Milestones

French water treatment specialist BIO-UV Group has appointed Laurent-Emmanuel Migeon as its new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding company founder Benoît Gillmann.

Louisiana-based energy services company Danos has finalized the acquisition of Wood’s offshore labor supply Gulf of Mexico operations.

DNV has appointed Torgeir Sterri as new Offshore Classification Director for DNV Maritime, with effect from 1 March 2023. Lucas Ribeiro, former Area Manager for Iberia, Italy and Malta, will succeed Sterri as Regional Manager for West Europe.

Kongsberg Digital has entered a five-year agreement with the energy company Shell Global Solutions International B.V. to digitalize its global assets using Kongsberg Digital's digital twin technology.

Following an exponential rise in global demand for its AOGV isolation technology, subsea and topside pipeline specialist, IK Group has launched Izomax, a wholly owned but separate company focused upon the isolation tool.

Aqueos has announced the appointment of Eugenio Cortina to the position of VP – International Business and Strategic Development.

On March 8, International Women’s Day, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro, announced that the Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship formerly named USNS Maury (T-AGS 66) has been renamed USNS Marie Tharp (T-AGS 66).

Rovco, a global provider of advanced subsea robotics and integrated survey solutions to the offshore wind and oil field decommissioning sectors, has taken a major step forward as it progresses ambitious plans for greater global and sectoral growth.

Strohm, a world’s first and leading producer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP), has announced three senior appointments as it gears up for further growth after tripling its production capacity at its facility in The Netherlands.

Fern Communications, an OEG Offshore company, has opened a new office in Aberdeen and appointed an experienced engineering team to service Scotland’s mixed offshore energy sector.

Add Energy will establish a new office in Kuala Lumpur to support the Malaysian oil and gas industry.

As offshore wind continues to gain momentum in Asia Pacific, Ampelmann has opened an office in Taiwan in order to support these developments in the market. The new office will be manned by Business Development Manager Ramesh Namasivayam, who – together with the teams based in Singapore and Brunei – will be driving the effort to expand the company’s reach in the region.