International engineering and technical service provider ODE has appointed Jinho Paik as its Korea Country Manager in conjunction with the opening of its new Seoul office in South Korea.

Wärtsilä has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SAACKE, the Germany based global supplier of marine firing plants for seagoing vessels, offshore plants and LNG tankers. The agreement will strengthen the companies’ ability to offer a comprehensive range of leading technology solutions to shipyards and ship owners. 

As the demand for EFMS continues to grow in the Southeast Asia / Asia Pacific region, FUELTRAX announces new representatives in these regions.

Teledyne Marine has contracted with SITECH Gulf to serve as their exclusive distributor in the U.A.E., Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt, and official distributor in select North African countries to represent their full line of marine products for civil engineering, offshore energy, and oceanographic applications.

After almost twelve months with a global pandemic, the MacArtney Group is focused on supporting its customers through the current crisis, strengthening its global reach and investing in a future with more innovative solutions and a return to pre-corona activity levels.

Specialist drilling waste management company, TWMA, has secured new headquarters in Aberdeen to support business growth and deliver remote operations for its customers.

Oilandgasjobsearch.com and global manpower company Brunel, have launched the Energy Outlook Report 2021. The report shares recruitment insights into a sector in transition, and points to a number of interesting trends based on data gathered from over 22,000 energy industry professionals across oil and gas, mining, power and renewables.   

DeepGreen Metals, which is exploring for deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a lower impact and more cost-effective alternative to terrestrial mining, has announced an upward revision to the nodule resource reported within the NORI-D exploration contract area held by its subsidiary, Nauru Ocean Resources, Inc.

C-Kore Systems has appointed Jeremy Edwards to represent C-Kore as their UK Sales Manager.

Torqeedo, Inc. announces the appointment of seasoned marine industry sales executive Patrick Bucci as senior director for business development for its electric and hybrid propulsion systems.

Twin Brothers Marine (TB), a leader in heavy steel fabrication for the oil & gas, infrastructure and renewables industries, has received the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) conditional certification for its Louisa, La. facility.   

Sea Machines Robotics, a leading developer of autonomous command and remote-helm control systems, has promoted Phil Bourque to the role of business development and sales director, U.S. Government, effective immediately.

Stratagraph, a pioneer in providing geological services to the global oil and gas industry for the past six decades, has named Ashby Pettigrew as its new company president.  

Cudd Well Control, a global onshore and offshore well control emergency response and critical well intervention provider, has entered into an alliance agreement with Worldwide Facilities, LLC, a national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter.   

Equinor experienced several serious incidents throughout the year, but also achieved a reduction in the number of serious incidents and personal injuries in 2020 compared to the previous year. The results support a good trend in safety performance during the last decade, but also demonstrate the need to further improve our safety work.

This year, the Equinor & Techstars Energy Accelerator will be entirely virtual. Ten selected startups will receive support by over one hundred mentors during the program.