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Transpacific Trade Organizational Changes

Jul 08, 2013

MOL has announced the following organizational changes which will take effect in August 2013. These changes will further build the MOL organization as one that customers and employees can continue to count on.Calvin Duffaut, assistant vice president…

Calecore Appoints Geotechnical Division GM

Jul 08, 2013

Calecore announced the appointment of Mike Southall who commenced employment with the company in June 2013 as General Manager, Calegeo.Mike is a chartered engineer and geologist with nearly 30 years experience as a practicing geotechnical…

IMO Secretary-General Meets New IACS Chairman

Jul 08, 2013

​IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu  met with the new Chairman of IACS, Roberto Cazzulo, Chairman of RINA Services. Mr. Sekimizu congratulated Mr. Cazzulo on his appointment and expressed his appreciation to IACS for its long and ongoing support of IMO’s work on maritime safety…

BMT Develops Program for Port Engineers

Jul 08, 2013

BMT Designers & Planners (BMT), an operating company of BMT Group Ltd, an international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has developed a unique training program to assist Port Engineers (PEs) with maximizing investments in the repair and sustainment of their maritime assets…

SF Bay Ferry's Re-schedule After BART Strike Ends

Jul 08, 2013

With the ending of the BART workers' strike, SF Bay Ferry say they were pleased to do their part, having carried triple the number of commute passengers.Boats carried more than 54,000 passengers‹triple their pre-strike daily average. Below…

MOL Comfort Incident: IACS to Form Advisory Group

Jul 07, 2013

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu meets with the new Chairman of IACS, Roberto Cazzulo, Chairman of RINA Services.Mr. Sekimizu congratulated Mr. Cazzulo on his appointment and expressed his appreciation to IACS for its long and ongoing support of IMO’s work on maritime safety…

Peak Re Makes Senior Appointments in Hong Kong

Jul 05, 2013

Peak Reinsurance Company Ltd., a Hong Kong reinsurer backed by Fosun International Limited and International Finance Corporation, announced four appointments to strengthen its underwriting and research capabilities in the Asia Pacific region…

IHC Merwede President Appointed SEA Europe Chairman

Jul 05, 2013

The European Ships and Maritime Equipment Association (SEA Europe) has announced that IHC Merwede’s President, Govert Hamers, will succeed Lars Gørvell-Dahll as Chairman in October 2013. Mr. Gørvell-Dahll’s will step down midway through…

New VP of Engineering at BMT Designers & Planners

Jul 05, 2013

BMT Designers & Planners (BMT), an operating company of BMT Group Ltd, has announced the promotion of Richard (Rich) Celotto who will take the role of Vice President, Engineering.With almost 40 years’ experience of maritime engineering, Richard has been with BMT for 17 years…

Foxx Sworn in as 17th U.S. Secretary of Transportation

Jul 03, 2013

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx was sworn in as the nation’s 17th Secretary of Transportation by Judge Nathaniel Jones in a private ceremony at U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters at 11 a.m. yesterday (July 2).The ceremony was attended by Foxx’s wife…

Changes at PRS Helm

Jul 03, 2013

Polish Register of Shipping announces that the long-serving President of the Board of the classification society Dr. Jan Jankowski, and Board Member Jerzy Wyrzykowski are stepping down from their posts in June in 2013. They had been at helm of the Society for 16 years…

TOTE and Carlile Announce New Appointments

Jul 03, 2013

TOTE Logistics Inc. parent company of Carlile Transportation Systems announced several new company positions.John Armstrong – Carlile, Vice President, LogisticsJohn Armstrong has accepted the Vice President, Logistics position for Carlile Transportation Systems…

RINA Commits to Support IACS During Chairmanship

Jul 02, 2013

International classification society RINA has committed major resources to support IACS (International Association of Classification Societies) during its year of chairmanship.Roberto Cazzulo, Chairman of RINA Services SpA, was elected as Chairman of IACS Council at the end of June…

USCG Yard under New Command

Jul 02, 2013

Caption        Before a crowd of 500 guests and the workforce of the U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Captain George Lesher (left) assumed command of the Coast Guard Yard from Captain Richard Murphy (right) at 11 a.m. on June 7, 2013. Rear Admiral Ronald Rábago (center)…

RSC Bio Solutions Make Several Staff Appointments

Jul 02, 2013

RSC Bio Solutions said it is focused on growing its business in key markets and has organized its sales team into segments focused on growing private and public waste, marine construction, marine transport, utility fleets, offshore oil and gas and wind power industries…

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