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Dahanu Port to Compete Mundra: Devendra Fadnavis

Aug 11, 2015

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fdnvis has said that the state's proposed port in terms of traffic in Palghar Dahanu district will compete with the port in Gujarat Mundda, reports PTI. 'There is natural draught of 20 metres to receive bigger ships…

Deadline Extended for SHIPPINGInsight Award

Aug 10, 2015

The judges have extending the deadline to submit entries for the 2015 SHIPPINGInsight Award from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15 to give more time for companies to participate. The annual SHIPPINGInsight Award recognizes a ship operating company and…

EBDG Adds Senior Engineer/Project Manager

Aug 10, 2015

Capt. John D. Reeves has joined Elliott Bay Design Group LLC (EBDG) as senior engineer and project manager. Reeves is a licensed professional engineer and mariner who spent 22 years leading high-performance teams and directing engineering…

Norden Shuffles Executive Management Team

Aug 10, 2015

Danish dry cargo and tanker shipping company Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S informs it has combined a number of management functions in order to reduce its executive management team from five to three members. “With the changes we are consolidating…

Carnival Announces Leadership Changes

Aug 10, 2015

Carnival Corporation names Michael Ungerer to new Chief Operations Officer Role for Asia, also appoints Felix Eichhorn as President of AIDA Cruises Carnival Corporation & plc announced that Michael Ungerer, currently President of Germany-based AIDA Cruises…

Mercury Marine Names Dauchy Chief Marketing Officer

Aug 10, 2015

Mercury Marine announced the addition of Michelle Dauchy as Chief Marketing Officer. Dauchy has nearly two decades of global marketing experience with S.C. Johnson, managing brands and P&Ls in more than 15 business segments across 80 countries…

QinetiQ Names CEO for OptaSense

Aug 10, 2015

QinetiQ has appointed Jamie Pollard as CEO of its Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) subsidiary, OptaSense.Pollard brings over 20 years’ of experience from oilfield services company Schlumberger, where he ran and grew large global businesses and joint ventures…

Christiansen Assumes CFO Role at Prosafe

Aug 10, 2015

Stig H. Christiansen has today assumed his new position as chief financial officer (CFO) at Prosafe. Christiansen’s appointment was announced by semi-submersible accommodation vessels owner and operator Prosafe on July 3, 2015. Christiansen…

Virtual Crane Helps Liverpool Prep for Mega Ships

Aug 10, 2015

£500k investment in technology set to deliver world class operator training as Peel Ports prepares for mega ships at the Port of Liverpool In anticipation of the arrival of five of the world’s largest cranes at the Port of Liverpool this autumn…

JNPort Takes Steps to Regularise Traffic - GTI Shutdown

Aug 10, 2015

As Gateway Terminals India (GTI) (one of the private terminal at JNPort, a JV between APM Terminals (APMT) and state-owned rail operator Container Corporation of India) is facing shutdown in operations due to the strike of contractor's employees…

Adani Ports Consolidated PAT for Q1FY16 Up 13%

Aug 10, 2015

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (“APSEZ”), India’s largest port developer and part of Adani Group, today announced the financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.Consolidated cargo across all ports handled by the company was 40 MMT in Q1FY16…

Videotel Supports CIC For Enclosed Spaces

Aug 10, 2015

Videotel, the leading international provider of e-Learning maritime training programs and a company of KVH Industries, Inc., has backed the Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on crew familiarization for enclosed space entry recently launched by the maritime authorities of Tokyo and Paris…

Nordic American Tankers' Declares 2Q Cash dividend

Aug 10, 2015

The second quarter 2015 produced better results than the first quarter 2015. So far in the third quarter, we have secured higher average rates than in the two preceding quarters of the year. In 2Q 2015, NAT continued to benefit from both…

Sulzer Takes Measures in the Pumps Equipment Division

Aug 10, 2015

Based on the current challenging environment in the oil and gas market, Sulzer decided to take measures to streamline the manufacturing capacities of its Pumps Equipment division.Since the beginning of 2015, Sulzer’s Pumps Equipment division…

Strike Likely at Panama Canal's 3rd Set of locks Project

Aug 10, 2015

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has learned of the National Union of Workers of Construction and Similar Industries (SUNTRACS) notice to strike issued to Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC). GUPC is the main contractor for the Canal's third set of locks project…

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