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KVH IP-MobileCast Content Delivery Service Goes Live

May 15, 2014

The IP-MobileCast content delivery service developed by KVH Industries, Inc., for its mini-VSAT Broadband satellite network is now live, constituting a maritime industry first that will enable seafarers in the middle of the ocean to have affordable access to daily digital newspapers…

Nigeria's Caverton Eyes Fresh Capital after $197m Stock Listing

May 15, 2014

Nigerian oil services firm Caverton plans to start the process of raising fresh equity by the fourth quarter after its $197 million stock market listing next Tuesday, the company's chief executive told Reuters on Thursday. Caverton, which…

DB Singapore Promotes Two Bunker Traders

May 15, 2014

Dan-Bunkering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. announced that as of May 1, 2014 Bunker Traders Thieu-vi Phung and Koh Kuan Hua have been promoted to Senior Bunker Traders. “Thieu-vi Phung was originally employed by Dan-Bunkering in Copenhagen in 2007 and moved to Singapore in May 2013…

Change Attitudes and You Change Behavior

May 15, 2014

Developing effective safety cultures on board involves thinking outside the box and away from established practice, according to Martin Hernqvist, head of The Swedish Club Academy, the body set up to deliver The Maritime Resource Management programme (MRM)…

Innocent Ship Agent Incurred US$90,000 Costs: ITIC Warning

May 15, 2014

Specialist professional indemnity insurer International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says that, in today’s highly competitive industry, ship agents and other shipping and transport intermediaries run the risk of being sued even when they are not at fault…

Chiquita Shipping Operations Return to New Orleans

May 14, 2014

Chiquita Brands represents Port of New Orleans’ biggest container shipping win with a project that will increase container volume by roughly 15 percent and create 270 to 350 new jobs in New OrleansToday, Gov. Bobby Jindal joined Chiquita Brands International Inc…

CII to Honor Curry with Connie Award

May 14, 2014

Robert A. Curry Sr., President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of California Cartage Company, an industry leader in trucking, warehousing and deconsolidation, has been selected to receive the 2014 Connie Award to be presented on the West…

The Treatment of Foreign Seafarers

May 14, 2014

The United States effectively treats foreign seafarers more harshly than any other group that enters the country without breaking the law.The general rule is that all persons who are not U.S. nationals or permanent residents must have a visa to enter the United States…

Ship Engineers' Strike Possible in Norway

May 14, 2014

Approximately 600 Norwegian engineers in service on ships, members of the Maritime NHO, could go on strike with effect from 0000 hours tomorrow, May 15, GAC said in its daily Hot Port News report.If the strike takes effect, it will impact most maritime traffic at Norwegian ports…

Results Reveal Stong Year for Aberdeen Harbor

May 14, 2014

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…

FRIGO Opens Third Cold Store in Port of Hamburg

May 14, 2014

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…

Two Directors Join Global Ship Lease’s Board of Directors

May 14, 2014

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 Winner of the King Willem I Award 2014

May 14, 2014

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…

Morrison Named POLB Asst. Managing Director

May 14, 2014

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…

Exova Appoints Global Corrosion Development Role

May 14, 2014

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…

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