Milestones

David Cedro has joined the Danos executive team as vice president of finance and administration, with responsibility for overseeing the company’s domestic and international administration, finance and accounting activities. James Callahan, who previously held the senior finance position, moves into a new role as vice president of project services.

Sparrows Group has cemented its position in the renewables sector with the acquisition of Danish wind energy specialist Alpha Offshore Service A/S.

Ashtead Technology and Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. have agreed to form a joint venture, creating the industry’s leading provider of subsea survey and ROV equipment rental and associated services. Forum will contribute its subsea rentals business, currently trading as Forum Subsea Rentals.

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the direct-action marine organization, will unveil its newest vessel, the M/V Sharpie, at a press conference on Monday, December 11th at 11:00 am at the 5th Street Marina in Miami, Fla., it was announced by the group’s founder, president and CEO, Captain Paul Watson.

Omur Izgili will take over as VIKING’s new Country Director for Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Lebanon on January 1, 2018. He is succeeding Yasin Kasa, who has been appointed Senior Commercial Director for VIKING Asia based out of Singapore. Mr. Kasa will remain an active member of the VIKING Turkey Board of Directors.

Subsea services group Acteon has announced that it has enhanced its moorings capabilities by completing the purchase of the Viking Seatech Group.

M² Subsea, a global independent provider of ROV services, has bolstered its European business development team with the appointment of David Sinclair as business development manager – renewables and decommissioning.

The 5th edition of the Sustainable Ocean Summit just ended in Halifax, Canada. During three days, the Marriott Harbourfront Hotel welcomed 230 participants of 28 different nationalities. Among them, decision makers and high-level representatives from all the sectors of the Ocean Business Community gathered to discuss and decide the future of the Sustainable Ocean Economy.

As part of its long-term strategy aimed at developing its success further, RTsys, a company specialized in acoustics and drones for scientific and military applications, announces the appointment of Christophe Piquet as its new Head of Sales and Marketing with immediate effect.

UUV Aquabotix Ltd. has announced the appointment of David Batista as Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s current CEO and founder, Durval Tavares, will assume the role of Chief Technology Officer.

Bruce H. Blakey, founder and President of WESMAR (Western Marine Electronics), announces that he has sold his company to local businessman Roger Fellows. The sale became effective November 1, 2017.

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered its first vessels to Marine Core & Charter LLC (MC2), a marine services company supporting the offshore energy sector in the Arabian Gulf. This is the first transaction between the two organisations and Damen is delighted to be setting out on what it hopes will be a productive and long-lasting relationship with MC2.