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OCHA, APEC Ink Deal to train Foreign Dockers

Feb 19, 2015

OCHA, the training center for dock workers in the port of Antwerp, will collaborate with APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center to organise joint courses for dock workers and operators from ports in other countries. The new courses will…

Irving Shipyard Offers College, Job Opportunities for Women

Feb 18, 2015

Irving Shipbuilding's partnership with Women Unlimited provides community college funding and job opportunities at Halifax Shipyard Irving Shipbuilding has partnered with Women Unlimited to provide education funding and job opportunities…

Oil and Gas Industry Contracts Down 22% in Q4 2014

Feb 18, 2015

The number of major contracts awarded across the global oil and gas industry declined during the last quarter, according to the latest quarterly report from the UK-based Energy Industries Council (EIC).There were 117 major contract awarded between October and December 2014…

SC Ports Record 18% Container Volume Increase

Feb 18, 2015

The South Carolina Ports Authority reports 18 Percent Increase in container volume at SC ports; new breakbulk service announced; Vice President, Secretary of Transportation visit The SC Ports Authority handled 152,917 twenty-foot equivalent units…

Crowley Scholarships for Four UW Students

Feb 18, 2015

Crowley Maritime Corp. has awarded Thomas B. Crowley, Sr. Memorial Scholarships to four students at the University of Washington’s (UW) Michael G. Foster School of Business. The students, Jason Cisneros, Callie Hamilton, Irah Dizon and Joshua Banks…

Thibodeaux Named President of Fugro Chance

Feb 18, 2015

Offshore survey company Fugro Chance Inc. has appointed Blaine Thibodeaux to president. His responsibilities include Fugro’s Gulf of Mexico and Arctic offshore operations, including marine positioning, offshore construction and subsea projects…

Japanese Student Overboard in the Pacific

Feb 18, 2015

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) search operations continue for a student reported overboard from a Japanese training vessel approximately 70 miles southwest of Kauai, Tuesday. USCG said its watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center were notified at 9:56 a…

Randy Rogers Named New Waukegan Port District GM

Feb 18, 2015

Randy Rogers became the new Waukegan Port District general manager in November, the American Great Lakes Port Association announced today. Rogers, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, spent the last 21 years working for the U.S. Maritime Administration…

HII’s SN3 Names Boyd Business Development VP

Feb 18, 2015

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3) subsidiary has promoted Gerald Boyd to vice president of business development. Boyd currently serves as the company's vice president of southeast operations. Boyd joined SN3—then The S…

ENMET Announces Davis as New President

Feb 18, 2015

ENMET, LLC has appointed Norman Davis, Jr. as the new President succeeding Dr. Verne Brown who held the position for 43 years until his passing. Davis brings to the position a background in executive management and in business development…

Shipping Company, Chief Engineer Charged for Dumping Oil

Feb 18, 2015

U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced  that AML Ship Management GMBH, a German company, and Nicolas Sassin, Chief Engineer of a vehicle carrier ship it operated, the M/V City of Tokyo, were both charged with knowingly dumping oil into United…

Glander International Bunkering Hires Malik

Feb 18, 2015

Glander International Bunkering has recruited Shahid Malik as Bunker and Lubricant trader for the Dubai office. Malik has been involved in the bunkering industry for eight years, gaining experience in the U.S., Karachi, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East…

U.S. Labor Secretary Joins West Coast Port Talks

Feb 18, 2015

U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez on Tuesday urged shipping company executives and union leaders for 20,000 dockworkers to settle a contract dispute that has led to months of clogged cargo traffic and other disruptions at 29 West Coast ports.Perez…

Sixth Victim of Petrobras Explosion Found

Feb 18, 2015

A sixth victim of last week's deadly explosion on a Petrobras offshore oil and natural gas production ship has been found, according to a statement on Wednesday from BW Offshore Ltd, which operates the vessel for Brazil's state-run oil company…

Cargo Ship Aground at Kilchoan

Feb 18, 2015

Stornoway Coastguard was contacted this morning by the general cargo vessel LYSBLINK SEAWAYS reporting that they had gone aground north of the Isle of Mull, near Kilchoan, at approximately 1.50am. She has 9 people on board and the Tobermory…

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