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Mitcham Names New Tech Positions

Mitcham Industries, Inc. has made two additions to its technology development team. Andy Meecham has joined Mit- cham in the newly-created position of

Vice President and Chief Technology

Of? cer. Additionally, Dr. Peter Ram- say has joined the company as Director – Strategic Hydrographic Programs.

Sonardyne’s Rescue for Korean Sub

Sonardyne will supply underwater po- sitioning and tracking technology for the Republic of Korea Navy’s (RoKN’s) new auxiliary submarine rescue ship

Photo: UKHO (ASR-II), a ship scheduled for delivery

UKHO Appoints RADM Sparkes Waterfront Development, now Develop at the end of 2022. Through a contract

The UK Hydrographic Of? ce (UKHO) Nova Scotia), and Gordon Gale, Presi- with GE’s Power Conversion business, appointed Rear Admiral Peter dent of OTCNS, were the early vision- the ASR-II will be ? tted with Sonar-

Sparkes to the position of National Hy- aries behind COVE. COVE’s Board dyne’s Ranger 2 Ultra-Short BaseLine drographer and Deputy Chief Executive. of Directors is ? nalizing a recruitment (USBL) system. This will interface on-

Sparkes joins the UKHO as a Rear Ad- strategy for the next CEO. board the vessel with GE’s Seastream miral in the Royal Navy. He has served Dynamic Position (DP) control system.

previously in a wide variety of appoint- Greensea Opens Second Of? ce ments, both at sea and ashore. Notably, Greensea Systems (Richmond, VT) is Peel Ports invests in Multibeam he commanded the frigate HMS Cum- opening a second of? ce in Plymouth, NORBIT announced the recent sup- berland on counter-piracy patrol off Mass., at 10 Cordage Park Circle, Suite ply of iWBMSh Integrated Multibeam

Somalia and the UK’s Ice Patrol Ship, 222. It will be the company’s ? rst of- Survey Systems to Peel Ports Group.

HMS Protector, in Antarctica. ? ce outside of Vermont and will be- NORBIT iWBMSh now commissioned come home to a growing team of soft- on the Royal Charter has replaced the

Hanlon to Retire from COVE ware developers and robotics engineers. vessels previously installed multibeam

Jim Hanlon announces his plans to “Greensea is actively recruiting navi- system. With the vessel now delivering retire as Chief Executive Of? cer of the gation and controls engineers, project high quality bathymetric and backscatter

Center for Ocean Ventures and Entre- managers, and program managers to hydrographic data, Peel Ports have ad- preneurship (COVE) in 2020. Hanlon, support our expanding business,” said ditionally installed a NORBIT iLiDAR with the late Colin MacLean (CEO of Marybeth Gilliam, COO. “Adding a laser scanner to provide further survey second location in a major market with capability in their often interesting and a well-known maritime community will challenging survey environments. help us to secure exceptional talent.”

First Subsea Lifting Tools for Allseas

MTS Welcomes Two New First Subsea won a contract to supply

Board Members three Ballgrab Internal Lifting Tools

The Marine Technology Society (MTS) (ILT) to Allseas. The tools are designed has elected two new Board members: for lifting loads up to 900mT and will

Josh Kohut & Jerry Miller. Dr. Miller, be used by Allseas for offshore decom-

President of Science for Decisions, will missioning projects. The ? rst planned serve as the VP of Government and Pub- offshore operation will be the Tyra Re- lic Affairs. Dr. Kohut, a professor at Rut- development Project, when the ILT tools gers University at the Center for Ocean will be used to lift the top jacket struc-

Observing Leadership, will serve on its tures for Tyra East D Flare Jacket and

Board of Directors as the Vice President Tyra West D Flare Jacket.

of Education. The positions for both will

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