Milestones

Modus Seabed Intervention continues to strengthen its management team with the recruitment of Guy Lainchbury, who joins Modus as Commercial Manager. With over twenty years’ experience in the Subsea Industry, Guy has previously worked as Commercial Manager for Saipem and more recently as Tendering Director for Subsea 7 where he worked for 10 years.

Mark Garnier MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, has opened a state of the art Mission Control Centre developed by world leading autonomous vessel technology developer, ASV Global, at its headquarters in Portchester, UK.

CGG GeoConsulting announces the launch of Provenance, a ground-breaking integrated global sediment provenance database, tool and knowledgebase. Explorers can use the database to help make meaningful interpretations on clastic reservoir distribution and quality.

Fugro will enhance its OTC exhibits this year with a series of high-level sessions on every day of the much anticipated technical program. Offering insights into its technological solutions for marine site characterization and asset integrity, Fugro has a team of renowned specialists that are scheduled to share their expertise on topics including developments in AUV surveys, advances in integrated offshore geophysical methodologies and considerations for marine renewable energy facilities.

Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. announces they have expanded their regional operations with the addition of a new office in Juneau, Alaska. The new Juneau office will support southeast Alaska through several of Global’s primary service lines: marine construction, marine salvage and emergency response, diving operations and more.

3D Entertainment Films announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger is the narrator of the upcoming feature documentary film WONDERS OF THE SEA 3D, co-directed by Jean-Michel Cousteau and Jean-Jacques Mantello and produced by Arnold Schwarzenegger and François Mantello.

Bringing together the experience and knowledge of two Damen companies is the close cooperation between Damen Green Solutions and Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC). The two companies combine their specific skill sets to offer ship owners a smoother transition towards compliance with new environmental regulations and cleaner sailing.

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.