Milestones

BIRNS, Inc. has announced that it has been selected by DeepFlight, a leading manufacturer of high performance personal submarines, to supply a range of custom penetrator assemblies for its newest submarine model, the DeepFlight Super Falcon 3S.

The World Ocean Council (WOC) is working to keep the ocean business community and other ocean stakeholders informed of, and linked to, the ocean economy and culture as part of advancing ocean sustainable development.

Teledyne CARIS announces the successful implementation of Hydrographic Production Database™ (HPD) as the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) production system. This replaces the previously used legacy software employed by SMA for the management of spatial data.

The MacArtney Underwater Technology Group has appointed Claus Omann as CEO, effective as of 1st August 2017.

Leading manufacturer of oceanographic, hydrographic and hydrometric instrumentation, Valeport, has announced the appointment of Phill Harvey to the new post of financial director.

U.S. Underwater Services, LLC, an offshore and inland commercial diving contractor based in Texas, is pleased to announce that Bryan Nicholls, President and COO, was elected President of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) at its annual conference.

OceanWise has announced that the 2017 AMSI Council Business Person of the Year has been awarded to their Managing Director, Dr. Mike Osborne. The award was presented by Mr. Terry Sloane, Chairman of the AMSI Council of the Society of Maritime Industries during the Ocean Business 2017 Gala Dinner in Southampton on 5 April.

Specialist engineering consultancy AS Mosley is aiming to develop new links with energy industry businesses around the world at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) this spring.

One of the UK’s fastest growing safety training companies has broken ground on a major project to refurbish its newly purchased 20,000 sq. ft. headquarters at Glasgow Airport.

Peter Thomson, President of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) met with Paul Holthus, CEO of the World Ocean Council (WOC), to collaborate on fostering private sector input, commitments and participation in The Ocean Conference at the United Nations in New York (5-9 June 2017).

Decom North Sea, the membership organization for the oil and gas decommissioning sector, has announced it will host a networking business breakfast during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) next month.

Independent geoscience and engineering service provider, Next Geosolutions, announces the acquisition of UK-based marine resource solutions company, RMS Submarine Ltd.