The Dynamic Positioning Systems, or DPS, is the system which is designed and installed on board vessels to keep these automatically in position with the assistance of the active thrusts. The system utilizes thrusters, rudders, and propellers to withstand the external forces like the wind or waves.

Dynamic positioning was first used in the 1960-es and has since that been improved to better serve the offshore industry. This video is demonstrating the application of the DP systems. In fact, the intention was to provide trainees with some general idea of what the dynamic positioning systems are without getting into technical details related to their construction, operating principles and arrangement.

All of these you may find in the publications and videos on the website while this particular video was prepared just to give a picture of the DP system.

This is the second edition of this publication by Steve Devereux. The author has significantly updated and actually completely rewritten the whole content of the volume presenting the overview of the drilling technology and operations performed both offshore and onshore.

He is taking the readers though the entire process of drilling a well starting from a very basic geology through managing very complicated drilling operations. This updated release of the book is covering key management matters, for instance safety of the drilling, environmental impact, costs incurred and regulations to be complied with.

There is a new chapter offering valuable advice to the people who only consider working in the drilling industry. The book is really ideal for anyone with the interest in drilling, students, non-engineer specialists and industry veterans. The author has paid particular attention to the new technologies, i.e. drilling technologies introduced in the period since the release of the original edition of the publication.

As the title implies, the content of the book is expected to be easily understood even by the people with little to no technical knowledge, skills and experience. A truly indispensable training source suitable for everyone, from newcomer to expert.

These Russian Register regulations are intended to establish the general procedure of transferring the formal right to use the SMS Mark of Compliance to the shipping companies. Such Mark is the protected sign used by the RMRS for encouragement of the shipping companies acheving significant and adequate success in the field of the safety management of their vessels.

Russian Register is the sole owner of the Mark. Scope of Application - Normative Reference Documents - Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations - Appearance, Condition and Transferring the Rights to Use the Mark - Description of the Key Factors, Recommendations on the Evaluations of these Factors - Policy and Responsibility of the Company - Personnel and Resources - Emergency Preparedness - Non-conformities and Maintenance - Documentation Required for the Efficiency Analysis of the SMS of the Shipping Company - Formal request Form for the SMS Mark - Self-Assessment Procedure of the Efficiency - SMS Excellence Model - Factors Forming the Key Areas and Weighting Coefficients - Associated RS Software and Instructions.

Definitely needful publication for those dealing with maintaining the efficiency and safety management of the company and willing to keep them on the highest level to get the SMS Mark of Compliance. May be supplementing these RS Guidelines.   

This practical guide released by The Nautical Institute has been originally intended for the masters and mates of the ships equipped with the DP systems; moreover, its content is expected to be useful to all people willing to get some good knowledge on the DP arrangement and working principles.

The book covers such an important matters as dynamic positioning principles and systems, redundancy and different classes of DP equipment, operations of the vessels with DPS installed on board, watch keeping and operational planning, position reference systems and power plants, propulsion units and thrusters, human factors to bear in mind, DPS operator training.

There is guidance provided for masters on how to conduct proper assessment of the competency of DPS operator candidates. Note that the book has been supplemented by a concise yet quite comprehensive Glossary describing the commonly used DP-related terms and abbreviations.

Though this publication is not expected to be a complete treatise on DP, it is still aimed to the people transferring to work on the DP ships from more conventional ships, not making any attempt to replace the standard textbooks on DP systems or going too deep into the individual manufacturer's DP systems.

Here is the pack containing the full latest release of the Digital Catalogue developed by RS Company professionals. This software is fully compatible with all Windows OS including older and newer versions; it provides users with the choice of more than eighty-five thousand of the most widely-used and ordered items, collected by RS Components Ltd.

The users are now given opportunity to perform immediate comparisons between various offered brands and ranges, make necessary notes, bookmarks and save favorites. Moreover, there are new functionalities allowing users to create their own product catalogues so that they can easily find whatever they are looking for. There is no need for any cracks or passwords.

And, of course, there are no viruses inside. Note that the present release of the digital catalogue allows users to work offline (in case any problem with the internet connection is there) - it also contains direct links to the online database allowing users to access all available offers and updates, making it possible for the to choose between more than half million products.

This is definitely the best and quickest way for the shipping industry professionals to find whatever electrical items they require to storing ships - cables and wires, automation and control gear, power supply and transformers, security and safety items, batteries, lighting, plumbing, adhesives, connectors, relays, computers, test and measurement equipment etc.

Nowadays, composites are extensively used in various marine applications. The glass reinforced resins are in quite considerable use in boats, yachts and even some ships; however, as a rule, they are not too highly loaded. However, for several new fields like offshore energy there is a huge demand for the high load-bearing structures that shall survive extremely harsh environmental conditions for dozens of years.

That is where the high-performance composite materials are proposed. The present volume will provide a good technical overview of the methods of predicting the durability of marine structures made of the composite materials. The author has covered the modeling water diffusion, accelerated testing, damaged that is commonly induced by the water, in-service experience as well as the other aspects considered important.

This book gives the fundamental knowledge and shall therefore be considered essential reading for all people involved with composite construction materials in the marine and offshore industry, from the design and calculation stage up to the manufacture of the structures and their service exploitation. Note that most of the info contained in this volume is nearly unavailable elsewhere...

Since dock masters are not marine or structural engineers, they are not commonly expected to be able to design dry docks. However, they should know how to operate their docks in a manner that would allow to avoid the operational limits of the dock that were originally set by the designers.

A fundamental understanding of how exactly dry dock is designed and constructed will provide required insight into the operational limitations derived. In turn, this technical knowledge will assist dock masters when they are performing the assessment of the situations not meeting standard procedures.

The book starts with descriptions of the main types of dry docks, followed by the chapter addressing the docking plan. The third chapter of the manual lists and explains the vessel characteristics considered important when dry docking, while the rest of the chapters are dealing with the block loading, stability matters, block construction, predicting the condition of the ship at undocking, established dry docking procedures, ship handling, pumping plan and tips on its developing, certification of the dry dock, ratings and inspections, transfer systems. The book concludes with several solved problems providing necessary practical information. An excellent training source for the dock masters.

This last part of DP Training presentations addresses the dynamic positioning systems power and thrusters. The previous parts of the training set covered the DP Applications and DP Incidents and we strongly recommend you to get familiar with the content of those two presentations in order to get better understanding.

This part is covering the main types of thrusters, popellers, rudder effectiveness, alternative rudder, Becker rudder, Flap rudder, Schilling rudder, controllable-pitch propellers, azipod basics, the principle of the azipod, azipod propulsion history. The authors of the presentation have included numerous practical examples and have well illustrated the booklet so that it could serve as a good and easy-to-use training manual.

The approach used by the author has remained unchanged and this training source can easily be used by the non-experienced personnel willing to know more about the DP systems, their construction, their operation, application and potential consequences of the failure in these systems.