COLUMN | A load of bollards: the US Coast Guard (and others) should get serious on testing mooring equipment! [Offshore Accounts]

After last week’s analysis of the dramatic purchase of Solstad’s fleet of 37 platform supply vessels (PSVs) by Tidewater, this week’s column deals with a drillship ..

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International Marine Contractors Association publishes guidance on protecting divers during underwater excavations

A newly published document from the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) aims to raise awareness of the hazards associated with subsea excavation works and ..

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Indian Ocean’s piracy “high risk area” designation to be withdrawn

After more than a decade of effective threat-reducing counter-piracy operations, the shipping industry has removed the Indian Ocean High Risk Area (HRA), the Internationa ..

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Dustin Varnell joins IMCA U.S. offshore wind team

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed Dustin Varnell to its business development team. Based in Rhode Island, Varnell will focus on the U.S. offshore wind energy market, complementing the work of Bruce Gresham, IMCA’s director of client engagement in the U.S.

“As a master mariner on dynamically positioned (DP) vessels, Dustin is very familiar with IMCA’s work in the field, which is very beneficial in representing the association to existing and new member...

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