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Medina International and Subsidiaries Move

Feb 16, 2010

Management of Medina International Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: MIHI) signed a lease to rent a manufacturing facility in the city of Corona, California.'This new larger facility will enable us to consolidate production process in one location…

Expro, Total E&P UK Safety Award

Feb 16, 2010

International oilfield service company Expro has received a special award for exceptional safety, health and environment performance from Total E&P UK.The Expro offshore team who work for Total on the Dunbar project were announced winners…

MacDonald VP, Procurement at Crowley

Feb 16, 2010

Crowley Maritime Corporation announced that Wendy MacDonald has been promoted to vice president of procurement, replacing Matt Jackson who has been named vice president, Caribbean island services. MacDonald will remain domiciled in Jacksonville and report to Susan Rodgers…

Echo Chooses MarineCFO Live

Feb 12, 2010

MarineCFO Inc., a provider of on-vessel, marine operations, personnel, fleet maintenance and financial management software solutions to the marine transportation industry, announced that Echo Towing Service, Inc. / Echo Marine, Ltd., has selected MarineCFO Live…

Wärtsilä, Neste Oil Maintenance Agreement

Feb 12, 2010

Wärtsilä has signed a five-year maintenance agreement with Finnish Neste Oil. The agreement covers both the main and auxiliary engines, delivered by Wärtsilä, for eight vessels in the Neste Oil fleet. According to the agreement, Wärtsilä offers maintenance operations…

Moosally Named President Fincantieri Marine

Feb 12, 2010

Fred P. Moosally has taken office on February 8th, 2010 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), a subsidiary of Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. Moosally, who will report directly to Alberto Maestrini…

Quinn Director Industrial Sales at Samson

Feb 12, 2010

Samson, supplier of performance cordage, announced the promotion of Michael Quinn to director of sales over its industrial division. Quinn takes over the leadership role after eighteen month’s tenure by Terry Crump. Crump served in the leadership…

Changes at Crowley, P.R./Caribbean

Feb 10, 2010

Crowley's Puerto Rico/Caribbean liner services group announced two management appointments on Feb. 9 — Rudy Leming to vice president, marine & terminal operations, and Matt Jackson to vice president, Caribbean Island services. Both will report to John Douglass…

Viking Life-Saving Equipment CEO Retires

Feb 10, 2010

Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S CEO and Group Managing Director, Kjeld Amann, will retire following the group’s annual general meeting on March 15, 2010. During Amann’s tenure as CEO the group has grown its business volume considerably. The company has enlarged its global owned network of sales…

Wärtsilä Launches Environmental Services

Feb 10, 2010

Wärtsilä has introduced a new portfolio of services, Environmental Services, to both the marine and energy market. Environmental Services will help customers to minimize emissions into the air and water, and help them to meet increasingly stringent legislation and regulations…

Mackay Marine Expands: Texas, Panama

Feb 09, 2010

Mackay Marine, a division of Mackay Communications, Inc., has expanded its operations with the opening of two new marine-electronics service locations in Corpus Christi, Texas and Panama City, Panama. The addition of these facilities, coupled with the opening of Mackay Rotterdam BV in May 2009…

PPG Coatings Earns George Campbell Award

Feb 09, 2010

PPG Industries’ (NYSE: PPG) protective and marine coatings (PMC) business has been selected as a recipient of The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) George Campbell Award for 2009-2010.  PPG PMC earned the recognition for the performance…

Sener, 6th FORAN Users Meeting

Feb 09, 2010

Sener announced the next FORAN users meeting will take place in May 2010, from the 12th to the 14th. The VI Forum (FORAN Users Meeting) will be held at Hotel Hacienda La Boticaria located in Seville, Spain. As on previous occasions, the aim…

Sealub Alliance Network Opens U.S. Market

Feb 09, 2010

On 15 February 2010, Sealub Alliance Americas, Inc., a part of the Gulf Oil Marine group, headquartered in Hong Kong, announced a fully operational manufacturing and supply and distribution network in the United States and Canada.Sealub…

Seanergy, Termination of Agreement

Feb 09, 2010

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHIP) (NASDAQ: SHIPW) announced that, due to market conditions, the company's Board of Directors has determined to terminate the memorandum of agreement for the intended acquisition of a 2009 Capesize…

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