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Lessons learned: Confined space fatalities due to Hydrogen Sulphide

SAFETY4SEA 01 Dec 2023
A recent Safety Flash by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), published a case study, which is a a brief summary of a recent case report on confined space fatalities on board an oil rig during work involving gas sampling/monitoring inside the “spud cans” of the rig.
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Lessons learned: Saturation diver fatality due to hydrogen Sulphide

SAFETY4SEA 30 Nov 2023
A recent Safety Flash by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), published a case study, which is a very brief summary of a 2021 case report on the much earlier death of a saturation diver in the Bombay High oilfield, which occurred as a result of Hydrogen Sulphide poisoning.
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Lessons learned: Failure of proportional valve in saturation chamber control

SAFETY4SEA 29 Nov 2023
A recent Safety Flash by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), focuses on an incident, in which there was a failure during saturation diving operations.
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Randy Wheeler

Herald-Standard 29 Nov 2023
As an inspector on the aviation maintenance management team (AMMT) in Patuxent River Maryland, he traveled around the country, ensuring that all Navy, Marine, and contractor flying commands were conducting maintenance safely ... After supporting the Navy and Marine Corps for another ...
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Lessons learned: Compressed air rather than oxygen supplied to divers

SAFETY4SEA 28 Nov 2023
A recent Safety Flash by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), focuses on an incident, in which, several divers were affected and two divers became ill when compressed air rather than oxygen was supplied to them by mistake on their BIBS (Built in Breathing System).
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NOV launches new floating wind installation vessel design

Splash24/7 28 Nov 2023
This FWIV concept is a result of a collaboration between NOV’s Marine and Construction business unit, offshore wind developers, EPIC contractors, and specialist original equipment manufacturers ... .
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When 500 feet made all the difference | Tell Your Story

Chico Enterprise Record 25 Nov 2023
In 1969, I worked at a stereo store in downtown Chico that sold high-end audio equipment. We had been open a year and had just sold an extensive stereo system to a building contractor from Marin who was building a skyscraper in San Francisco ... Everything that we needed for the job was at the house ... We landed at the Novato airport at about 9.30 ... .
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Seismic contractor to reshape Brazilian field developments

Upstream Online 22 Nov 2023
Brazilian national oil company ​​​​​Petrobras and Norwegian seismic contractor Shearwater have entered into a collaborative technology agreement aimed at reshaping seismic exploration and field developments offshore Brazil ... Central to this endeavour is Shearwater’s marine vibrator, with the engineering name of project BASS.
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Phoenix and SUPSALV Salvage Remaining Debris from Titan Submersible

The Maritime Executive 20 Nov 2023
Phoenix is an employee-owned, ISO 9001-2015 Management System certified marine services contractor providing manned and unmanned underwater solutions, engineering, and project management services to a diverse set of clients worldwide.
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Russian Theft of Ukrainian Grain Likely a War Crime, Legal Analysis Says

Moscow Times 20 Nov 2023
The scale of Russian grain theft in occupied Ukraine likely constitutes the war crimes of starvation and pillage, a new report by the Global Rights Compliance legal practice has ... Read more ... Sanctioned Russian firm Crane Marine Contractors (CMS), which normally supplies platforms to the gas industry, bought two large grain ships in December 2021 ... AFP.

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