Reach Subsea has, together with MMT, been awarded several contracts and call-offs under frame agreements for 2020 execution, representing about 450 project days. The projects involve both inspection, survey and construction support work across Europe and the Americas, for major operators in both the oil & gas and renewables sectors.

Engineering firm, Innovo, has relocated its ground-breaking electric Modular Reel Drive System (RDS), Innodrive 800T to Aberdeen to ensure that it is readily accessible to the North Sea, Southern North Sea and West Africa.

Pharos Marine can trace their origins back to 1904, and have been producing world class navigation buoys throughout the World. Planet Ocean are experts in the field of sensors and systems and have been producing data buoy solutions since 2004.

Equinor is making a planned change to the leadership of Exploration.

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), a marine environmental consulting firm, has recently performed pre- and post-construction seagrass surveys associated with the repair of three marine power distribution cables in West Palm Beach, Miami Beach, and Bay Harbor Islands.

Mark de Barr has joined the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) as Technical Adviser – Marine specialising in Dynamic Positioning (DP) and vessel assurance.

Wild Well Control, Inc., a Superior Energy Services company and a global leader in well control and engineering services, now offers WellSharp Live: an IADC-approved distance learning training delivery option for all WellSharp Drilling and Well Servicing well control courses.

MacArtney has started manufacturing of the first eLARS system, expected to come out of production in summer 2020.

The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) appointed and approved the 2020-21 term of the NOIA Board of Directors and Executive Committee. There are 12 new members on the Board of Directors and three new members on the Executive Committee:

Greensea, creator of OPENSEA®, the open software architecture for the marine industry, recently added key personnel to its engineering team in their Plymouth, Massachusetts office to support their hull robotics program. 

Okeanus Science & Technology (Okeanus), an established provider of marine equipment and engineering services, today announced the appointment of Amanda Ingram as one of the firms Senior Project Managers. Amanda comes to Okeanus with over 25 years’ experience in the subsea industry.

Leading the way in multi-hull applications, BMT has released details of its next generation ‘Pentamaran’ platform for autonomous applications.

Sonardyne International Ltd. and XOCEAN have successfully completed a live seabed-to-shore data harvesting mission using an unmanned surface vessel (USV) for A/S Norske Shell, as part of a seabed monitoring campaign at the giant Ormen Lange field offshore Norway.

Delmar Systems, Inc. successfully completed the 200^th mooring line release using RAR Plus Releasable Mooring System (RMS) during Equinor’s Barents Sea drilling campaign utilizing Odfjell’s Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible drilling rig. The rig disconnection was performed in less than an hour and half without assistance from an Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel.

Sparrows Group has become the first authorized external service provider for Dana’s Brevini® winch and hoisting products in the USA.

NOAA has forged a formal agreement with Vulcan Inc., the company created by the late Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen, to share data resulting from the two organization’s ocean work.