People & Company News


Roberts Joins Foss as Chief Commercial Officer

Aug 01, 2017

Will Roberts has joined Foss Maritime as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), responsible for building the customer facing team to drive and sustain the company’s market share and long-term revenue generation.   CCO is a newly developed position at Foss Maritime…

Qalinge Named TNPA Chief Executive

Aug 01, 2017

Shulami Qalinge has been appointed Chief Executive (CE) of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), becoming the first female CE of the organization. Qalinge succeeds Richard Vallihu who has been appointed Group Executive: Operational Readiness…

Turnkey Logistics: The Crowley Way

Aug 01, 2017

60 years of experience in the Puerto Rico trade corridor provides Crowley with the knowhow, means and staying power for the 60 that will surely follow. In March, the announcement that three new, ship-to-shore container cranes were scheduled…

GAC Brazil Opens Office in São Luis

Aug 01, 2017

GAC Brazil continues its regional expansion with the opening of a ninth office at São Luis, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Maranhao – making it the first to be located in the northern region of Brazil. Situated on São Marcos Bay…

Japan's Big Three Shippers Bullish

Jul 31, 2017

Japan’s big three shippers -Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) -  have reported profits for the first quarter, bouncing back from losses a year earlier Reuters reported. Thanks to rising freight rates…

Tidewater Emerges from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Jul 31, 2017

New Orleans-based  Tidewater Inc and its affiliated chapter 11 debtors have emerged from bankruptcy after successfully completing its reorganization pursuant to the Second Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Tidewater…

Crowley Awards USMMA Midshipman Pisarski

Jul 31, 2017

Crowley Maritime Corporation recently presented U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Midshipman Sara Pisarski with the company’s Maritime Security Enhancement Award. The Maritime Security Enhancement Award, established in 2003, gives a one-time…

Hill Dickinson Appoints Burdass as Legal Director

Jul 31, 2017

International commercial law firm Hill Dickinson continues to grow its shipping practice with the addition of Legal Director Tom Burdass.Burdass joins the firm’s Broadgate Tower, London office from Campbell Johnston Clark (CJC) where he spent…

BW LPG Establishes a JV in India

Jul 30, 2017

BW LPG Limited and Global United Shipping India Private Limited, have agreed to establish a joint venture in India in which the parties will own 50% each.  The purpose of the new joint venture, named BW Global United LPG India Private Limited…

Seaspan CEO Gerry Wang to Retire

Jul 30, 2017

Seaspan Corporation announced that Gerry Wang, its Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chairman and Co-Founder, will retire from Seaspan effective December 31, 2017 to focus on family business investments and his ongoing charitable efforts.  In order to facilitate an orderly transition…

Bahri Pushes for Saudi Arabian Entry to IMO Executive Council

Jul 30, 2017

Senior representatives from Bahri recently joined members of a Saudi Arabia delegation for board meetings of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which took place at the agency’s headquarters in London. The meetings come as part of…

V.Group Appoints Ian El-Mokadem as CEO

Jul 30, 2017

UK-based ship management company V.Group announced the appointment of Ian El-Mokadem as Chief Executive Officer and Martin Gaard Christiansen as Chief Commercial Officer. Both will assume their positions in the autumn. Ian joins from Exova…

Capital Product Partners Sings Pact for $460 Mln Refinancing

Jul 28, 2017

Capital Product Partners  entered into a firm offer letter for a senior secured term loan facility of up to $460.0 million with HSH Nordbank AG and ING Bank as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners and BNP Paribas and National Bank of Greece S…

APM Terminals Tangier Celebrates 10 years in Morocco

Jul 28, 2017

APM Terminals Tangier welcomed the Munich Maersk, one of the world’s largest container vessels, as it made its maiden call to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the largest and most modern terminal facility in North Africa. APM Terminals…

GasLog Partners Acquires Two Group Firms in Q2

Jul 27, 2017

LNG shipper GasLog Partners acquired from GasLog 100% of the shares in the entity that owns and charters the GasLog Geneva on July 3, 2017. The GasLog Geneva is a 174,000 cubic meter (cbm) tri-fuel diesel electric (TFDE) LNG carrier built in 2016 and operated by GasLog since delivery…

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