Milestones

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is supporting the call to action to recognize the significant efforts being made by seafarers and offshore workers globally during these challenging times caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aqueos Corporation, a premier provider of subsea services to the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Coast, has announced their move into a new permanent Houston office facility located at 2930 West Sam Houston Pkwy. North, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77043.

NOAA has selected Arthur John “A.J.” Reiss, as the director of NOAA’s Ocean Prediction Center (OPC) in College Park, Maryland. OPC provides the world’s best marine forecasts and critical decision support services for mariners, ensuring the safety of lives and vessels at sea by alerting to hazards like hurricane-force winds and high seas.

Sparrows Group has enhanced its reputation for inspection services with a United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) accreditation.

The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) appointed and approved the 2020-21 term of the NOIA Board of Directors and Executive Committee. There are 12 new members on the Board of Directors and three new members on the Executive Committee:

Mark de Barr has joined the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) as Technical Adviser – Marine specialising in Dynamic Positioning (DP) and vessel assurance.

Greensea, creator of OPENSEA®, the open software architecture for the marine industry, recently added key personnel to its engineering team in their Plymouth, Massachusetts office to support their hull robotics program. 

Pharos Marine can trace their origins back to 1904, and have been producing world class navigation buoys throughout the World. Planet Ocean are experts in the field of sensors and systems and have been producing data buoy solutions since 2004.

Delmar Systems, Inc. successfully completed the 200^th mooring line release using RAR Plus Releasable Mooring System (RMS) during Equinor’s Barents Sea drilling campaign utilizing Odfjell’s Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible drilling rig. The rig disconnection was performed in less than an hour and half without assistance from an Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) continues to add to its dedicated COVID webpage a variety of information and links to be of use to its membership.

ENGenious 2020, the sister event to SPE Offshore Europe, scheduled to be held in Aberdeen from 22-24 September, is to move from a face-to-face conference and exhibition to a virtual conference format.  

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has announced the successful launch of its App-based continuing professional development (CPD) scheme for diving supervisors.