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…
Testing, calibration and advisory services provider Exova has appointed Campbell Ure as general manager of its Edinburgh and new Aberdeen laboratories. Ure, an engineering business management specialist, brings experience in delivering multimillion…
The TT Club has alerted the supply chain industry to a persistence of claims in a handful of loss types. The international transport, freight and logistics insurance provider said it has found that 66% of its claims by number and 62% by value…
SCHOTTEL has opened a new subsidiary in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Serving as managing director of SCHOTTEL de Colombia is Julio Carrasquilla Martínez who previously worked as a sales agent for SCHOTTEL do Brasil. He has a Master in…
The largest U.S. refinery strike in 35 years could spread if talks over improved safety conditions do not resume soon, United Steelworkers union (USW) International President Leo Gerard said on Tuesday.A total of 6,550 USW members are on strike at 15 plants…
The crew of USS Constitution commemorated the bicentennial of Old Ironsides' final battle during the War of 1812, her unprecedented dual-victory over Royal Navy ships HMS Cyane and HMS Levant Feb. 20 in Charlestown Navy Yard.Constitution…
ExxonMobil is encouraging girls to consider science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers through the '12th-annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day program' to be held at 14 ExxonMobil and XTO Energy sites nationwide over the next several months…
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and sailors aboard the USS Carney, USS Gonzalez, and USS Barry successfully completed a flight test involving the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system.At approximately 2:30 a.m. EST today…
Ireland’s largest bulk port company, Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC), announced yesterday the commissioning of the first ports infrastructure project since the turn of the millennium, with a €50million capital investment programme at Foynes…
CEVA Logistics has won a new contract with Xiaomi, the world's third largest smartphone manufacturer, to operate their warehouse and distribution in Malaysia. Xiaomi's unique business strategy of selling products directly to consumers…
OSX Brasil SA Chief Financial Officer Claudio Antônio da Silva Zuicker is stepping down, and Chief Executive Officer Vladimir Kundert Ranevsky will add the role of CFO, the troubled Brazilian shipbuilder said in a statement on Tuesday. OSX…
Offshore survey service provider Tesla Offshore LLC has promoted Matt Keith to vice president, geoscience manager and an officer with the company, as announced by the company’s president C. D. Schempf, Jr. As a vice president, Keith will…
Protesting truckers in Brazil blocked access to the port of Santos on Tuesday, according to a representative for highway operator Ecovias, threatening shipments of soybeans in the middle of what is expected to be a record harvest. (Reporting by Eduardo Simoes…
Oilfield services company Express Energy Services has appointed Mark Reese as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ES Platform Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Express. Reese spent more than 30 years at National Oilwell Varco (NOV)…
Netwave has received a Type Approval Certificate from BSH in Hamburg for its new NW-6000 Voyage Data Recorder (VDR). The NW-6000 is certified against MSC 333 (90) and can be installed onboard vessels which require a new VDR.“We have already…