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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Marine Deep Port: regulatory and industry updates</title><id>https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/</id><updated>2026-09-28T04:46:47.417Z</updated><link rel="self" href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/feed.xml"/><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/"/><author><name>Marine Deep Ltd</name></author>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-other-01</id><title>ADAS again accepts French certifications</title><updated>2026-09-04T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-other-01"/><summary>ADAS announced that French diving certifications are once more accepted for crossovers and for entry to further training at ADAS schools. Source: ADAS.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-intl-01</id><title>IMCA D011 Guidance on auditing of diving systems updated</title><updated>2026-08-24T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-intl-01"/><summary>IMCA lists its guidance on auditing diving systems (DESIGN audits) with a technical update dated 24 August 2026; a related information note says D011 now describes auditors&#39; roles more clearly. Source: IMCA home.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-other-02</id><title>Arbobesluit consolidated version in force from 1 August 2026</title><updated>2026-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-other-02"/><summary>wetten.overheid.nl shows the Arbobesluit version valid from 1 August 2026 as the current text; the page does not say which articles changed. Source: Arbobesluit art. 6.13–6.18.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-intl-02</id><title>IMCA D041 Use of battery-operated equipment in hyperbaric conditions</title><updated>2026-06-25T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-intl-02"/><summary>IMCA published guidance on battery-operated devices in hyperbaric chambers and other pressure vessels for human occupancy. Source: IMCA home.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-no-04</id><title>Regulations concerning the performance of work: latest amending regulation</title><updated>2026-06-05T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-no-04"/><summary>Lovdata lists FOR-2026-06-05-1020 as the latest amendment to the Regulations concerning the performance of work. The captured page shows only the table of contents, so it does not show which sections changed. Source: Forskrift om utførelse av arbeid (FOR-2011-12-06-1357).</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-intl-03</id><title>IMCA DESIGN documents and D018 updated (June 2026)</title><updated>2026-06-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-intl-03"/><summary>The IMCA catalogue shows June 2026 technical updates for D018 and the DESIGN documents D023, D024, D037, D040, D053 and D063 (month only shown). Source: IMCA document catalogue.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-intl-04</id><title>IMCA D033 Limitations in the use of SCUBA updated</title><updated>2026-05-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-intl-04"/><summary>The IMCA catalogue lists D033 with a May 2026 update (month only shown). Source: IMCA document catalogue.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-intl-05</id><title>IMCA updates Assessment Procedure for Diving Contractor Membership (G012/D084)</title><updated>2026-04-08T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-intl-05"/><summary>IMCA announced updates to its assessment procedure for diving contractor membership; the catalogue later lists G012/D084 with a June 2026 date. Source: IMCA Diving Hub.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-intl-06</id><title>IMCA D090 guidance on diving in support of decommissioning</title><updated>2026-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-intl-06"/><summary>The IMCA catalogue lists D090 on diving operations supporting subsea decommissioning and dismantlement, dated April 2026 (month only shown). Source: IMCA document catalogue.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-intl-07</id><title>DMAC 15 Rev. 6.1 — medical equipment at offshore dive sites</title><updated>2026-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-intl-07"/><summary>DMAC lists revision 6.1 of its guidance on medical equipment to be held at the site of an offshore diving operation, dated February 2026 (month only shown). Source: DMAC guidance.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-no-05</id><title>Correction to § 26-3 (diving emergency preparedness)</title><updated>2026-01-20T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-no-05"/><summary>Lovdata records a correction dated 20 January 2026 to a typing error in the first sentence of § 26-3(2), the diving emergency preparedness section. Source: Forskrift om utførelse av arbeid (FOR-2011-12-06-1357).</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-us-01</id><title>ADCI certification moves to online-only submission</title><updated>2026-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-us-01"/><summary>ADCI says that from 1 January 2026 renewals and new ADCI certifications can only be submitted online through its digital system. Source: ADCI.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-no-01</id><title>Activities Regulations: latest consolidated amendment in force</title><updated>2026-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-no-01"/><summary>Lovdata shows the Activities Regulations last amended by regulation FOR-2025-12-17-2644, in force from 1 January 2026. Check Lovdata&#39;s amendment notes for which sections changed. Source: Aktivitetsforskriften (FOR-2010-04-29-613).</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-us-02</id><title>ADCI update on ANSI diver-training standard (BSR-ADCI-01)</title><updated>2025-06-05T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-us-02"/><summary>ADCI reported progress on a new ANSI standard for minimum commercial diver training requirements; a public review period is to be announced. Source: ADCI.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-other-03</id><title>Canada OHS Regulations last amended</title><updated>2025-03-26T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-other-03"/><summary>The Justice Laws page states SOR/86-304 was last amended on 2025-03-26; a French-version amendment (SOR/2025-79) is noted against section 18.8 of the diving Part. Source: COHSR Part XVIII.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-other-04</id><title>WHS Regulations 2011 compilation C28</title><updated>2025-03-25T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-other-04"/><summary>The Federal Register of Legislation shows compilation F2025C00381 (C28) of the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011, effective 25 March 2025, as the latest in-force version. Source: WHS Regs 2011 Pt 4.8.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-no-02</id><title>Activities Regulations §§ 93 and 94 (manned underwater operations) amended</title><updated>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-no-02"/><summary>Sections 93 and 94 on manned underwater operations and time rules were amended by regulation 18 December 2024 no. 3263, in force 1 January 2025. Source: Aktivitetsforskriften (FOR-2010-04-29-613).</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-no-03</id><title>Activities Regulations § 21 (competence and diving certificates) amended</title><updated>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-no-03"/><summary>Section 21 was amended by regulation 18 December 2023 no. 2175, in force 1 January 2024, after an earlier amendment in force 1 January 2023. The current text names Havindustritilsynet as the body that designates training and certificate-issuing bodies. Source: Aktivitetsforskriften (FOR-2010-04-29-613).</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-uk-07</id><title>MA1 revision 5 published</title><updated>2023-06-05T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-uk-07"/><summary>HSE published MA1 (rev5), guidance for AMEDs on fitness-to-dive assessments, replacing the 2015 version; changes include asthma, dysrhythmia, single seizure, ADHD and ENT guidance and an updated medical questionnaire and diver&#39;s medical record. Source: HSE MA1.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-uk-06</id><title>Revised diving ACOPs in force</title><updated>2014-12-08T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-uk-06"/><summary>HSE&#39;s five revised diving ACOPs (L103–L107, second editions dated 2014) came into force after industry consultation. Source: HSE diving ACOPs page.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-us-03</id><title>46 CFR 197.402 and 197.410 amended</title><updated>2014-09-29T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-us-03"/><summary>The Coast Guard amended the person-in-charge responsibilities and dive procedures sections (79 FR 58289). Source: 46 CFR 197 Subpart B.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-other-05</id><title>Arbobesluit art. 6.15a repealed</title><updated>2014-07-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-other-05"/><summary>Article 6.15a on certification of the maintenance system for diving and caisson equipment is marked as lapsed from 1 July 2014. Source: Arbobesluit art. 6.13–6.18.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-uk-05</id><title>ONR consequential amendments to DWR reg. 2(1), reg. 7 and Sch. 1 (not yet applied on legislation.gov.uk)</title><updated>2014-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-uk-05"/><summary>The legislation.gov.uk metadata lists unapplied effects from the Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) Consequential Amendments Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469): words inserted in reg. 2(1) and substituted in reg. 7 and Sch. 1, in force 1 April 2014. The amended wording is not shown in the fetched text. Source: DWR 1997.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-uk-04</id><title>DWR Sch. 2 para. 5 revoked (not yet applied on legislation.gov.uk)</title><updated>2013-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-uk-04"/><summary>The legislation.gov.uk metadata lists an unapplied effect: RIDDOR 2013 revoked Sch. 2 para. 5 of DWR (the RIDDOR 1995 amendments), in force 1 October 2013. Source: DWR 1997.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-uk-03</id><title>DWR Sch. 2 para. 4 omitted (not yet applied on legislation.gov.uk)</title><updated>2006-04-06T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-uk-03"/><summary>The legislation.gov.uk metadata lists an unapplied effect: the Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 2005 omitted Sch. 2 para. 4 of DWR, in force 6 April 2006. Source: DWR 1997.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-other-06</id><title>BC OHSR s. 24.13 amended and s. 24.8 repealed</title><updated>2003-10-29T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-other-06"/><summary>B.C. Reg. 312/2003, effective 29 October 2003, amended the evidence-of-competency section (CSA Z275.4-97) and repealed section 24.8 on supervisor&#39;s responsibility. Source: BC OHSR Part 24.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-uk-02</id><title>HSE approves current diving operation record particulars</title><updated>2003-05-20T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-uk-02"/><summary>HSE signed the current approval of required diving operation record particulars (Schedules 1–7) under reg. 6(4), revoking the 7 May 1999 list. Source: HSE DOR particulars.</summary></entry>
<entry><id>tag:port.marinedeep.com,2026:upd-uk-01</id><title>Diving at Work Regulations 1997 in force</title><updated>1998-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated><link href="https://port.marinedeep.com/updates/#upd-uk-01"/><summary>The Regulations, made on 24 November 1997, came into force on 1 April 1998, revoking the Diving Operations at Work Regulations 1981 and their 1990 and 1992 amendments. Source: DWR 1997.</summary></entry>
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