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.

ENGenious 2020, the sister event to SPE Offshore Europe, scheduled to be held in Aberdeen from 22-24 September, is to move from a face-to-face conference and exhibition to a virtual conference format.  

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.

Stress Engineering Services, Inc., (SES), a global leader in consulting engineering services and solutions, has developed a sustainability scorecard with RPS, a leading global professional services firm, to assess the emissions, carbon footprint and environmental impact of systems, sub-systems and facilities in the upstream, downstream and midstream sectors, in addition to manufacturing plants, power plants, wastewater systems and processing systems.

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.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the current low oil price environment will strongly impact Seabed Geosolutions’ activity levels and results this year.

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.

Bjørn Thore Ribesen (49) will join Vår Energi as VP Field Development & Projects Monday 1 June. He comes from the position as Senior Vice President, Drilling & Wells in Aker Energy.

Loganair has made a first foray into Eastern Europe, supporting travel for key workers from Latvia and Poland in the North Sea emergency response industry.