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WISTA Expands in the UK

Mar 18, 2016

Press Release: The South East of England represents more than 20% of the UK maritime industry. Recognizing the significance of the South East to the maritime sector and building on the success of its Liverpool chapter, WISTA UK is evolving and…

New Thames Apprentices Celebrated

Mar 18, 2016

Transport minister, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon has marked the end of National Apprenticeship Week by presenting eleven Thames apprentices with Maritime Skills Diplomas.  For the apprentices, aged from 18 to 25, the Diplomas are the result of two years’ hard work…

USMRC Hires Director of Grants and Fundraising

Mar 18, 2016

The United States Maritime Resource Center (USMRC) has announced the appointment of Tiffany A. Torrey as its new Director of Grants and Fundraising. Torrey comes to USMRC with an extensive background in fundraising, grant writing, strategic planning…

SHIPPINGInsight 2016 Dates Announced

Mar 18, 2016

The SHIPPINGInsight 2016 Fleet Optimization Conference & Exhibition will take place Oct. 18-19, 2016, at the Stanford Marriott Hotel & Spa in Stamford, Conn. “Now entering its fifth year, SHIPPINGInsight is the one event on the maritime calendar you can’t afford to miss…

Tandemloc Earns Quality Certificate

Mar 18, 2016

On February 29, 2016 Tandemloc was officially designated ISO 9001:2008 certified in the “Design, Development, Manufacture, Inspection, Testing and Distribution of Below-the-Hook Lifting and Rigging Devices; Tie Down Assemblies; ISO Shipping Container Connectors…

N-Sea Celebrates Safety Innovation Award

Mar 18, 2016

Subsea IMR provider, N-Sea, has won the Safety Innovations award at this year’s SPE Aberdeen Offshore Achievement Awards. Winners were announced at an awards ceremony last night at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC). The…

PSA Revenue Dips

Mar 18, 2016

*       PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) handled 64.10 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) for the year ended 31 December 2015, representing a decrease of 2.0% from the previous year.*       PSA's flagship Singapore Terminals contributed 30…

Intelsat Names Butler President

Mar 18, 2016

Intelsat S.A. (NYSE:I), operator of the world’s first Globalized Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone today announced the promotion of Skot Butler to President of Intelsat General Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary that provides satellite communications solutions to military…

Seaspan Appoints Three

Mar 18, 2016

Seaspan has named three new Vice Presidents to its Senior Leadership Team, announcing the appointments of Linda Wortman as Vice President, Finance & Accounting; Catherine Chick as Vice President, Business Services & Technology; and Shawn Chylinski as Vice President…

SCF Unicom Marks its Quarter Century

Mar 17, 2016

Press release - On 11 March 2015, a reception took place in Limassol (Cyprus) to mark the 25th anniversary of Sovcomflot’s technical management subsidiary SCF Unicom.  Unicom was established in 1991, in Cyprus, to allow global charterers…

Burger Boat Starts Build of Explorer Yacht

Mar 17, 2016

Burger Boat Company announced the start of construction on Hull 510, a custom 103'-06' (31.55m) full displacement steel and aluminum Explorer Motor Yacht. The Owner and Designer, Luiz De Basto of Miami, Florida, USA, recently visited the shipyard in Manitowoc…

Van der Veer Elected to Statoil Board

Mar 17, 2016

In a meeting in the Corporate Assembly of Statoil ASA on 17 March 2016, Jeroen van der Veer was elected as a new member of Statoil's board of directors. Van der Veer was the Chief Executive Officer in the International oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell Plc (Shell) in the period 2004 to 2009…

Dunnam Joins Metro Group Maritime

Mar 16, 2016

Donna Dunnam, a long time employee of Hapag-Lloyd's Tampa office and prior to that CP ships, has joined the Metro Group Maritime receivable management and collection team.  Dunnam is looking forward to bringing her vast experience and superior collection skills to Metro Group Maritime…

Long Beach Port Appoints 3 Directors

Mar 16, 2016

The Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved the appointments of new directors for the Port of Long Beach’s Finance, Surveys and Transportation Planning divisions.Maurina Lee, previously the Harbor Department’s controller, will become the Director of Finance…

Seafarer Heroism Honored by USCG

Mar 16, 2016

The Coast Guard presented the crew of the cargo ship Joseph L. Block with a lifesaving award in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Saturday.Capt. Amy Cocanour, the Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan commander, presented the Capt. David P. Dobbins Award to Raymond Sheldon…

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