag, Class & P&I 5.1 The following should be notified at the earliest opportunity


5.2 Prepare vessel readiness for eCMID & OVID inspection


6 DP System components 6.1 Engines & Marine Systems 6.2 Electrical Systems 6.3 Propulsion and Thrusters 6.4 Vessel Control & Monitoring Systems including Dynamic Positioning


6.5 Mission equipment that could impact the DP control system


7 Mission critical equipment to be considered in the reactivation programme


8 Considerations depending on location of Vessel 8.1 Security 8.2 Environmental conditions 8.3 Facilities 8.4 Logistics


9 Vessel Structure & Fabric 10 Existing Guidance


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