Marine Electronics & Communications

Oil companies want stricter DP failure mode analysis

Taken from: Marine Electronics & Communications April/May 2012


With around 35 per cent of the 8,000-strong offshore support vessel (OSV) fleet fitted with dynamic positioning (DP), there is increasing pressure on owners to ensure their systems operate as expected. Their DP systems should operate without fault during high risk operations, such as positioning close to oil production and drilling facilities. Not only should the DP failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) be class approved, it should also meet the standards expected by the oil companies, in pa....

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