Chet Morrison Contractors (Morrison), a leading energy service company for the oil, gas and renewables industries, has been awarded a 2017 American Equity Underwriters, Inc. (AEU) Safety Award for the company’s strong commitment to safety in the workplace.

Tiger Offshore Rentals (“Tiger”), a leading global provider of transportation and storage equipment to the offshore oil and gas industry, has acquired Rigzone Mechanical Equipment LLC (“Rigzone”), including its manufacturing facility and its fleet of DNV certified offshore cargo carrying units (CCUs) in the United Arab Emirates.

Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has successfully delivered a significant contract to an independent oil and gas development and production company.

Global subsea equipment specialist, Ashtead Technology, has underlined its commitment to continued growth with the appointment of Stephen Steele as corporate development director.

N-Sea Offshore Limited is carrying out work on a £30 million contract to provide subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services for an oil and gas development and production company.

Point Resources has executed the remaining part of the option for the maintenance and modifications contract with Aker Solutions.

The ABB Ability™ Marine Pilot Control dynamic positioning (DP) system, unveiled at the maritime trade fair SMM, simplifies ship maneuvering with an intuitive touchscreen-based user interface and enables safer, more efficient ship operations.

Paul Smith has been appointed group managing director at UTEC Survey (UTEC), one of the industry’s leading off- and onshore survey companies and part of subsea services group Acteon.

Danos announces the hiring of Rafe Blades as sales manager. Based out of the company’s Gray, Louisiana headquarters, Blades is responsible for overseeing sales strategies to maintain and expand the company’s customer base, as well as management of the sales team. Blades joins Danos with a ten year track record of sales experience.

The Phoenix Submarine Rescue Team deployed on board the M/V HOS DOMINATOR 9-19 July and completed eight days of submarine rescue operations off the coast of Catalina Island, which culminated in a satisfactory Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE) by Undersea Rescue Command’s (URC) parent command (Submarine Squadron ELEVEN) to maintain certification of the operators and equipment for independent operations.

2H Offshore, a riser and conductor specialist in subsea services group Acteon, has completed the first phase of the STREAM (STeel Riser Enhanced Analytics using Measurements) joint industry project (JIP) and has expanded the work into a second phase.

Okeanus Science & Technology (Okeanus), an established marine equipment and engineering services provider, has announced delivery of two Okeanus Model DT3030EHLWR winch systems to the Colombian Navy for magnetometer deployments.

Bollinger Shipyards, LLC, announces the promotion of Matthew Kuehne to General Manager of Bollinger Quick Repair.

Endeavor Management announces that the Decom JIP Phase II is now offered as part of the newly restructured and expanded DeepStar program.

LAGCOE, a nonprofit energy industry organization focused on promoting commerce and connecting people through educational programs and a technical exposition and conference, announces it will host LAGCOE 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The move allows strategic growth for the organization and increased industry participation in the biennial expo.

SeaRobotics Corporation (SeaRobotics) has delivered an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers for rapid post-hurricane hydrographic survey in the Caribbean.