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Dy

na

m

ic

P

ositionin

g

O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

0

6

4

.1.1

V

ision:

DP

is i

d

enti

f

ie

d

as strate

g

ic

m

ane

uv

erin

g

s

y

ste

m

T

o

BO

U

RBON, D

P

i

s

a

strateg

i

c maneuver

i

ng

system

. D

P a

ll

ows

the

f

l

eet

of

i

ntr

i

ns

i

ca

ll

y maneuverab

l

e

vesse

l

s

to be

set up on

D

P

and

approach offshore

structures w

i

th

h

i

gh

prec

i

s

i

on eas

il

y and

safe

l

y

. I

n

D

P

,

the

vesse

l

pos

i

t

i

on

i

ng

contro

l i

s

automat

i

c

and des

i

gned

to

comp

l

ement human

li

m

i

tat

i

ons:

T

he

versat

ili

ty w

i

th

i

n

the

D

P

system

a

ll

ows

vesse

l

s

to

respond

rap

i

d

l

y

to

operat

i

ona

l

re

q

u

i

rements

and

changes

to

vesse

l i

nterna

l

and

e

x

terna

l

env

i

ronments

.

T

he

safety benef

i

ts

obta

i

ned

through

dua

l

redundant

D

P

(D

P

2

and

D

P3

)

operat

i

ons

character

i

zed

by

i

ncreased

res

i

stance

to

vesse

l

pos

i

t

i

on

l

oss

and

the

i

mproved

robustness

of

pos

i

t

i

on

recovery

.

T

he

D

P

v

i

s

i

on

stands

on

three

fundamenta

l

pr

i

nc

i

p

l

es:

x

A

r

i

s

k

based

approach

to

D

P

operat

i

ons

w

i

th

h

i

gh

l

eve

l

of

deta

il i

n

procedures

and

cont

i

ngency

p

l

ans

;

x

Appropr

i

ate

l

y

address

i

ng

D

P

e

q

u

i

pment

i

n

i

nspect

i

on

,

repa

i

r

and

ma

i

ntenance

re

q

u

i

rements

by

sett

i

ng

forth

the

I

M

O

“

I

nternat

i

ona

l S

afety Management

(IS

M

)

C

ode

”

sect

i

on

1

0.

3

concepts

on

safety

cr

i

t

i

ca

l

e

q

u

i

pment

;

x

A

competence

based

approach

to

D

P mann

i

ng

appropr

i

ate

l

y

address

i

ng

tra

i

n

i

ng

and

spec

i

fy

i

ng

D

P

dr

ill

s

.

Any

fa

il

ure

of

the

D

P

system

(

e

q

u

i

pment

,

process

,

personne

l)

may

resu

l

t

i

n

the

fa

il

ure

of

bus

i

ness

operat

i

ons

.

4

.1.

2

O

bj

ecti

v

e:

m

eet an

d

e

x

cee

d

in

d

u

str

y DP

stan

d

ar

d

s

D

P

vesse

l

s

are

current

l

y governed by

ru

l

es

,

regu

l

at

i

ons

and gu

i

de

li

nes

that

i

nc

l

ude

the

des

i

gn

,

operat

i

on

,

tra

i

n

i

ng

and mann

i

ng

.

These rules and regulations are prescribed by:

C

l

ass

i

f

i

cat

i

on

S

oc

i

et

i

es

(

des

i

gn

);

NI (

DP

O

s

tra

i

n

i

ng

);

Fl

ag

S

tates

(

DP

O

s

tra

i

n

i

ng

,

mann

i

ng and

vesse

l

type

gener

i

c

D

P

re

q

u

i

rements

and

recommendat

i

ons

).

Industry guidelines related to DP are currently delivered by:

I

M

O (

des

i

gn and

operat

i

on

);

I

M

C

A

(

des

i

gn

,

tra

i

n

i

ng

and

operat

i

on

);

M

TS (

des

i

gn

and operat

i

on

).

BOS i

s adopt

i

ng these

i

nternat

i

ona

l

standards

and

i

ts vesse

l

s

operat

i

ng

for

customers

at offshore

l

ocat

i

ons

on

D

P

must

have:

x

A

va

li

d

D

P

C

l

ass

notat

i

on

from

one of

the

I

nternat

i

ona

l

Assoc

i

at

i

on

of

C

l

ass

i

f

i

cat

i

on

S

oc

i

et

i

es

(I

A

C

S)

member

C

l

ass

i

f

i

cat

i

on

S

oc

i

et

i

es

;

x

A

va

li

d

3rd party

D

P

aud

i

t and

D

P

tr

i

a

l

s

report

(

not

o

l

der

than

1

year

+

ma

xi

mum

3 months

).

A

Fl

ag

S

tate

Ver

i

f

i

cat

i

on

and

Acceptance

D

ocument

(FS

VA

D),

where

one

i

s

i

ssued

by

the

vesse

l’

s

Fl

ag

S

tate must be

i

n

comp

li

ance w

i

th

I

M

O

c

i

rcu

l

ar

6

4

5

.

B

y

i

mp

l

ement

i

ng

the

i

nternat

i

ona

l

standards

,

the

Dynamic Positioning Best Practices

(

wh

i

ch

i

ncorporate

the

re

l

evant

i

ndustry

gu

i

de

li

nes

and

c

li

ent

and/or

pro

j

ect

-

spec

i

f

i

c

standards

on

the

i

r

f

l

eet

), BOS

must

app

l

y

a

systems

’

v

i

ew

on

D

P

safety

,

address

i

ng

the

three

k

ey

e

l

ements:

the

effect

i

veness

of

the

des

i

gn

and

Vers

i

on

SF (BOS-

P

RD-0

7

0

1

.000

6

-

ver

.

C

R).O

r

i

g

i

na

l D

ate:

3

1

/

1

2

/

20

15

.

Vers

i

on

D

ate:

N

/A

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on

QM

S

s

i

te

.

U

ncontro

ll

ed

document

when

pr

i

nted

.

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6

of

44

Procedure prepared by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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