Milestones

Broco, Inc.® announces the election of Gary Jones to the Board of Directors of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI). Mr. Jones was elected at last month’s ADCI annual meeting following the Underwater Intervention trade show in New Orleans. He manages Broco Underwater Cutting and Welding product sales and has worked for Broco for more than eight years.

UTEC, a leading global survey company in subsea services group Acteon, has welcomed a new Chief Executive Officer as its original founder retires from the business.

SEARCH, Inc. announces that Dr. James Delgado will be joining SEARCH as the firm’s Senior Vice President on May 1, 2017.

Bristow U.S. LLC t announces that it has been awarded a contract with Shell Offshore, Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), for medevac and search and rescue (SAR) services in the Gulf of Mexico.

Fugro is to boost its marine site characterization services for the oil and gas industry in the Republic of Guyana with a new strategic alliance with Ground Structures Engineering Consultants Ltd. The new relationship will facilitate training for Guyanese citizens and support local economic development.

Greensea, creator of OPENSEA^TM, the universal marine industry operating platform, has recently announced the appointment of Morgan Gomez as Engineering Technician. Morgan earned his Associates of Applied Science Degree, Engineering Technology - Unmanned Aerial Systems from Northwestern Michigan College. Morgan enjoys snowboarding, running, and hiking.

The World Ocean Council (WOC) continues to provide information to the ocean business community on the legal and policy aspects of ocean sustainable development.

AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) will be exhibiting at Ocean Business 2017 at the National Oceanography Center in Southampton, UK. Visitors to the AXYS booth will learn about the AXYS range of solutions including the market leading WindSentinel FLiDAR, the unique TRIAXYS with currents buoy and AXYS new cloud-based geoportal, AXYS-APS.

A near-tragedy was the inspiration for the Life Cell, an innovative floating safety device. Now, the product and its inventor, Scott Smiles, have caught the attention of the Australian government. Smiles was awarded a $370,000 AUD grant (roughly $280,000 USD) to help Life Cell Marine Safety commercialize the product internationally.

SeeByte, a global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems has achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certification for the design of its Business Management System. This follows a successful assessment by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA).

Two Houston-based solution providers in the oil and gas industry, Mexssub and INTECSEA, announced the formation of a strategic alliance built to deliver permanent riser and pipeline integrity solutions to operators worldwide. The companies presented details of the alliance at oil and gas industry trade show, Subsea Tieback and Exhibition, hosted in San Antonio, March 21-23.

Has someone in your company developed a smart idea to improve on-the-job safety, avoid accidents and save lives? Now is the time to submit that idea to the IADC Safety Committee for its Annual Safety Award.