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Dy

na

m

ic

P

ositionin

g

O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

0

6

N

OT

E:

O

n

any

D

P C

l

ass

vesse

l

the worst

case

consequence

of

any

sing

l

e

fai

l

ure

in

the

thruster

(

R

C)

system

shall

be

a

fai

l

safe

condition

such

that

the

vesse

l

does

not

l

ose

heading

or

position

.

Acceptabi

l

ity of

fai

l

ure modes

(fai

l

as

set,

or

fai

l

to

z

ero)

shall

depend

upon

the

phi

l

osophy

of measurement

and

contro

l

of

thruster

forces

used

by

the

particu

l

ar

D

P

contro

l

system

.

W

here

there

are

a

l

terations

to

the

critica

l

redundancy

or

there

are

additions

to

non

-

critica

l

redundancy

(software

or

hardware)

subsequent

to

the

issuing

of

the

c

l

ass

-

approved

D

P

F

MEA

study,

MO

C

(

Mana

g

e

m

ent o

f C

han

g

e

)

must be

initiated

by

Technical

Sup

erinten

d

ent

or

vesse

l

superintendent

. S

uch

M

O

C

must

l

ead

to updating

the

D

P

F

MEA,

the associated

D

P

F

MEA

tria

l

s

program

and

the PM

S.

W

hen

such

a

l

terations

and/or modifications

do

not

impact

the

proof

of

comp

l

iance with C

l

ass

requirements,

it

may

not

be

necessary

to

re

-

submit

the

D

P

F

MEA

for C

l

ass

approva

l.

However,

Technical

Sup

erinten

d

ent

shall

:

x

I

nform C

l

ass

of

any a

l

terations

and additions, of

a ma

j

or

a

l

teration

or

addition

;

x

Provide C

l

ass with

the

test

protoco

l

to

verify and

va

l

idate

the a

l

teration or

addition

;

x

O

btain written

consent

on

the

test

protoco

l

and

invite C

l

ass

at

any

testing

for

sign off

;

x

K

eep

records

of

a

l

terations,

additions

and

associated

tests

anne

x

ed

to

the

D

P

F

MEA

or

the

re

l

evant

test program

and ma

k

e

these avai

l

ab

l

e

during

D

P

verification audits

and

tria

l

s

;

x

Ensure

the

D

P

F

MEA

is

reviewed after

any ma

j

or

changes

to

the

D

P

system

and

equipment

during

the

vesse

l’

s

l

ife

cyc

l

e

;

x

Ensure

the

D

P

F

MEA

is

comp

l

ete

l

y

reviewed,

incorporating minor

changes

at

l

east every

five

years

.

T

he

D

P

F

MEA Ana

l

ysis must be

considered a

l

ive document and

he

l

d on board

each

D

P

vesse

l.

O

p

erations

Mana

g

ers

must

ensure

that

the

k

ey

D

P

personne

l

are

fami

l

iar with

the

D

P

F

MEA Ana

l

ysis contents

and

that

fau

l

ts

and

sing

l

e

point

fai

l

ures

addressed

in

the

D

P

F

MEA

are used

to

deve

l

op

ship

-

specific

D

P dri

ll

s

.

O

p

erations Mana

g

ers

must ensure

that

a

D

P

vesse

l

is

operated

in

a

configuration

which

has

been

ana

l

y

z

ed

and

proven

in

its C

l

ass

-

approved

D

P

F

MEA

. T

he

D

P

F

MEA may

need

to

be

reviewed

to

determine

a

l

ternative

system

configurations

and

to

a

ll

ow

these

to

be

used

. O

nce

identified,

the

system

configurations

for

CAM

(Critica

l

Activity mode) must be

documented

in

a

C

l

ass

-

approved

D

P

F

MEA

supp

l

ement

or

in

a

C

l

ass

-

approved

reviewed

version of

the

D

P

F

MEA

.

F

or

more

comp

l

icated

power

systems

and

thruster

configurations

(typica

ll

y found

on

the

BO

U

RBO

N

D

P

vesse

l

s

engaged

in

subsea

services),

a

T

hruster

and

G

enerator

O

perating

S

trategy

(

T

A

GOS

)

must be

inc

l

uded

in

the

document

to

assist

the

k

ey

D

P

personne

l

in

choosing

a

generator/thruster

arrangement which

is

most

suitab

l

e

for

the

prevai

l

ing

environmenta

l

conditions

and

different

equipment

avai

l

abi

l

ities

. T

he

optimum

generator

l

oad,

the

maintenance

of

spinning

reserve

and

l

oad

dependent

start/stop

functions

should

be

addressed

in

the

T

A

GOS.

I

n other

w

or

d

s TAGO

S

shall co

mp

ile the

C

AM an

d C

AMrc strate

gy

.

Master

shall

have

a

T

A

GOS

avai

l

ab

l

e

for

each

activity

the

vesse

l

is

contracted

for

.

C

l

assification

according

to

I

MCA

D

P

sub

-

activities:

x

Accommodation

support

;

x

D

iving

;

x

Heavy

l

ift

;

x

O

ffshore

support

;

x

RO

V

support

;

x

W

e

ll

simu

l

ation

;

L

ast

F

MEA

report

shall

be

archived

in

appropriate

binder

as

per

;SMS vessel filing system

and

is

a

part

of

D

P

vesse

l

fami

l

iari

z

ation

.

F

MEA

proving

tria

l

(s)

are

described

in “IMCA guidelines M 166 “Guidance on Failure Modes & Effects

Analyses (FMEAs)”.

V

ersion

SF

(

BOS-

P

RD-0

7

0

1

.000

6

-

ver

.

C

R

)

.O

rigina

l D

ate:

3

1

/

1

2

/

20

1

5

.

V

ersion

D

ate:

N/A

.

V

a

l

id

version

on

l

y

on

QM

S

site

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document

when

printed

.

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BOS

Head

of

O

perations

.

Approved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perations

.

V

a

l

idated by:

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Qua

l

ity

R

epresentative

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