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Seamen’s Unity Day Celebrated

Nov 10, 2015

The Indian seafarers celebrate 6th November as the Seamen’s Unity Day.  The National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) commemorated the occasion as is done annually on the 6th of November, which is also a paid holiday for seafarers working on Indian and foreign flag ships…

Essar is 'Dry Bulk Line of the Year'

Nov 10, 2015

Essar Shipping, one of India’s leading shipping companies, today said that it has won the prestigious Diamond Category Award for “Line of the Year (Dry Bulk)” at the recently held Samundra Manthan Awards 2015. The company was bestowed this…

Mayall Joins Bollinger as VP Sales/Marketing

Nov 09, 2015

Bollinger Shipyards announces the addition of Joe Mayhall to its corporate sales and marketing team.  Bollinger president and CEO Ben Bordelon made the announcement, stating, “In his new role of Vice President, Commercial Business Development…

Kyra Roca Earns Thomas Crowley Award

Nov 09, 2015

Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Kyra Roca, vice president, customer care, was presented with the 2014 Thomas Crowley award, the company's highest honor, at a ceremony held yesterday at the company’s Jacksonville, Fla., office. Roca joins Capt. David Ridge…

Crowley Formalizes New Business Segments

Nov 09, 2015

Crowley formalizes new GlobalShip Management and Government Services groups; Golonka and MacDonald assume new vice presidential roles Crowley Maritime Corp. has formalized two new groups, Government Services and Global Ship Management, in…

Former Scottish Footballer Signs for Royal Navy

Nov 09, 2015

International footballer David McNamee has gone from defending for his nation on the football pitch to defending his nation at sea. The 35-year-old, capped four times by Scotland in a 15-year career north and south of the border, has signed for the U…

Sonardyne Appoints Bjorøy as Managing Director

Nov 09, 2015

Subsea technology company Sonardyne International Ltd., UK has  announced the appointment of Robin Bjorøy as its new Managing Director.Bjorøy succeeds John Ramsden who leaves the position after six years in charge to return to Singapore following a transition period…

NYK Conducts Crisis-response Drill on VLCC

Nov 09, 2015

On October 15 as part of the company’s Remember Naka-no-Se Campaign,* NYK conducted a crisis-response drill based on the scenario of a serious accident occurring on an NYK-owned VLCC (very large crude-oil carrier). Cooperation from the Maritime Bureau within Japan’s Ministry of Land…

ST Engineeing Appoints Director

Nov 09, 2015

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced the appointment of Mr Lim Ah Doo as an independent non-executive Director of the Company and a Member of the Audit Committee with effect from 10 November 2015.Mr Lim…

MPA Calls for Integrated Approach to Blue Economy

Nov 09, 2015

In his opening address at the Sustainable Ocean Summit 2015 held in Singapore today, Chief Executive of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) Mr Andrew Tan called for an integrated approach bringing together the science, the research…

Nils Andersen, CEO Maersk: “Global Growth Slowing Down”

Nov 09, 2015

Nils Smedegaard Andersen, chief executive officer at A.P. Moeller-Maersk qoted by Bloomberg as saying: 'We believe that global growth is slowing down. Trade is currently significantly weaker than it normally would be under the growth forecasts…

NOL in Acquisition Talks with CMA CGM, Maersk

Nov 09, 2015

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (NOL)  has officially confirmed that it is a takeover target of two separate companies: French shipping company CMA CGM and Danish conglomerate AP Moeller-Maersk.  As per a report in the Business Times, NOL said…

US Navigation Moves in S.China Sea to Continue

Nov 08, 2015

The United States will conduct freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea again, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a speech on Saturday, although he gave no timeline for any such actions.Carter's comments, delivered…

Implementation of AIS at Singapore Port

Nov 07, 2015

Currently, all power-driven harbour and pleasure craft are required as a condition of their harbour or pleasure craft licences, to be fitted with either an IMO-compliant AIS Class A/B transponder or a MPA-approved HARTS transponder.To…

Obituary: Martin J. Canfield

Nov 06, 2015

Martin J. Canfield: July 22, 1956 – November 2, 2015 Martin Jay “Marty” Canfield, 59, of Iola, Kansas, died Monday, November 2, 2015, at the Allen County Regional Hospital. Marty was born July 22, 1956, in Independence, Missouri. He served in the U…

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