A little-known annual American commemoration is coming up again on May 22 - National Maritime Day. It was declared by Congress in 1933 to call attention to America’s proud maritime heritage and to honor the men and women who serve and have served as U…
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has demonstrated its continued commitment to compliance with the appointment of Karen Moore as Global Compliance Officer. Karen joins from financial markets and technology company, NASDAQ, where she was Associate General Counsel…
Brazil's interim President Michel Temer will formally invite Pedro Parente, currently the chairman of financial bourse BM&FBovespa SA, to become chief executive of state-controlled oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA , chief of staff Eliseu Padilha said on Thursday…
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), a maritime and logistics service provider, has demonstrated its continued commitment to compliance with the appointment of Karen Moore as Global Compliance Officer. Moore joins from financial markets and technology company…
Around 300 people gathered in Tokyo on May 12 to attend a ship recycling seminar held by leading classification society ClassNK. In addition to ClassNK representatives, top industry experts from Asia and Europe discussed the current challenges…
In an interview with Patrik Berglund, the Xeneta CEO says that the introduction of the 'commodity' status for the container would benefit both shippers and carriers. Q- In today’s world of Amazon, Alibaba and E-commerce, have container rates (meaning 20-40’dry box) reached ’commodity’ status…
More than 230 students received their degrees from SUNY Maritime College last week, the largest class in the college’s 142-year history. In addition to giving the students their bachelor’s degrees and U.S. Coast Guard licenses, the college also gave an honorary doctorate to Chris Wiernicki…
Host of U.S. seaports also to observe annual salute to maritime industry, mariners and ports A little-known annual American commemoration is coming up again on May 22: National Maritime Day, declared by Congress in 1933 to call attention…
Forty years ago, he developed today’s ubiquitous flip placard system for trucks that indicates the presence of dangerous goods (DG) and next week, at the age of 95, Labelmaster’s Abe Samuels will retire after a long and distinguished career…
Braemar Adjusting announced the promotion of Sam Foster from Senior Adjuster to Director, effective immediately. Foster graduated from Loughborough University in 2006 with a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering. Prior to joining Braemar, he worked for AMEC as a Mechanical Engineer…
Ardmore Shipping has expanded its global network with the opening of an office in Houston, to be led by Holly Cummings, who joins Ardmore Shipping as Chartering Manager (Americas). The new Houston office will be responsible for expanding…
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has announced that Pat Natale, Vice President–Business Development for Mott MacDonald in North America, has been elected to Distinguished Membership.A Distinguished Member of ASCE is one who…
Caribbean maritime leaders meet to discuss industry trends, challenges and opportunities Representatives from all aspects of the maritime shipping industry met in Cocoa Beach, Fla., May 16-18 for the Caribbean Shipping Associations’ (CSA) Shipping Executives Conference…
Eniram Limited, a provider of fuel-saving technology and data analytics to the shipping industry, has announced that it is expanding its European operations by opening a new office in Central London. 'Our new office is located in the heart…
The Swedish Club has once again extended a hand to the insurance industry; sharing its experience with insurance professionals at the latest Marine Insurance Course, which took place at the Club’s head office in Gothenburg last week.Delegates…