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TITAN to Address WISTA Conference

May 01, 2013

TITAN Salvage executive to speak on salvage work in the Arctic at upcoming Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association's (WISTA - USA) 2013 AGM & Conference. TITAN Salvage's Lindsay Malen, director of business development, is scheduled…

Rand Hires Robert Bezan, VP Planning and Analysis

May 01, 2013

Rand Logistics, Inc. announced the hiring of Robert (Bob) Bezan for the newly created position of Vice President of Planning and Analysis at its subsidiary, Lower Lakes Towing Ltd.In this role, Bob will be responsible for all operational planning and analysis activities for the Company…

Chet Morrison Add New Hires

May 01, 2013

Chet Morrison Contractors hired industry veteran Metin Gezer as Vice President of Land Construction Services. Gezer is one of several recent leadership additions who will provide support and infrastructure to foster the growth of the company’s…

Retlif’s Poggi Receives IEEE Wheeler Award

May 01, 2013

Walter A. Poggi, President and CEO of Retlif Testing Laboratories, Inc., was recognized with IEEE’s Harold Wheeler Award for his contributions to the industry and to Long Island during his 35 years at the helm of the independent testing organization…

Marine Money Istanbul Ship Finance Forum

May 01, 2013

Registration is open for the 10th Annual Marine Money Istanbul Ship Forum on May 22, 2013 at the Swissotel - The Bosphorus. Meet with shipping professionals to hear about how to position your business in these challenging times.The latest…

Sonardyne Appoints Non-Executive Chairman

May 01, 2013

Sonardyne International Ltd. appointed Dr. Ralph Rayner as its new Non-Executive Chairman. Ralph is currently a Non-Executive Director of the company and will succeed outgoing Chairman Barry Clutton. Previously Finance Director and then Managing Director prior to his appointment as Chairman in 2009…

Dometic Marine Appoints Haynes

May 01, 2013

Dometic Marine signaled its intent to focus on the commercial market with the appointment of 25-year company employee Ben Haynes to the Commercial and Military Marine portion of Dometic Americas.International Technical Sales Manager Haynes…

Buckley McAllister Elected AWO Chairman

May 01, 2013

The members of the American Waterways Operators, the national trade association representing the tugboat, towboat and barge industry, elected a new slate of leaders during AWO’s Spring Convention recently held in Washington, D.C. Buckley McAllister…

Mabey Bridge Announces Senior Sales Appointment

May 01, 2013

Mabey Bridge, the U.K. wind turbine tower manufacturer and international bridge builder, appointed Gerry Voller as Sales Director,Tubular Products.Gerry joins Mabey Bridge with more than 15 years’ experience in business development, client relationship and technical project management execution…

U.S. 2013 Economic Growth to Continue Say Logisticians

May 01, 2013

The Business Survey Committee of the Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) forecast is bullish for the rest of 2013.Economic growth is expected to continue in the United States throughout the remainder of 2013, say the nation's purchasing…

MEBA Points to a US-crewed Cruise Ship

May 01, 2013

The Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA) raises awareness of U.S. mariners in the cruise industry in light of recent media interest.MEBA say it is proud to represent U.S. Merchant Mariners on the only U.S.-flagged and U.S. crewed cruise ship…

Mitsui Publishes FY2012 Results.

Apr 30, 2013

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. released its FY 2012 financial results.The full report can be viewed here.www.mol.co.jp

Smit Lamnalco Celebrates 14 Years Without Incident

Apr 30, 2013

Smit Lamnalco passed a milestone in Oman after celebrating 14‐years of continuous marine and offshore support services with no Lost Time Incident (LTI).The 5,100 day record covers support to Single Point Mooring operations 10 km off Muscat Cove for the Petroleum Development of Oman (PDO)…

KPI Appoints Vice CEO and New Managing Director

Apr 30, 2013

KPI Bridge Oil, a global broker and trader in marine bunkers, marine lubricants and risk management products, appointed Rob Atkinson as Vice CEO for the group and Jesper Rasmussen as Managing Director for its North American operations.Rob…

Ferguson Group Appoints East African Partner

Apr 30, 2013

The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of DNV 2.7-1/EN12079 certified containers, tanks, baskets, refrigeration containers, accommodation and engineering modules to the offshore energy sector, will partner with Alpha Logistics Services (EPZ) Ltd…

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