Offshore Inland flourishing at Port

Offshore Inland boon to Port business

The USNS Sgt. William R. Button seems to overshadow the Port of Pensacola these days, its giant silhouette hiding the myriad of port operations that happen every day in our city’s downtown. 

The USNS Button, an auxiliary vessel owned by the U.S. Navy in non-commissioned service and crewed by civilians, is at the Port of Pensacola for renovations and repairs. Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services provides industrial marine and oilfield services for inland and offshore.

Founded in 1983, Offshore Inland began servicing the Gulf Coast industrial base. In 2000, the company started a Marine and Oilfield Service division which today has differentiated its’ full-service marine repair, rework, overhaul and modification focus to include engineering and design, fabricator, hydraulics, vessel/drilling rig topside services, and construction management contracting. 

In addition to work taking place at the Port of Pensacola, they deploy teams operating within the highest industry standards in both quality and safety around the globe to service client needs. In 2014, FloridaWest assisted with Offshore Inland’s corporate headquarters move to the Port of Pensacola and today they are the largest lease-holder at the port. Senior Vice President of Commercial Jack Berglund said the Button will be at the port through the new year.

“We’ve got 20-30 employees working on the Button at any given time,” said Berglund. “The job is producing revenue for the port through the new year and the crew loves life outside the ship in Pensacola. Hotels, restaurants and shops see a lot of action and the Pensacola economy benefits when there is a ship and crew at the port.”

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IHMC’s Bamman awarded $7.7 million grant

From IHMC

Dr. Marcas Bamman has received a $7.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a clinical trial to determine how people age 60 and older attain the health benefits of exercise.

Bamman is a Senior Research Scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) who leads the Institute’s Healthspan, Resilience, and Performance team.

This new project is called “Multidimensional Predictive Modeling to Understand Mechanisms of Exercise Response Heterogeneity in Older Adults.” It is a collaboration with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and the University of Florida.

“This type of research is what the new Healthspan, Resilience, and Performance Research Complex was built to sustain,” says IHMC’s CEO and Founder, Dr. Ken Ford. “We anticipate that this research will foster significant advances in the understanding of the factors that impact the variability of response to exercise among older adults.”

Pensacola No. 7 on Conde Nast Traveler's Best Small Cities

From Conde Nast Traveler

#7 Pensacola



"Florida certainly has no shortage of beautiful beaches, but few places have the blindingly white sand and Caribbean-blue waters you’ll find in and around this town.

Head to the nearby barrier islands for the best (and least crowded) stretches of sand: Pensacola Beach on Santa Rosa Island is often cited as the crown jewel of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, complete with dolphin-rich waters and sand so soft you’d swear you were walking on baby powder."

FloridaWest October Business Development Update

The October Business Development update is now available.

Here are some highlights:

Active Projects 32

Active Project Site Visits 14

Existing Industry Visits 187

Response Proposals 14

Announcements

Paradigm Parachute & Defense

• 76 New Jobs, 74 Retained Jobs
• $53,532 Average Wage
• $7.1M Capital Investment
• Received second IRDF Grant, doubled jobs & growth of manufacturing operations in 64,053 SF

LIFT

• 36 New Jobs, $113,000 Average Wage
• $21M Capital Investment
• $32 M New Federal and Industry R&D
• Triumph Gulf Coast Grant providing up to $6M

ITEN WIRED • Oct. 16 - 18, 2024

The Southeast’s premier cybersecurity and IT conference to connect, collaborate and build community with industry leaders, entrepreneurs, students & educators. Hilton Pensacola Beach Register here.

Power Up Energy Expo • Oct. 22 –23, 2024

The Gulf Coast Energy Network and its partners are hosting the 15th annual Power Up Energy Expo. This year the event is co-located with the Defense Innovation Forum. The two events will gather leaders from the Department of Defense, federal government, industry partners, and academia. The event is designed to enhance energy security, resiliency, and sustainability initiatives to ensure mission assurance for the Department of Defense. Register here.

Taco Thursday at CO:LAB Pensacola

CO:LAB hosts Taco Thursday🌮 for its Resident Entrepreneurs the last Thursday of every month! 

Taco Thursday is all about enjoying scrumptious tacos, learning, sharing best practices and encouraging each other. 

Guests are welcome, just email us for reservations as seating is limited. 

1 Million Cups at CO:LAB Pensacola

1 Million Cups ☕ is your monthly opportunity to get together with other entrepreneurs and talk shop. 

You'll hear local entrepreneurs introduce their businesses and discuss your own small business with other like-minded entrepreneurs and innovators over coffee and conversation. 

We'll have the coffee ready, you bring the ideas!

The first Wednesday of every month, 9:00 a.m. at CO:LAB.

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