Commerical Diving - Present DayThe trend of using FPSOs (drilling ships) has meant that commercial divers tend to operate from massive Dive Support Vessels (DSVs) which roam the seas carrying out essential work underwater for platform and vessel alike.
The Dawn of the 21st Century has not seen the situation improve but has worsened slightly. Other countries outside of Europe and the USA are now training their own home-grown commercial divers causing the oversaturated market to be flooded further. This is also known to be creating a cheaper labour supply angering the more established and professional commercial divers. There is still a demand for commercial divers but the jobs are often few and far between and the more experienced/qualified diver is almost always chosen over the rookie. The Rise of the ROV is also impacting the employment of commerical divers. The effects are wide ranging but in Norway, a commerical diver cannot legally dive offshore without an ROV watching his every move! Potential helium shortages were an initial worry for commercial dive operators.
However the use of helium re-claimation systems that recycles the helium being used has largely ended that concern.
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