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Odd Arne Slettebø new CFO of “Noreco”

Nov 24, 2014

Norwegian Energy Company ASA has appointed Odd Arne Slettebø as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Odd Arne Slettebø replaces Tommy Sundt who has been appointed new CEO of the Company. Slettebø joined Noreco in August 2012 and was until now Group Finance Manager of Noreco…

Fincantieri Sign MoUs with Carnival & CSSC

Nov 24, 2014

Fincantieri, the world leader in the construction of cruise ships, has signed two memorandums of understanding, respectively with Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line, and with China CSSC Holdings Limited, controlled by CSSC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation)…

Dan-Bunkering Opens Office in Aalborg

Nov 24, 2014

The global bunker company, A/S Dan-Bunkering Ltd., expands its activities with an additional office in Denmark.'We have employed our first trading team in Aalborg and expect to be ready to trade as soon as 1st December, when Dan-Bunkering Aalborg opens…

USCG Assist Duck Hunters Near Harrington Beach Park

Nov 23, 2014

The Coast Guard and the Port Washington and Cedar Grove Fire Departments came to the assistance of two duck hunters on Lake Michigan Friday.The names of those involved are not being released.A 911 dispatcher contacted Coast Guard Station Sheboygan  at 11:30 a…

Sapurakencana Wins 3 Petronas Oil blocks

Nov 23, 2014

SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad today announced that it has entered into Sale and Purchase Agreements to acquire the entire interest of PETRONAS in 3 blocks offshore south Vietnam (Blocks 01/97 & 02/97, Blocks 10&11.1, Block 46-CN) for a total purchase price of US$400 million…

Kemp Succeeds Semple at Wood Group

Nov 23, 2014

Wood Group announced following changes to its senior management team.Alan Semple, chief financial officer (CFO) has advised the board that he intends to retire and step down from his current role and from the board at the company’s annual general meeting in May 2015…

ST Engineering Rejigs Top Deck

Nov 23, 2014

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced the appointment of senior management personnel to new key management positions in the Group with a view to further strengthen its leadership team.Mr Lee Fook Sun…

HMAS Success Deploys to Middle East

Nov 23, 2014

After months of preparation, HMAS Success departed Garden Island in Sydney today for a six-month deployment to the Middle East Region to provide logistic support for coalition forces as part of Operation MANITOU. Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells…

Rosneft Ships First Oil From Chayvo Field

Nov 23, 2014

Rosneft commenced shipment of crude oil extracted at the Northern Tip of Chayvo license off the coast of Sakhalin, with the first tanker carrying Sokol-grade crude leaving port on November 21.The tanker was loaded at the Sokol single-point oil terminal located 5…

MHI Receives "Best IR Award"

Nov 23, 2014

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received one of this year's 'Best IR Awards' presented annually by the Japan Investor Relations Association (JIRA). The company was cited for the clear and detailed way in which it has delineated…

Houston Port Commission Approves budget

Nov 23, 2014

The Fiscal Year 2015 Operating and Capital Budget was approved Thursday during a special meeting of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority. Projections by the Port Authority anticipate increased revenues in 2015, driven…

7 Rescued from Sinking Freighter Near Haiti

Nov 22, 2014

Seven crewmembers were rescued after their 100-foot coastal freighter began taking on water and sank approximately 45 miles north off of Cap Haitien, Haiti, Friday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 7th District command center in Miami…

Gazprom Transgaz Ufa Organizes Arts Festival

Nov 22, 2014

Over 200 healthy children and children with disabilities from Bashkortostan as well as the Volga Region participated in the Breaking the Barriers second interregional children’s arts festival, which took place in Ufa on November 14 under the slogan “Friendship begins here…

Time-out for Kwanza Drilling

Nov 22, 2014

Statoil has decided to cancel the Stena Carron rig contract after fulfilling the work commitments in the Statoil-operated blocks 38 and 39 in the Kwanza basin offshore Angola.The rig contract will cease with effect from 21 November 2014…

President Pryor Retires from ExxonMobil Chemicals

Nov 22, 2014

Stephen D. Pryor, president, ExxonMobil Chemical Company and vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has elected to retire on January 1, 2015, after more than 44 years of service.It is anticipated that the board of directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation will appoint Neil A…

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