Milestones

Teledyne Marine announces that Mark Grabowski has joined the Teledyne Marine OneTeam of professionals as sales manager in the Gulf of Mexico region for their Imaging and Instruments product lines. Mark brings with him a wealth of relevant experience, having supervised and implemented a broad scope of technical marine projects for the oil and gas industry over the past 18 years.

The Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime is one of the world's largest manufacturers of underwater technology and can look back on a long-term cooperation with GEOMAR. To further formalize this cooperation, GEOMAR’s Director Professor Peter Herzig and Bjørn Jalving, Vice-President Kongsberg Maritime Subsea, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 19 Decembe, 2017, in Kiel.

Global subsea excavation specialist James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has announced the formation of a joint venture with Ocean Team Asia Pacific (OTAP), a specialist Chinese offshore project, vessel and marine equipment provider.

Ocean News and Technology (ON&T) and Environment Coastal and Offshore (ECO) magazines will be well-represented at Oceanology International 2018, to be held 13-18 March at ExCel London. Both magazines are produced by TSC Publishing, a multi-media company that returns to Oi in 2018 in order to showcase their refreshed branding and to network with the companies who represent both the subject and object of their global coverage. Visit them at Stand P550.

MAN OVERBOARD Prevention & Recovery Workshop aims to reduce the risk caused by people falling in the water on vessels of all sizes. Fast moving sessions highlight the hard lessons learned from recent fatalities. Viable solutions are simple and effective. All sectors are invited to participate in this unique one day event that is being held at the Grand Harbour, Southampton UK on 17 April 2018.

BiSN, a global leader in innovative metal-to-metal downhole sealing solutions, has been awarded significant investment by the Aberdeen-based Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC).

All sectors are invited to participate in this unique event that focuses on viable energy solutions for sub IMO / sub 24 metre vessels. As most new power and propulsion technology is proving to be scalable this knowledge is becoming increasingly relevant to vessels of all sizes. The NEXT GENERATION Marine Power & Propulsion Conference is being held at the Grand Harbour, Southampton on 18 and 19 April 2018.

Level Personal has experienced strong growth since the start up in April 2016, with DeepOcean as one of their biggest customers. The cooperation is now strengthened through the launch of Level Offshore.

Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Ltd (Homeland) of Lagos, Nigeria, has taken delivery of another Damen 3307 Patrol Vessel for operations in the offshore oil fields in the Gulf of Guinea. This takes the total delivered vessels/Guardians since the first arrived in early 2014 to four.

Cable seal manufacturer Roxtec has secured a prestigious role on the BP West Nile Delta international project involving gas production in Egypt.

Mr. Peter Forhaug has been appointed by MMT board as acting CEO from 1 of January 2018 while the recruitment of a new permanent CEO is on-going.

Oceaneering International, Inc. (“Oceaneering”) announces that is subsidiary, Oceaneering Australia Pty Ltd, has formed a partnership with Australian owned and operated NDT Tech Ops to provide asset integrity services, including integrated inspection, non-destructive testing, and evaluation services, in the country.