The three-year-old company based in Ireland provides turnkey underwater data acquisition services with its growing fleet of innovative unmanned surface vessels (USVs) which deliver an unprecedented combination of safety, versatility, efficiency and productivity.

Aker Solutions is launching a series of structural and strategic changes to transform the company and enhance shareholder value by spinning off the wind and carbon capture businesses to shareholders and merging Aker Solutions ASA ("Aker Solutions") with Kværner ASA ("Kvaerner") to create an optimized supplier company.

Mitcham Industries, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Klein Marine Systems, Inc. have entered into an agreement with a major European defense contractor to jointly upgrade existing technology to create the next generation of synthetic aperture sonar systems for commercial and military markets. The new systems will be based on technology developed by each of parties over the past several years.  Financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed.

Modus Seabed Intervention Ltd, a specialist global provider of modular subsea vehicles and managed services has recently completed bathymetric survey and inspection work at a new deep water well exploration site in Mediterranean waters, offshore Israel.

Sparrows Group has enhanced its position in the US industrial market after securing a key distributor agreement with SKF, one of the world’s largest lubrication system, bearing and seal specialists.

Swedish energy company Vattenfall, which is developing Hollandse Kust Zuid, the largest wind farm off the Dutch coast, is joining Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports (AYOP).

Commercial diving contractor CanPac Marine Services used the SEAMOR Mako ROV to monitor conditions and assist CanPac’s dive team as it replaced damaged diffusers on a stormwater outfall in a high current area offshore of Victoria, British Columbia, at a depth of 60 meters (200 feet).

Trelleborg’s applied technologies operation will exhibit its innovative cable protection system, NjordGuard, at GOW V-Fest, a virtual conference and exhibition from Global Offshore Wind, which takes place online from July 22-24.  

The R/V Miss Emma McCall has recently joined the TDI-Brooks’ fleet of offshore research vessels. The Miss Emma is a multi-use oceanographic research vessel outfitted for a wide variety of oceanographic research duties for operations in the Northern/Southern Gulf of Mexico (GOM), US East Coast and elsewhere in the Americas.

Okeanus Science & Technology, LLC (Okeanus), an established provider of marine oceanographic engineered equipment, announced the appointment of Julie Knott as Sales Engineer to support the firm’s ongoing growth strategy.

Saab Seaeye’s first seven-function all-electric work-class manipulator has been developed by the world leader in electric underwater robotic vehicles.

CGG announces that Sercel has acquired a 34% shareholding in AMBPR, a start-up company that designs and markets autonomous robots for repairing (sanding and painting) large metallic structures, used in the maritime and energy industries.

Remote Medical International, a global leader in workplace health and safety services for Fortune 100 corporations and government services prime contractors, announced it completed its acquisition of SSI Group on July 1.

McDermott International Ltd. has appointed Tareq Kawash as Senior Vice President for its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region effective immediately. Kawash was formerly the Senior Vice President for the Europe, Africa, Russia and Caspian (EARC) region, which has been combined with the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. 

Global energy consultancy Xodus Group has appointed a US renewables vice president to head up a new office in Boston as the company looks to grow its offshore wind services across North America.

Petrofac, a leading international service provider to the energy industry, has successfully implemented its SkillsVX learning and competency software for offshore drilling services provider, Valaris, supporting its 7,000 employees globally to manage their learning and competency needs.