Milestones

HR Wallingford Technical Director, John Harris, has been appointed Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Coastal and Offshore Engineering at UCL (University College London) within the Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering Department.

The world’s largest manufacturer of e-robotic underwater systems, Saab Seaeye is further expanding its operations in Houston, TX, USA.

Reflex Marine, a global leader in offshore access, is looking forward to further expanding its global footprint after the company enhanced its international activity in the last 12 months, including the launch of its latest product, WAVE.

The Global Marine Group (GMG), a market leader in offshore engineering services to the renewables, telecommunications and oil & gas industries, announces that it has expanded its operations base in the United Kingdom to include the Port of Blyth, Northumberland.

Bluestream, one of the leading providers of innovative inspection services to the oil, gas and wind industry, and Skeye BV from Alphen aan den Rijn, one of the most successful UAV operators in the Netherlands and UK, have announced a partnership providing visual inspection services and geographic data acquisition for offshore assets using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

RIMS BV (Robotics In Maintenance Strategies) are the first company to receive an attestation from Bureau Veritas (BV) Marine & Offshore, as an approved service supplier, allowing the use of Remote Inspection Techniques (drones) during surveys of hull structure of ships and mobile offshore units classed with BV.

SPE Offshore Europe 2017 has secured Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Andrew Jones MP as a speaker at the opening plenary and has also confirmed a strong line up for its all new Tech Trek.

Safe boat handling specialist Vestdavit has responded to a sustained positive trend in North American business levels by opening an office in the United States.

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announces that it is has increased its support from $500,000 to $1 million for relief and recovery efforts in Houston and other Gulf Coast communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey.

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) announces that it is making a $1 million contribution to the American Red Cross for the immediate relief efforts under way to assist victims of Hurricane Harvey that struck Texas over the weekend.

The United States Agency for International Development’s Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans) and Inmarsat Global Limited (Inmarsat) have announced a new partnership to help commercial fishing crews promote sustainable fishing in Southeast Asia.

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) and Okeanus Science & Technology (Okeanus) announced they are working together to stage a full-range of specialized survey and monitoring equipment in Louisiana to deploy in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Harvey to help evaluate the storm’s impact on coast lines, waterways, bayous, ship channels and terminals, marine infrastructure, and oil and gas related facilities located on or near the water.