Aberdeen Harbor has reported its results for 2013, with vessel tonnage exceeding 28 million metric tons for the second year in succession, and nearly 4.9 million metric tons of cargo crossing the quayside.Strong activity across the Harbor’s…
With an inauguration ceremony FRIGO Coldstore Logistics opened a third cold store in the Port of Hamburg on May 13, 2014. When the building is completed in August 2014 the company will offer a total cool capacity of 40,000 pallet positions on 18…
The Port of Long Beach announced Tuesday, May 13, the award of education scholarships totaling $43,500 to 28 local high school and college students. At the same time, the Port introduced an expanded Education Outreach Plan at the “Celebrating…
CMA CGM announced that following its nominations, Alain Wils and John Van de Merwe joined the Board of Directors of Global Ship Lease Inc.Wils currently serves as a consultant in the shipping and logistics industries, with more than 40 years of experience…
KOTUG International B.V. was proclaimed the winner of the King Willem I Award 2014 in the category ‘medium and small sized enterprise’. The award was presented by Her Royal Highness Queen Maxima of The Netherlands to Ard-Jan Kooren at the Dutch Bank…
Neil D. Morrison, P.E. was promoted Monday by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners to Assistant Managing Director to oversee Harbor’s Engineering Design and Maintenance divisions. Morrison’s new post was created as part of the ongoing reorganization of the Engineering Bureau…
Precise Consultants, a hydrographic consultancy based in London, announced it will offer professional indemnity (PI) insurance to freelance personnel, a service that will provide a policy that seeks to protect offshore professionals against potentially damaging claims…
Exova has appointed Stuart Bond as global business development manager, corrosion. Bond brings over 26 years’ experience in consultancy and industrial applied research, with a particular focus on the oil and gas sector. Prior to joining Exova…
The shipping industry and coastal countries in West Africa should increase levels of training and cooperation to prevent maritime crime from spreading in the region, said maritime security company GoAGT.For the last five years, increasing…
DNV GL has conducted a risk assessment “hazard identification study (HAZID)” on a series of three methanol-fuelled tankers for owner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and shipyard Minami Nippon Shipbuilding in Japan. As these are the vessels with a flex fuelled…
TOTE, Inc. President and CEO Anthony Chiarello is among 11 honored by the White House as 2014 transportation industry “Champions of Change.” Chiarello was chosen for his role in leading the U.S. maritime industry toward natural gas as fuel.Chiarello…
Love it or hate it, social media is part of modern life – and in the wrong hands, it can even be dangerous.The use of social media as a business tool and how to avoid the pitfalls will be the subject of a half day workshop due to be held during popular Maritime…
Many of today’s recruits into the shipping industry have grown up with games and their technologies. They are used to the personalisation and individualization such technology delivers. But can the shipping industry focus the energy and enthusiasm…
DNV GL announced the release of its new Navigator Port 2 software, an overhaul of DNV Navigator. According to DNV GL, the upgraded port clearance software aims to achieve a new level of usability, with a new and intuitive structure and interface…
Around a 190 oil workers of ExxonMobil in Norway would go on strike from June 16 if government mediation on wages and pensions fail, labor union SAFE said in a statement on Wednesday.Talks between Norwegian oil firms and two key unions broke…