Milestones

OceanWise has announced that the 2017 AMSI Council Business Person of the Year has been awarded to their Managing Director, Dr. Mike Osborne. The award was presented by Mr. Terry Sloane, Chairman of the AMSI Council of the Society of Maritime Industries during the Ocean Business 2017 Gala Dinner in Southampton on 5 April.

Specialist engineering consultancy AS Mosley is aiming to develop new links with energy industry businesses around the world at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) this spring.

One of the UK’s fastest growing safety training companies has broken ground on a major project to refurbish its newly purchased 20,000 sq. ft. headquarters at Glasgow Airport.

Peter Thomson, President of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) met with Paul Holthus, CEO of the World Ocean Council (WOC), to collaborate on fostering private sector input, commitments and participation in The Ocean Conference at the United Nations in New York (5-9 June 2017).

Decom North Sea, the membership organization for the oil and gas decommissioning sector, has announced it will host a networking business breakfast during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) next month.

Independent geoscience and engineering service provider, Next Geosolutions, announces the acquisition of UK-based marine resource solutions company, RMS Submarine Ltd.

Planet Ocean officially sealed the agreement at the Ocean Business exhibition in Southampton and are now the UK and Ireland distributor for this important new technology from fluidion which allows remote acquisition of water samples and in-situ analysis of E.Coli in onshore or coastal waters.

NOAA is seeking new members for its Hydrographic Services Review Panel, a federal advisory committee that advises the NOAA administrator on the agency’s hydrographic programs, products and technology.

On March 29, the Crowley Maritime Corp. crew aboard the company-managed USNS Invincible demonstrated their commitment to environmental stewardship by saving a distressed sea turtle, which had become entangled in nets and fishing lines in offshore waters near Southwest Asia.

The Hydrographic Society UK, which maintains a domestic and overseas individual and institutional membership in nearly 45 countries, is to stage the 59th non-profit Marine Measurement Forum (MMF) covering key issues for all nearshore and offshore applications, at BP’s Upstream Learning Centre, Sunbury-on-Thames, on Friday 7 July.

Foundation Center announces the launch of FundingTheOcean.org, a dynamic knowledge hub designed to track, inform, and inspire ocean conservation philanthropy around the world. It is a free resource aiming to level the playing field for everyone interested in saving our ocean.

Robert Gordon University (RGU) has today launched a new set of online short courses to help professional development and address skills needs within the oil and gas industry.