Key deals

Two leading commercial offshore diving companies, IHC Hytech and Fathom Systems, have joined forces in a new distribution agreement which will see IHC distribute Fathom products in the commercial diving market.

The European Ships and Maritime Equipment Association (SEA Europe) has announced that IHC Merwede’s president, Govert Hamers, will succeed Lars Gørvell-Dahll as chairman in October 2013.

The German Port of Duisburg and the Belgian Port of Antwerp will work more closely in the future, in order to intensify rail and barge transport between the two regions and their…

UK safety equipment storage expert Jo Bird & Co has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2013 in recognition of its impressive export performance.

One of the highlights of WODCON XX, held in Brussels last month, was the presentation of the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) Award for Best Paper written by a Young Author.