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InterMoor Wins Top Workplaces Accolade

May 18, 2015

InterMoor Inc. has been selected as one of the top workplaces in the Greater New Orleans area, according to a list compiled by the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The top workplaces are determined on employee feedback. The employee survey is conducted by WorkplaceDynamics…

KPI Bridge Oil Promotes Felber

May 18, 2015

KPI Bridge Oil, a global broker and trader in marine bunkers, marine lubricants and risk management products, has promoted Jordan Felber to Team Leader in its New York office. Felber  joined KPI Bridge Oil in late 2008, previous to his time…

Ret. Navy Director Joins HALO Maritime Defense Systems

May 18, 2015

Michael A. 'Tony' Reid, LCDR, USN (Ret.) joins HALO Maritime Defense Systems Paul C. Jensen, CEO of HALO Maritime Defense Systems (HMDS), announced that Michael A. 'Tony' Reid, former United States Navy Director for Anti-terrorism, Force-protection (AT/FP)…

USCG Stresses Importance of Free Vessel Safety Checks

May 18, 2015

As National Safe Boating Week continues, the Coast Guard 9th District is reminding boaters Sunday to get a free vessel safety check from the Coast Guard Auxiliary before going out onto the lakes this boating season.The Coast Guard Auxiliary…

Keppel hands over Runcorn Energy-from-Waste Facility Phase 2

May 18, 2015

Keppel Seghers Belgium N.V. and Keppel Seghers UK Limited (collectively, Keppel Seghers) have handed over Phase 2 of the Runcorn Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facility, in the UK, to the client.Runcorn EfW comprises two phases of equal capacity…

South-East Asian Migrant Crisis

May 18, 2015

Thousands of migrants from Bangladeshi and Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar Myanmar are still stranded at sea in south-east Asia in desperate need of food and water. Like Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, the Philippines will push back to…

Mistral Deal - A Storm Brewing at Sea

May 18, 2015

While France is seeking a way to cancel its contract to deliver two helicopter carriers to the Russian navy, Russia wants 1.163 billion euros ($1.32 billion) from France in compensation for nixing the deal. President Francois Hollande is…

Singapore Demands Investigation into Shooting Incident

May 18, 2015

Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) has condemned Iranian forces for firing warning shots in the Gulf at a Singapore-flagged Alpine Eternity which it said was in international waters, calling it a “serious violation of international law”…

Anti-Arctic Drilling Activists Hold 'Shell No' Protest in Seattle

May 18, 2015

Seattleites took a dramatic stand, er paddle, against Arctic oil drilling. Local Native Americans and concerned citizens took to kayak and canoe and surrounded a giant, Arctic-bound Royal Dutch Shell oil drilling rig currently making a layover in the Port of Seattle…

India to Launch Anti-sub Vessel INS Kavaratti

May 18, 2015

India is all set to launch the last of the four anti-submarine warfare (ASW) class stealth corvettes INS Kavaratti, reports Press Trust of India. Kavaratti, which is 90 percent indigenous, is the last of four ASW class stealth corvettes being built for the Indian Navy under Project 28…

Odfjell Drilling Vietnam Bound

May 18, 2015

Norway's Odfjell Drilling has secured a contract with VietGazprom to deploy 2011-built drillship Deepsea Metro I (UDW drillship) to Vietnam. The area of operation is in Blocks 130 and 131 offshore Vietnam. Contract commencement is expected to take place mid 3Q 2015…

Spaniards Sparkle in Volvo Ocean Race

May 18, 2015

Spanish boat MAPFRE led the Volvo Ocean Race fleet out of Newport, Rhode Island, and into the most challenging of the remaining three legs through the North Atlantic, reports AFP. Newport was the only North American stopover on this year's race…

Korean Shipyards Bullish on Mega Vessels

May 18, 2015

As the construction of ultra large container ships gained momentum, Korean shipyards are sweeping up the market, according to a report appeared in Business Korea. Total orders of 21 container ships exceeding 20,000 TEU in capacity were placed globally from the end of last year to date…

Germany's Merkel Calls for Global Emissions Trading System

May 17, 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Saturday for the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS), the bloc's flagship policy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, to become a global system.Thousands of power plants, factories and…

Seattle Flotilla Protests Shell's Arctic Drilling Plans

May 17, 2015

Hundreds of activists in kayaks and small boats fanned out on a Seattle bay on Saturday to protest plans by Royal Dutch Shell to resume oil exploration in the Arctic and keep two of its drilling rigs stored in the city's port.Environmental…

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