Milestones

Basingstoke-based Aquatec, announced earlier in February as the winner of Global Underwater Hub’s Subsea Expo Best Small Company Award, has now been honored with two additional accolades while exhibiting at the Offshore Technology Conference 2022 in Houston.

Accurate ocean topography is essential for navigation, telecommunications, offshore energy, and understanding weather and climate, but less than 20% of the global ocean has been mapped. This lack of exploration is largely due to the high cost of accessing our oceans, which has traditionally been undertaken by large ships that are very expensive to build and operate.

Leading harsh environment drilling contractor, Dolphin Drilling has appointed Michael Boyd to the role of VP of Marketing as the company targets further growth and strengthens its presence in the North Sea market.

Rovco has appointed Craig Davis to the new key role of Global Account Director – Survey, as it moves to further accelerate the growth of its core capabilities and portfolio of offshore survey solutions.

NDT Global has been awarded the second consecutive RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) GOLD Award based on Health and Safety performance in 2021.

The World Ocean Council (WOC), City of Barcelona and Port of Barcelona are partnering to develop the leading global hub for the Blue Economy — which will now include the headquarters for WOC, the global Blue Economy Business and Investment Organization.

Intellian, a leading provider of future-proof satellite communications solutions, has announced the upcoming launch of another factory in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, marking an expansion of the company’s HQ base.

Ocean Signal Ltd, global leaders in communication and safety at sea technology, has achieved the prestigious ISO 9001:2015 standard for Quality Management Systems.

Siemens Gamesa has appointed Tim Dawidowsky as its Chief Operating Officer. Dawidowsky, who has been a member of the Board of Directors of Siemens Gamesa since 2020, joins the company on May 5 from Siemens Energy where he was serving as Senior Vice President, Project Excellence.

Armach Robotics announces that Karl Lander has been promoted to Director, Regulatory Compliance and Outreach. Following its public launch in March 2022, Armach Robotics (Armach), the robotic hull-cleaning subscription service announces the strengthening of its team with the promotion of Karl Lander to Director, Regulatory Compliance and Outreach.

OceanWise’s Shane Djokey, who started with the team in September 2020 (slap bang in the middle of the covid-19 pandemic!) has been awarded a distinction in his apprenticeship as ‘Software Development Technician’.

CGG has become a member of the Centre for Geophysical Forecasting, a world-leading research and innovation consortium based in the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).