Milestones

The Marine Technology Society and the Society for Underwater Technology announced that they have entered into a three-year Memorandum of Agreement to explore ways to work together to the benefit of their collective membership.

Nidec ASI – head of the Nidec Industrial Solutions business platform belonging to the Nidec Group –is presenting its very first Nidec-brand battery system designed for large- and medium-sized boat propulsion systems at the Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo in Amsterdam.

Next Geosolutions, international turn-key geoscience and engineering services provider operating in the energy, infrastructure and utilities markets, has recently welcomed three new key team members.

Equinor and OMV have signed two memorandums of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on both the Wisting development in the Barents Sea and the concept development for the Hades/Iris discovery in the Norwegian Sea.

In-line with its long-standing commitment to helping to ensure a more sustainable future, Trelleborg’s marine and infrastructure operation is supporting The Ocean Cleanup and its bid to rid the world’s oceans of plastic.

The Program Committee welcomes the submission of abstracts for presentation at the Sustainable Ocean Summit 2019 (Paris, 20-22 Nov), with the theme of “Investing in Ocean Futures: Finance and Innovation for the Blue Economy”.

Ampelmann, the Netherlands-based offshore access provider, has passed a new milestone: more than 10,000 safe personnel transfers for Mobil Production Nigeria (MPN), the local entity of ExxonMobil. The A-type system was installed on the Jascon-55 vessel, which is operated by West African Ventures and conducting maintenance work for MPN. The project started in January 2019.

ASL announces that Dr. Gary Borstad recently received the Val Shaw Memorial Award in recognition of his career- long contribution and lifetime achievements in practical remote sensing applied to natural resource management.

Okeanus Science & Technology, LLC (Okeanus), an established marine equipment and engineering service provider, today announced they have hired Phil Clements, a well-known engineer working in the maritime industry as lead engineer.

This week at the MTS-OES OCEANS Marseille conference, in France, the Marine Technology Society and the Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans announced their establishment of the Walter Munk Scholar Award.

Providing assurance for DP operations lies at the heart of the presentation being given by Captain Andy Goldsmith, Technical Adviser – Marine, the International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) at the 9^th Dynamic Positioning Asia 2019 conference and exhibition in Singapore 2-4 July.

Two and a half years on from the genesis of the FCS 7011 concept in response to extensive feedback from the offshore energy sector, the build of the first of this revolutionary design has begun at Damen Shipyards Antalya, Turkey.