Milestones

Leader in safety and communication at sea Ocean Signal has strengthened its expanding sales and product team with the appointment of Steve Moore as its new Product Manager.

CEDA-IADC’s Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure Conference program is officially announced. Two days’ worth of interactive sessions will give delegates an opportunity to apply key topics set forth in the forthcoming CEDA-IADC guidebook Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure.

In June, LLOG Exploration delivered first production from their Crown and Anchor field in the Gulf of Mexico. This milestone also represents a major achievement for Aberdeen based Enpro Subsea as it is the first of multiple deployments by LLOG of their patented Flow Access Module (FAM) technology.

Pete Jones has joined Neptune Energy Group Holdings Limited as UK Managing Director and will be based in Aberdeen. Most recently Mr. Jones held the position of Managing Director of Taqa Europe.

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc., a marine environmental consulting firm that specializes in multidisciplinary projects concerning potential impacts of activities in coastal and marine ecosystems, thas announced that Dr. Teresa Thorpe has joined the Team at CSA’s headquarters in Stuart, Florida, as the new Proposal Coordinator.

Global Marine Systems Limited (GMSL) trading as the Global Marine Group (GMG), a market leader in offshore engineering services to the telecommunications, renewables and oil & gas industries, announces that it has appointed Ian Bryan, Managing Director of Group Operations; Mike Daniel, Managing Director of Global Offshore and Mark Preece, Managing Director of CWind to its Board of Directors effective from July 2nd 2018.

Seatronics, an Acteon company, global leaders in the rental and sale of marine electronic equipment has doubled its stock of Sonic 2024 Multibeam Echosounders with the acquisition of eleven new systems from long-term supplier R2 Sonic.

Trelleborg’s offshore facility based in Skelmersdale, UK, broke ground on its new 630m² / 2,066ft² testing facility that will house two state-of-the-art hyperbaric test chambers. The new equipment will be able to simulate extreme deepwater pressure conditions, enabling accurate testing of subsea and drilling equipment.

Students from thirteen universities representing Australia, China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and the United States will compete December 8 - 15 in the AUVSI Foundation's Maritime RobotX Challenge in Oahu, Hawaii. Teams will battle for cash prizes and bragging rights by completing a series of tasks to demonstrate navigation and control; obstacle detection and avoidance; station keeping and docking; and observation, identification and reporting of a specified target.

Woods Hole Group, Inc. announces its new location at 107 Waterhouse Road, Bourne MA 02523. The move also is home the company previously known as Horizon Marine, Inc., which merged with Woods Hole Group in January.

On July 27, DAMEN SeaXplorer marked a milestone in the construction of the SeaXplorer 77 expedition yacht at a keel laying ceremony at Damen Shipyards Galati on the banks of the Danube. The owner attended the ceremony and welded the traditional coin on the keel. Following the hull building phase, the 77-metre luxury expedition yacht (253 ft) will arrive at Damen’s Vlissingen East yard in the Netherlands for completion and on-schedule delivery in Q4 2020.

Cyberhawk, a world leader in drone inspection and visual asset management software, has announced its most successful year as the company celebrates a decade in business.