Milestones

PEAK Wind, renewable energy specialist in onshore & offshore wind, announces that Nick Davies and Roger Chen have been appointed as Country Director and Deputy Country Director Taiwan, respectively.

Bibby Marine has secured a three-year contract extension with long-standing client, TotalEnergies EP Nederland B.V. (“TotalEnergies”), for its ‘walk-to-work’ Service Operation Vessel (SOV), Bibby WaveMaster 1.

Fugro announces its inclusion in the AEX® ESG Index as per Monday, March 18. The index is composed of the 25 companies that demonstrate the best environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices from the constituents of the AEX^® and AMX^®.

Sentinel Subsea, a passive well integrity monitoring specialist, was crowned a winner at the prestigious 2024 Offshore Achievement Awards (OAAs) on March 14th 2024. Celebrating the pinnacle of industry innovation, Sentinel’s WellSentinel™ technology has been recognized alongside six other finalists in the Post-Commercial Deployment category.

Simply Blue Group, a blue economy project developer headquartered in Ireland, has joined the North Sea Farm 1 Project (NSF1) consortium to develop the world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm located within an offshore windfarm. Positioned off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea, the 10 ha farm is planned to become operational in autumn this year when it will be deployed and seeded, with the first harvest expected to be in spring 2025.

In a strategic move to strengthen its global market presence, Greensea IQ, a leading provider of marine robotics software and integrated solutions, proudly announces the signing of BUVI Scandinavia (BUVI) to join its international sales team. The signing took place at Oceanology International on the Greensea IQ stand (G200) and follows another recent signing of the Spanish sales representative Uniformidad Y Suminstros De Proteccion (USP).

Cargill revealed exciting results of the six-month test period of the Pyxis Ocean, underscoring the potential for the wind assisted propulsion technology in moving the shipping industry toward renewable energy use. The MC Shipping Kamsarmax vessel retrofitted with two WindWings^®—large solid wind sails developed by BAR Technologies—has achieved performance consistent with what was predicted which is equivalent to an average of 3 tons of fuel per day.

Teledyne Marine has agreed to acquire Valeport, a market leader in the design and manufacture of underwater sensors and profilers.

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S delivered outstanding results across its product areas and markets in 2023. In terms of revenue and, in particular, earnings, the company has met the goals set out in its BP25 business plan much earlier than expected. Work on the next business plan, BP28, with new strategic objectives, is well advanced, and is due to be approved later this year.

Brookes Bell, a leading multi-disciplinary technical and scientific consultancy for the marine and energy sectors, has expanded its Naval Architect team in Glasgow with the appointment of Dr. Kaan Ilter, a renowned specialist in vessel design, hydrodynamics and structures.

Kongsberg Discovery, a leader in advanced underwater robotics and sensor technology, has signed an agreement with ECHO81 to support sales within the US market.

OEG Energy Group Limited (“OEG”, the “Group”), a leading offshore solutions business, has appointed Caroline Merson as its new Chief Marketing & Communications Officer.