Milestones

Damen and HST sign contract for second FCS 2710 at WindEnergy Hamburg

On 25 September, a milestone was achieved in the large-scale investment in the new test facility at Trelleborg’s offshore operation in Skelmersdale, England, as the first of two 185 ton hyperbaric pressure vessels arrived on site.

During the WindEnergy 2018 fair in Hamburg, Safeway BV based in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, introduced its third type of high-tech ‘motion-compensated’ walkway under the name ‘Safeway Albatross’. Safeway already has two types of active walk-to-work systems on the market, namely the ‘Safeway Seagull’ and the recently added ‘Safeway Osprey’.

Montrose Port, a leading support and service hub for the energy industry, has broadened its services to the north east energy industry by announcing its latest tenant, behavioral safety and culture change specialists, Ethos Empowerment.

O&M managers need to more actively and closely monitor the health of turbine blades at newer wind farms under five years of age, with the average of 7 repairs required per turbine significantly exceeding that of the 2.2 repairs for older wind farms. This is according to leading blade repair and inspection specialist Altitec, which has launched its 2018 Blade Repair Atlas, which provides a detailed breakdown of its operations across the UK, Europe and further afield.

Pioneering change, improving efficiencies, super basins and successful collaborations are among the powerful topics fueling the 16^th Women's Global Leadership Conference (WGLC) in Energy Oct. 29-30 in Houston.

The Center for Offshore Safety (COS) awarded its highest honor – 2018 Safety Leadership Awards – to Exxon Mobil Corporation and Baker Hughes, a GE Company last week during the “Spotlight on Excellence” sessions at the 2018 COS Safety Forum.

Teledyne Marine – Vehicles announces that Pete Furze has been promoted to Director, Navy Program Development – Vehicles. Furze has most recently been Teledyne Marine’s Product Line Manager for APEX profiling floats where his leadership has grown Teledyne’s market presence and customer satisfaction.

Marine Ventures International, Inc (MVI), a provider of marine environmental and technical personnel, announces the establishment of its Subject Matter Expert (SME) division, designed to meet the growing need for marine industry expertise associated with the recovery of offshore oil and gas.

L3 Technologies announces that it acquired ASV Global, LLC, a leading unmanned surface vessel (USV) and autonomous vessel control systems company on September 20.

The largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas in China, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has become the country’s first organization certified to train workers to OPITO safety standards.

BP, Equinor, Shell and Total CEOs announce that they have agreed to join forces to create a collaborative approach to human rights supplier assessments in the energy industry.