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Capital Product Partners Merger with Crude Carriers

May 05, 2011

CAPITAL PRODUCT PARTNERS L.P. ANNOUNCES A DEFINITIVE MERGER AGREEMENT WITH CRUDE CARRIERS CORP., THE ACQUISITION OF M/V CAPE AGAMEMNON, AN INCREASE IN THE SPONSOR’S INVESTMENT IN THE PARTNERSHIP BY 7.1 MILLION UNITS AND FIRST QUARTER 2011 FINANCIAL RESULTSATHENS…

Gilje Appointed VP of L-3 Valmarine

May 05, 2011

L-3 Valmarine has appointed John Egil Gilje as vice president and director Sales & Marketing of L-3 Valmarine effective April 1, 2011. Gilje will report directly to Finn Inge Langeland, managing director of L-3 Valmarine.With more than 18 years of international management experience…

Distinguished Rear Admiral Joins Marport Board

May 05, 2011

Ottawa, Ontario – May 4, 2011 – Marport Deep Sea Technologies Inc., a leading developer of Software Defined Sonar® technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of Rear Admiral Millard S. Firebaugh, USN (ret) to the Marport Board of Directors…

Seaspan Shipyards Ranked As A Top 10 Defence Company in Canada

May 05, 2011

Seaspan Marine Corporation is pleased to announce that it has been ranked 8th among the top 50 defence companies in Canada for 2011 by Canadian Defence Review (CDR) magazine. Each year, CDR commissions an expansive search to determine the top defence companies in Canada…

BMT Opens in Rio

May 04, 2011

BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT) is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Trading as BMT Scientific Marine Services Ltda, BMT will operate in Rio de Janeiro as an extension of its existing offices in California and Houston…

New Regional Sales Manager for BMT Group

May 03, 2011

In a bid to further strengthen its sales force BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Louise Ledgard.  Louise will take up the position…

ISC ins the Dun & Bradstreet

May 03, 2011

- Rolta Corporate Awards 2010Mumbai,  April 27, 2011: Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), the world’s leading provider of global business information, knowledge and insight, announced the Dun &  Bradstreet - Rolta Corporate Awards 2010. The awards felicitated…

Four Honors for NOL at Asian Freight Awards

Apr 27, 2011

APL, APL Logistics singled out; Lifetime Achievement Award for CEO WiddowsSINGAPORE, 27 APRIL 2011 – NOL Group won accolades for excellence in Shipping and Logistics and CEO Ron Widdows received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards here tonight…

Marinette Marine Recall of Employees

Apr 26, 2011

MARINETTE, Wis. − April 22, 2011 – Marinette Marine Corporation is currently in the process of recalling all of their laid off employees. Work is ramping up on The Alaska Region Research Vessel, the NOAA Fisheries Survey Vessel, along with continued work on the LCS Fort Worth…

Key Australia Appointment for Wilhelmsen Ships Service

Apr 26, 2011

”We have a great opportunity for developing and growing the Wilhelmsen Ships Service business in Western Australia,” commented Michael Connolly as he took up the post of General Manager for Western Australia this month.He added, ”Business…

NOL Group Announces Succession Plan for Group CEO

Apr 25, 2011

NOL Group announced its executive succession plan to appoint Mr. Ng Yat Chung the next Group President and Chief Executive Officer.  Mr. Ng will take over from Mr. Ron Widdows, who will retire from his present post at the end of this year and remain as a Senior Adviser to the Company…

New President of STX Finland

Apr 20, 2011

Juha Heikinheimo has resigned from the position as President of STX Finland Oy. He will be replaced by Su-Jou Kim, who currently holds the position as Chairman of STX Finland. Su-Jou Kim will be temporary acting President of STX Finland.Despite…

MWCC Membership Grows

Apr 20, 2011

The Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) announced today that its membership has grown to 10 members at the conclusion of the company’s formation period. The MWCC member companies are now Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Apache…

ClassNK Launches MLC Consulting Service

Apr 19, 2011

April 12 (Tokyo) – ClassNK has begun offering a new consulting service for the International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006. The launch of this new service comes just as shipowners are beginning to practically address the requirements of the new convention…

Riester named EVP of Propeller Club

Apr 19, 2011

Fairfax, Virginia--The International Propeller Club of the Unites States has announced that R. Andrew Riester has been named Executive Vice President.  After a period of transition alongside interim Executive Vice President John W. Angus, III…

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