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IMCA Newsletter, Issue 39 news letter The International Marine Contractors Association Representing offshore, marine and underwater engineering companies Issue 39 A winning day for safety May 2006 IMCA News 2 ne hundred and eighteen delegates met at Murrayfield international TCPC 4 Orugby stadium in Edinburgh, UK, on 9-10 February 2006 for the SEL 5 fourth IMCA safety seminar, which was judged a resounding success. Regional News 6 Building on the success of previous events at the football stadiums of Ajax Amsterdam, St James’ Park, Newcastle, and Old Trafford, Manchester, ROV 7 this event was very well attended by a wide range of industry professionals Marine 8 from both offshore and onshore. Their combined wealth of diverse experience contributed to highly productive discussion sessions and led to Offshore Survey 9 the identification of various work items for IMCA’s SEL core committee Diving 10 to address as part of its forward work agenda. Questions & Answers 11 The seminar programme included presentations on many safety-related Membership News 12 subjects, including a very topical update on security issues. The highlight of the opening day was a moving and personal account from Robin Beckett (Subsea 7) about the effects of a serious industrial accident that brought home why the industry must continue to share and learn lessons to keep improving safety and to avoid incidents in the future. “It only takes a minute”, he stressed, to cause or avoid an accident. On the second day, Anders Hovemyr (International Management Consulting) gave a thought-provoking talk addressing cultural differences IMCA’s membership in business life. The discussion this provoked highlighted how easy it is to now exceeds 300 stress one’s own cultural priorities and to ignore those of others, to the detriment of all parties concerned. organisations. Other papers explored tools such as risk assessment and safety promotion See page 12-13 for the materials, perennial issues such as control of sub-contractors and industry complete list topics such as hot work, working at heights and cranes and rigging. The presentations and a report on the discussions have been issued on CD to delegates and other members. ROV seminar Over 70 delegates attended the IMCA ROV seminar held on 22 March 2006 at the ExCeL exhibition centre in London, alongside the popular Oceanology International event. For a full report of the meeting see page 7 Delegates responding warmly to a presentation made to the safety seminar IMCA news Contracts activities – Update In Memoriam After the work done in recent years, it seems timely It is with great sadness that we must report the to provide an update of IMCA’s contracts activities: deaths of two IMCA committee members – • The IMCA Contracts Workgroup, chaired by Hugo Bekker, long-serving Chairman of Denise Greenhalgh of Technip, remains highly active. Marine Division since 1995 and OMC mem- In addition, a second workgroup, under the Americas ber, along with Bob Downing, member of the Deepwater Section and chaired by Sharon Adams of Offshore Survey Division Management Helix ESG, is further enhancing the international Committee. perspective applied to IMCA’s work in this area. In these two men IMCA has lost two very • The IMCA Contracting Principles, published in active supporters who contributed greatly to February 2005, are being used and welcomed as a dis- the growth of IMCA over the past decade. cussion document by contractors and clients alike. Our thoughts are with their family and friends. • IMCA has published specific contracting documents relating to survey and ROV support services, with a Full obituaries follow on pages 8 and 9 respectively. further ROV support vessel contract in development. • Work is ongoing to finalise a second discussion document covering commercial risk issues. This Communications update should be out by July of this year. IMCA’s aim – to achieve equitable contracting princi- While IMCA’s technical work continues at a frantic ples – is pursued directly through the publications list- pace, we are also continuing to further improve our ed above. IMCA also supports other initiatives within communications with members, potential members the industry which help improve efficiency and pro- and related organisations. vide off-the-shelf contracts, avoiding the need to re- A new 12 page brochure entitled ‘IMCA in depth’ has invent the wheel each time. Examples include work in been published and is being circulated to members. the UK on (LOGIC) standard contracts, standard This eye-catching document is packed with informa- invitations to tender and the PILOT Supply Chain tion on the wide range of IMCA activities and illus- Code of Practice. trated with fascinating photographs of member activi- ties. Please contact the secretariat if you have not seen it and would like a copy. Anna Jackaman joins IMCA IMCA has developed a new distribution list and will shortly begin providing staff in member and client IMCA’s support services team expanded in mid- public affairs departments – those who specifically February when Anna Jackaman joined the secretariat keep an eye on industry developments for their respec- as a senior administrator. tive companies – with updates on IMCA activities and Anna will form part of an enhanced secretariat pres- additional background information. ence at the growing number of events working with Parul Patel on seminars, exhibitions and IMCA social To be added to this list, please contact [email protected]. occasions. She will also help Adam Hugo produce the variety of documents which members regu- larly receive and perform a range of other tasks to support IMCA committees and secretariat. 26 years old and originally from a small village near Sandwich in Kent (South East England), Anna gradu- ated with an Art History degree from the University of Essex in 2001. She worked in administration and events management in Essex, France and London before joining IMCA. IMCA newsletter 2 Issue 39 May 2006 From the Chairman Social events great deal is going become a major safety or Aon right now at all commercial disaster if Major events on the levels within IMCA. standards or guidelines IMCA social calendar are ‘relaxed’. We have all With our membership are fast approaching: experienced examples of steadily growing I am this in recent years. The second IMCA pleased to see many more Golf Day takes place at operators joining IMCA This situation presents Deeside Golf Course, as corresponding two major challenges: Aberdeen, on Thursday not to choose the cheapest 18 May 2006. members. This option Competing for the provides clients with the short-term solution but IMCA Quaich, those opportunity to benefit to hold on to what we participating will take from direct access to our have all achieved with part in two rounds of publications, position respect to safety, environ- golf, followed by dinner papers and guidelines. ment, legislation, techni- and a prize giving. cal qualifications, etc; To enhance clients and present three high-level and in the long-term, to The annual IMCA contractors working keynote speakers from Midsummer Charity work hard to train more together on issues impor- major operators to Ball takes place on skilled personnel and to tant for our business, all address the theme of Friday 23 June 2006 at market our industry to a IMCA sections use their ‘diversity in marine con- the Marcliffe at new generation of regional meetings as a struction operations’. We Pitfodels, Aberdeen, students. IMCA will social forum where hope that the lovely UK. Following welcom- help deal with both these ing drinks and the members can network location combined with challenges where possible. always-sumptuous din- with clients, typically the unique and challeng- ner, a splendid evening’s holding two briefing ses- With the last annual ing market we operate in entertainment is lined sions per year for corre- seminar in Abu Dhabi today will bring a lot of up, with speeches, sponding members. now behind us, we are contractors, operators music, dancing and the looking forward to the and authorities together, ever-popular casino. IMCA has played a This year we will be major role in making 2006 event on 19-20 making the 2006 joined by comedian our industry safer, September in seminar an unrivalled Craigie Veitch, a former healthier and stronger, Copenhagen, proud to success for all delegates. journalist and sports but it is widely agreed editor, Scrabble cham- that much more could be IMCA Overall Management Committee pion and after-dinner achieved if authorities, speaker popular in operators and contractors President & Chairman: Frits Janmaat, Allseas Group Scotland and indeed pursue jointly those Vice-President: Knut Boe, Technip around the world. improvements we all Chairman Diving: Alan Forsyth, Subsea 7 This year’s charity ball want to see. Acting Chairman Marine: Pete Somner, Subsea 7 is in aid of the Marine Chairman Offshore Survey: Will Primavesi, Saipem Society & Sea Cadets, The shortage of skilled supporting the educa- personnel in our industry Chairman ROV: Kevin Kerins, Oceaneering International tion of seafarers. is hurting all players and Chairman SEL: Chris van Beek, Heerema Marine Cont. Chairman TCPC: John Greensmyth, Technip The Marine Society is is affecting the way major developments are Chairman, Americas Deepwater Section: Roy Sijthoff, in its 250th anniversary Helix ESG year and merged with executed to a large Chairman, Asia-Pacific Section: Andy Bolton, the Sea Cadets in 2004 extent. Contracting Technip Oceania to form an organisation strategies have to be Chairman, Europe & Africa Section: Robin Davies, Subsea 7 that sets out “to provide changed because of this, Chairman, Middle East & India Section: Steve MacMillan, personal development with inherent higher J Ray McDermott opportunities and safety and monetary risks support in a maritime during project execution. Vice-Chairman Diving: Derek Beddows, Technip context for young Vice-Chairman Offshore Survey: Walter Steedman, Subsea 7 people and professional In circumstances like this Vice-Chairman ROV: Andrew Beveridge, Rovtech seafarers from all the sea it’s essential that we do services”.
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