The Marine Technology Society has announced that its membership has elected Dr. Josh Kohut, a professor at Rutgers University at the Center for Ocean Observing Leadership, to serve on its Board of Directors as the Vice President of Education, from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2022.

Aqueos Corporation has completed a major diving and ROV project on the West Coast. This included the subsea inspection of three large conventional jacket structures off the coast of California.

TDI-Brooks has partnered with Geotek LTD in the UK to expand their non-destructive core scanning services offered to clients.

The Supervisory Board of Fugro has decided to reduce Fugro’s Board of Management, which currently consists of three persons, to the CEO and CFO positions only.

The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) announces the hiring of Richard England and Ashley Parkins. Richard is the new NOIA Vice President of Government Affairs, while Ashley is joining NOIA as the Director of Meetings and Events. In addition, Justin Williams has been promoted to Vice President of Communications.

Aqueos Corporation mobilized its saturation diving vessel, DP2DSV Kelly Ann Candies, to US North East Coast and completed saturation diving and ROV campaigns for multiple clients.

Marine services company Malin Group has appointed oil and gas expert Alan Hunter in a new business development role, as the company looks to continue its growth in the sector.

Newton Labs M series underwater laser scanners have the ability to execute both high-resolution internal scans and fixed-line scans with IMUs at depths up to 4000 meters. These scanners are the only ones in the world that can do both at depth.

In the early hours of the 23^rd of December, an urgent inquiry was received from a Phoenix client requesting a proposal and timeline for a dive team to mobilize immediately to international waters 12 miles from the city of Auckland, New Zealand.

Aberdeen based production optimization specialist, Enpro Subsea has rounded off 2019 with the granting of supplementary patents which underpin and expand its already robust technology portfolio and further strengthens its offering to the global subsea market.  

DORIS Group has announced the appointment this quarter of Christophe Debouvry as its new CEO. Nicolas Parsloe remains non-executive Chairman of DORIS Group.

DNV GL, the technical advisor to the global oil and gas industry, has been awarded a framework agreement by DNO ASA to provide a broad portfolio of engineering and management support and verification services to support the operator, as it expands operations and developments in the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). DNV GL will support DNO in enhancing safety, maintaining compliance and reducing its environmental footprint as it seeks to achieve its ambitions in the region.

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced changes to the Executive Management Team, effective from 1 January, 2020.

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded two offshore contracts with a combined value of approximately EUR 85 million.

It’s December and it is once again time to look back on the past year, while paving the way into 2020. Ampelmann is revisiting a year of successes, game-changing innovations, and expansion into new territories.

N-Sea, a leading IRM subsea services provider, has experienced a prosperous year reporting an increase in sales with contract wins with new clients.