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2H Offshore Relocates to Larger Facilities

Dec 04, 2014

2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has invested in office facilities in Malaysia and Australia, to support ongoing growth in the Asia Pacific region, the company announced. “The subsea oil and gas industry in Asia Pacific continues to grow rapidly…

KR Elects Bum-shik as Chairman, CEO

Dec 04, 2014

On 4 December, in Seoul, at an extraordinary meeting of the general assembly, the Korean Register (KR) elected Dr Park Bum-shik, formerly COO (Chief Operating Officer) of the Korea P & I Club as its new Chairman & CEO.  Dr Park graduated…

Liberia Releases Mandatory MLC Compliance Report

Dec 04, 2014

The Liberian Maritime Authority has released the mandatory MLC Annual Report for 2013. This report confirms that Liberia’s approach to enforcement of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 has resulted in low deficiency rate for Liberian-flag ships…

300 kilos Cocaine Intercepted in Portsmouth Port

Dec 04, 2014

The drugs were seized following the search of the cargo vessel Star Stratos at Portsmouth port yesterday evening.Approximately 300 kilos were discovered concealed within a shipment of bananas which had originated in Colombia.Investigations…

USCG Report Vessel Traffic Restriction on ICW

Dec 04, 2014

Vessel traffic on the Intracoastal Waterway near Bal Harbor, Florida is restricted following an incident involving a yacht and the Broad Causeway bridge. Due to the incident, only the bridge's west leaf is able to open.  Restrictions…

Lerwick Port Strengthening Top Deck

Dec 04, 2014

The Board of Lerwick Port Authority is strengthening its senior management team in support of continuing activity and development at the busy harbour.The move follows an external organisational review, particularly looking at the staff…

Long Beach Port Helps Fund Westside “Livability” Study

Dec 04, 2014

The public is invited to attend the first community workshop to discuss the Livable West Long Beach Plan and Green Terminal Island (TI) Plan on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 10 a.m. at Silverado Park, 1545 W. 31st St.“The goal of both plans is to improve the quality of life in West Long Beach…

Swire Pacific Wins Sustainable Business Award

Dec 04, 2014

Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) was presented the Sustainable Business Award (SBA) for Business Responsibility and Ethics at the inaugural Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development held in Singapore on Tuesday, 25 November 2014.…

Gazprom to Upgrade Gas Supplies to Kyrgyzstan

Dec 04, 2014

The development of gas transmission and distribution infrastructure of Kyrgyzstan was discussed during a meeting held at the Gazprom headquarters hosted today between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Djoomart Otorbaev…

True Heading Bags Lockheed Martin Contract

Dec 03, 2014

True Heading, a leading manufacturer of Automatic Identification System (AIS) and telematics solutions, announced today they will fulfill a major order from the world’s largest defense contractor, Lockheed Martin.Building on a longstanding partnership…

Dan Johnson is Info Systems-Tech Gr. EVP at General Dynamics

Dec 03, 2014

The board of directors of General Dynamics has elected S. Daniel Johnson to be executive vice president, Information Systems and Technology, effective January 1, 2015, to succeed David K. Heebner, who has informed the company of his intention to retire on December 31…

Petrobras Makes Discovery in Colombian Caribbean Waters

Dec 03, 2014

The Petrobras Orca–1 exploratory well (Tayrona Block) has revealed a natural gas accumulation in Colombian Caribbean deep waters, 40 km off the coast of La Guajira. This is the first discovery in the history of the deep water exploration of this region of the Caribbean…

Caterpillar to Equip 4 AHTS for Grupo CBO

Dec 03, 2014

Caterpillar Marine informed that its Cat® power and propulsion solutions have been selected to power four AHTS vessels for Grupo CBO, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  Each AHTS vessel will be equipped with 4 x 6 M 32 C propulsion…

Mundra Port Handles Largest Bulk Carrier

Dec 03, 2014

Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd, India’s largest port developer and part of Adani Group, today said its Mundra Port successfully berthed the largest bulk carrier to call at any port on the west coast of India, thereby making history in the Indian maritime sector…

Petronas Delays Canadian LNG Project

Dec 03, 2014

Petronas, Malaysia's state-owned oil and gas company, delayed giving the final investment go-ahead on Wednesday for its $11 billion liquefied natural gas export terminal in British Columbia, citing high costs and other outstanding issues.'Costs…

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