Milestones

Kongsberg Maritime (KM) is happy to announce that its HUGIN AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) has scored a significant top-three prize in the 2020 AUVSI XCELLENCE awards.

RBR, designer and manufacturer of oceanographic instruments in Ottawa, Canada, has moved into new headquarters.

Global subsea controls company J+S Subsea, has appointed Phil Reid as its first managing director and broadened its leadership team with industry stalwart Doug Sedge joining its board as a non-executive director.

Logan Industries (Logan), a hydraulic repair, manufacturing and rental company, has been awarded a contract to manufacture a set of unique safety cages to keep offshore technicians safe while inspecting subsea connectors on blowout preventers (BOPs) while on deck.

TechnipFMC announces that Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President of Equinor ASA, Development and Production Brazil, has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective October 1, 2020.

Already a leading provider of subsea products, Advanced Insulation is strengthening their Subsea division with the acquisition of Bardot, a French-based specialist who engineer and design all S.U.R.F functions based on polymers, syntactic or steel technologies.

Aqueos Corporation, a premier provider of subsea services to the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Coast, has announced the appointment of Jack Lounsbury to the position of Senior Account Manager.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is holding a Lifting & Rigging webinar on October 1, 2020 with the theme ‘Crane Systems: Offshore Lifting’. 

McDermott International, Ltd has been recognized by the Singapore Business Review with a Malaysia International Business Award in the engineering category.

RE2 Robotics, a leading developer of intelligent mobile manipulation systems, announces that the company has expanded its Lawrenceville campus with the acquisition of a new facility. The new space will help the company to meet the growing demand for its robotic systems in both the defense and commercial markets.

AIRMAR® Technology Corporation, a world leader in ultrasonic sonar and Chirp technology, is pleased to welcome Brian Vlad to the company as Marine Product Line Manager.

Fugro CEO Mark Heine joined a select and diverse group of global business leaders and top United Nations (UN) and government decision makers on September 21, for the first Ocean Stewardship Annual Review meeting.