DNV GL Group has appointed Tor Svensen as Group Executive Vice President. Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen will succeed Tor Svensen as Chief Executive Officer of its Maritime business area. Both will report to the incoming Group President & CEO Remi Eriksen…
Seeking new supply chain efficiencies, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have announced the creation of working groups focusing on peak operations and terminal optimization to develop ways to strengthen the competitiveness of the San Pedro Bay port complex…
1,000 new seafarers register on first day of V.Group's new Manila Training Center Maritime services provider V.Group, together with its third party ship management arm, V.Ships, are celebrating the inauguration of a new office and training center in Manila…
Zamakona Yards has signed an agency agreement with the Stewart Group, owned by RS Platou&Clarksons, the shipyard announced. The agreement will see the Stewart Group will offer its customers Zamakona Yards repair and maintenance services both afloat and in our shipyards…
WEC Group has funded a partnership deal to acquire the business and certain assets of metal manufacturing specialist MTL Group out of administration, saving 135 jobs.The Administrators of MTL Group Limited chose the deal offered by WEC Group as the best option…
Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has sold APL Logistics (APLL) to Kintetsu World Express (KWE) for $1.2 billion in a stunning deal that gives the Singapore-listed group a net gain of more than $900 million.The KWE Group considers the establishment…
David Ledwidge has been appointed to the position of chief financial officer at Irish Continental Group Plc (ICG). A Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland and a Bachelor of Science graduate from Dublin Institute of Technology…
At Bunker Holding, the parent company of a group of worldwide bunker companies, Group HR has been infused with new manpower as of 1 December 2014 with the employment of Henrik Hansen, whose primary task will be the implementation of group-internal…
Wood Group announced following changes to its senior management team.Alan Semple, chief financial officer (CFO) has advised the board that he intends to retire and step down from his current role and from the board at the company’s annual general meeting in May 2015…
Ferguson Group announced the appointment of Richard Smith to lead its executive team. This appointment follows on from the acquisition of Ferguson Group by the global supply-chain logistics company, Brambles Limited, in September 2014. Richard…
3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has appointed Dene Heywood as commercial director.Operating in the oil and gas and wind sectors both onshore and offshore, 3sun Group is an established…
A former senior vice president at top Asian oil refinery Sinopec Corp has officially taken office as the new head of state-run Sinochem Group, officials at the two companies said on Tuesday.Cai Xiyou, Sinopec's vice president in charge of oil trading and sales…
NorSea Group (U.K.) Limited is making a major, long-term commitment to the U.K. with the announcement that it will take over operatorship of Smith Quay and Embankment at Peterhead on a 10-year agreement as of September 1. NorSea Group also has…
Bergen Group ASA announced it has signed an agreement with Calexco S.a.r.l. regarding sale of the remaining 30 % shares in NorYards AS for a price of $4 million. The completion of the transaction is expected to take place by end of August 2014…
McMurdo Group was launched today as a new global company in end-to-end search and rescue (SAR) and maritime domain awareness (MDA) solutions. Comprised of Orolia’s former Positioning, Tracking and Monitoring Division, McMurdo Group combines Boatracs…
