Milestones

The World Ocean Council (WOC) continues to provide information to the ocean business community on the legal and policy aspects of ocean sustainable development.

AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) will be exhibiting at Ocean Business 2017 at the National Oceanography Center in Southampton, UK. Visitors to the AXYS booth will learn about the AXYS range of solutions including the market leading WindSentinel FLiDAR, the unique TRIAXYS with currents buoy and AXYS new cloud-based geoportal, AXYS-APS.

A near-tragedy was the inspiration for the Life Cell, an innovative floating safety device. Now, the product and its inventor, Scott Smiles, have caught the attention of the Australian government. Smiles was awarded a $370,000 AUD grant (roughly $280,000 USD) to help Life Cell Marine Safety commercialize the product internationally.

SeeByte, a global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems has achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certification for the design of its Business Management System. This follows a successful assessment by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA).

Two Houston-based solution providers in the oil and gas industry, Mexssub and INTECSEA, announced the formation of a strategic alliance built to deliver permanent riser and pipeline integrity solutions to operators worldwide. The companies presented details of the alliance at oil and gas industry trade show, Subsea Tieback and Exhibition, hosted in San Antonio, March 21-23.

Has someone in your company developed a smart idea to improve on-the-job safety, avoid accidents and save lives? Now is the time to submit that idea to the IADC Safety Committee for its Annual Safety Award.

Global Maritime, a leading provider of marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services to the oil and gas sector, has appointed Perth native Hannah Crutchley as its new Group Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) Manager. Hannah will be based in London.

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S is experiencing a moderate slowdown following several years of continuous growth. In a market affected by continued decline in two important segments, cargo vessels and offshore, revenue for 2016 totaled DKK 1.858 billion, compared to DKK 1.891 billion in 2015. Profit before tax for the financial year totaled DKK 183.5 million, compared to DKK 200.5 million in 2015.

Greensea, creator of OPENSEA^TM, the universal marine industry operating platform, has recently announced the appointment of Kevin Wingart as Quality Control Engineer.

The Maritime Alliance (TMA) a non-profit industry association and organizer of the largest BlueTech cluster in the United States, has announced an unmissable series of presentations at Ocean Business 2017, which takes place at the NOC on 4-6 April 2017.

Vryhof, a trusted partner to many of the offshore industry’s leading players, and its business unit Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), a leading provider of offshore mooring services, have launched a new engineering unit to support the company’s offshore oil & gas, renewables and aquaculture operations across the globe.

A delegation of representatives of member companies of the Research Institute for Ocean Economics (RIOE) of Japan visited Okeanus Science & Technology (OST) in Redmond, WA on February 21st to discuss deep ocean mining.