A one-of-a-kind diver training program at the California Institution for Men (CIM) in Chino develops character and leads to high paying jobs, said industry professionals and former inmates attending a ceremony Wednesday for the program’s newly remodeled training center.

In a flash, John Webb’s life changed forever. As a soldier in Iraq serving in the Army, he was hit by a chlorine bomb in 2007. Today, he’s on the waiting list for a double-lung transplant. He’s also owner of Bay-Assist, a marine services, grading and a dive salvage company that got its start in St. Thomas.

The International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) Annual Seminar was enthusiastically greeted by delegates in a packed theatre at The World Forum in The Hague last week.

Mark your calendars for February 5-7, 2019, as Underwater Intervention returns to New Orleans. This is the must-attend event of the year for the entire underwater operations industry. Registration is open now, so make sure to visit www.underwaterintervention.com to register or for more information about UI2019.

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The November/December Issue of Underwater Magazine is online now. This issue features an in-depth look at the BP Forties Field North Sea project, a recap of the American Salvage Association and ADCI Latin America Conference, a maintenance column on tanks, a UI 2019 Preview and so much more. All of this in the latest issue of Underwater Magazine.

UNDERWATER Magazine and the ADCI are looking to continue their library of industry-related images. If you have any great pictures of commercial divers, job sites, equipment, or anything else related to the industry that you would be willing to share and possibly see published in an upcoming issue of UNDERWATER Magazine please contact Steve Guglielmo at sguglielmo@naylor.com

The U.S. Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) office led a joint team to successfully remove 229,000 gallons of oil from the sunken World War II vessel ex-Prinz Eugen located in the Kwajalein Atoll. The project, led by Stephanie Bocek in SUPSALV and sponsored by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command /Army Forces Strategic Command, required two years of research and planning to prepare for the unprecedented removal of oil from up to 173 tanks of a heavy cruiser warship.

At the end of September, after a month of inspecting and fixing ports in Micronesia, specialized U.S. Navy divers were on the last dive of their mission when they noticed a plane was not flying quite right.

Since the last autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) review in 2016, the market has continued to grow. The biggest market for AUV systems remains the military. The world’s most advanced navies own and operate low-logistic AUV systems for mine countermeasures (MCM) in very shallow waters.