An expanding marine and logistics firm in the U.K. has boosted its cargo handling capabilities with a £250,000 cash injection. Williams Shipping has bought a new reach stacker and developed a new one-acre cargo handling yard for its Transport Services division as part of the investment…
Former Flexiteek general manager and Taco Metals OEM sales representative Edward Hoch has joined the Ocean Marketing Southeast team as a sales representative for Florida, Georgia and the Caribbean. “[Ed will] be working closely with Ed Morris…
INTTRA, the world's ocean shipping electronic marketplace, today announced that Philly Teixeira has joined INTTRA to serve in the newly created role of President, EMEA. Based in Copenhagen, Ms. Teixeira is responsible for INTTRA's EMEA financial…
Matson, Inc. announced the issuance of $200 million in privately placed 15-year final maturity senior unsecured notes pursuant to a previously announced commitment letter on July 18, 2016. The notes will have a weighted average life of approximately 8…
Seaspan Corp chairman and ceo Gerry Wang has described the bankruptcy of South Korea’s biggest container line Hanjin Shipping Co as the industry’s equivalent of the Lehman Brothers collapse that triggered the global financial crisis, reports Bloomberg…
More than 500 key stakeholders from all parts of the global maritime industry will meet at the Danish Maritime Days Welcome Reception at Hotel D'Angleterre in Copenhagen on October 25.On October 24-28, Danish Maritime Days will take place for the third successive year…
Capt. Anoop Kumar Sharma has assumed the charge of the post of Chairman & Managing Director of The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd w.e.f. 12th September, 2016.Capt. Anoop Sharma has served the shipping industry for over 34 years at various responsible levels…
Responding to the unexpected service disruption caused by CKYHE alliance member Hanjin Shipping, which has entered rehabilitation proceedings, Evergreen Line has added new functions to its online e-commerce system.The service disruption…
Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI) has added recent hire Jennifer Lorenc to its naval architecture and marine engineering practice. Lorenc joined BHGI as a Naval Architect in August of this year. She is a recent graduate of Webb Institute in Glen Cove…
SUNY Maritime College said it has recognized nearly one third of its student body for last semester’s hard work and academic achievements. In all, 344 students were honored for making the college dean’s list, which requires a grade-point average between a 3…
ABB has appointed Guido Jouret as Chief Digital Officer, reporting to ABB’s CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer, effective October 1, 2016. Jouret, a pioneer of the Internet of Things, will lead the next level of development and deployment of ABB’s digital…
The Georgia Ports Authority has named Ed McCarthy as its new chief operating officer (COO), effective September 6. At GPA, McCarthy will be responsible for sustaining the profitable growth and development of GPA's operations, while maintaining world-class operating standards…
A pair of former seafaring brothers who had lost touch have been reconnected, thanks to international maritime charity Sailors’ Society. Robert Griffin, was worried about his brother Norman, who lives in New Zealand, after being unable to reach him for more than two years…
Authored by Professor Neil Greenberg, Managing Director of March on Stress and Professor of Defence Mental Health at King’s College London on behalf of Human Rights at Sea, the new publication, “Managing Traumatic Stress – Guidance for Maritime…
Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc. of Bayou La Batre, Ala. has been recognized for its Outstanding Achievement in Innovative Manufacturing by the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama for the shipbuilder’s GORDHEAD management software, which aims…