ADCI Underwater Today
August 31, 2018
INDUSTRY NEWS
The ADCI and American Salvage Association met at a conference in Panama last month during the XXI Annual General Meeting of the ADCI. With key representatives from relevant Latin American maritime authorities also invited to participate, this program accomplished the goal of building upon strategic alliances, highlighting valuable synergies across the commercial diving and marine salvage communities and further developing relationships with government stakeholders who will require the assistance of our membership during maritime casualties and natural disasters. The meeting was the first since the ASA and ADCI signed a Memorandum of Understanding in October 2017 for the promotion of communications and working relations between the two organizations.
Strong currents can turn a salvage project into a slow, risky operation, adding extra challenges to every diving evolution. A team of commercial divers with Maryland-based underwater services firm Phoenix International recently made hull repairs to a bulker anchored in the Mississippi, and they avoided the river's five-knot current altogether - by diving the inside of a ballast tank.
Visit https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/photos-salvors-avoid-current-by-diving-within-hull#gs.2ANoe2M to view the full article online.
Purple sea urchins are spiny underwater invertebrates that look like pincushions. They’re native to the ocean along the California coast and share their home with sought-after delicacies like red urchin and abalone. Now, after a few years of rapid growth, some people are calling purple sea urchins a scourge.
Visit http://www.kalw.org/post/california-divers-fight-turn-tide-collapsing-ecosystem#stream/0 to view the full article online.
New On ADCI-TV
Stay current with what's happening in your industry by watching ADCI's video updates.
This Fall 2018, the 6.3 edition of ADCI's International Consensus Standards will bring improved standards of safety for commercial divers across the globe.
To view the ADCI TV archives, please click here.
MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/adc-nwl/articles/index-v5.asp?aid=519541&issueID=57493 to view the full article online.
The July/August issue of Underwater Magazine is online now. This issue features an article discussing the ADCI's input to the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee, an article from the American Salvage Association entitled "A Salvor's Toolbox," a maintenance article on drysuit ring systems and much much more. All of this in the latest issue of Underwater Magazine.
Visit http://www.nxtbook.com/naylor/ADCS/ADCS0418/index.php#/0 to view the full article online.
Recognizing and honoring individuals whose efforts and accomplishments have significantly contributed to commercial diving through a lifetime of dedication.Nominees do not have to be commercial divers, but can be any individual who has been influential and who has made a significant and recognizable life-long contribution to the commercial diving community.
Inductees will be honored at the Awards Dinner at Underwater Intervention 2017.
For more information, contact
Phil Newsum
Executive Director
(281) 893-8388 or
pnewsum@adc-int.org
Deadline for submittal of nominations:
OCTOBER 31, 2018
Please visit adc-int.org to download the nominations form and to learn more about the Commercial Diving Hall of Fame.
Award
This year the ADCI will award 2 Scholarships at $4,000.00 each.
Eligibility
This ADCI Scholarship is open to members of the community of all ADCI voting member companies who are current and in good standing with ADCI, with the exception of officers and/or directors of the ADCI Board of Directors or their immediate families. This award is available for any institution of higher learning after high school including universities, colleges, junior colleges, vocational training schools and trade schools.
Scholarship recipients will be honored at the Awards Dinner at Underwater Intervention 2019.
Deadline for submittal of nominations:
OCTOBER 31, 2018
Please visit adc-int.org to download the application form.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
A team of U.S. Navy divers begin Subject Matter Expert Exchanges (SMEE) and partner capacity building engagements Aug. 24 with Colombian military and security forces as part of Southern Partnership Station 2018.
Visit http://www.southcom.mil/MEDIA/NEWS-ARTICLES/Article/1615374/us-navy-dive-team-begins-subject-matter-exchanges-in-colombia/ to view the full article online.
On July 20, 2018, the American Salvage Association (ASA) welcomed Dr. Richard J. Burke, of SUNY Maritime College as the Association’s very first honorary maritime academy faculty member representative. This initiative is designed to broaden the knowledge about the marine salvage and emergency response industry, and the academic community’s access to it.
Visit https://www.maritime-executive.com/corporate/asa-names-dr-richard-burke-as-honorary-member#gs.9wJ=g8o to view the full article online.
Competence portfolios are increasingly important to potential employers. The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has developed an electronic document that enables freelance or agency professionals to demonstrate their experience and competence.
Visit https://www.imca-int.com/news/2018/08/22/imcas-freelance-personnel-competence-portfolio-goes-live/ to view the full article online.
NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY
The new acoustic recording system from the RTsys company synchronizes 16 hydrophones for improved range and recording quality while still controlling cost and energy consumption. The MULTHY system will be available at the beginning of 2019.
Visit https://www.marinetechnologynews.com/news/range-rtsys-recorder-launched-562988 to view the full article online.