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International Shipholding Returns to New Orleans

Feb 06, 2014

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and International Shipholding Corp. President Erik L. Johnsen announced the company will relocate its corporate headquarters from Mobile, Ala., to New Orleans, where the business was founded in 1947. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange as ISH…

Dan-Bunkering Appoints Sales Manager

Feb 06, 2014

Dan-Bunkering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. announced that as of February 1, 2014, Morten Mortensen has been employed as Sales Manager. Morten Mortensen has spent the past eight years working for a large Danish shipping company and prior to that…

Tankship Asset Price Forecasting Mysteries Explained

Feb 05, 2014

Marine transport advisors, McQuilling Services recently released its 2014-2018 Tanker Market Outlook that forecasts spot freight rates across eight tanker classes and 13 major trading routes.  This year’s edition also includes a forecast of asset prices over the same period for newbuilding…

Roberts to Address Women in Transportation

Feb 05, 2014

Cokie Roberts, best-selling author and award-winning journalist, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the 2014 annual conference of WTS International, the association for the professional advancement of women in transportation that will take place May 14-16…

ACP Demands GUPC to Resume Locks Project Work

Feb 05, 2014

The ACP demanded today that Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), the consortium in charge of the construction of the third set of locks, resume work on the project as required by the contract. GUPC is formed by the companies Sacyr Vallehermoso…

Retlif Marks 35th Anniversary

Feb 05, 2014

Retlif Testing Laboratories, a strategic compliance organization and independent testing laboratory, is celebrating its 35th year of operations. President Walter Poggi officially announced the anniversary with a series of planned events and…

Hoover Container Solutions Names Matis Sales Director

Feb 05, 2014

Hoover Container Solutions,a subsidiary of Hoover Group, Inc., has named Matt Matis as director of sales for the Gulf of Mexico region. Matis is based in Thibodeaux, La., and will work closely with Hoover’s facilities in Port Fourchon, New Iberia and Scott…

Sonardyne Appoints Gleeson VP for Asia

Feb 05, 2014

Sonardyne International Ltd. announced the promotion of Anthony Gleeson to the position of Vice President Sonardyne Asia Pte, based in Singapore. Anthony joined Sonardyne in 2009 and brought with him a wealth of knowledge and experience…

Drum Cussac Security Business up in 2013

Feb 05, 2014

Drum Cussac's maritime security market share grew by 50 percent in 2013  In the second half of 2013, the number of secured transits conducted by Drum Cussac, using both armed and un-armed security consultants, was 16% up on the same period in 2012…

MHI, OMT Enter Shipbuilding Collaboration

Feb 05, 2014

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has entered into an agreement with Odense Maritime Technology A/S (OMT) of Denmark, a provider of ship design services, on collaboration in ship engineering business. The companies said they plan to combine…

Solace Global Appoints Security Advisory Board

Feb 05, 2014

As part of its continued expansion, Solace Global, the world's most trusted provider of security in maritime, offshore and land-based environments, has announced the formation of a prominent security Advisory Board. The board will draw on its extensive experience and knowledge in global security…

M&M Appoints Lunde to Directors Board

Feb 05, 2014

Maritime and Merchant AS  (to be renamed Maritime & Merchant Bank ASA), which was granted a banking license by The Financial Supervisory of Norway (FSAN) on the 28th of January for establishing a global bank dedicated solely to the shipping and offshore industries…

Proserv Scores Double Contract Wins

Feb 05, 2014

Global energy technology services company Proserv has secured two contract wins in the Gulf of Mexico worth a combined $17 million. The deals with Noble Energy and Talos Energy will see Proserv carry out work at the operators’ respective Gunflint and Phoenix Field Expansion developments…

STATS Group Adds New Directors

Feb 05, 2014

Pipeline engineering specialist STATS Group said it has appointed two new directors as part of a strategy to increase its international presence in key oil and gas regions.The newly created roles see Dave Vernon promoted to Director of Isolation…

Update & Nav Warning: Upper Mississippi Rock Removal

Feb 04, 2014

The Big River Coalition provides the following update on progress made by the contractors on the ongoing “Rock Removal” (pinnacle rock) project being conducted on the Upper Mississippi River (UMR) in the vicinity of Thebes, IL., as well as navigational warnings issued…

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