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Newport International Boat Show Highlights

Sep 02, 2014

Newport Exhibition Group, owners and producers of the Newport International Boat Show, announced today activities and amenities for those planning to attend its 44th boat show season, the Newport International Boat Show provides visitors…

SUNY Maritime Takes the Ice Bucket Challenge

Sep 02, 2014

Taking full advantage of one of the summer’s hottest days, twelve administrators and staff at the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College today took the Ice Bucket Challenge, and raised more than $1,250 for the ALS Foundation in the process…

ClassNK Head Attends KOTC Delivery Ceremony

Sep 02, 2014

Noboru Ueda, Chairman and President of ClassNK attended the delivery ceremony for the M/T Al Yarmouk, constructed at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) and delivered to Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. S.A.K. (KOTC) in Geoje, Korea on August 25…

MTN Expands European Customer Base

Sep 02, 2014

MTN Communications (MTN) has expanded its communications and content business through maritime operators in Europe.  As a result, MTN has increased its Southampton, U.K. office staff and space. The MTN Southampton office is one of seven around the world and houses sales…

Bureau Veritas Diversifies with MatthewsDaniel Acquisition

Sep 02, 2014

Bureau Veritas announced today that it has acquired MatthewsDaniel Ltd, a global provider of loss adjusting and risk assessment services for the offshore industry.Created in Houston, Texas, in 1962, MatthewsDaniel is headquartered in London and has operations in Europe…

Fogal Retires from Zentech After 57 Years in O&G

Sep 02, 2014

Robert “Bob” “Sonny” Fogal, Jr., one of the icons in the offshore oil and gas industry, has decided to retire from front-line work as Zentech’s Director of Business Development.  Zentech’s President Ramesh Maini noted on August 28, “All the…

Troy Container Line Names Dao Sales Representative

Sep 02, 2014

Troy Container Line Ltd., one of the largest American-owned NVOCCs, today announced the appointment of Jason Dao as sales representative. Based in the company’s Red Bank, N.J. office, Dao has been charged with further expanding Troy Container…

Trailer Bridge Upgrades Corporate Headquarters

Sep 02, 2014

Trailer Bridge, Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida has commenced work on a significant building modernization project at its corporate headquarters located on New Berlin Road; the two story office building will undergo interior improvements to the…

New Sales Director at BMT Reliability Consultants

Sep 02, 2014

BMT Reliability Consultants (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, an international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announced the appointment of Dan Oakley as Sales Director.Holding a BSc in Mathematics and an MSc in Fluid Power Systems…

New Shipping Agency Enters the Market

Sep 02, 2014

Newly formed shipping agency Wave Shipping aims to bring change to current industry practice with its differentiated value proposition Founded by Lars Rosenkrands, CEO, and Alvin Lo, CFO, Wave Shipping was created with the vision to shake…

Chevron Announces Alliance with Petrol Ofisi

Sep 02, 2014

Chevron has signed agreements with the fuel products distribution and lubricants company of Turkey, Petrol Ofisi in Istanbul, that will result in improved supplies of marine lubricants to ship operators and managers operating in Turkey. This alliance covers production…

Gibdock Rreputation Rises in German Market

Sep 01, 2014

Gibdock has continued to see its stock rise amongst the German shipowner community over the past year. Indeed the Gibraltar ship repair yard’s recent client list reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of leading German shipowners and managers, underlining…

TNO Receives 'International Media Award for Prevention'

Sep 01, 2014

The Engagementgame developed by TNO in collaboration with partners is the winner of the 'International Media Award for Prevention' in the category Multi Media. This serious game, that trains managers to decrease work related stress and increase work engagement of their workers…

ABB Celebrates 125th Anniversary in Finland

Sep 01, 2014

ABB is celebrating today its 125th anniversary in Finland. Founded in 1889 in Helsinki by entrepreneur and inventor Gottfrid Strömberg, ABB Finland is today an innovative automation and power technology company with more than 5,000 employees in 30 locations…

Frost & Sullivan’s Excellence Awards 2014 recognises 18 companies

Aug 31, 2014

Frost & Sullivan held its inaugural New Zealand Excellence Awards on 28 August 2014 at Villa Maria, presenting a total of 18 awards to companies across the industries of Food, Energy and Power, Healthcare and Information Communication Technologies…

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