Welcome to the Marine Technology Society's Dynamic Positioning web site. The DP Committee - a non-profit 503C organization - was established in 1996, with the objective of promoting a greater international understanding of Dynamic Positioning and related issues. In 2010, the Dynamic Positioning Committee Received the MTS Outstanding Committee Recognition.

Dynamic Positioning Committee Mission Statement

The Dynamic Positioning Committee’s mission is to encourage exchange of information, discussion of technology, training and education, foster improvement of DP reliability, develop guidelines, and address any other issues pertinent to dynamic positioning that facilitate incident free execution of DP operations, and that are consistent with the objectives of the Marine Technology Society.

Extensive Electronic Library of Accumulated Knowledge
Founded in 1996, the MTS DP Conference provides industry professionals with the knowledge base accumulated during these conferences via the website. This technological know-how and data covers a broad range of DP issues, incidents, and topics, providing the most recent, and comprehensive single source of DP information and DP industry technical papers available anywhere worldwide.

DP 2013 - October 15-16, 2013 (Plus optional Workshop on October 14 and Golf Tournament October 17). The Conference will be held at the Westin Hotel Memorial City Houston. (Same location as 2012)

CALL FOR PAPERS
The DP Conference Committee has issued a call for papers for 2013.

Click here or on the brochure image to download the Call for Papers brochure.
Click here for more information online
Click here to submit an abstract online

The deadline for submitting abstracts is May 1, 2013

Proceedings are available free of charge for all DP 2012 attendees. Others wishing to access the proceedings may do so for a small fee.

DP Guidance Documents
There is now a much expanded selection of guidance documents available for downloading direct from this website. Select from the menu options in the left hand bar.

Take the DP Test
Think you are a DP Expert? Take the knowledge test and find out! Click here

Committees
A wide range of Dynamic Positioning Committees address topics and issues pertinent to DP, DP equipment, and DP operations. Please visit the Committees section of this web site for more information.

For more information, mouse over any menu item.

The DP Committee and this web site is supported by the following organizations