Milestones

DNV, an independent assurance and risk management provider, will acquire industrial cyber security specialist Applied Risk.

MacArtney announces a change at the top for their Singapore office, serving the APAC area.

Health and Safety Consultants HSEQ-360 Limited have been selected on a long-term contract to provide Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Assurance services to Kincardine Offshore Windfarm. The site is the largest floating offshore windfarm in the world.


Ashtead Technology has announced that it has secured strong support from new institutional investors and will become a publicly listed company on Tuesday, November 23, when its shares begin trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Current owners Buckthorn and APICORP will remain significant shareholders in the business.

GATE Energy, an international leader in providing engineering, commissioning, and specialty field services to the energy sector, is pleased to announce that it has established an office location in Mexico City, GATE Mexico S.de R.L. de CV.

The world's first electric and self-propelled container ship – Yara Birkeland – has departed for its maiden voyage in the Oslo fjord. On November 19, the Norwegian Prime Minister was given a tour by CEO of Yara, Svein Tore Holsether.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind held its inaugural Ventus Awards Gala on November 18, bringing together more than 200 people to celebrate the industry’s accomplishments, milestones, and the individuals, companies, and organizations moving offshore wind forward. Winners in nine Ventus Awards categories were announced at the Gala, including Innovation of the Year, Supply Chain Advancement, Next-Gen Leadership, and the Heronemus Award for Outstanding Achievement in Offshore Wind, the Network’s lifetime achievement award (view finalist list.)

Damen Shipyards Group is opening its latest service hub, in Hamburg, Germany. This takes the total number of hubs to fifteen, spread across Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, and Australia. The Hamburg hub will serve not only Germany but also Denmark and Poland.

CRP Subsea has made a large-scale investment in a new manufacturing facility to support their transition from primarily oil & gas into the renewables market. The purpose-built manufacturing facility includes a state-of-the-art semi-automated production line for the NjordGuard cable protection system used in offshore wind farms.

Greensea, creator of OPENSEA®, the universal open architecture software platform for the marine industry, announces the hire of Deborah Townsend as Program Manager. Deborah will immediately lead several newly contracted DOD programs as well as lead Greensea’s partnership with Kraken Robotics.

The World Ocean Council (WOC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Green Marine, formalizing an already strong working relationship between the organizations and their complementary efforts on industry environmental sustainability and ocean health.

The U.S. Senate confirmed on Tuesday evening President Biden’s nomination of NOAA Rear Admiral Nancy Hann to lead the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) and NOAA Commissioned Officer (NOAA Corps), one of the nation’s eight uniformed services.