OFFSHORE & MARINE TECHNOLOGY | INDUSTRY NEWS <strong>Offshore</strong> safety IMCA | Guidelines to help <strong>of</strong>fshore contractors assess the competence <strong>of</strong> personnel working in safety-critical positions have been developed by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). Launched over a decade ago and regularly updated and improved, IMCA’s guidance on competence assurance and assessment provides a framework within which its contractor members can demonstrate the competence <strong>of</strong> their personnel to both clients and regulators. The IMCA framework includes a substantial amount <strong>of</strong> documentation – set out in a straightforward manner for over 50 positions, with additional guidance for freelance personnel. Now the association has turned its attention to <strong>of</strong>fshore safety advisors, a role that is fundamental to the safe and effective operations <strong>of</strong> many member companies. The tables in the published framework are said to outline the knowledge and ability required to competently undertake the role <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fshore safety adviser, including understanding language and culture barriers to safety on a multicultural site, planning and implementation <strong>of</strong> safety measures and maintaining a good health and safety culture. Online sensor <strong>technology</strong> KITTIWAKE | A new product for the <strong>of</strong>fshore market called ThrusterSCAN has been launched by Kittiwake Developments. Helping to predict failure, enabling preventative maintenance and ultimately ensuring against costly downtime, ThrusterSCAN is an online condition-monitoring system for azimuthing thrusters. Individual ThrusterSCAN monitoring units are installed to each thruster and comprise touch screen machine interface, metallic particle sensor, oil condition sensor, moisture sensor, oil temperature sensor and sampling pump. A central control room touch screen display provides an overview <strong>of</strong> the condition <strong>of</strong> all thrusters. Thruster- SCAN delivers early warning <strong>of</strong> thruster component damage, lubricant degradation and seal leaks/failures, while providing critical information to help optimise thruster operating parameters and effectively manage overhaul schedules. 44 <strong>Ship</strong> & <strong>Offshore</strong> | 2011 | N o 1 Raytheon Anschütz will supply its latest generation <strong>of</strong> integrated bridge systems (IBS) to the new polar supply and research vessel IBS for polar supply and research vessel RAYTHEON ANSCHÜTZ | A 134m-long vessel, being built at STX Finland shipyard in Rauma for the Republic <strong>of</strong> South Africa’s Department <strong>of</strong> Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT), is not only intended to conduct research activities and expeditions to the polar region, but is also designed to serve as an icebreaker, a passenger ship or a supply ship for South African research centres in the Antarctic. The vessel will be operated under most demanding conditions and is to replace the Agulhas, which is DEAT’s current expedition vessel. The delivery <strong>of</strong> this new ship is scheduled for 2012. It will be equipped with a full integrated navigation system (INS), complying with DNV’s most demanding classifi cation <strong>of</strong> NAUT-AW. Raytheon Anschütz will deliver a suite <strong>of</strong> six wide-screen workstations for navigation, which provide all the nautical functions <strong>of</strong> radar, chart radar, ECDIS and conning. The INS will also comprise the ship’s Dynamic Positioning (DP) System, which is integrated to share information such as waypoints with the navigation system. This is used for precise operation within the ice fi elds as well as automatic heading keeping when berthing at an ice shelf or taking bottom samples with the ship’s on-board grabbing equipment. One <strong>of</strong> the radars will be equipped as an ice radar with advanced ice-imaging capabilities, which help to fi nd the optimal route through icy waters and reduce fuel consumption and the risk <strong>of</strong> hull damage. The ECDIS will feature autopilot remote control, which allows autopilot operation while watching the screen to see how the planned course fi ts into current traffi c and the specifi c sea area. The economic autopilot Anschütz NP 2025 Plus has been chosen to steer the ship automatically with the most precise track control <strong>of</strong> category C. Both bridge wings will be equipped with a chart radar, and also have the option for integrating the conning display for full navigation data indication during docking operations. The helicopter console on the bridge will be equipped with an additional slave display <strong>of</strong> the chart radar and the SRTP Room will have independent installations <strong>of</strong> radar, GPS sensor and AIS in accordance with the ‘Safe Return to Port’ rules. The IBS will be completed with the redundant gyrocompass system Standard 22, the full package <strong>of</strong> navigation sensors, navigation data management and complete radio station according to GMDSS A4 for operation in the polar region. The local service station <strong>of</strong> Raytheon Anschütz, Radio Holland South Africa (Pty) Ltd, will assist the shipyard during installation <strong>of</strong> the equipment and provide support for the vessel during its entire operation. Therefore Radio Holland will receive specialist training and system documentation on the new Integrated Bridge System.
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