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Spinnaker Global, IMarEST to Support Maritime Engineers

Mar 23, 2016

Spinnaker Global and the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) have  announced a partnership to support the professional development of engineers working in the maritime sector within Asia Pacific. The partnership…

Key Issues of Concern to Maritime Industry

Mar 23, 2016

KVH Industries, Inc., hosted maritime industry leaders for a frank discussion about cyber security prior to the start of the CMA Shipping 2016 conference in Stamford, Connecticut.  During the roundtable, a range of concerns about the current level of vulnerability emerged…

Kongsberg GlobalSim Management Buyout

Mar 22, 2016

Kongsberg GlobalSim, the wholly owned land-segment crane simulation subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime is to become an independent business following a management buyout announced on 21st March 2016. The buyout will enable GlobalSim to focus on its core port crane…

HII Head Gives Up Salary for Educational Fund

Mar 21, 2016

U.S. shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) said it has begun the process of establishing a fund to provide educational assistance for children of HII employees.While details of the educational fund are still being developed, it…

Liner Shipping: Is There a Way for More Competition?

Mar 19, 2016

With around 80 per cent of global trade by volume and over 70 per cent of global trade by value carried by sea, and with these shares being even higher in the case of most developing countries, maritime transport, including liner shipping,…

New Thames Apprentices Celebrated

Mar 18, 2016

Transport minister, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon has marked the end of National Apprenticeship Week by presenting eleven Thames apprentices with Maritime Skills Diplomas.  For the apprentices, aged from 18 to 25, the Diplomas are the result of two years’ hard work…

USMRC Hires Director of Grants and Fundraising

Mar 18, 2016

The United States Maritime Resource Center (USMRC) has announced the appointment of Tiffany A. Torrey as its new Director of Grants and Fundraising. Torrey comes to USMRC with an extensive background in fundraising, grant writing, strategic planning…

Trelleborg hosts Port Performance Seminar

Mar 18, 2016

Trelleborg’s marine systems operation hosted an exclusive one-day seminar for port authorities and consultants in partnership with the company’s exclusive agent for Greece, Seamark Marine on 1st March at the Metropolitan Chandris Hotel in Athens…

Mott MacDonald Signs Up to The 5% Club

Mar 15, 2016

Global management, engineering and development consultancy Mott MacDonald has signed up to The 5% Club, an industry-led campaign focused on creating career opportunities for apprentices and graduates in the United Kingdom. Members of the club…

Seagull, Safebridge offer ECDIC Training Portfolio

Mar 15, 2016

Safebridge, a worldwide leading provider of web-based E-Learning products for the maritime industry, providing online, onboard and classroom training for nautical officers and captains, has launched a joint initiative with Seagull Maritime AS…

GTT Training Bags G-Sim Order from L-3 DPA, Chevron

Mar 14, 2016

GTT Training, a specialist LNG training and simulation provider, announces the award of a first contract to supply its G-Sim LNG simulator software to L-3 DPA and Chevron. The contract involves the development of a new LNG Carrier model…

Crowley Scholarships for Four Williams-Mystic Students

Mar 12, 2016

Four Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program students have been awarded scholarships by Crowley Maritime Corporation. Claire Fahrner, Vitya Romanov, Rachel Earnhardt and Jessica Menges were each chosen as a result of their academic excellence…

Hapag-Lloyd Becomes 'Blue Chip'

Mar 12, 2016

Hapag-Lloyd would become a member of the SDAX index of the Deutsche Börse, with its first day of trading on March 21, announced Deutsche Börse. The SDAX is a German Blue Chip Equity Index and contains 50 companies listed in the Prime Segment…

Virtual Exercise Addresses Unsafe Migration by Sea

Mar 11, 2016

Thousands of migrants seeking refuge have lost their lives attempting to make their way across the Mediterranean Sea in overcrowded and unseaworthy boats. The United Nations estimates that as many as 850,000 refugees may attempt to make the trip between 2015 and 2016…

CG Cadets to Get Merchant Mariner Credentialed

Mar 11, 2016

Beginning in 2016, qualifying graduates from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy now have the opportunity to obtain a domestic-only merchant mariner credential endorsement as a Master of Less Than 100 GRT, Near Coastal.“The Coast Guard Academy is…

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