Hornbeck Offshore said it has installed a dynamic positioning (DP) simulator that provides an interactive and immersive training experience for current and future mariners who serve in DP officer (DPO ...

Expected offshore DPO day rates range from $300–$1,200 depending on experience and vessel class, with mid-career medians near $700 per day. Figures below are for offshore DPO only, in USD.

The Office of Investigations and Casualty Analysis has released Safety Alert 11-22 regarding an incident involving weaknesses within Dynamic Positioning Systems. Dynamic positioning (DP) systems 1 ...

Transit in manual/joystick; align heading relative to environmental vectors or operational target. Engage auto DP; tune gain/filters; validate offset to reference targets; verify position stability.

In the last decade, offshore operators have developed and refined an emergency response system with standardized format and nomenclature for dynamically positioned drilling operations. For each well ...

Transocean, the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, provides the most versatile fleet of mobile offshore drilling units to help clients find and develop oil and natural gas reserves.

Kongsberg Maritime is marking 50 years since the introduction of its first dynamic positioning (DP) system, a Norwegian innovation that transformed offshore operations and set new standards for safety ...