Acteon Group Ltd, a global provider of industry-leading products and services for the marine and subsea renewable, nearshore construction and oil and gas sectors, announced that Chris Johnston will be joining InterMoor as group managing director of its global moorings and anchors business. He will be based in Houston, TX, USA.

Kraken Robotics Inc., Canada’s Ocean Company, has announced that Quincy, Massachusetts based Dive Technologies Inc. (“Dive”) recently completed successful sea trials of a Large Displacement Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (LD-AUV) which was powered by Kraken’s pressure tolerant batteries.

Greensea, creator of OPENSEA®, the open architecture robotics platform for the marine industry, has hired Andrew Keefer, Senior Robotics Engineer, to advance navigation and autonomy technologies.

AGR has secured a frame agreement with Vår Energi AS to supply temporary contract workers across their extensive operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. 

Forum Energy Technologies has secured an order to supply specialist subsea equipment for a major cable maintenance project in South East Asia.

Dresser Natural Gas Solutions (Dresser NGS), a leading provider of measurement, instrumentation and piping solutions to the natural gas distribution and transmissions markets, has acquired Flow Safe, a manufacturer of spring-operated and pilot-operated high performance pressure relief devices.

Stinger Technology AS and Houston Mechatronics Inc. (HMI) have entered into a collaboration agreement.

Gibbs & Cox, Inc., a global leader in naval architecture and marine engineering, announces the expansion of services into Houston, Texas. The office will be led by Mr. Todd Carrico, a leading innovator in naval and offshore marine engineering technologies.

Maersk Training has recently announced a significant investment of $1million into its UK business, headquartered in Aberdeen.

Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics, a leading developer of autonomous systems for ocean-going vessels announces that it has accomplished its full $20M investment goal with a second close of $5M. The company announced the first close of $15M in July.

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) and SeaRobotics Corp. (SRC), both based in Stuart, Florida, announce the joint development of the next generation Utility Class Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV).

THREE60 ENERGY, a global energy services group, has won a multi-million pound contract to deliver Duty Holder services for DNO’s two assets in the UKCS.

ROSEN Group, leading providers of cutting-edge integrity solutions, continues to expand the high-quality consultancy support provided to North Sea operators following the appointment of industry expert, Tom Dubern.

Jon Fredrik Baksaas, the former CEO of Telenor, has been appointed as DNV GL’s new Chair of the board.

International engineering federation FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) has signed a major strategic collaboration agreement with the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), the umbrella organization for the worldwide private dredging industry, which will see the two organizations working more closely together and collaborating on matters of mutual interest over the next two years.

Oceaneering International, Inc. announced the appointment of Ben Hooker as Director of Business Development - Renewables.