Thome Group announced the appointment of Allinger Lim Eng Oon as Senior Manager, Operations Finance.Ms. Lim is based in Singapore and is responsible for all aspects of finance, controlling and accounting for vessels under management within…
ABB Turbocharging to attend upcoming 27th CIMAC World Congress on Combustion Engine Technology in Shangai, China.The World Congress, from 13-16, May 2013, is held once every three years and constitutes CIMAC’s major, most forward-looking, influential event…
Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower awarded the Battenberg Cup in recognition of outstanding achievements during 2012. The Battenberg Cup is awarded annually to the best all-around ship or submarine in the Atlantic Fleet on the accumulation of the crew's success…
Spain's Gamesa returns to profitability and reports 7 million euro in profit in the first quarter of 2013.In a complex economic and industry situation, marked by falling demand and pressure on prices, Gamesa advanced with the commitments made in its business plan:Key figures 1Q 2013 (vs…
Huntington Ingalls Industries' Shipbuilding Division receives a Platinum Award in the American Heart Association's Fit-Friendly Worksite program.The award is the highest level recognized by the AHA for companies that demonstrate progressive…
T&T Salvage recruited three salvage professionals, Lee Hiok Liang, Alex Ang Yew Boon, and Hussain Shah, for its Singapore base.Lee Hiok Liang joins as a naval architect from a diverse background of twenty years of experience in the marine industry…
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau report shows a sharp increase in deaths & serious incidents in maritime & offshore sectors.The report, according to the ITF, found that between 2005 and 2012, 254 people were killed, missing or seriously injured in reported marine occurrences…
On Thursday 25 April 2013, at Lloyd’s of London, a new professional body, the International Association of Marine Warranty Surveyors (IAMWS), was formally launched. Approximately 120 representatives from the energy insurance market together…
International law firm Hill Dickinson has appointed Ian MacLean as a partner to its London office, where he will focus on his international client base of ship owners, ship managers and their insurers. This appointment provides the firm with five former mariners at partner level…
Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D., has been honored by the University of Southern California Alumni Association with the prestigious Alumni Merit Award. Knatz earned a Master of Science degree in environmental engineering and a doctorate in biological science from USC…
Following a national search, the Board of Commissioners of the Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport selected Jonathan Daniels as the port’s new executive director.Daniels comes to the Port of Gulfport from the Port of Oswego in upstate…
Global offshore survey company UTEC has further strengthened its Asian position with the appointment of a new general manager.Bob Coutts joins the growing team at UTEC Survey Asia Pte Ltd. in Malaysia and brings to the role more than 20 years of experience in the Asia Pacific region…
Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited, an industrial transportation company serving marine transportation needs in three markets (river business, offshore supply business and ocean business), announced the appointment of Ms. Cecilia Yad as the Company's Chief Financial Officer…
Mechanical engineering specialist, EnerMech, appointed its first director of QHSE.Ian Pym takes charge of global quality, health, safety and environment functions as part of a drive to enhance performance across the Aberdeen oil and gas services group’s 25 international locations…
Belgian firm TransEuropa has suspended all sailings between Ramsgate (UK) and Ostend (Belgium) amid fears over its future.TransEuropa had run passenger and freight ferry services between Ramsgate and Ostend for the last 15 years, and was the only passenger service out of the Port of Ramsgate…