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- Great speaker line up for our Safety Seminar in June 2023
HSSE Committee
Our aim
The aim of the HSSE Committee is to share experience and information to promote good working practices in the areas of Health, Safety, Security and the Environment.
Our activities
Safety has been at the centre of our work since our early beginnings in 1972, starting in the Diving Sector and expanding to all areas of Marine Contracting. Our activities are therefore broad ranging and cover all safety aspects of our industry sector. Our Committee has been instrumental in bringing together leading HSE professionals over a long period of time. The Committee addresses improvements and best practices across all health, safety, marine security and operational environmental subjects and continues to make a significant contribution to keeping our industry safe.
Our Safety Flash system is highly successful in quickly informing our whole membership with details of safety incidents that are shared by our members for the benefit of everyone in our industry.

IMCA Contact
Nicholas Hough
Consultant – Safety and Security
Contact
Committee members
Name | Company | Role |
---|---|---|
Darren Male | Fugro | Committee Chair |
Jim Knight | Heerema Marine Contractors | Committee Vice-Chair |
Eelko Maat | Allseas Group SA | Committee Member |
Luke Dicks | Boskalis Offshore | Committee Member |
Erik Bergh | DeepOcean AS | Committee Member |
Camilla Heggøy | DOF AS | Committee Member |
Mark Impey | Fugro | Committee Member (Regional – MEI) |
Mike Newbury | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. | Committee Member (Regional – NA) |
Emelblaser Espartero | McDermott International Inc. | Committee Member |
Debbi Garreffa | MMA Offshore Limited | Committee Member (Regional – AP) |
Benjamin Neal | P&O Maritime Logistics | Committee Member |
David Forsyth | RockSalt Subsea Ltd | Committee Member |
Riccardo Vatta | Saipem | Committee Member |
Eric Annand | Subsea 7 | Committee Member |
Don Davies | TechnipFMC | Committee Member |
Rolinda van Zanten | Van Oord Support Services B.V. | Committee Member |
Nick Hough | IMCA | IMCA Secretariat Lead |
Minutes of Meetings
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