CSA acquired all marine and coastal environmental permits for the first direct link between Latin America and Africa – the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS)

The Angola Cable’s South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) was successfully completed with the 21 February 2018 cable landing in Fortaleza, Brazil, after traversing 6,200 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean from Sangano, Angola. Angola Cables reports that SACS, once operational in the third quarter of 2018, will provide a communication capacity of at least 40 Tb/s—opening up the first direct link between Latin America and Africa in the southern hemisphere. The landing ceremony at Praia do Futuro beach, attended by government and Angola Cables representatives, celebrated the opening of the global digital market and enhanced connectivity between Latin America and Africa and the future major enhancement of global telecommunications.

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CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. Announces New DSO & HSSE Manager

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), known for its integrated approach to science, operations, and safety in the global offshore environment, announces the addition of an experienced and versatile team member Eirik Kydland, who will serve a dual position of Diving Safety Officer (DSO) and Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) Manager at the Stuart, Florida headquarters. Mr. Kydland brings his substantial expertise to support and enhance CSA’s scientific diving program, global health and safety programs, and extensive operational activities in the U.S. and internationally. He will work closely with CSA senior management, scientists, scientific divers, and operations specialists to advance the diving program and continue CSA’s commitment to a robust corporate Safety Culture.

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CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) is pleased to announce the expansion of its operations in Trinidad and Tobago. CSA Ocean Sciences (Trinidad) Limited, will be led by Ms. Candice Leung Chee, Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Carlyle Kalloo, Director, and Mr. Rameez Persad, Operations Manager. The expanded executive team brings decades of collective experience in the field of marine operations and environmental impact assessment associated with coastal and offshore projects. The newly formed Trinidadian Limited entity will draw on over 40 years of experience in Trinidad (first project in 1977) and CSA’s Trinidadian Branch office established in 2008. The ongoing collaboration with marine scientists, operations personnel and equipment from CSA’s worldwide offices will ensure the transfer and use of international best practices in HSSE, marine operations and environmental sciences to the benefit of all clients in Trinidad, the Caribbean and surrounding regions.

CSA Ocean Sciences (Trinidad) Limited will continue to provide high-quality environmental services to the traditional oil and gas industry, with an expansion of services to ports, harbours, and beaches as well as coastal infrastructure. Services will include Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), environmental monitoring, compliance monitoring, environmental baseline and monitoring surveys (including hydrographic and geophysical surveys), marine water, sediment and biological assessment, metocean data acquisition, and underwater video/photo documentation.

The Trinidad and Tobago team will utilize state of the art equipment for marine data acquisition in shallow and deep-water, as well as CSA’s proprietary Environmental Data and Geospatial Services (EDGS) data management and visualization system. Leveraging the extensive expertise of CSA’s professionals, marine technologies and data management systems from around the world, the new entity will build on its long history of high value / high reliability services for the entire region.

CSA Ocean Sciences (Trinidad) Ltd. will be promoting capabilities at The Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference and Tradeshow 2018 between January 22 – 24th at the HYATT Regency Trinidad.

Contact:
Candice Leung Chee
CSA Ocean Sciences (Trinidad) Ltd.
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
+1 (868) 224-3466
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CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) and Okeanus Science & Technology announced today they are working together to stage a full-range of specialized survey and monitoring equipment in Louisiana to deploy in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Harvey to help evaluate the storm’s impact on coast lines, waterways, bayous, ship channels and terminals, marine infrastructure, and oil and gas related facilities located on or near the water.

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