Moscow hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Taner Yildiz, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey.The meeting addressed the issues of strategic partnership…
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet, Combined Maritime Forces, Vice Adm. John. W. Miller, recognized the accomplishments of three special-needs sailors from the Kuwaiti ship, Journey of Hope, during a port visit in Bahrain…
Woodside, as Operator of the North West Shelf (NWS) Project, advises that the NWS Projectparticipants have approved the Persephone Project off the north-west coast of Australia.The Persephone Project is the third major gas development for the NWS Project in the past six years…
NYK welcomed about 60 environmental supervisors from 47 NYK Group companies to the group’s annual Environmental Management Conference in Tokyo. NYK holds this conference with NYK Group companies to share information on environmental practices…
Hubbell Marine recently promoted Tony Brejwo to marine marketing manager. Brejwo started his career at Hubbell in August 2000 in the customer service department. Now, 14 years later he has grown into the role of marine marketing manager…
Fednav Limited held a reception on board one of its vessels, the Federal Mayumi, at the Port of Cleveland yesterday to celebrate a trio of anniversaries: the 70th year since the founding of the company, 55 years of continuous general cargo liner…
OW Tanker, a unit of bankrupt OW Bunker and owner of its marine fuel supply ships, has been taken over by a newly-created company, the fleet manager told Reuters on Wednesday. Henrik Pedersen said the takeover by Alba Tanker ApS, which has the trustees of the bankrupt company on its board…
SOLAS amendments to make IGF Code mandatory approved by Maritime Safety Committee The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), which met at the Organization's London headquarters for its 94th session, from November 17-21…
BIMCO announced its intention to develop a standard term sheet to assist the shipping industry in the creation of ship financing documentation. The aim of developing this document would be to offer lenders and borrowers a comprehensive…
The National Marine Representatives Association (NMRA) recently awarded its second $500 scholarship to a student pursuing education in the marine industry and maritime trades. Jacqueline Weymann, of Kings Point, New York, was honored in a presentation made by NMRA past president Norm MacLeod…
UniMarine has opened a new office UniMarine South Europe & Mediterranean.Located in Piraeus (Greece), the office will service the Southern European and Mediterranean region, headed by Spiros Stamou who has been active in the marine lubricants…
Stena Bulk reports it is the first Swedish shipping company to join the World Ocean Council (WOC), a global organization that converges a diverse range of maritime operations to promote the sustainable use of the world’s oceans. The World…
The CMA CGM Group has acquired the German shipping company Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei GmbH & Co. KG (OPDR), CMA CGM founder, chairman and CEO Jacques R. Saadé announced during his visit in Hamburg, Germany on November 25…
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA : Kuala Lumpur Becomes the New Asia Pacific Regional HeadquartersAs a part of the plan to restructure PGS business activities in Asia Pacific the Company has decided to relocate its regional headquarters from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur ('KL')…
Zargon Oil & Gas Ltd. announces that it has entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement to sell its Hamilton Lake property for $25 million. Property DispositionZargon has entered into an agreement to sell its petroleum and…