Ultra Deep Solution has entered into a 5-year Charter agreement involving the DSCV Van Gogh DNV-GL class. Red Tech Offshore out of Malaysia who are an integrated Decommissioning Subsea Contractor have executed this charter with UDS.

The oil and gas industry has just 18 months to upgrade critical release hook systems on offshore lifeboats to meet new regulations imposed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to improve safety at sea.

Danos has announced that it has safely completed a painting and coating project on the Shell-operated Olympus Tension Leg Platform (TLP) located in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of schedule and nearly $1 million under budget. The Louisiana-based paint crew worked 31,000 man-hours and painted nearly 50 square feet per day, which included suspended cleaning and painting activity on the platform’s underside.

Global oil and gas solutions provider Tendeka has appointed Brad Baker as its new Chief Executive Officer as the independent completions and production optimization specialist gears up for further growth.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed an agreement to acquire Rapp Marine Group (RMG) in order to strengthen its offering for the fishery and research vessel segment.

Petrobras and ExxonMobil has signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a strategic alliance to jointly identify and evaluate potential business opportunities.

Ashtead Technology and Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. have agreed to form a joint venture, creating the industry’s leading provider of subsea survey and ROV equipment rental and associated services. Forum will contribute its subsea rentals business, currently trading as Forum Subsea Rentals.

Airborne Support Inc. (ASI) and Fototerra Aerial Survey LLC (Fototerra) announces a joint venture to provide integrated airborne oil spill response services in the Gulf of Mexico for the responder's community and the oil and gas operators.

Tiger Rentals Group, LLC (together with its affiliated companies, “Tiger Rentals”), a leading global oilfield and industrial equipment rental and services company, has completed the acquisition of the equity of Production Management Industries (“PMI”) from Superior Energy Services.

Leading subsea IMR provider N-Sea has announced the launch of Magsense, a vertical gradiometer array specifically designed for highly accurate Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) campaigns.

Delmar Systems Pty, LTD has purchased a new mooring equipment storage yard and base facility located #10 Pyramid Dr., Karratha, Western Australia.

Trelleborg’s offshore operation is committed to continuing its work in Mexico to help educate and develop specifications aimed at improving fire safety solutions used in harsh offshore environments. To this end, Hans Leo Hals, Managing Director for Trelleborg’s offshore operation based in Norway, met with leading oil and gas representatives in Mexico over a number of months to support in improving the safety of Mexico’s offshore assets in the Gulf of Mexico.

Global subsea equipment specialist, Ashtead Technology has successfully delivered an advanced subsea laser scanning project for Subsea 7 on Chevron’s Captain field located in the UK North Sea.

David Cedro has joined the Danos executive team as vice president of finance and administration, with responsibility for overseeing the company’s domestic and international administration, finance and accounting activities. James Callahan, who previously held the senior finance position, moves into a new role as vice president of project services.

Crowley Maritime Corporation announces that it has restructured its business units thus increasing the company’s ability to bring solutions to customers by leveraging its strong culture and high-performance capabilities. The restructuring also increases Crowley’s focus on government-related business, and better aligns vessel operations and fuel distribution services with its customers, positioning the company for greater growth and efficiency.

Global Marine Group (“GMG”), a market leader in offshore engineering services to the telecommunications, renewables and oil & gas industries, announces that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Fugro N.V.’s (“Fugro”) (AMS:FUR) trenching and cable lay services business.