‘Clean Sky’ design Kamsarmax project moves industry far beyond the concept stage for gas powered bulk carriers.Lloyd’s Register has provided approval in principle (AIP) for the new ‘Clean Sky’ bulk carrier design incorporating an LNG-as-fuel system…
Crowley Maritime Corporation has announced additional organizational realignments within its shipping and logistics team effective Jan. 1, including the appointment of Nelly Yunta to vice president of sales, marketing and customer care, and…
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN ) (NYSE: TNP) one of the largest independent ice-class owners in the world with 21 out of 51 vessels with ice-class capabilities has announced six-month time charters for three ice class tankers to a global…
The ever changing face of ship classification has received perhaps its biggest makeover yet, with the announcement this morning (December 20, 2012) that Norway’s Det Norke Veritas (DNV) and Germany’s Germanischer Lloyd (GL) have signed a deal to merge…
The fullest ever study of UK shipping, ports & maritime business shows remarkable resilience in the face of continuing economic challenges.The UK shipping industry has created 7,300 UK jobs in the past two years, and 537,500 UK jobs are now supported by the shipping…
Container & dry bulk vessel operators, Goldenport Holdings, sells the 1993-built container vessel 'Bosporus'.The sale, to an unaffiliated third party, Liberty Resources Inc. of Nassau, Bahamas, was for a cash consideration of US$ 7.5 million…
International Bunkering promotes Mr Ortiz to Senior Bunker/Lubricant Trader & Team Leader in its Dubai office.CEO Carsten Ladekjaer said: 'It is our pleasure to inform that as a result of his continuous hard-working efforts, his achieved…
Thome Ship Management of Singapore inks a joint venture partnership with Doehle Danautic, a leading shipping service provider in India.In what is to be seen as a significant further step into India for Thome Ship Management, the group is…
An American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) two-day program slated for Los Angeles, Feb. 21-22, 2013 will address the subject.While most port communications are either advocacy, news or educational in nature, when crises arise, the…
Dryad Maritime Intelligence has announced the appointment of David Hunkin OBE as their new Commercial Director who will be based at their Operations Center in Portsmouth. In this new role, David will lead Dryad’s commercial business development…
XL Group plc’s (NYSE: XL) North American Marine business expands its blue water hull risk management capabilities in New York with the addition of Siobhan Coen and Jeff Loechner as senior underwriters and Eileen Fellin as a senior claims consultant…
FairfieldNodal said that Anindya Ray has joined the company’s systems sales division as the regional sales manager for South and West Asia, as well as the southern countries of the former Soviet Union.Ray, a geologist by training, brings more than 20 years of experience to FairfieldNodal…
Volvo Penta announced three key appointments to the newly formed Volvo Penta Region Americas organizational structure. This organizational realignment brings together all of North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean under a unified management structure…
René Raaijmakers has been appointed as IHC Merwede’s new Offshore Sales Director. He succeeded the previous incumbent Twan Voogt on 1 December 2012. Mr Raaijmakers joined IHC Merwede’s in April 2012 as Product Director of the Renewables department and Manager of IHC Offshore Systems…
As of this week, Damen Shipyards Group is the new owner of French shiprepair yard Arno Dunkerque, the only operator for ship repair and conversion in the 3rd largest French port, Dunkirk. The yard will continue its ship repair and conversion services…