Association
of Diving Contractors International Forms New Latin American Chapter
Canyon
Offshore Names New Regional Sales Representative
Association of Diving Contractors International Forms New Latin American
Chapter
Houston (25 August 2000) - Responding to
a petition submitted by member companies located in nations south of the
U.S. border and in the Caribbean, the Board of Directors of the
Association of Diving Contractors International has approved the
formation of the Latin American & Caribbean Chapter. This
Chapter will represent 21 current ADC member companies located in
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad,
and Venezuela.
Other companies from the region who desire to join ADC will be required
to seek approval of the Chapter officers in addition to the ADC Board of
Directors.
The formation of the new Chapter came about due to an expressed belief
that member companies needed to have stronger regional representation,
and that a Chapter could benefit all in a number of ways. Because
of the fact that all ADC member companies have pledged to use the ADC
Consensus Standards for Commercial Diving Operations and other ADC
Standards that promote Safety, communication with regional governments
from the Chapter will emphasize a need to apply these Standards as
common practice to promote
safety at the regulatory level. By forming a Chapter using the existing
high standards necessary for membership, the companies represented would
be better able to cooperate one with the other and across national
borders where applicable
The ADC Consensus Standards for Commercial Diving Operations establish
specific guidelines addressing procedures, training, medical
examination, manning levels, equipment, and diver certification.
These Standards set forth the minimums below which no member company may
operate. The more than 375 member companies throughout the world
express a common recognition of these Standards as necessary to promote
the highest levels of Safety while offering sufficient flexibility to
accommodate regional requirements where operational conditions require
more, but never less, stringent procedures.
Twelve of the current 21 member companies located throughout the region
met with the ADC Executive Committee in Aruba on 11 and 12 August to
work out the details of forming the Chapter. Elected officers of
the Latin American and Caribbean Chapter shall serve a one-year term and
may be reelected for
additional terms of office. The newly elected officers are:
Chairman: Sr. Lazaro Del Castillo, Sebute, S.A., Colombia
Vice Chairman: Mr. Antonio Donata,
Coastal Diving Services Ltd., Trinidad
Vice Chairman: Sr. Armando
Rivera, Cabo Diving Services, Mexico Secretary/Treasurer:
Snra. Enza Passanisi de Pina, Tecni a Bordo,
Venezuela
The Chapter will follow the bylaws of the parent organization, the
Association of Diving Contractors International, except that it was
agreed
that officers of the Chapter must, to the maximum extent possible, each
derive from a different nation.
For further information contact:
Ross Saxon, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Association of Diving Contractors International
3910 FM 1960 West, Ste 230
Houston, TX 77068
(281) 893-8388
[email protected]
Canyon
Offshore Names New Regional Sales Representative
Houston (August 17, 2000) – Canyon Offshore
has announced the appointment of Shawn Moore to the position of Regional
Sales Representative. Mr. Moore will be responsible for promoting Canyon
Offshore’s subsea and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) capabilities and
services throughout the Americas.
Shawn
Moore has very extensive ROV experience, both as an operator and in a
supervisory capacity, and worked for several subsea contractors prior to
joining Canyon Offshore in 1997.
Over
the last several years he has supervised ROV intervention and support
activities on a number of high profile, deepwater developments. These
include integrating and installing the work class ROV system on the
Shell Ram/Powell TLP; extensive installation support and inspection
services on the Amerada Hess Penn State Project; supervising ROV
activity associated with the installation of the Shell Boxer pipelay,
the Shell Salsa pipeline, and Shell’s Petronius pipeline; and
inspections on the 20-inch and 24-inch Shell Destin pipelines.
With
operations in the Gulf of Mexico, Asia Pacific, and the North Sea,
Canyon Offshore provides ROVs, manpower, and subsea intervention support
for all phases of deepwater exploration, drilling, construction and
production.
For
more information, please contact John Edwards, Canyon Offshore Inc.,
5212 Brittmoore Road, Houston, Texas 77041. Telephone: 713.856.6010,
email: [email protected].
Internet address: http://www.canyonrov.com.
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