The worker who died in an incident at Australia’s largest oil and gas project, the North Rankin Complex (NRC), has been confirmed to be Vertech Group rope access technician, Michael Jurman.
North Sea oil and gas industry veteran John Marsden has been recruited by two former colleagues to help with rapid growth at their young engineering services company.
Australian maintenance experts Vertech are preparing to take delivery of their first specialist vessel as the company’s diving team aims to expand into the North Sea and further afield.
The new 14.4m daughter craft, which will be one of a number built, is due for delivery in early April and will feature a three-diver panel and state of the art monitoring equipment.
The vessel has been designed for diving operations in 1.6m significant wave height and built to order in Cape Town, South Africa.
In recent weeks it completed sea trials to gain MCA category two approval.
