Namaka Subsea

The Challenge

Delivering safety training for subsea operations in oil and gas, nuclear power, salvage and more, Namaka Subsea’s work has always involved a lot of travel. Before the pandemic, Namaka Subsea delivered essential training in person, hiring classrooms in locations around the world for their sessions. When the pandemic began, in-person training became impossible. Trips that would usually only take a few days could take up to 20 days due to the requirement for testing and quarantining on arrival and then again on return to the UK. This increased the time taken as well as costs. Namaka Subsea urgently needed a way to deliver cost-effective, pandemic-proof virtual training. Therefore, they were looking for reliable, easy-to-use video to support their move towards virtual training. 

The Solution

 DWAV introduced Namaka to the benefits of Starleaf. Impressed by call quality, ease of use, and the convenience of the room solution in their Aberdeen office, Namaka Subsea trusted DWAV and Starleaf to keep their business operating through the pandemic. Supporting internal collaboration as well as helping deliver virtual training. MD Lee Duncan says, ‘We use StarLeaf for internal meetings every day, including a daily catch-up for all our teams every morning’ This daily call needs to happen from a variety of locations, and the team love how StarLeaf performs on the move. 

The Outcome

DWAV provided integrated solutions for Namaka’s meeting rooms utilising latest display technology and user-friendly video conferencing hardware. Using StarLeaf for internal collaboration and virtual training has been a big success. Lee says Namaka Subsea’s remote solutions are here to stay: ‘I don’t see us going backwards. I don’t see us having classroom-based training anymore.’ Lee also says that good performance in tricky bandwidth conditions is something that really makes StarLeaf stand out.