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MTN Launches NEXUS

Nov 19, 2012

Next-Generation Network targeting the cruise industry, NEXUS is a Satellite and Terrestrial Hybrid Solution to Deliver Video Streaming, Social Media and Image-Sharing CapabilitiesThe advent of maritime communications is at a crossroads of sorts…

Northern Marine Expands Management Team

Nov 19, 2012

Northern Marine, a builder of long-range expedition yachts, luxury craft and commercial boats, has announced the expansion of its management team.  Jan Kallshian, Bryan Kay, Randy Stoneman and Mark Allred bring their talents and experience in business…

SNAME 2012 Annual Meeting

Nov 19, 2012

The Greek Section of the prestigious international Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers ( SNAME ) had an impressive participation in the October 2012 SNAME Annual Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island in USA. Ten of its members…

ICTSI Acquires Control of Philippines' Port

Nov 19, 2012

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) subsribe to shares giving it a 65% share in Hijo International Port Services Corp.International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), through its wholly- owned subsidiary Abbotsford Holdings…

Havyard Group Buys Out MMC

Nov 18, 2012

Norway's Havyard Group AS buys 70 % of the shares in MMC, provider of products & services to the fishing & offshore vessel sectors.MMC has 120 employees and the company’s main office is at Mjølstadneset in Fosnavåg on the west coast of Norway…

Search Suspended for Missing GofM Rig-fire Victims

Nov 18, 2012

The Coast Guard suspends the search for two missing crewmembers, following the Black Elk platform explosion and fire.US Coast Guard crews searched a 1,400 square-mile area in the Gulf of Mexico around Grand Isle for more than 32 hours in an effort to locate the two missing crewmembers…

Venture Boat Co. Relaunches Itself on Market

Nov 18, 2012

Under leadership of new owner, Lee Heaton, US-based Venture Boat Company features modernized new additions to its range.Venture Boat Company has undergone a complete modernization, adding a number of innovative improvements to their existing models…

Kuwait Invests to Capitalize on Strategic Location

Nov 18, 2012

Kuwait invests $1.2 billion in bid for Northern Gulf gateway for new port facilities as regional market competition intensifies.A recent World Bank report ranked Kuwait in 36th place out of 155 countries in terms of the movement of goods and services through its ports…

Gulf Platform Fire: Two Missing Four Badly Burned

Nov 17, 2012

Coast Guard search continues for missing personnel following blaze on an oil platform in the Gulf of MexicoThe fire on a shallow-water drilling oil production platform began while workers were using a torch to cut an oil line, reports Associated Press…

Donjon Marine Supports Navy Hurricane Response

Nov 16, 2012

Donjon Marine Co., Inc., a provider of multi-faceted marine services including marine salvage, heavy lift, dredging, related emergency response services, and most recently shipbuilding and repair, was mobilized from its base in Port Newark,…

ISS appointed as New Agent for Grieg Star Shipping

Nov 16, 2012

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has been appointed as the new agent for the port of Houston by specialist transportation & logistic services company, Grieg Star Shipping. Houston is a major market for Grieg Star with two main trade lanes…

Signet Promotes Captain Porter

Nov 16, 2012

31-Year Veteran Assumes General Manager, Traffic and Business Development Post. Signet Maritime Corporation—a global provider of vessel services and logistics—is pleased to announce the promotion of Captain Cliff Porter to the position of General Manager…

SSI Congratulates Gibbs & Cox

Nov 16, 2012

SSI (ShipConstructor Software Inc.) congratulates Gibbs & Cox, Fincantieri and the rest of the Lockheed Martin Team on laying the keel for US Navy Littoral Combat Ship LCS 7, USS Detroit, on November 8, 2012.  Reaching this milestone is…

MARAD: Jones Act Waiver Reporting Requirements

Nov 16, 2012

Maritime Administration Reporting Requirements For The Special Purpose Jones Act Waiver. Hurricane Sandy Special-Purpose Jones Act Waiver Reports to Maritime Administration as Required by Waiver On November 2, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security…

Boskalis Conclude Good Quarter, Raise Earnings Outlook

Nov 16, 2012

Dutch dredging & marine specialists, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) report revenue & profit  higher than in the first half of 2012.The order book increased in recent months and stood at a new record high of EUR 4 billion at the end of the third quarter…

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