Milestones

In a historic occasion, Global Underwater Hub (GUH) – a leading trade and industry development body for the UK’s underwater sectors – received a visit from HM The King on Friday 25th September.

Argeo, a global leader in robotic and digital solutions for the ocean space, and Shearwater GeoServices Holding, a global provider of geophysical marine seismic acquisition and processing services, have entered a strategic alliance (“the Transaction”) for innovating and pioneering new technology and products across the subsea and marine seismic markets.

Advanced Navigation, the world’s most determined innovator in artificial intelligence (AI) for robotic and navigation technologies, has unveiled a new high-tech robotics facility for autonomous systems based at UTS Tech Lab in Botany, New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Team Trident, a leader in recruiting and staffing highly skilled professionals to the subsea construction industry, has named Dan Gaspard vice president of operations.

Kraken Robotics Inc. announces that Ms. Lynne Adu will take over leadership of Kraken’s Services business, expanding her current role as Vice President Commercial at Kraken. In 2018, Ms. Adu joined PanGeo Subsea (acquired by Kraken in 2021) as General Manager and VP Commercial.

The Center for Offshore Safety (COS) has announced the winners of the 2023 Safety Leadership Awards during its Annual Safety Forum, held September 12 in Houston.

After an impressive six year term, culminating in a hugely successfully event hosted by the MST sector council earlier this year, the group’s Chair, Phil Durrant, is stepping down.

Energy Industry membership organization, the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR), has appointed Kevin Keable as their new Executive Chair.

Global Maritime, a leading provider of marine and offshore engineering consultancy services, is pleased to announce the appointment of James Vavasour as the global Business Stream Director for Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) services. In this key role, James will lead and direct our marine warranty survey services on a global scale.

Verlume, a specialist in clean energy system integration, intelligent energy management and energy storage, has appointed Gillian Thomson as Head of People.

The Society for Underwater Technology’s (SUT) 9th International Offshore Site Investigation (OSIG) Conference “Innovation Geotechnologies for Energy Transition” held last week (12-14 September) at Imperial College London, saw the award of the inaugural Mick Cook Award for Significant Contribution to Marine Site Investigation and Characterization to Tor Inge Tjelta, who received a prize of £1000, a trophy and a certificate.

PGS and TGS have agreed the principal terms of a combination of TGS and PGS to create a strong full-service energy data company.