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Clean Marinas Names New President

Jun 05, 2012

The Clean Marinas Program, the only privately administered program dedicated to maintaining environmentally sensitive marina and yachting facilities in the United States, has named Henderson, Nev. resident Rod Taylor president of its board of directors…

Bunkering in Singapore - an Alternate View

Jun 05, 2012

SSA rtespondes to allegations of bunkering irregularities in Singapore. Bunkering is an important industry for Singapore. Consequently, the bunker supplying industry in Singapore is therefore also highly regulated by the Maritime and Port…

CMA CGM Logistics to Open New Office in New Jersey

Jun 01, 2012

After opening offices in Germany, Jordan, Vietnam and Malaysia, the turn has now come to the USA for a new CCLog office.CMA CGM Logistics (CCLog), a subsidiary of CMA CGM Group, dedicated to the development of integrated logistics solutions…

Society of Maritime Industries Appoints New Director

Jun 01, 2012

The Society of Maritime Industries is pleased to announce that Malcolm Clements will be joining the organization in June in the dual role of Director of the Association of British Offshore Industries (ABOI) and Ports and Terminals Group (PTG)…

ECA’s: a whole new ballgame, fraught with risk

Jun 01, 2012

Springtime 2012 in North America: a season of optimism as America’s favorite pastime launches spring training and heads into the long season ahead. How well prepared are the teams? Which team will have more success than others?  Much will depend on their pre-season conditioning…

LA Port Chief Wins Conservation Award

Jun 01, 2012

Port of Los angeles Executive Director Receivs Peter Benchley ‘Excellence in Solutions' Ocean Conservation Award.  Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D., has been named the 2012 recipient of the Blue Frontier…

WCI Names Colbert SVP

May 31, 2012

The Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) Board of Directors has named Debra A. Colbert as Senior Vice President, effective June 1, 2012. Colbert currently serves as Director of Communications and Media Relations for the organization and has served with WCI since its inception in 2004…

Signal International Expands Sales Team at SSR

May 31, 2012

Signal International, Inc. announces the appointment of Tom Godfrey to the position of Domestic Sales and Marketing at the Signal Ship Repair (SSR) facility in Mobile, AL. Godfrey complements the sales staff with his 18 years of ship repair experience…

Braemar Launches New Salvage Support Operation

May 31, 2012

Incident response and environmental clean-up specialist Braemar Howells and its sister company Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association) are to work together to provide a 24-hour global response capability to the world’s shipping and marine insurance sectors…

ITF President Welcomes Australian shipping reform

May 31, 2012

ITF president and Maritime Union of Australia national secretary Paddy Crumlin today welcomed the passing of bills that secure the future of Australian shipping. The Australian government's landmark Shipping Reform Package bills today passed…

INSIGHTS

May 31, 2012

Captain Anthony Lloyd, Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard National Maritime Center. Captain Anthony Lloyd is the Commanding Officer of the National Maritime Center (NMC). He assumed that position in September of 2010 after serving three…

Drydocks World–Dubai Collaborates with Imperial College London

May 30, 2012

Dubai has joined hands with the Occupational Health and Environmental Respiratory Department of Imperial College London to conduct research which will focus on the respiratory health of Drydocks employees. Prof. Paul Cullinan, Head of Occupational…

Imtech Marine Appoints New Sales Managers

May 30, 2012

Imtech Marine is pleased to announce the addition of two Area Sales Managers to the Radio Holland USA team.   Mike Pizer of Houston, and John Schwiering of Ft. Lauderdale recently joined the Radio Holland sales team, adding more than 40…

Registration Open: SHIPPINGInsight Fleet Optimization Conference

May 30, 2012

Advance Registration Online is OpenThe organizers of the SHIPPINGInsight Fleet Optimization Conference announced that discounted Early Bird registration is now available online at www.shippinginsight.com.The Fleet Optimization Conference…

Bollinger Receives the SCA “Award For Excellence in Safety”

May 30, 2012

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. was awarded the 2011 “Award for Excellence in Safety” by the Shipbuilders Council of America for the seventh consecutive year.  With focused efforts of continuous improvement, they also earned the 2011 SCA “Award for Improvement in Safety”…

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