All over the world, International Women’s Day provides a great opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women. WISTA-UK’s event at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) last Thursday was a celebration of many things – a celebration of the 2014 International Personality of the Year…
The U.S. deputy director of Naval Intelligence, Lynn Wright, toured and visited with students in various cyber, intelligence and information systems classes at the Center for Information Dominance (CID) March 10, the U.S. Navy announced. Wright…
ClassNK’s official registration figures, in addition to Clarkson’s data, reveal that the classification society is once again the world’s largest. The society made the announcement at its annual Japanese press conference held in Tokyo on March 17…
Tidewater Inc. announced today that Joseph M. Bennett, Executive Vice President and Chief Investor Relations Officer, will present at the Scotia Howard Weil 43rd Annual Energy Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday, March 23, 2015…
Navy leaders announced March 16 the Department of Defense 2015 Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) theme of 'Eliminate Sexual Assault: Know your part. Do your part.' The effort will focus on raising awareness and highlighting…
The Gazprom Board of Directors held a meeting in absentia. The Gazprom Board of Directors reelected Gazprom Management Committee Deputy Chairman Alexander Kozlov (from March 18, 2015) and Department Head Vsevolod Cherepanov (from March 30…
Global marine piping and valve supplier W&O has promoted two long-time employees to Vice President, the company announced today. Fred Loomis will now serve as Vice President of Technical Sales, and Todd Nestel will serve as Vice President of Engineered Solutions…
UAE Nationals now trained to carry out full circle of port operations Increasing the number of UAE Nationals in the workforce is a core pillar of the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 and a central business strategy for Abu Dhabi Ports. As…
W&O, a global supplier to the marine and upstream oil and gas markets for pipe, valves and fittings, valve automation and engineered solutions, has promoted two long-time employees to Vice President as part of the company’s continued focus on providing engineered solutions…
SSI has hired two new staff members, Thomas Stokes Jr. and Jason Rose, to keep up with the growing demand for ShipConstructor training as well as Autodesk related product advice, the company announced. Thomas Stokes Jr. (TJ), is SSI's new software trainer…
Cutwater Boats announced the appointment of Dan Sadler to the position of regional sales manager today. Sadler has spent 35 years working in the marine industry, including the last 19 years as a regional sales manager at Boston Whaler…
DGS Marine, a global P&I (protection and indemnity) management provider, and exclusive manager for the British European and Overseas (BE&O) P&I facility, has announced a 15% premium growth following the completion of P&I renewals on February 20th…
AVEVA Marine and AVEVA Bocad software licenses will be deployed in Korean Universities and schools to encourage the ongoing development of the local marine industry. Students will be introduced to the ship design process through hands-on experience with essential engineering and design disciplines…
On February 4, 2014, the IMSO Director General launched an Consultancy Program inviting appropriate experts to assist in the evaluation of mobile satellite communications systems for the GMDSS. The IMO Maritime Safety Committee, at its 94th session in November 2014…
The global offshore accommodation market has seen significant growth over the past five years, with PoB requirements increasing by 27% between 2009 and 2014. Although the recent oil price decline has negatively impacted the accommodation market to some extent…