A new independent research report by the Energy Institute, Lloyd's Register and the UK Health & Safety Executive has presented industry with a practical way to measure the human factors...

Survey contractors, ROV contractors, pipeline installation contractors and their clients have a variety of in-house checklists for mobilisation of offshore survey operations. Now the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has...

On 9th and 10th March 2011, Deepwater Production Tech 2011 is to take place in London, UK. Technical VPs, directors, chiefs, superintendents, senior engineers and heads/managers of field development, field...

Striving for the highest possible standards, with a balance of risk and cost in relation to health and safety, is a key objective of the International Marine Contractors Association's (IMCA)....

This is the last page to go to press each month, so I can make it apt. Thus I was planning to tell you a juicy tale of my spooky...

In the third week of March, the entire marine world will be gathering in London, as this is where the biannual Oceanology International event is taking place. The exhibition and...

Seismic services provider Spectrum has accelerated its preparations to collect seismic data in the US waters of the Atlantic Ocean in response to the recent announcement by the Department of...

A key new document 'Guidance on Wire Rope Integrity Management for Vessels in the Offshore Industry' (IMCA SEL 022/M 194) has been produced by a cross-industry workgroup and published by...

Fugro announces a major step forward with the launch of their Remote Services based on FANS technology. FANS, short for Fugro's Advanced Navigation System, enables remote connections to offshore survey...

The ROV team onboard the semi-submersible Ocean Bounty (of Subsea 7, through its i-Tech division) has been honoured by Chevron Australia with an "Outstanding Contractor Award". The presentation was made...