Letitia Burgess Cecconi, who served as an assistant director at the Port of Redwood City in the 1970s and early 1980s, died July 5 at the age of 78. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Richard, daughters Caroline Cecconi and Linda Goodman…
Transocean Partners LLC, a Marshall Islands limited liability company formed by Transocean Ltd., has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 17,500,000 common units representing limited liability company interests at $22.00 per unit…
Royal Dutch Shell plc announced the appointment of Harry Brekelmans as Projects & Technology Director with effect from October 1, 2014. In his new role, Harry will become a member of the Executive Committee and will take over from Matthias Bichsel who will be leaving the company after 34 years…
International Shipholding Corporation (ISC) has announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, summarized here:Net Losshe Company reported a net loss of $664,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2014. For the comparable three months ended June 30…
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. has announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. Following are highlights for this period and excerpts from the Company's future outlook: 2Q2014 Upstream revenue and EBITDA…
Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-03), Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure’s Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, informs ot the introduction of H.R. 5270, the 'Growing American Shipping Act', to strengthen the U…
Entry submissions for the first SHIPPINGInsight Award are due Friday, Aug. 1, but organizers said they will continue to accept nominations through following week to provide some extra time.SHIPPINGInsight Award offers an opportunity to be…
Intelsat S.A. today announced that Patricia Cooper has been named as the company's Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy, effective August 25.In this newly created role, Cooper will be responsible for leading the company's U.S.,…
Maximillian Natzet has been named a Supervising Engineer in the Virginia Beach office of Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global infrastructure strategic consulting, engineering and program/construction management organization.In his new position…
On August 1, Hamburg Süd will open an office in Nanjing, China, to be headed by general manager Steven Pu. Hamburg Süd now operates from 20 locations in Greater China.All tasks previously carried out by the Ben Line agency will be taken over by the new Hamburg Süd office…
July 2014 marked the 100th anniversary of the traveling inspection staff, originally created under the Steamboat Inspection Service. These travelers are highly experienced marine inspectors and investigators that help to measure the effectiveness of existing programs and policies…
The Lambert Firm in New Orleans says that Emily C. Jeffcott, Cayce C. Peterson, and Jeremy Z. Soso have been named partners in the firm. Of the three, Attorney Cayce C. Peterson specializes in maritime law, product liability, whistleblower claims and personal injury law…
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. announced that their Bollinger Fourchon, L.L.C. facility has worked 13 years without a lost time accident.Building on a philosophy that starts at the top, Bollinger Shipyards strives for zero accidents. Workforce…
Bill Heller to assume the position as Messer Cuttings Systems’ President and CEOGary Norville started at Messer Cuttings Systems Inc. in September 1980 selling and installing cutting machines. Norville worked in many different departments during his career with Messer…
The Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) with the purpose to establish that watchkeeping personnel are meeting the requirements…