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Dy

na

m

ic

P

ositionin

g

O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

0

6

T

he

redundancy

concept

of

the ma

j

or

i

ty

of

BO

U

RBON D

P

vesse

l

s

cons

i

sts

of

a

(

s

i

mp

l

e

)

port/starboard

sp

li

t

(

sp

li

t/open

bus

)

wh

il

e ma

i

nta

i

n

i

ng

sp

i

nn

i

ng

reserves

of more

than

5

0%

needed

capac

i

ty

to

k

eep

stat

i

on

after

l

os

i

ng one

s

i

de of

the sp

li

t

(

bus

).

F

or

the mar

i

ne

systems

not

spec

i

f

i

ed

i

n

these

Dynamic Positioning Guidelines

,

the

BB

S

Mana

g

in

g D

irector

and

the

Technical

Sup

erinten

d

ent

shall

recogn

i

ze

that

i

ntegr

i

ty and

success

of

such

redundancy

concept

i

s

dependent upon

the eng

i

nes

,

generators

and

thrusters

perform

i

ng

to

the

i

r

rated

capac

i

ty:

x

Technical

Sup

erinten

d

ent

shall

ma

k

e

sure

that

the

rat

i

ng

sca

l

e

of

eng

i

nes

,

generators

and

thrusters

i

n

D

P

are

cons

i

stent

w

i

th

an

up

to

date

and

ava

il

ab

l

e

e

l

ectr

i

ca

l l

oad

ba

l

ance

(

the

l

oad

ba

l

ance

shall

address

the

approved

thruster

and

power

p

l

ant

conf

i

gurat

i

ons

for

the ma

i

n

des

i

gn

D

P

operat

i

ona

l

modes

,

these

shall

serve

as

a

bas

i

s

to

generate

the

D

P

capab

ili

ty

p

l

ots

used

i

n

D

P

operat

i

ons

).

x

T

he

BB

S

Mana

g

in

g

D

irector

shall

ensure

that

the ma

i

ntenance

ob

j

ect

i

ves

of

the mar

i

ne

systems

not ment

i

oned

i

n

these

Dynamic Positioning Guidelines

a

i

m

to

k

eep

e

q

u

i

pment

performance

w

i

th

i

n

the

stated

des

i

gn parameters

i

n a

ll

poss

i

b

l

e modes

of

operat

i

on

.

Master

must

ensure

that

,

for

a

ll

r

i

s

k-

based

D

P

act

i

v

i

t

i

es

i

n

T

AM/CAM

,

the

cho

i

ce

to

carry

out

p

l

anned

ma

i

ntenance

or

not

,

shall

be made

consc

i

ous

l

y

and

recorded

i

n

the

Act

i

v

i

ty

S

pec

i

f

i

c

O

perat

i

ng

G

u

i

de

li

nes

(

A

SOG

document

)

t

i

t

l

e

b

l

oc

k.

Master

must

ensure

that

i

f

not

addressed

at

the

agreement

of

the

A

SOG,

any

p

l

anned

or

unp

l

anned

ma

i

ntenance

,

reduced

or

non

-

ava

il

ab

ili

ty

of

e

q

u

i

pment

affect

i

ng

the

D

P

stat

i

on

-k

eep

i

ng

capab

ili

ty

shall

tr

i

gger

a

M

O

C

wh

i

ch

shall

i

nc

l

ude

a

new

Pos

i

t

i

on

Ri

s

k

Assessment

(

P

R

A

)

of

ongo

i

ng

and

upcom

i

ng

D

P

operat

i

ons

.

A

l

though

i

t

i

s

genera

ll

y

recogn

i

zed

that

deferr

i

ng

p

l

anned

ma

i

ntenance

due

to

wor

k

act

i

v

i

t

i

es

on

D

P may

i

ncrease

the

potent

i

a

l

for

fa

il

ures

,

Master

must

avo

i

d

ma

ki

ng

D

P

e

q

u

i

pment

unava

il

ab

l

e

for

p

l

anned

ma

i

ntenance

dur

i

ng

D

P operat

i

ons

i

n CAM w

i

th

i

n

a 5

00

m

safety

zone

.

4

.

5

.

5 DP

re

f

its an

d DP

con

v

ersions

T

he

var

i

ety of

D

P

ref

i

ts

ava

il

ab

l

e

i

s

l

arge:

some

D

P

ref

i

ts

can be

underta

k

en as

part of

the p

l

anned

ma

i

ntenance wh

il

e

others

can be as

comp

l

e

x

as

the

or

i

g

i

na

l

system

i

nsta

ll

at

i

on

and

i

ntegrat

i

on dur

i

ng

the

new bu

il

d

process

.

T

he most

common

D

P

ref

i

ts

for

BO

U

RBON

vesse

l

s

are

D

P

contro

l

systems

upgrades

necess

i

tated by

techn

i

ca

l

obso

l

escence

to

i

mprove

the

D

P

system ma

i

nta

i

nab

ili

ty and

reduce

the ma

i

ntenance

cost

or

D

P

convers

i

ons

to

i

ncrease

vesse

l

stat

i

on

-k

eep

i

ng

re

li

ab

ili

ty

i

n

v

i

ew of

future

D

P

contracts

.

I

n

these

Dynamic Positioning Guidelines

:

DP

re

f

its

i

nvo

l

ve

the

rep

l

acement

of

obso

l

ete

e

q

u

i

pment

i

n

part

or

comp

l

ete

as

a

conse

q

uence

of

non

-

ma

i

nta

i

nab

l

e

e

q

u

i

pment

and/or

the

i

ntroduct

i

on

of

new

re

q

u

i

rements

. S

uch

ref

i

ts

i

nvo

l

ve

e

l

ements

of

eng

i

neer

i

ng

,

remova

l

of

o

l

d

e

q

u

i

pment

,

new

i

nsta

ll

at

i

ons

and

comm

i

ss

i

on

i

ng

. T

he

opt

i

ma

l

schedu

l

e

for

a

ref

i

t

upgrade

i

s

under

a P

l

anned Ma

i

ntenance Per

i

od

(

PMP

).

DP

con

v

ersions

are

i

ntended

to

change

a

vesse

l’

s

D

P C

l

ass

notat

i

on

and

norma

ll

y

i

nvo

l

ve

add

i

t

i

on

and/or

rep

l

acement of

D

P

re

l

ated

e

q

u

i

pment

from

severa

l

supp

li

ers

.

As

a

resu

l

t

, D

P

convers

i

ons

re

q

u

i

re a

h

i

gher

degree

of

eng

i

neer

i

ng

compared

to

D

P

ref

i

ts

,

resu

l

t

i

ng

i

n

a

more

s

i

gn

i

f

i

cant

r

i

s

k

dur

i

ng

the

pro

j

ect

. T

he

opt

i

ma

l

schedu

l

e

for a

D

P

convers

i

on

i

s

under

a

PMP

but

D

P

convers

i

ons

can

be

done

as

stand

-

a

l

one

pro

j

ects

under

an Unp

l

anned Ma

i

ntenance Per

i

od

(

UPMP

)

as we

ll.

W

henever

a

D

P

ref

i

t

or

a

D

P

convers

i

on

i

s

ant

i

c

i

pated

, BO

U

RBON S

h

i

p Management

O

rgan

i

zat

i

ons

shall

assess

the

potent

i

a

l

conse

q

uences

of

the

pro

j

ect

through

a

Management of Change – Risk Analysis

V

ers

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

1

5

.

V

ers

i

on

D

ate:

N

/A

.

V

a

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on

QM

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document

when

pr

i

nted

.

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BOS

H

ead

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by:

BOS

H

ead

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

V

a

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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