Milestones

Attendees at BlueTech Week 2019 in San Diego California 18-22 November 2019 will not only be exposed to opportunities via the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, they can exchange ideas with representatives from academia, industry, and policymakers about how to develop innovation clusters that support this agenda.

Following a joint meeting between the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Government representatives on 17 September 2019, it was confirmed that the NOC will become a legally independent self-governing organization from 1 November 2019 – a charitable Company Limited by Guarantee with a trading subsidiary for undertaking work of a more commercial nature.

Motive Offshore Group has been crowned winner of the Going Global category at the Northern Star Business Awards (NSBAs) organized by Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce.

Energy rental and service company, Tiger Rentals (“Tiger”) announces the appointment of Paulo Silva Curto as Business Development Manager for Middle East. Paulo has over 15 years’ experience working in international business, most of them within the global upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, in various senior management and commercial roles. Most recently, he was Tiger’s General Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa.

James Fisher Offshore (JFO), a global provider of specialist offshore engineering solutions, pledges to deliver significant efficiencies across multiple regional projects by enhancing its Middle Eastern footprint, establishing bases in Saudi Arabia and Dubai.

BMT, a leading international design, engineering, science and management consultancy, has sold its UK-based SMART business to GreenSteam, a majority owned company of BP. The marine efficiency software solutions provider is reputable in leveraging Machine Learning methodologies and next generation fuel saving platforms to stimulate the sustainable development of Shipping and World Sea Trade.

What does that mean? An Ocean Guardian School makes a commitment to the protection and conservation of its local watersheds, the world's ocean, and special ocean areas, like national marine sanctuaries. Ocean Guardian schools make this commitment by proposing and then implementing a school- or community-based conservation project.

SensorTech has announced the acquisition of an acoustic test tank that will serve as the primary test facility for prototype acoustic evaluation of underwater devices. The facility will be located at their hydrophone and transducer manufacturing facility at COVE, in Nova Scotia.

The Open Ocean team is joining the Artelia Group, a leading European engineering firm specialising in building construction, infrastructure, water, industry and the environment.

Oxford Flow, the pressure control equipment specialist for the oil and gas, water and industrial process industries, has expanded its office space at its premises in Oxford following rapid growth in the last six months.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has launched its pilot Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme for diving supervisors. As announced in November 2018, the App based scheme incorporates the very latest in training techniques and is available in IOS, Android, tablet and PC formats.

As follow up to the Resolve Marine Group’s immediate Hurricane Dorian relief response, Resolve has assembled and launched a critical response barge transporting a water purifying plant to Freeport which can produce 5,000 gallons of potable water daily.