DPO's running bridge/ECR

Offshore
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[QUOTE=powerabout;156520]I wonder what the situation was on that eco ahts that had a fire reported as engine fuel return?[/QUOTE]

I hate to say it, but it sounds like rounds not being done correctly- or at all. You have to walk around those engines with a flashlight periodically!

We do need some more facts in this case, though.

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Working on it

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If you were an innocent bystander and maybe a truck driver, I wonder if you would start thinking what happens to good old engineering from the land that when moved onto a vessel they become so accident prone?

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[QUOTE=Traitor Yankee;156529]Working on it[/QUOTE]

The less you look at the vms the more you can walk around
Just sayinā€¦

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I donā€™t know what that had to do with me, but Iā€™m working on getting some more facts for people.

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[QUOTE=Traitor Yankee;156535]I donā€™t know what that had to do with me, but Iā€™m working on getting some more facts for people.[/QUOTE]
Sorry not aimed at you, just a general comment.

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[QUOTE=cajuntugster;156466]When the vessel is maneuvering in port or on DP there is an engineer in the control room. Doesnā€™t the rigs 500m zone procedures require a manned engine room? I know our ASOP requires a manned engine room inside the 500. Why would they require us to be manned and the rig not be?

LOL, you forget, ā€œThose with the money make the rulesā€[/QUOTE]

To the best of my memory, Anadarko has no such requirements. There certainly was ZERO contractual obligation to have DP certs in the wheelhouse. That obviously accounts for a lot of OSVs in Fourchon.

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[QUOTE=Johnny Canal;156546]To the best of my memory, Anadarko has no such requirements. There certainly was ZERO contractual obligation to have DP certs in the wheelhouse. That obviously accounts for a lot of OSVs in Fourchon.[/QUOTE]

I just DMā€™ed you, let me know if you got it because it disappeared once I hit send

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Does anybody know what manning was on the Ensco 8502?
Just curious since the 40+ days down time, engine room fire, and flooding while under tow seems to be a good argument against this idea - if they had similar manning.

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I guess the engineers are lucky they can palm off some of the work to the DPOā€™s, what with 4 engine rooms and all those pmā€™s plus walk aroundsā€¦lol