Milestones

Mooring Systems, Inc. announces its 20-year anniversary since designing and manufacturing the original pop-up buoy components of the Benthos 875-PUB.

Canadian Ambassador to the U.N. to Keynote World Ocean Council (WOC) Sustainable Ocean Summit Session on Investment.

Leading Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel (ERRV) operator Atlantic Offshore Scotland Ltd, has secured a two-year firm charter with Maersk Oil UK.

Marking a true unique test, Damen has successfully completed full scale roll-over testing of its Search and Rescue Vessel 1906 with running engines. The tests were performed in Antalya, Turkey in cooperation with the Turkish Coast Guard and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in addition to engine manufacturer MTU.

Teledyne Oceanscience announces the addition of Vitad Pradith to the team in the role of Technical Sales Manager. Pradith was the Project Lead for Unmanned Systems at HYPACK where he successfully led the development of the NEXUS Unmanned Aerial LiDAR System. Pradith facilitated HYPACK installations aboard many Unmanned Surface Vessels including the integration of new sensors and improving the user experience with these platforms.

Aquaterra Energy, a leading global offshore engineering solutions provider, has appointed Nick Hawkes as its new Financial Director as the company gears up for service expansion.

Leading international subsea solutions company, Kreuz Subsea, has announced AJ Jain as chief executive officer and Balaji Bhashyam as chief operating officer.

Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. (Phoenix) announces that Darren Van Ryn has been hired as their new Commercial Underwater Ship Husbandry Supervisor for the Gulf of Mexico region.

A digital transformation of oil and gas safety-critical emergency response training is set to save the industry more than a million hours of training time per year, driving time and cost efficiencies across the sector, a gathering of world-wide industry leaders heard today.

Eric Rose, formerly of Weiler Products and Caterpillar, has joined Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. as Director of Business Development. He is responsible for the marine service company’s long-term revenue generation, and the support of Global’s regions and service lines, including marine construction, commercial diving, environmental services and marine casualty response.

At the next MTS Houston lunch on December 7, David Gilbert with ExxonMobil will present a summary of the HOOPS dead-leg inspection project. His presentation will include the summary results of the AUT and Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD) inspections. David will also present and discuss the project’s diving safety assurance process from both the company and from industry guidance viewpoints.

InterMoor, a leading provider of mooring services, foundation solutions and offshore installations in subsea services group Acteon, has named Mark Jones, global chief executive officer. Key objectives of this new role include building more structure and greater collaboration amongst business units, focusing on areas of growth and mobilizing new services across the regions, with the goal of strengthening InterMoor’s global position.