Hammond is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Richard Dell as Sales Director with immediate effect. For over 35 years, Hammond have been making drysuits for commercial and leisure use.

In view of the growing demand of compliant commercial diving services for diving projects in Singapore, KBA Marine Services Pte Ltd (KBAM) is rebranding its services to provide a range of subsea services for the inland/inshore marine and construction industry sectors. By introducing this service, they will be setting new standards for commercial diving services in Singapore whereby only procedures, equipment and trained divers certified under Singapore National Recognised training requirement of ISO 29990:2010 Standard or equivalent are engaged for any project tasks.

A graduate from the University of New England (UNE) is turning a school project from his last semester into an underwater business.

Deep Trekker Inc., a manufacturer of underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROV) and submersible pipe crawlers, has moved its head office in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and expanded the space.

Four divers with $4,500 to spare can join the limited ranks of people who slept underwater inside Aquarius Reef Base. Reef Environmental Education Foundation teamed up with Florida International University, which operates the undersea research lab, to offer the special expedition March 5 to 10, 2017.

A surprising amount of commercial divers come into the field with PTSD. For everyone’s safety, we must be aware of the potential risks.

Registration for Underwater Intervention 2017 is open now! This is the premier event for the commercial diving and underwater ROV Industry. Taking place at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, from February 21-23, UI17 brings together the entire industry for three days of industry education, networking and evaluation of the latest and greatest products and services. This year, Underwater Intervention has developed a new format with compelling education. The preliminary schedule of events is posted on the Underwater Intervention website at underwaterintervention.com. The Exhibt Hall will feature new attractions including the Supplier Solutions Track, The Think Tank and the UI Cafe. For more information about UI17 or to register, click the link below

The November/December issue of Underwater Magazine is online now. This issue features stories on industry topics ranging from Contaminated Water Diving, the CalPIA Marine Technology Training Center and a Slice of Diving History from the United States Navy. All of this and much more in the November/December issue of Underwater Magazine.

Subsea services provider N-Sea and the University of Strathclyde have secured funding from the Data Lab Innovation Centre for research project to automate subsea pipeline inspection. N-Sea is working in this project with the university’s Institute of Sensors Signals and Communications at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

Transparency Market Research Reports incorporated a definite business overview and investigation inclines on "Offshore AUV & ROV Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2016 - 2024" This report likewise incorporates more illumination about fundamental review of the business including definitions, requisitions and worldwide business sector industry structure.

Phoenix International Holdings, Inc., under the direction of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), is conducting deepwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) operations in the continuing search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370).

YachtSpot's latest models are a game changer for the marine industry as they use the latest single 4G module which works globally. For yachts moving between the US/Caribbean and Europe this means an end to the complexity of using different devices to resolve connectivity and potential compliance issues.

JW Fishers Mfg. said it will introduce a new underwater metal detector for 2017: the SAR-1 Search and Recovery metal detector. Developed as a result of extensive product testing and customer feedback, the new detector was specially designed for use by public safety dive teams, law enforcement agencies and military units that need to locate metal objects in poor visibility underwater environments.

EPA enforcement is becoming a more prevalent issue for vessels importing into the U.S. This has been in the regulations for a while but has rarely been enforced. Before a few weeks ago we had only been asked two or three times in 15 years for the EPA conformity of the engines in a boat. Within the last month U.S. Customs and Border Protection has started requesting this on a regular basis and in Miami, Customs is requiring the WPA 3520-21 Engine declaration form be submitted at the time the importation is filed or they will not accept the entry.