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Marathon Petroleum Senior VP to Retire

Jan 08, 2016

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) announced the retirement of Richard D. Bedell, senior vice president of Refining, effective March 1. Raymond L. Brooks, currently general manager of MPC's Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City, Texas, will replace Bedell…

NAMMA and MTS Launch The MARE Project

Jan 08, 2016

Press release - The North American Maritime Ministry Association is launching a new project aimed at enhancing the ability of traditional shore-based seafarers’ welfare agencies to connect with seafarers’ using innovative digital tools.  Supported by The Mission to Seafarers…

Young Tapped as CTO at JDR

Jan 08, 2016

JDR said that James Young will take up the role of Chief Technology Officer with effect from 1st February 2016.  In his prior role as Engineering Director, Young led the attraction and development of JDR's engineering talent for many years…

Aquatic Goes 1 Mln Hours without a LTI

Jan 07, 2016

Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, an Acteon company, has marked 1 million working hours without a single Lost Time Incident (LTI). This milestone follows on from Aquatic’s achievement of 1,000 days without an LTI in December 2014. The…

Borets Names Langley as HSE Manager

Jan 07, 2016

Borets, a company in engineering, manufacturing, sales and service of electric submersible pump (ESP) systems, has named David Langley as North American HSE manager. Based at Borets’ U.S. corporate office in Houston, Langley will be responsible…

ICE Seeking 50 Engineers for Expansion

Jan 07, 2016

Independent naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy ICE has expanded the design facilities of its subsidiary in Galati, Romania and is recruiting 50 additional engineers to help deliver its order book, the firm announced today…

Nuclear LDO Designator Established - USN

Jan 07, 2016

The Navy is aligning limited duty officers (LDO) who support the nuclear enterprise under the 640X designator into the 62XX nuclear power series, according to NAVADMIN 006/16 released Jan. 6.This change aligns all submarine and nuclear enterprise LDOs' job functions…

IRClass Rules for ICG Ships

Jan 07, 2016

The “Rules and Regulations for Construction and Classification of Indian Coast Guard Ships”, developed by the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) were formally released by the Director General Indian Coast Guard, Vice Admiral HCS Bisht AVSM…

Abu Dhabi Ports' Maqta Gateway Starts Operations

Jan 07, 2016

Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of ports and Khalifa Industrial Zone in the Emirate, has started initial trial operations of its Port Community System, ‘Maqta Gateway’, following the successful completion of Stage1 of the overall project development…

XL Catlin Promotes Chief Underwriting Officer, Marine

Jan 06, 2016

XL Catlin today announced the promotion of Anne Marie Elder to the role of Chief Underwriting Officer Marine for the Americas region. Elder in her new leadership role now reports to Lee Meyrick, XL Catlin’s Chief Underwriting Officer for Global Marine…

Glendinning Named SVP, Service Division, Alfa Laval

Jan 06, 2016

Ross Glendinning was appointed Senior Vice President, Service Division of Alfa Laval Inc. in January 2016. Glendinning is charged with driving consistent profitable growth, and developing new sales opportunities for the service business of Alfa Laval in the U…

Port of London Authority Names Chief Harbor Master

Jan 06, 2016

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has appointed Bob Baker as chief harbor master.  Bob Baker will join the PLA from Forth Ports, where he has been chief harbor master since 2001.  He will succeed David Phillips, who is retiring from the PLA in April…

etpm Kicks off 2016 with Charity Campaign

Jan 06, 2016

Marine and subsea recruitment firm etpm is kicking off the New Year with the launch of its charity fundraiser, The Super Saturday campaign, which revolves around the RBS Six Nations Rugby Tournament and encourages a bit of healthy competition…

Drydocks World Earns Five Star Safety Grading

Jan 06, 2016

Drydocks World, an international service provider to the shipping, offshore, oil, gas and energy sectors, announced it has received a five star rating from the British Safety Council for the Occupational Health and Safety.  The company underwent a detailed…

Crowley Promotes VP and Deputy General Counsel

Jan 06, 2016

Crowley Maritime Corporation announced today that Kerri McClellan has been promoted to vice president and deputy general counsel for the corporation. McClellan, who is based in Jacksonville and reports to Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mike Roberts…

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