Milestones

Work has begun on expanding Osbit’s headquarters to accommodate the company’s rapidly expanding workforce and facilitate an increase in demand for its engineering expertise in the global offshore renewables and oil & gas markets.

Leading marine operations software company Helm Operations has announced that it has surpassed the 4000 vessel mark on its industry-leading maritime asset management and operations platform, Helm CONNECT. Since launching Helm CONNECT in July 2016, more than 1000 vessels have joined the platform each year, with the 4000 vessel mark reached earlier this month.

A new offshore engineering company is the latest tenant to move into Blyth Workspace to accommodate the increase in demand for its engineering expertise in the offshore renewables and oil & gas markets.

Classification society DNV GL, Kongsberg Maritime and Subsea7 have successfully concluded the pilot testing of Kongsberg Maritime’s (KM) DP Digital Survey (KMDS) application on board the Subsea7 vessel Seven Kestrel. The pilot tested the use of a remote digital verification tool for testing dynamic positioning (DP) systems as part of DNV GL’s D-Class project.

OceanWise and Planet Ocean, two major global players in marine environmental monitoring, have signed a partnership agreement to “improve capability, quality control and serviceability” for their customers.

Under the theme ‘Critical Infrastructure across the Oceans—protecting submarine cables and the marine environment,’ the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) held its largest Plenary meeting in the organization’s history with a diverse submarine cables and related industry audience of about 150 delegates from 14-16 May 2019 in San Diego, California USA.

DNV GL and KONGSBERG have signed a memorandum of understanding with the ambition to help bring about digitalization of the maritime industry and greatly enhance customer benefit and ease.

Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd. announce that they have signed a contract to supply a 200Te Multi-Mode Pre Lay Plough to leading marine service provider Boskalis N.V.

“Captain’s log: Friday, 7 June 2019. XPRIXE launches a new fiction anthology. The back cover indicates that it features original short stories set in a future when technology has helped unlock the secrets of the ocean. From browsing the contents, it appears to be some kind of must-read for terrestrial humanoids. Will inform the crew.”

Fortune 500® science and technology leader Leidos and international energy consultancy Xodus Group are joining forces on a new North America offshore wind alliance, bringing a wealth of expertise to the growing industry. The move will leverage Leidos’ extensive renewable capabilities with Xodus Group’s 14-year track record in offshore European energy projects.

Chris Malzone has joined AML Oceanographic as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Chris comes to AML with over 25 years’ experience in marine technology, having held positions from Research Scientist and Engineer to Vice President and General Manager.

CGG, a leading geoscience company, announces collaboration with Microsoft to deliver its geoscience products, data and services on Microsoft Azure and accelerate Exploration and Development workflows for its oil and gas company clients.