Associated British Ports (ABP) has been named Business of the Year at the Rail Freight Group awards last night. Judges hailed ABP’s record of innovation in the freight sector, particularly the Immingham Renewable Fuels Terminal (IRFT) on the Humber…
Last night, Nele Maersk container ship, bound for Genoa with 21 crew on board, informed Spanish Maritime Safety Agency (Salvamento Maritimo) that there had been an accidental spillage of fuel during a routine operation of fuel transfer between tanks…
The Port Logistics seminar was officially opened on Wednesday this week by Alexander De Croo, Belgian deputy prime minister and minister of Development Cooperation, Digital Agenda, Telecom and Postal Services. The seminar is organised by APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center…
Maritime crime and piracy have not disappeared, indeed without continued efforts from both the private and public sector, could well return, say the experts in at London International Shipping Week during BIMCO Breakfast Brief. The Head of EUNAVFOR…
Press Release - Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, Patron of London International Shipping Week 2015, addressed guests at the Welcome Reception at Lancaster House on Tuesday evening with the message that raising awareness of the industry was of prime importance to all sectors of business…
SeaDek Marine Products, a producer of marine non-skid products, has become an employee-owned company. The company’s principal owners Kurt Wilson, Jim Wilson, Jason Gardner and Chuck Yates have extended ownership to more than 70 full-time…
With the aim of growing the U.K. Ship Register and attracting more maritime business to the U.K., a new a senior level director role has been created at the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) as part of the government’s aspiration to grow the nation’s share with the global maritime sector…
DNV GL’s ISM Internal Auditor training aims to impart practical knowledge on how to conduct audits, including auditing practices, guidance, preparation, execution and follow-up. According to DNV GL, participants taking part in its ISM Internal…
Carl A. Kemp has been selected to serve as the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission’s (FMC) Senior Advisor for Legislative and Public Affairs, FMC Chairman Mario Cordero announced today. Kemp will coordinate all legislative and public affairs within all FMC divisions…
Press Release - The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) will host ECDIS seminars at INMEX SMM Conference and Exhibition in Mumbai, India.The UKHO’s ‘Living with ECDIS’ Seminars will be held on each of the three days of INMEX SMM, are…
The Switch, a supplier of megawatt-class electrical drives for wind energy, marine and industrial applications, has opened its new global headquarters in Helsinki.According to Jukka-Pekka Mäkinen, President and CEO of The Switch, the primary…
Aker Solutions has appointed David Clark as regional president of the U.K. and Africa to oversee an expansion and support operations in these key markets, the company announced today.Clark, a U.K. national, has more than 30 years of experience from the oilfield services…
Hempel A/S announced that CEO Pierre-Yves Jullien will be succeeded by Henrik Andersen, Group COO of ISS A/S, by March 1st 2016. Henrik Andersen has been with ISS A/S since 2000, since 2011 as Member of the Executive Board, first as Group CFO and from 2013 Group COO…
Collective effort by maritime industry and naval forces keep pirate attacks suppressed: EU Naval Force Operation Commander, Major General Martin Smith MBE At a breakfast meeting earlier today with senior shipping industry representatives…
The world’s oldest enclosed commercial wet dock in Liverpool, North-west England is celebrating its 300th anniversary. Known locally as the ‘old dock’, it opened for business on 31 August 1715, providing a blueprint for the development of other trading ports…