Milestones

ASL was part of a team of organizations called the Marine Arctic Ecosystem Study (MARES) that won the 2019 US National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Excellence in Partnering Award. The award was presented at the 2020 Ocean Sciences Meeting in San Diego, California on February 20, 2020.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, announces that following the acquisitions of Rapp Marine and TTS in 2018 and 2019 respectively, customers in the Americas will benefit from extended coverage and capability to support all their service needs.

International energy consultancy Xodus Group has doubled its Perth workforce after a successful year which has resulted in the company moving to new offices in the city.

Bjørn Joensen and Erik J. Aalbæk join the MacArtney family to begin work on strengthening and developing MacArtney’s Offshore Renewable Energy sector, in line with the corporate strategy.

On 24 February, Fugro in France relocated to a modern office space, Espace Le Carillon, close to the central business district of La Défense in Paris, thus achieving another milestone in its ambitious plan to enhance Fugro’s presence in France.

In an important step in the modernization of the Norwegian shelf operations, Aker BP and Framo have entered a long-term maintenance contract for seawater lift pumps where compensation is directly linked to facility uptime, effective from March 5, 2020.

WFS Technologies, a global leader in the Subsea Internet of Things (SIOT®) devices, is embarking on a major transformation program to manage its rapid business expansion and ensure consistent quality and delivery of its product line.

Nominations are now open for the Third Edition of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Secretary-General’s Award for Excellence in Deep Sea Research.

Reed Exhibitions has today announced that Oceanology International London 2020, originally scheduled for March 17-19, 2020, will now take place from 1-3 December 2020 at the Excel London, following the escalation of COVID-19 in Europe.

Kjetil M. Ebbesberg is appointed as new Group CFO in DNV GL and will succeed Thomas Vogth-Eriksen, who will become Director, Certification Division in DNV GL - Business Assurance.

Subsea UK has teamed up with one of the world’s leading non-profit ocean protection organizations to promote and support initiatives to prevent pollution of our oceans.

Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet in Sweden has won the public tender for a contract to undertake a major life extension program on the survey and research vessel S/V Ocean Surveyor, owned by SGU, Sweden’s national geological survey agency.