Maritime engineering company Intermarine UK has landed a contract from Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside to supply the £160million RRS Sir David Attenborough polar ship.
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Riptide Autonomous Solution announces its first international expansion with the creation of Riptide Autonomous Solutions Canada. Headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Riptide Canada is being established to support the increasing demand in Canada and abroad for affordable, flexible AUV systems.
Paul Smith has been appointed group managing director at UTEC Survey (UTEC), one of the industry’s leading off- and onshore survey companies and part of subsea services group Acteon.
Global subsea equipment specialist, Ashtead Technology, has underlined its commitment to continued growth with the appointment of Stephen Steele as corporate development director.
Maritime safety equipment manufacturer and global service provider VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S has announced it has acquired Norsafe, the Norwegian boatbuilder whose lifeboats are used throughout the world. The acquisition is in line with VIKING’s long-running strategy of putting the customer’s needs and priorities first.
Unique Group, a leading integrated offshore solutions provider, has completed the acquisition of the Aberdeen headquartered, load-testing equipment provider, Water Weights.
Ørsted recently signed a six-year framework agreement with Trelleborg for the supply of NjordGuard™, a cable protection system, for use on upcoming wind farm projects.
CGG and PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PETRONAS Carigali), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), have agreed on a collaboration to provide access to CGG’s latest technology and expertise in high-end seismic and multi-physics imaging, and reservoir characterization.
August 29, 2018: Mercy Ships Cargo Day, an annual event established by the worldwide shipping community in 2016, has announced a $1 million target goal for 2018. The event, held Oct. 3, provides the opportunity for the shipping and trading community around the world to donate 50 percent of its commission on cargoes (Mercy Cargoes) or to make a direct financial contribution to Mercy Ships.
RIMS (Robotics In Maintenance Strategies) continues in their quest in the practical integration of drone technology in the world maritime surveying with yet another class society approval for the use of Remote Inspection Techniques (drones) during surveys of enclosed spaces, this time from ClassNK.
After extensive testing, the sigma S6 WaMoS®II Wave and Surface Current Monitoring System was re-certified by DNV-GL in May of this year. The system was certified compliant with IEC 60945 Ed. 4 (2002-08) maritime navigation and IEC 62288 Ed. 2.0 (2014-07) radio-communication equipment and systems for Wave Monitoring Systems.
The Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) is again convening a unique gathering of ocean business leaders - from across the sectors and around the world - to focus on action for ocean sustainable development.
The World Ocean Council is proud to present some of the initial high-level ocean business leaders featured in the SOS 2018 lineup, including:
- Kenneth Koo, Group Chairman and CEO, TCC Group (SOS 2018 Conference Chair)
- Mike Constable, CEO, Huawei Marine Networks
- Elisabeth Torstad, CEO, Digital Solutions, DNV GL
- Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, CEO, TOTOTHEO Maritime; International President, Women's International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA)
- Mike Utsler, former COO, Woodside Energy
- Mohamed Razali Bin Mohamed, CEO, Aquagrow Corporation
- Alla Weinstein, Founder and CEO, Trident Winds
Get to know the growing SOS 2018 program and speakers list here.
Leadership companies and industry organizations, and other ocean stakeholders, will come together again this year at the SOS 2018 in Hong Kong - a global maritime center for Asian ocean industries - for action on the critical industry challenges and opportunities in sustainable development and the Blue Economy.
With a focus on Asia and its relation to the global ocean economy, the SOS 2018 will assemble ocean industry CEOs to address the future of the ocean business, provide ocean economy projections, bring together women leaders in the maritime sector and Young Ocean Professionals, address port resiliency, sustainable fishing and aquaculture, energy from the ocean, marine biodiversity, and increasing ocean knowledge through industry data collection – and other topics critical to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.
In between the annual SOS event, the WOC is the global business organization working every day to bring together the full range of the diverse international ocean business community to catalyze private sector action on ocean sustainable development over the long term.