Milestones

Teledyne Marine announces that the group has successfully hosted its second biennial users’ conference, entitled the Teledyne Marine Technology Workshop (TMTW), October 15-18 in San Diego, California.

Cyberhawk Innovations, the world leader in inspection and survey using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), has been certified as an External Specialist by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) in providing inspections for internal tanks using UAVs.

Jim Ledwell, Emeritus Research Scholar at WHOI, has been named a 2017 Fellow of The Oceanography Society (TOS). The society noted his many achievements, in particular his “seminal contributions to the understanding of ocean mixing”, as the reason for his selection.

ASV Global, a global leading developer of autonomous vessel technology, has named Mark Exeter as the new Managing Director of its Portchester, UK office. Mr. Exeter’s predecessor, Dan Hook, moves into a new role as Senior Director – Business Development focussing on further market expansion.

In October 1974, the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) held its 13th Plenary in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2018, the Plenary will return to the coastal city for its upcoming session as well as celebrate 60 years of heritage since its incorporation in 1958.

OceanWise, supported by the Association for Geographic Information (AGI), hosts its popular annual Data Management & GIS Workshop on Wednesday 22 November 2017, at The School of Economic Science, 11 Mandeville Place, London W1U 3AJ.

Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC, ADR: SUBCY) (the Group) has announced an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% shareholdings in its equity accounted joint ventures, Normand Oceanic AS and Normand Oceanic Chartering AS, from Solstad Farstad ASA for a nominal cash consideration.

Ocean Industry Status, Trends and Projections for All Major Business Sectors Will Be Presented at World Ocean Council’s SOS 2017 in Relation to U.N. Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Deep Ocean announces that the NIS-300 digital control console has successfully passed the CE and FCC qualifications.

Having spent almost half of his 30+ years of experience with OceanWorks, it’s a befitting role that Mr. Grob takes on; leading the technical staff and providing innovative solutions to OceanWorks customers in all markets.

Kelvin Hughes CEO, Russell Gould has succeeded Mr. Peter French as Chairman of the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI).

Global Marine Group (“GMG”), a leading provider of offshore engineering services to the telecommunications, oil & gas, and renewables industries, announces that Global Marine Systems Limited (“GMSL”) has entered into an agreement with Fugro N.V. (“Fugro”) (AMS: “FUR”) under which GMG will acquire Fugro’s trenching and cable lay services business.