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Reservoir Group Adds Companies and Services

Dec 12, 2011

Reservoir Group has strengthened its portfolio of completion and production services with the announcement that two well intervention specialists have joined the ‘club’. The Tool Company, located in Assen, The Netherlands and the Aberdeen-based firm…

Horizon Stockholders Approve Reverse Stock Split

Dec 12, 2011

Horizon Lines Stockholders Approve 1-for-25 Reverse Stock Split at Special Stockholder Meeting.  Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) announced that stockholders at the company's special stockholders meeting on December 2, 2011, voted to approve…

NAMEPA’s Maitland Addresses Leaders in China

Dec 12, 2011

NAMEPA’s Clay Maitland Tells Senior Leadership in China “Clean Seas Are Good Business.” At a recent Senior Maritime Forum held in conjunction with Marintec China 2011, Clay Maitland called for marine environment protection as “an essential strategy for corporate risk management”…

Herschler Joins North American Marine Consultants

Dec 12, 2011

Captain Casey M. Herschler Joins North American Marine Consultants. Captain Casey M. Herschler has been named Director of New Business Development for North American Marine Consultants. Capt. Herschler will be responsible for developing…

Austal Opens Washington Office

Dec 09, 2011

Providing local support to Navy customer.Austal has announced the opening of Austal USA’s Washington DC Operations Office at 100 M Street, SE, Suite 310.  The facility will allow Austal Government Programs and Business Development personnel…

Marine Construction Policy Builds Expertise, Service into Coverage

Dec 09, 2011

Construction is a complex business. Equipment can break down; employees can be injured; a project can go awry in unexpected ways. Add a marine element to the work underway, and the pitfalls that a contractor must navigate to manage risk become even more challenging…

New Edition of U.S. Chart No. 1 Available

Dec 09, 2011

U.S. Chart No.1, Nautical Chart Symbols, Abbreviations and Terms, is an essential aid for new chart users and a useful reference for all mariners. The latest version, Edition 11, is now available for free download from the web. The new edition…

Ferry Safety Forum for Developing Nations

Dec 09, 2011

A blueprint for safer ferry operations in developing nations has been drawn up at the inaugural Regional Forum on Domestic Ferry Safety - organised by the IMO and trade association Interferry under their ongoing joint project to stem ferry fatalities in the developing world…

Hausman Named President, COO of Delta Rigging & Tools

Dec 08, 2011

Delta Rigging & Tools, Inc. (www.deltarigging.com), one of the largest providers of lifting and rigging products and related services in the United States, said that Mitch Hausman has joined the company as President and Chief Operating Officer…

Wanted: Descendents of the Heroes

Dec 08, 2011

Bollinger will honor the namesakes for the fourteen (14) USCG Fast Response Cutters (FRC) currently under contract, by hosting a fleet dedication in March 2012. Bollinger is looking for descendants and will host one or two representatives from each of the families…

ClassNK Approves Furuno ECDIS Training

Dec 08, 2011

ClassNK issues type Specific Training Course Approval for ECDIS Certification to FURUNO INS Training Center Denmark. ClassNK issued Type Specific Training Course approval on 2 December 2011 for an ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information…

Aker Solutions Maintains Growth Ambition

Dec 08, 2011

Aker Solutions will today announce at the company's capital markets day that it is maintaining its ambition of 9-15 percent annual revenue growth for the period 2011-15 due to a favourable market outlook for the oil services industry. The company…

IYC Names Yacht Management Director

Dec 08, 2011

Andre Peens, Celebrated Captain, Joins IYC as Director of Yacht Management  International Yacht Collection (IYC) is pleased to announce that, effective immediately, Captain Andre Peens takes on the critical role of Director of Yacht Management…

USMMA Cadets Win Crowley Awards

Dec 08, 2011

Crowley Awards Three United States Merchant Marine Academy Cadets with Scholarships at the Connie Awards Luncheon.  Continuing in its tradition of supporting academic excellence, Crowley Maritime Corporation awarded Thomas B. Crowley Sr…

MOL Earns Ship Energy Efficiency Certificate

Dec 07, 2011

MOL Earns World’s 1st Certification for Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan; Recognizing effectiveness of SEEMP in reducing vessel CO2 emissions. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced that the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP*1)…

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