Milestones

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) announces that it recently received the Sunshine State Safety Recognition Award for employee and management emphasis on safety. CSA’s commitment to safety is reflected in the daily activities of its personnel as well as the personal involvement from management in support of the safety program. The Sunshine State Safety Recognition Award serves as validation of a company’s achievements and track record.

The prize was presented to the cable-laying vessel’s owner, President and CEO of NKT Michael Lyng, shipbuilder Kleven’s CEO Ståle Rasmussen, design company Salt Ship Design’s CEO Arne Stenersen and captain of the vessel, Svein Ole Sæter.

Almost 800 delegates from over 25 countries attended the 60th OCEANS '17 MTS/IEEE conference at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) in Aberdeen June 19-22.

AML Oceanographic Ltd. (AML) has purchased the global rights to the Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) product line from Rolls-Royce Canada. Originally developed in Halifax by Brooke Ocean Technology (BOT) and later owned by Rolls-Royce, the MVP system is widely known as the industry standard in high speed, underway profiling. This acquisition enables leading instrumentation and sensor manufacturer AML to provide an integrated profiling platform to the hydrographic survey market.

With the Ocean Business team now back from organizing another international event held just six weeks after the largest Ocean Business event to date – they have now had time to review and analyze the figures. The 10th anniversary Ocean Business, held in April at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK, has once again exceeded all expectations with 4350 attendees through the door from an incredible 61 countries.

Coda Octopus Products Ltd. announces that it has consolidated and expanded its Edinburgh facilities. The new facility will enhance their product delivery and service provision by co-locating all business functions within a single, integrated location and through the extension of our on-site capabilities.

According to the latest statistics, over 25 percent of people will experience a mental health problem at some point in their lives and for those working offshore, this figure is significantly and potentially dangerously higher. What’s more, the problem’s growing.

The sale of three FlowCam instruments to Grieg Seafood ASA represents the largest sale in the history of Fluid Imaging Technologies. Grieg Seafood headquartered in Bergen, Norway, is one of the world’s leading fish farming companies specializing in Atlantic salmon.

BluHaptics, the software company pioneering new technology for augmented robotics, and J2 Subsea, an Acteon company and global supplier of subsea tooling and services, have formed a sales and distribution partnership for BluHaptics’ first commercially available product – a software solution to make the operation of underwater manipulator arms safer and more effective.

Stress Engineering Services, Inc., (SES) the global leader in consulting engineering services, has teamed up with DeepMar Consulting to expand its existing upstream service offerings. The integrated team will work alongside clients to increase assurance of successful projects in regards to health, safety and environment (HSE), reliability and efficiency.

BIRNS, Inc. has announced that it has expanded its sales team with the appointments of Alan Whitebook as Sales Applications Engineer and Jenny Ong as Customer Service Representative. The additions to BIRNS’ sales team come amid continued strong global demand for the ISO 9001:2008, NAVSEA PRO-020-certifed company’s high performance lighting and connector systems.

Martek Marine (Martek), a world authority on maritime drone applications is thrilled to announce the official appointment of drone specialist Martin Appel as UAS Technical Manager joining the rapidly expanding number of drone and aviation experts that make up the company’s UAS Division.