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Besselink of Royal HaskoningDHV Quits

Sep 28, 2015

Mr Piet Besselink, Executive Board Member of international engineering and project management consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV, has decided to step down by the end of the year. This change was announced by the company’s Supervisory Board. Piet Besselink (56)…

Indian Ports to Improve Operational Efficiency

Sep 28, 2015

Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has said that the decline observed in the performance of Major Ports from 2008 to 2014 has reversed and they have shown improvement in their performance in 2015.  Shri…

Can Company Strategies Enhance Competence?

Sep 27, 2015

Capt Pradeep Chawla, Managing Director QHSE & Training, Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd., delivered a theme address at the World Maritime Day symposium on 'Shipping's future needs people: Is global maritime education and training on course…

GC Hidromek, Aker JV to Develop Dredgers

Sep 26, 2015

GC  “Hidromek”  (Russia) and Aker Arctic (Finland) have signed the strategic partnership agreement  at NEVA 2015GC “Hydromech” (Russia) Inc and Aker Arctic (Finland) signed an agreement on strategic partnership at the NEVA 2015 International Exhibition and Conferences yesterday…

IACS Chairman Meets Industry Stakeholders b

Sep 26, 2015

ABS Chairman, President and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki has taken part in a series of meetings with maritime industry stakeholders in his capacity as chairman of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS).Together with IACS Secretary-General Robert Ashdown…

Steamship Mutual Launches Loss Prevention DVD

Sep 25, 2015

The Managers have released, on September 22, 2015,  the Club’s latest loss prevention DVD –  'Fit for Life'. The launch took place at a premiere screening of the film at the Barbican Center, central London before an invited audience of a number of the Club’s Member…

Dynasafe Appoints Krumpholz MD

Sep 25, 2015

Dynasafe has announced  that Tom Krumpholz has been appointed as Managing Director of the newly established Dynasafe Marine Services GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, and will lead the company’s activities in the fast growing Marine Area Clearance segment…

Baltic Exchange CEO Stepping Down

Sep 25, 2015

Jeremy Penn, chief executive of London's centuries old Baltic Exchange will step down next year, the exchange said on Friday.Penn, who took the helm as CEO in 2003 after previous top positions with international news agency Reuters, will leave next summer…

Xantrex Donates Equipment to SPLASH Classroom

Sep 25, 2015

Xantrex recently donated a powerful inverter/charger system, Freedom SW 3024 to empower SPLASH’s (Student Participation in Learning Aquatic Science & History) educational program on a steamboat operating on the Delaware River. SPLASH is…

San Pedro Bay Ports Update on CAAP

Sep 25, 2015

Environmental teams from the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach will hold a joint community workshop on Oct. 14 to gather input on the next update of the Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP). Initially adopted in 2006 and updated in 2010…

INMEX SMM India Finds its Footing

Sep 25, 2015

The impressive response to the INMEX SMM India 2015 that was officially opened yesterday by Deepak Shetty, Director General of Shipping, Government of India, seems to be a clear indication that the green shoots of economic recovery are finally making their appearance in the country…

Kumar to Lead MARAD Education and Training

Sep 24, 2015

Dr. Shashi N. Kumar, Academic Dean at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), has accepted a position to serve as Deputy Associate Administrator and National Coordinator for Maritime Education and Training at the headquarters of the Maritime Administration (MARAD)…

Reimelt Named Head of GE Power Conversion

Sep 24, 2015

Stephan Reimelt has been appointed as president and CEO of GE’s Power Conversion business, succeeding Joe Mastrangelo who becomes president and CEO of Power Generation Products for GE Power & Water, GE Energy Management president and CEO Mark Begor announced today…

Career Starters Begin Dual Studies Program at Voith

Sep 24, 2015

Press Release -- Twenty-nine young women and men are starting their dual studies program today at Voith in Heidenheim. Alternating between the company and the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW), 22 students will study the…

Caterpillar May Cut up to 10,000 Jobs

Sep 24, 2015

Caterpillar Inc said it could cut up to 10,000 jobs through 2018 as part of its restructuring and cost reduction plans to save up to $1.5 billion annually.The company said on Thursday that it would cut 4,000-5,000 jobs by the end of 2016…

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