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CMA CGM Upgrades Indian Sub-continent and Europe Services

Mar 09, 2018

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in maritime transport, is pleased to announce it is reinforcing its offer, starting 2 April 2018, from Indian Sub-Continent, in a partnership with HLC, MSC, COSCO and ONE. With 2 weekly and complementary services…

Denton elected Secretary General of ICC

Mar 09, 2018

John W.H. Denton AO – currently Chief Executive Officer of Australian law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth – has today been elected as the next Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).Mr Denton is a legal expert and adviser on global policy…

Bollinger Announces Promotions

Mar 09, 2018

Bollinger Shipyards President and CEO Ben Bordelon announced the promotions of two key leaders. Jerome Eymard has been promoted to the position of Director of Human Resources, and Rachael Battaglia to the position of General Counsel. Jerome…

Bjørnar Iversen Resigns as CEO of Songa Offshore

Mar 08, 2018

Bjørnar Iversen, CEO of Songa Offshore SE, has resigned effective 6 March 2018 said a single sentence press statement from the company. This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act…

International Seaways Updates on VLCC Acquisition and MR Vessel Sales

Mar 08, 2018

International Seaways, one of the largest tanker companies worldwide, said it acquired a 2010-built VLCC for $53 million, the Seaways Raffles, which commenced trading in the Tankers International pool, during the fourth quarter of 2017. During the fourth quarter…

Aalto Shipping Company Begins Operations

Mar 08, 2018

Aalto Shipping Company, a new Finnish shipping company, is starting operations. The shipping company is owned by Taaleri and its customers together with the acting management. Aalto Shipping Company has acquired to its fleet two modern…

VADM Schultz Nominated as 26th Coast Guard Commandant

Mar 08, 2018

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced the nomination by  President Donald Trump of Vice Adm. Karl L. Schultz to be the 26th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday. Vice Adm. Schultz, the commander of the Coast Guard's Atlantic Area…

Frank Coles Delivers Keynote at the Transas Global Conference

Mar 08, 2018

Transas CEO Frank Coles' Keynote speech in Vancouver: Enterprise Change You know if Elon Musk was to attend a plenary session of the IMO, he could be forgiven if he thought he was watching a reenactment of the Charles Dickens book Hard Times…

Liodden Leaves Nor-Shipping For New Opportunities

Mar 07, 2018

Birgit M. Liodden has decided to leave Nor-Shipping and the Norway Trade Fair to pursue new opportunities. “Liodden joined us in February 2015, with the mandate to build relevance and visibility across the industry”, says Trade Fair CEO Gunn Helen Hagen…

ShipServ, IB Ink 'Integration' Pact

Mar 07, 2018

ShipServ, a maritime e-procurement platform, and IB, a leading provider of technical fleet management software, formally announced their partnership agreement, which will see ShipServ’s e-procurement solution fully integrated with IB’s InfoSHIP maritime software suite…

Montgomery McCracken Names Two Maritime Attorneys to Firm Partnership

Mar 07, 2018

Montgomery McCracken announced it has named attorneys Robert E. O’Connor and Davis Lee Wright to the firm’s partnership. O’Connor, located in the firm’s New York office, was previously an associate. Wright, who is located in the firm’s Wilmington office…

Sterling Global Marine Acquires Geoff Waddington & Partners

Mar 06, 2018

Sterling Global Marine, a leading surveyor of private and commercial vessels, has announced it has acquired the renowned marine surveying company, Geoff Waddington & Partners.  This move sees Sterling Global Marine become one of the fastest growing independent marine surveyors in the UK…

Marlink, Seagull Maritime Collaborate for Onboard Training

Mar 06, 2018

Marlink and Seagull Maritime have entered into a partnership to introduce a step-change in onboard training this year, creating an online, satcom enabled environment for the distribution and updating of e-learning material.  The partnership…

CMA CGM Unveils 'Customer Centricity' Strategy

Mar 06, 2018

Customer experience at the center of the Group’s strategy New products and services to meet burgeoning customer demand CMA CGM standardizes the use of smart containers Customer experience management has become a strategic necessity to satisfy customer demands…

Seaspan Appoints Brass as CFO

Mar 06, 2018

Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has appointed Christof Brass as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).Christof brings over 20 years of experience successfully delivering large, complex programs for multinational companies. With an extensive back-ground in strategic financial planning and analysis…

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