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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…

North America Leads Shift in Global Energy Balance

Nov 16, 2012

North America is at the forefront of a game-changing transformation in oil and gas production claims International Energy Agency publication.This year’s World Energy Outlook published by IEA finds that the extraordinary growth in oil and…

Greece's Safe Bulkers Weather Challenging Financial Conditions

Nov 16, 2012

Bulk carrier owners & charterers Safe Bulkers, Inc. reports results for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2012, pays reduced dividend.Extract from Q3 2012 results Net revenue for the third quarter of 2012 increased by 10…

KOTUG Appoint Harrold van der Meer COO

Nov 16, 2012

Harrold van der Meer has joined the KOTUG group and will succeed Dorus Knegtel, the current COO & Vice President Business Development.Harrold van der Meer has a maritime background and more than 20 years experience in technical and operational management within the P&O Nedlloyd / Maersk Group…

TBS Appoint Gregg McNelis Permanent CEO

Nov 15, 2012

TBS Shipping Board of Directors appoint the Company’s co-founder & Chief Operating Officer, Gregg McNelis, to Chief Executive Officer & President. TBS Shipping Limited (TBS) provides worldwide shipping solutions to industrial shippers through its Five Star Service: ocean transportation…

Signet Maritime Promotes Captain Cliff Porter

Nov 15, 2012

Signet Maritime Corporation, vessel services & logistics providers, promote 31-year veteran  as General Manager, Traffic & Business Development.Previously Senior Manager of Traffic and Business Development for Signet’s Pascagoula Division…

WISTA UAE Group DP World Event

Nov 15, 2012

WISTA (Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association) UAE Chapter announce forthcoming meeting, port tour.WISTA is an international organisation for women in management positions involved in maritime transportation business and related trades…

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