Milestones

A Russian naval research team has claimed to have discovered five islands in the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Kara Sea area of the Arctic Ocean.

Subsea 7 S.A. announces that Jean Cahuzac will retire from his position as CEO at the end of this year, and will be succeeded from 1 January 2020 by John Evans, who is currently COO.

Aberdeen headquartered, STC Global, has reported 80% company growth this year, with a turnover of £1.8 million.

International energy consultancy Xodus Group has appointed Stephen Rivers as Subsea & Pipelines Manager for Asia-Pacific as the company targets strategic growth and new projects in the region.

Aquaterra Energy, a leader in global offshore engineering solutions, has appointed Rob Gill to fuel the continued success of its modular Sea Swift platform.

Fully integrated independent operations and engineering services company ODE has opened an office in Aberdeen after a number of key contract wins worth around £20 million in the Southern North Sea (SNS).

Kongsberg Maritime has expanded its Canadian operation by establishing a presence at COVE, the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Bollinger Shipyards announces the promotion of Christian Pierce to Director of Engineering. Within this role, he will lead the engineering department in all facets of engineering on both government and commercial programs and is responsible for the execution of functional and design engineering compliant with customer requirements.

The Impossible Dream, a 60-foot, wheelchair-accessible catamaran that sails the entire East Coast of the U.S., has visited ONE°15 Brooklyn Marina, where it will be in port until Sept. 11, 2019. It is the 10^th stop on the vessel’s Summer Voyage, encompassing 4,000 miles across 15 destinations along the East Coast.

A North Sea market leader in third party procurement is launching a sustainable approach to sourcing and supplying oilfield products and services which could have a major impact on reducing the oil and gas industry’s carbon footprint.

Serica Energy has become the first operator to digitize safety in the North Sea after signing a deal to adopt the Restrata Platform – a piece of cutting-edge technology which provides real-time monitoring of people and assets around the world.

Innovo and Sparrows Group have announced the introduction of a state-of-the-art Reel Drive System (RDS).