Harkand ISS Managing Director David Kerr
The group will combine proven survey, inspection, repair and maintenance services with the Iremis fleet of multi-purpose diving support vessels, ROV and Air Diving support vessels and ISS' fleet of 23 remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and teams of ROV operators, surveyors and divers.
The vessel fleet includes the new diving support vessels, Harkand Atlantis and Harkand Da Vinci.
Nicolas Mouté is the chief executive officer of the Harkand Group.
International operations are headed by Harkand Iremis Managing Director Patrick Chapalain and European Operations are headed by Harkand ISS Managing Director David Kerr.
The group's name, Harkand, comes from mediaeval Arabic literature where it is the name of one of the seven seas.
From its bases in Aberdeen in the UK, Dubai in the Middle-east, Singapore and Perth in Asia Pacific, the group is already carrying out work in the North Sea, Brazil, West Africa, India, Russia and the Caspian, Australia, Vietnam and the Gulf of Mexico.