Milestones

The World Ocean Council (WOC) is working with WOC Member Kelley Drye to deliver the Ocean and Waterways Conference on March 8, 2019 in Houston. The event expands upon the ongoing Kelley Drye efforts to engage the business community in understanding and proactively addressing ocean and waterway risks, challenges and opportunities.

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc., a global leader of expedition cruises and adventure travel experiences, announces that it has signed an agreement with Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein to build a new polar vessel, expanding the line’s National Geographic polar fleet to four ships.

On February 21, 2019, Planet Ocean Ltd and EOM Offshore LLC formed a strategic relationship. Planet Ocean Ltd will now serve as an exclusive representative for EOM Offshore in the UK and Ireland.

SeeByte, a global leader in software solutions for unmanned maritime systems, announces the appointment of Robert Johnson as Business Development Manager for Defence, effective immediately. Robert joins with a remit to further strengthen SeeByte’s position in the rapidly growing defence market for unmanned systems.

Shipowner SunStone Ships has signed their fourth shipbuilding contract on an expedition cruise ship in their Infinity series. The vessel, which will be constructed at the CMHI yard in China, is a CX103 design featuring the X-BOW® and designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions.

Reinforcing its commitment to develop new and consistent digital communication tools, Trelleborg’s offshore operation has launched a new easy to navigate Chinese language web site.

Internationally recognized shipbuilder, Gobbler Boats Ltd., has announced a group expansion following a new project in Nigeria. The project will see 31 state-of-the-art oil recovery boats and a number of Hovercrafts (Govercraft®) scour the African state’s off-shore and coastal waters as an efficient, economical and viable way to eliminate pollution.

Following the merger of Infoplaza BV and BMT ARGOSS BV in July 2018, the trading name of BMT ARGOSS will change to Infoplaza Marine Weather with immediate effect. With this change the full range of international offshore and maritime services of both companies will be incorporated under the Infoplaza brand.

Representatives from major maritime technology companies and related industry stakeholders gathered in London for the inaugural meeting of the Smart Maritime Council, a new initiative created by the Smart Maritime Network to support collaboration and standardisation in the development of IT systems for the shipping sector.

The dredging market will record a modest 2.7% CAGR between the forecast 2017 and 2022, according to a new study.

Okeanus Science & Technology, LLC (Okeanus), an established marine equipment and engineering service provider, today announced that they have moved its manufacturing facility to a new space, located at 11989-A FM 529, Houston, TX 77041, to expand services, production capability and capacity starting in 2019.

In January 2019, after an extensive search, the Marine Technology Society (MTS) appointed Kathleen Herndon, PhD as their new Executive Director. Judging from the buzz in the exhibition room at the recent Underwater Intervention conference in New Orleans, they made an excellent choice.