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Cura Joins Woods Hole Group

Woods Hole Group said that envi- ronmental scientist Jerry J. Cura will be joining Woods Hole Group in late

March as a Senior Environmental

Scientist. Cura comes to Woods Hole

Group with his Ph.D. in Biological

Oceanography from the University of

Maine and over 20 years of experi- ence in the field and as a principal in

Menzie-Cura Associates.

McLellan Global Diving & Salvage.

Global Diving &

Salvage, Inc. said that Nathan

McLellan has joined the team as

Contracts

Administrator. He earned his Juris

Doctor from

Tulane University Law School in

January, 2011 while receiving a cer- tificate in Maritime Law and serving as a member of the Tulane

Environmental Law Journal.

Northmore Joins Coastline Surveys

Coastline Surveys appointed Neil

Northmore as Legal and Commercial

Manager. He has experience in the marine industry including working for the Royal Yachting Association as

Government Affairs Advisor and closely with the British Marine

Federation, co-founding Dorade Law and later working at Michelmores

Solicitors in a senior role in the

Marine Department.

OceanWorks Signs Agreement with

Velocious

OceanWorks announced the forma- tion of a mutually supportive rela- tionship with Velocious Australia Pty.

Ltd. The agreement allows the com- panies to expand capabilities and resources through the global sharing of experience and complimentary opportunities, with both companies already enjoying formidable reputa- tions as safe providers of high quality subsea solutions, intervention tooling and services. Velocious is a dynamic

West Australian subsea engineering company that specializes in remote intervention technology for the Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy and

Defense Industries.

Email: marketing@ oceanworks.com

S3 Acquires New ROVs

James Rae, S3 ROV Pilot Technician, adjusting the camera pan and tilt unit on an S3 ROV.

Specialist Subsea Services Ltd (S3) acquired two new ROV systems to expand its workclass fleet. The two

Triton XLX 150hp ROV systems are advanced workclass units manufac- tured by Perry Slingsby Systems Ltd.

S³’s Managing Director, Graeme

Kidd, said: “We are particularly enthusiastic about the acquisition as it is new and exciting technology for

S3. The XLX Workclass ROV’s are top of the range systems which will help to further enhance our reputa- tion as being a company of excellence in the support of offshore operations in the oil and gas and renewables markets on an international basis.

Oceanwide Logs Order for SPHL

Oceanwide Safety at Sea announced the first order of a side-mating-Self

Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboat (SPHL). The side-mating configura- tion together with a launching system installed on a frame gives the possi- bility to use the SPHL in smaller portable systems, instead of using an

HRC. This latest development there- fore gives companies with mobile sat- uration systems the possibility to pro- vide maximum safety for their divers.

The SPHL is equipped with two on-off-load lifting hooks and for recovery and ease of handling a single point lifting arrangement is installed.

Email: rob.bunders@ oceanwidesafety.nl

NURC Upgrades Software

SeeByte provided the NATO

Undersea Research Centre (NURC) with two upgraded licenses of its

SeeTrack Military software. The upgrades to NURC’s SeeTrack licens- es will also include the latest versions of SeeByte’s additional modules, comprising of the Computer-Aided

Detection/Computer-Aided

Classification (CAD/CAC) module,

Navigation Post-Processing module people & companies

OceanWorks’

Subsea Flying

Lead

Orientation Tool