NEWS

From 19th February to 9th March Colin Bosher, Sandy Lee and, new staff, Chu Hak Kim visited United Sterling’s suppliers in the United States – Kirby Morgan, OTS and Umbilicals International.

Beijing United Sterling has moved to a new office location.

After a two year hiatus the International Underwater Operations & Offshore Industry Expo 2022 – organised by the China Diving & Salvage Contractors Association – took place in Xiamen, Fujian Province, from 18th to 20th November, 2022.

Mr. Lin Mingjin, Principal, Mr. Chen Yuanda, Secretary, Officers Mr. Zhang Jianxiong and Mr. Tian Kunwen, Deputy Officer of Training and Recruitment, Mr. Yi Guoqing, teachers and students thank you for taking part in the Year 2022 presentation of the Kirby Morgan – United Sterling Student Excellence Awards. This is the ninth year that they have been held.

The world’s biggest and deepest pool for testing the latest underwater technology, helping advance subsea robotics and even training astronauts is being planned in Cornwall, UK.

The 2021 Kirby Morgan United Sterling Student Excellence Awards ceremony took place at the Guangzhou Diving School on 18th June. There were three awards. Congratulations to Ma Xinping for winning the ¥10,000 prize, Wu Zhenwei the ¥5,000 prize and Zeng Zhihao the ¥2,000 prize. Owing to travel restrictions caused by Covid19, Colin Bosher's speech was delivered again for the second year via WeChat. In his speech Colin said that he looked forward to when he would be able to travel to the award ceremony in person and shake hands "firmly" with the leaders, teachers and students.

To all COBRA Commercial Rebreather users: A diving operator has recently reported an incident where a COBRA set was found to be extensively flooded. During a routine drill, a diver activated the COBRA set and ingested a quantity of water. The diver deactivated the COBRA set and returned to the bell safely. A JFD Safety Notice follows.

The 2020 Kirby Morgan United Sterling Student Excellence Awards ceremony took place at the Guangzhou Diving School on 21st July. There were three awards. Congratulations to Chen Shufeng for winning the ¥10,000 prize, Shen Baoqing the ¥5,000 prize and Wu Jinzheng the ¥2,000 prize. Owing to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus Colin Bosher's speech was delivered remotely via WeChat.

The inaugural Kirby Morgan United Sterling Student Excellence Awards at the Qingdao Marine Technical College took place on the 20th July. A total of six cash awards from ¥500 to ¥1,500 were handed out to students who had achieved special merit during their diver training. Unfortunately owing to current travel restrictions no one from United Sterling was able to attend. The ceremony was officiated by the President, Mr. Wang Zuokai and other college and local government leaders. The awards will be held twice per year.

Underwater Intervention took place in New Orleans from 4th to 6th February, 2020. It was announced that the exhibition would no longer be held in New Orleans. A new venue for 2021 has yet to be announced.