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Volvo Penta Fosters Next Generation of Technical Talent

Aug 04, 2016

High school and college-aged vocational students gathered in Louisville, Ky., last month to demonstrate their technical skills and knowledge at the SkillsUSA National Championships – and Chesapeake-based Volvo Penta was there to support them in their journey…

High-schoolers Explore Ship Design at SUNY Maritime

Aug 04, 2016

Four half-inch boats descended into aquarium tanks. One immediately flipped over and sank, two others sank slowly and the last floated as a teenager pulled it around on a string. The boats – though not entirely successful – were the culmination…

Mission to Seafarers to Feature at SMM Hamburg

Aug 04, 2016

Global maritime welfare charity The Mission to Seafarers has been invited by the team at SMM Hamburg 2016 to appear as featured guest charity at the 2016 fair.Claus Ulrich Selbach, Business Unit Director of SMM, said: “We are delighted that…

Iranian Ports Not Affected by Sanctions

Aug 04, 2016

Managing Director of Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Mohammad Saeed-Nejad says the nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1 has removed all sanctions imposed on Iranian ports. The  big vessels and famous international shipping lines are…

AISUS Offshore Hires Business Development Manager

Aug 03, 2016

AISUS Offshore, which provides remotely deployed visual and ultrasonic inspection solutions to the global oil and gas industry, said it is looking to double its turnover over the next three years through expansion at home and abroad.   The…

Bethea Appointed Director at Blackhill Partners

Aug 03, 2016

Investment bank Blackhill Partners has appointed Hardin Bethea as a Director. “We have known and worked with Hardin Bethea for nearly a decade and in 2014 closed a $500 million dry bulk financing with Hardin serving in the lead role,” said Jeff Jones…

Siemens Names Holt CEO of Power Generation Services

Aug 03, 2016

Siemens appointed Tim Holt as the new chief executive of its Power Generation Services division, succeeding Randy Zwirn, 62, who will retire on Oct. 1.Holt, 46, is currently CEO of the Power and Gas unit within Power Generation Services…

McGuigan Named Operations Manager at Aberdeen Harbor

Aug 03, 2016

Aberdeen Harbor Board has appointed John McGuigan to the newly created role of Operations Manager.The role will see McGuigan plan, direct and control the full spectrum of land based operational activities within the port, while working with others…

Golden Ocean Appoints Chief Commercial Officer

Aug 03, 2016

Dry bulk shipping company Golden Ocean Group Limited has appointed Thomas Semino to take up the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer. Semino will be based in Singapore and will start as CCO no later than November 1, 2016. Semino is currently the Head of Dry Freight in Vitol S…

GOGL Appoint Semino as CCO

Aug 03, 2016

Following the announcement in April regarding changes to the corporate management team, Golden Ocean Group Limited announced the appointment of Mr Thomas Semino as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Mr Semino is currently the Head of Dry Freight in Vitol S…

Transportation Industry to Focus on Freight Infrastructure

Aug 03, 2016

The Port of Houston Authority and Port Corpus Christi, in conjunction with the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), will hold separate freight industry “Influencers Roundtables” on Aug. 17 (at the Port of Houston Authority) and Aug…

UASC, Hapag-Lloyd Merger: No Layoffs?

Aug 03, 2016

Will there be a layoffs after United Arab Shipping Co (UASC) merging with the German container shipper Hapag-Lloyd? Middle Eastern enterprise UASC expects most of the tie-up’s $400 million cost savings to come from operations rather than layoffs…

Viega Names Evans Director of N. American Sales

Aug 02, 2016

Viega LLC has promoted Mark Evans to director of North American sales. In this position, Evans is responsible for directing strategic planning, brand value extraction and sales development for the field sales team across the U.S. and Canada…

Twin Disc Appoints Johnson to Board of Directors

Aug 02, 2016

David W. Johnson has been appointed to the board of directors of Twin Disc, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and seller of marine and heavy-duty off-highway power transmission equipment. Since 2005, Johnson has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Johnson Outdoors Inc…

Hickland Joins Tatham Macinnes

Aug 02, 2016

Specialist maritime solicitors Tatham Macinnes announced that James Hickland has joined the firm as a Partner. Hickland joins from Ince & Co where he has spent over 10 years developing a commercial litigation and arbitration practice, encompassing shipping contract disputes…

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