RMEC Ltd. announced the appointment of a new operations manager to its recently forged management team. Dean Greig joins the Forfar-based well intervention equipment firm as it embarks on the next stage in its growth strategy following the £7…
Online chart service Fugawi X-Traverse, has announced new pricing for NV Digital Charts. Designed for use with the iNavX iOS app, NV charts of the United States East Coast and the Caribbean are now available for download for as little as $9…
BIMCO today confirmed the first communications agency to join as one of its associate members.Jeanius Consulting offers a service encompassing maritime PR, marketing and social media management and works with a wide range of clients and associations throughout the industry…
JA Moody announced that Mark Petersen-Overton will join the company as Vice President of Operations effective May 27, 2014.Mark spent nearly 10 years in key leadership roles at Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. (LCE) following a distinguished 26-year career with the U…
Chemical technology specialist Aubin Group has appointed Katy Gifford as Chief Financial Officer.Katy brings over 25 years senior management and international experience in the oil and gas industry to Aubin Group. A Chartered Accountant…
Suppliers without liquidity will lose out to financially robust organizations offering better terms. Dynamic Oil Trading has highlighted liquidity and credit as the single biggest challenge in the shipping industry when it comes to fuel supply…
Eco Marine Power (EMP) today revealed details of its Aquarius Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) and announced that it will begin work related to the construction of a prototype. The Aquarius USV is being developed as a cost-effective unmanned surface…
Thome Ship Management has added to its senior management tier by appointing Steen Nygaard Madsen as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Thome Ship Management Tanker Fleet.Madsen will take up the position on June 1 this year, bringing with him experience in running ships…
The German navigation system manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz, says that together with its exclusive Norwegian distributor Syberg AS, it has been awarded a contract for the supply of an advanced Synapsis Integrated Navigation System (INS) to two new state-of-the-art wind farm service vessels…
The IMO has approved international regulations ensuring the weighing of containers before their carriage by sea informs the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) . The provisions will increase safety, contribute to preventing accidents and prevent loss of containers over board…
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MoU) Committee met in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 19 - 23 May 2014. Among other matters, the report of the Harmonized Verification Programme (HAVEP) on passenger ships (objective…
The latest round of funding under the Skilling Australia’s Defence Industry (SADI) initiative was announced today by Minister for Defence, Senator David Johnston.Senator Johnston said more than $5 million in funding would be made available…
Maritime industry business intelligence provider PortVision says that its CEO, Dean Rosenberg, testified before the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. An excerpt of Rosenberg comments on his testimony follows:'Yesterday…
The threat of a strike by tugboat workers at Port Hedland has been averted after the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) said no industrial action would be taken until late June at the earliest, GAC reported in its daily Hot Port News alert.Tugboat…
Troy Container Line Ltd., one of the largest American-owned NVOCCs, announced the expansion of its LCL Export Department with the hiring of Teresa Becker, Miguel Odria and Brian O’Malley in the company’s Red Bank, N.J. headquarters. Becker,…