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Gatto Industrial Starts Electroplating in North America

Dec 19, 2014

Gatto Industrial Platers, Inc. has launched its new Large Parts Zinc Electroplating Line, capable of plating parts up to 27 feet long and weighing up to 8,000 pounds. The new line’s tanks are 4 feet wide, 7.5 feet deep and 27 feet long, and…

Teekay Tankers to Acquire 5 Tankers

Dec 19, 2014

Teekay Tankers Ltd. announced that it will acquire four coated Aframax tankers and one uncoated Aframax tanker for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $230 million. The five vessels, which are expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2015…

Cheniere to Sell LNG from Corpus Christi to Portugal

Dec 19, 2014

Cheniere Energy, Inc announced today that its subsidiary, Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC  has entered into a liquefied natural gas ('LNG') sale and purchase agreement ('SPA') with EDP Energias de Portugal S.A. ('EDP') under which EDP has agreed to purchase approximately 0…

Reports on Rosneft Arctic Projects

Dec 19, 2014

On December 18, Member of Rosneft Board of Directors, special representative of President of the Russian Federation on international cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic Artur Chilingarov made a report 'Russia and Norway: Prospects for…

Fincantieri Wins Carnival Cruise Ship Order

Dec 19, 2014

Fincantieri SpA has been awarded an order by Carnival Corporation & plc for the construction of two new cruise ships for Carnival Cruise Line and Holland America Line. Both will be sisters ships respectively to Carnival Vista and Koningsdam…

CSCL Globe: Maiden Voyage for World's Largest Containership

Dec 19, 2014

The world’s largest container vessel CSCL (China Shipping Container Lines Co.Ltd) Globe has held a grand maiden voyage ceremony in Singapore on Thursday.The world's newly crowned largest ship by container volume made her imposing maiden call on Singapore on Thursday- dwarfing nearby vessels…

Norfolk Naval Shipyard to Increase Workforce

Dec 19, 2014

Norfolk Naval Shipyard is planning to expand its workforce by 1,500 workers in an effort to keep up with worker attrition and looming ship repair workload, according to a report on http://hamptonroads.com.Already one of the top employers in Hampton Roads…

The fate of North Sydney’s Archibald Wharf sale in cross-roads

Dec 19, 2014

Residents in North Sydney are upset and angry over the proposed sale of the Archibald Wharf, demanding answers on plans to sell the municipally owned wharf. The buyer has second thoughts now. According to a section of Australian media, a…

Pearl Harbor Shipyard plans to hire 731 workers

Dec 19, 2014

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is planning to hire 731 workers this fiscal year, a significant boost for high-paying jobs at the Hawaii's largest industrial employer, according to a report on  http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com.If you're looking for a job…

Alps Wire Rope Announces New Hires

Dec 18, 2014

Alps Wire Rope Corporation announced the several recent additions and promotions. Jim Miner has been appointed Regional Manager for the North Central and Midwest area, bringing six years of wire rope experience at Alps Wire Rope Corporation…

HII to Open Family Health Center at Ingalls

Dec 18, 2014

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced the location of the new family health center designed exclusively for employees working at the Ingalls Shipbuilding division and their covered dependents. The center, scheduled to open next year at 2105 Old Spanish Trail in Gautier…

WSC CEO Koch to Retire in 2015

Dec 18, 2014

Chris Koch, current president and CEO of the World Shipping Council (WSC), will retire from his position on July 31, 2015, and WSC Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, John Butler, will assume that position on August 1 of next year. Following his retirement as president…

HII Board of Directors Elects Two VPs

Dec 18, 2014

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) board of directors has elected Kellye Walker to serve as corporate vice president and general counsel and Charles R. “Chuck” Monroe Jr. to serve as corporate vice president, associate general counsel and secretary…

Abigail Ross Hopper Named BOEM Director

Dec 18, 2014

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today named Abigail Ross Hopper as the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which manages the development of our nation’s conventional and renewable energy and marine mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf…

US Shippers, West Coast Dockworkers Union Resume Contract Talks

Dec 18, 2014

Negotiators for shipping lines and terminal operators at 29 U.S. West Coast ports resumed contract talks with the union for dockworkers on Thursday, as cargo backups continued at the ports, a representative for the labor group said. Officials…

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