M3 Marine utilizes many IMCA guidance documents to support its marine operations and services business. Key documents used include those related to DP vessel design, operation, and annual trials like IMCA M103, M178, M190, and M219. IMCA guidance is also applied to diving systems inspections and ROV audits. By following IMCA's globally developed standards, M3 is able to improve safety and efficiency while meeting client and regulator requirements.
1. How M3 utilises IMCA Marine Guidance for its business
Mike Meade, M3 Marine / Singapore
IMCA Indonesia Briefing Seminar - 14th January 2015
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International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA)
International trade association representing companies and organisations engaged in delivering
offshore, marine and underwater solutions.
Founded in 1995 through the merger of the Association of Diving Contractors (AODC) and the
Dynamically Positioned Vessel Owners Association (DPVOA).
Memberships have grown to over 1000 companies, in more than 60 countries.
Core Purpose: Improving performance in the marine contracting industry.
Promotes good practice by developing and promoting guidance documents based on members’
global experience
Enables the sharing of safety-related information between members and helps to raise offshore
safety standards towards a ‘zero injury’ goal
Liaises with client bodies and other third party organisations to promote members’ interest and
pass on the expertise to member companies.
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IMCA Structure
Council comprises of representatives from the large ‘International
Contractor’ members provides political direction and support.
2 Core Activities address issues relevant to companies active
across the marine contracting industry, and liaising with technical
divisions to ensure consistency across sector – specific activities.
Competence & Training
Safety, Environment & Legislation (SEL)
4 Technical Divisions cover specific sectors of the industry, with
members joining one or more divisions relevant to their own
operations.
Diving Division
Marine Division
Offshore Survey Division
Remote Systems & ROV Division
IMCA’s regional sections allow members to address local issues
and ensure the global applicability of the association’s worldwide
activities. Regular meetings bring members together to discuss
current topics and initiatives.
Asia-Pacific Section
Central & North America Section
Europe & Africa Section
Middle East & India Section
South America Section
Secretariat based in London, led by the Chief Executive and
Technical Director organises work, supports the
committees, represents the association and external
organisations, produces and distributes documents and
organises events.
Overall Management Committee oversees the association’s
work as a whole, comprises of: IMCA President and Vice-
President, chairmen and vice-chairman of the six core and
divisional committees and the regional sections, together
with the IMCA Chief Executive and Technical Director.
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IMCA Guidance Documents
IMCA Competence &
Training (C)
IMCA Safety, Environment
& Legislation (SEL)
IMCA Diving Division (D)
IMCA Marine Division &
DPVOA (M)
IMCA Offshore Survey
Division (S)
IMCA Remote Systems &
ROV Division (R)
Over 200 guidance documents are in use, including nearly 100 marine guidance
documents
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Delivery of Guidance
• Promoting of good practice across the worldwide offshore industry
• Adoption by contractors, clients and regulators – self regulation by the industry
• Referred to in contract terms
• Help to raise standards of safety and efficiency through application of members’
cumulative experience in their global operations
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IMCA Documents
Key IMCA Guidance Documents used in M3’s business
Guidelines for the design and operation of dynamically positioned vessels (IMCA M103 Rev. 1) *
FMEA management guide (IMCA M178) *
Guidance for developing and conducting annual DP trials programmes for DP vessels (IMCA M190) *
Example specification for a DP FMEA for a new DP vessel (IMCA M219) *
Guidance on Operational Activity Planning (IMCA M220)
Diving Equipment Systems Inspection Guidance Note (DESIGN) for surface orientated (air) diving systems
(IMCA D023 Rev. 1) *
DESIGN for saturation (bell) diving systems (IMCA D024 Rev. 2) *
Standard ROV audit document (IMCA R006)
Common Marine Inspection Document (CMID) (IMCA M149 Issue 9) *
Crane specification document (IMCA M171 Rev. 1)
* Commonly used.
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M3 Marine Expertise (M3ME)…and where we use IMCA
guidance
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IMCA Marine Division
IMCA M149 Issue 9 - CMID
Provides a standard format for inspection of offshore vessels.
Helps promote safety, efficiency and reduces the number of repeat inspections on individuals
marine vessels.
Inspection should be planned and undertaken in liaison with the vessel owner and should be
undertaken by a competent inspector.
Vessel charterers and clients may consider the inspection report before commissioning any further
inspections.
As a ‘living’ document, the CMID may be kept and updated onboard a vessel, thus reducing the
time involved in an audit.
Regularly reviewed and updated in the light of regulatory and technical developments.
M3 Clients include : BP, Bibby Offshore, Farstad Shipping, GC Rieber, POSH, Stena Drilling, Swire
Pacific Offshore (SPO), Seascape, Swiber/Newcruz/Vallianz, Sapura, Wintermar
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IMCA Marine Division
IMCA M103 Rev. 1 – The Design and Operation of DP Vessels
Guidelines for the Design and Operation of Dynamically Positioned Vessels
Cornerstone IMCA Marine document, currently under review
Guidelines covers all the principles for all dynamically positioned (DP) vessels, diving support vessels, floating production units,
accommodation vessels, crane vessels, shuttle tankers, pipelay vessels, ROV support vessels and two-vessel operations.
Under each category of the types of vessels, it also covers the design philosophy, redundancy, communications, operations and
personnel responsibilities and capabilities.
• Help people who are reporting incidents to have a better idea whether to report the incident and in which category.
• Help those reading the annual report as it provides a wider range of incident types.
M3 Clients include: POSH, Wintermar, Xiamen Shipbuilding, GMMOS Group, Bumi Armada Berhad, Hartmann Offshore, RK
Offshore, Stanford Marine, Sealion Shipping, Intership
Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO): 8 x D Class (92m DP2 AHTS), 8 x L Class (97.29m DP2 PSV)
6 x G Class (84.65m DP2 PSV, 3 x E Class (91.50m DP 2 PSV)
Fujian Mawei Shipyard (FJMW): Stanford Mustang (50m DP2 AHT), 4 x 60m DP2 PSV, 6 x 75m DP2 PSV
Marine Assets Corporation (MAC): 7 x CSS vessels (84m DP3 CSS)
FJMW – Concept Design, MAC – DP FMEA: 2 x MAC Motel (89m DP2 OSV)
Guangdong Yuexin Ocean Engineering (Yuexin): 2 x 65m Dp2 AHTS, 2 x 58.7m DP2 AHTS
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IMCA Marine Division
IMCA M219 – DP FMEA for a New DP Vessel
Example specification of a DP FMEA for a new DP vessel prior to vessel delivery. This first FMEA should be seen
as a benchmark for subsequent analyses.
Objectives of FMEA: to identify the single point failures in any system in the vessel, which, if they were to occur,
would cause loss of the position keeping capability of the vessel. The causes and consequences of any failures
should be noted and obvious corrective actions which can be taken to avoid such failures should be described in
the final FMEA report.
For guidance, the DP system includes the equipment and systems shown in information note IMCA M04/04 and
its Annex (2004) referenced as part of this specification. IMCA M04/04 includes methods of establishing the
safety and reliability of DP systems.
FMEA report should be revisited after changes made to the system during the life of the vessel and also any
information gathered at a later date that was not available at the time of the FMEA. Any changes to the FMEA
should be addressed during the next DP annual trials. The FMEA report is therefore to be regarded as a ‘living,
working document’.
DP FMEA verification trials should be repeated every five years to ensure full compliance with the guidelines
M3 Clients include: FJMW, Yuexin, POSH, Wintermar, Xiamen Shipbuilding, Fast Offshore Supply
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IMCA Marine Division
IMCA M178 - FMEA Management Guide
Previously, no suitable guide was available to assist the decision makers and implementation professionals within the
industry to assess quickly and easily the minimum requirements for carrying out an FMEA on a new vessel, and to assist
them in ensuring that existing FMEA either already meet the standards or are reviewed and updated to the required level.
IMCA M178 outlines the steps to be taken under different scenarios using flowcharts and then goes on to address the
basic questions likely to be asked by managers and professionals. It directs them to the relevant industry guidance and
standards necessary to achieve the high level of assurance against single point failures required by the offshore oil and gas
industry.
Intended to be a framework document directing the reader to other relevant documentation. It is thus purposely designed
to be relatively short and concise, enabling all levels of management within a company to assess their needs and
responsibilities with respect to the correct use of an FMEA.
M3 Clients include: Martens Marine, SPO, FJMW, Yuexin, POSH, Wintermar, Intership, MAC, Xiamen
Shipbuilding, Fairstar Heavy Transport, GC Rieber, Fast Offshore Supply
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IMCA Marine Division
IMCA M190 – Guidance on Annual DP Trials
Guidance for developing and conducting annual DP trials programmes for DP vessels
Describes the development, conduct and management of annual DP trials programmes for all types of vessels
equipped with DP systems meeting the requirements of International Maritime Organisation (IMO) equipment
classes 1,2 or 3.
Guidance is intended to assist vessel operators in the development of a suitable annual DP trials programme
which is
• consistent in content to similar vessels,
• more effectively demonstrates the vessel’s ability to maintain position following identified single failures,
• demonstrates the DP system is in good working order,
• contributes to the effective management of the FMEA,
• more effectively identifying items which do not need to be tested every year.
Guidance is not intended to provide a generic list of tests which should be carried out at annual trials. It will assist
in the development of a vessel specific trials program based around the key elements of a fault tolerant system
which are: performance; protection; and detection.
M3 Clients include : Bumi Armada Berhad, Greatship Global Offshore, Hartmann Offshore, Miclyn Express
Offshore, RK Offshore, Sealion Shipping, Stanford Marine, SPO, Wintermar
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IMCA Marine Division
IMCA M225 (New Document)
IMCA M 225 - ‘Example Redundancy Concept and Annual DP Trials for a DP3 Construction Vessel’
Companion volume to ‘Guidance for developing and conducting annual DP trials programmes for DP
vessels’ (IMCA M190)
Developed to provide an example of how guidance in IMCA M190 could be used to create a trial
programme that ensures all the essential parts of the DP equipment class 3 redundancy concepts are
intact, and fully functional.
Although this example uses a DP3 vessel, it is applicable to any vessel, regardless of DP class.
Trials programmes developed using the guidance in this new document, reduces trials time and
improved verification of the redundancy concept when compared to traditional annual DP trials
processes (if competently executed).
New document is divided into two parts:
1. Describes the DP redundancy concept for a fictitious project and construction (P&C) vessel the
‘Norske Kommander’. Redundancy concept describes DP3 system and identifies those elements
of performance, protection and detection which need to be tested periodically. Importance of
each item to be tested is explained to justify the need for testing.
2. Aims to meet the requirements set up in IMCA M190, and has been developed to demonstrate
the range of tests and planned maintenance activities that are required to ensure the
redundancy concept is intact and vessel remains fully fault tolerant.
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IMCA Marine Division
IMCA M220 – Guidance on Operational Activity Planning
Aim: Provide brief overview of tabulated methods that are increasingly being used in the planning and execution
of offshore marine vessel projects and routine offshore support activities.
Apply to all sectors of the offshore marine sector, including offshore drilling, project and construction vessels and
offshore supply vessels.
Generally applied to DP vessels but the processes described can be used for non-DP vessels as well.
Operational activity planning consists of 3 processes :
Critical Activity Mode (CAMO), Task Appropriate Mode (TAM) and Activity Specific Operating Guidelines (ASOG).
Addresses the following:
Defines the vessel’s systems/equipment configuration appropriate to the location and the activity the vessel
is undertaking (CAMO or TAM)
Defines the variable limits in equipment and operational parameters for the location and specific activity
(ASOG)
Defines the actions to be taken by the DP operator (DPO) in response to faults and deteriorating conditions
and performance identified in the CAMO, TAM and ASOG
Present the guidance to the DPO in a user friendly tabular format
M3 Clients include: Bumi Armada Berhad, Wintermar, RK Offshore, Miclyn Express Offshore
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IMCA Diving Division
IMCA D023 Rev. 1 / D024 Rev. 2 Audits
IMCA D023 – Diving Equipment Systems Inspection Guidance Note (DESIGN) for surface orientated (air) diving systems
IMCA D024 – DESIGN for saturation (bell) diving systems
IMCA D023
Addresses various aspects of a surface orientated (air) diving system as utilised within the offshore diving industry.
Aim: provide a comprehensive reference source addressing the philosophy of what equipment and layout is
required for a safe diving operation plus the examination, test and certification requirements necessary to meet
agreed industry practice.
IMCA D024
Addresses various aspects of a saturation diving system as utilised within the offshore diving industry.
Aim: provide a comprehensive reference source addressing the philosophy of what equipment and layout is
required for a safe saturation diving operation plus the examination, test and certification requirements necessary
to meet agreed industry practice.
Apply anywhere in the world being: outside the territorial waters of most countries or inside territorial waters where
offshore diving, normally in support of oil & gas is being carried out.
M3 Clients: Lexmar, LSWE, Tasik Subsea, Halul Offshore Services, Seascape, Mermaid Subsea Services,
16. Standard ROV Audit Document
Common practice for ROV contractors to provide clients with documentation on the ROV system for various
elements/phases of the project covering pre-mobilization information to project-specific requirements.
Although it is recognised that each mobilisation will be different, ROV contractors saw benefit in developing a common
approach to the way this documentation is set out
Provides a standard template approach for ROV documentation for various elements/phases associated with a project. The
elements/phases covered by these standardized templates are:
• Cover document
• Pre-mobilisation certification
• Post-mobilisation certification
• Function checks and wet test
• Equipment, spares and consumables inventory
• Systems documentation
• Project-specific requirements
M3 Clients include : Seascape
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IMCA Remote Systems & ROV
IMCA R006 Audits
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Allied Marine & Equipment (AME)
ASL Shipyard
Bibby Offshore (Near miss DP Incident investigation)
Bumi Armada
BOURBON
Dockwise
Fairstar Heavy Transport
Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding
Fugro
GC Rieber
GulfMark Offshore
Guangdong Yuexin Ocean Engineering
Greatship Global
Hallin Marine
Intership
Jaya Holdings (now part of Mermaid Marine Group of Companies)
Keppel Singmarine
Mermaid Maritime
Marine Assets Corporation (MAC)
Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO)
Mermaid Marine Australia (MMA)
Martens Marine
POSH**, PaxOcean
RKOffshore
Stanford Marine
Swiber / Newcruz / Vallianz
Sealion Shipping (Toisa)
Sembawang Shipyard
Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO)
Swissco
Seascape Surveys
Technip
Tasik Subsea
Wintermar**
Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry
** Fleet Agreement: Annual DP Trials
Client List – FMEA / FMECA / DP Vessel Services / DP Trials
Sample list of Clients (Owners, Yards etc.) for the various jobs we have completed to date.
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Client List – FMEA / FMECA / DP Vessel Services / DP Trials
BP
BHP Billiton
Chevron
ConocoPhilips
Maersk Oil
Murphy Oil
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
Petrobras
Petronas
Pemex
Premier Oil
Shell
Saudi Aramco
Saipem
Total
Woodside
Sample list of End Users for the various jobs we have completed till date.
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Thank You
THE END
Notas do Editor
All the IMCA documents category.
Armada Tuah 302 – DP Operations Manual, ASOG, RA and Drills Matrix
Bumi Armada Berhad, Greatship Global Offshore, Hartmann Offshore, Miclyn Express Offshore, RK Offshore, Sealion Shipping, Stanford Marine,
Bumi Armada Berhad, Greatship Global Offshore, Hartmann Offshore, Miclyn Express Offshore, RK Offshore, Sealion Shipping, Stanford Marine,