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AMSA Prosecutes Shipping Cos, Masters for Pollution

Jun 11, 2015

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has prosecuted two shipping companies and their masters for two separate marine pollution incidents within the Great Barrier Reef.Tokyo based Perses Maritima Ltd and the master of its Japan…

MSC to Optimise Capacity on Asia-Europe Network

Jun 11, 2015

MSC  has announced plans to optimise all of its Asia-Europe services. The changes, which will be implemented progressively over the coming months will include: port combinations, vessel rotations and capacity deployment.Since the launch of the new Asia – Europe network in January 2015…

Ingalls Shipbuilding Honored for Veteran Hiring Initiative

Jun 10, 2015

Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division was honored at the DirectEmployers Annual Meeting and Conference for its work hiring and promoting veterans. The shipyard's talent acquisition team won the overall award in the…

Danish Maritime Days Launches Future Leaders Initiative

Jun 10, 2015

On October 5-8, 2015 the inaugural Future Maritime Leaders Forum will bring together young leaders with the potential to shape the future of the maritime industry. A new Danish Maritime Days initiative, Future Maritime Leaders, aims to engage…

Weathernews Center Opens in Copenhagen

Jun 10, 2015

Weathernews Inc. announced that it has established a new Voyage Planning Service operations center in Denmark. Along with reinforcing the service team for European customers adopting Optimum Ship Routeing (OSR) service that supports voyages…

'80s Brain Drain Haunts Today’s Offshore Layoffs

Jun 10, 2015

Companies struggle to balance cost-cutting with skills retention.If you can’t accept the rollercoaster of employment that is the offshore industry, adding and shedding jobs like clockwork through its cyclical ups and downs, don’t get on for the ride…

Ulstein: Stronger Than a City

Jun 10, 2015

“Two brothers united are stronger than a city,” goes the biblical paraphrase. Surely, brother-sister tandems are also implied.According to local business records for Ulsteinvik — a swampy but beautiful corner of coastal Norway — Ulstein Group…

Weighing in With WISTA’s Leaders

Jun 10, 2015

Meet the women who manage the maritime industry and discover what makes them tick.Alexandra Anagnostis-Irons is the founder and President of Total Marine Solutions (TMS). Jeanne M. Grasso is a partner and, among other things, Co-Chair of Blank Rome’s Maritime Industry Team…

Sea Tow Foundation Names Executive Director

Jun 10, 2015

Michael Wesolowski was appointed the new executive director of the Sea Tow Foundation. Established in 2007 by Sea Tow Services International Founder Capt. Joe Frohnhoefer, the 501(c)(3) foundation is dedicated to promoting boating safety and education…

Odfjell Board Announces New CEO’s Start Date

Jun 10, 2015

Odfjell's new president and CEO Kristian Verner Mørch to start August 1, 2015  Kristian Verner Mørch will take up his new position as president and CEO of Odfjell SE from August 1, 2015, the company’s board of directors announced. His appointment was announced in May 2015…

Oman Drydock Appoints Deputy CEO

Jun 10, 2015

Oman Drydock Company (ODC) informs it has appointed one of Oman’s most experienced maritime professionals as deputy CEO to help support and grow its expanding operations. Taking up the role of deputy CEO, Dr. Ahmed Al Abri, draws on 17 years…

Glander International Bunkering Promotes Lin

Jun 10, 2015

Glander International Bunkering has announced that Dowell Lin has advanced to Senior Bunker/Lubricant Trader & Team Leader for the Singapore office. Lin began his career with Glander International Bunkering as a Bunker & Lubricant Trader…

Dive Operator Sentenced after Propeller Death

Jun 10, 2015

A New Zealand dive operator and skipper have been sentenced for the February 2014 death of a diver struck by a propeller while on a trip to the Poor Knights Islands, Maritime New Zealand announced. Whangarei diving company The Dive Spot Limited has been fined $50…

MTU Turkey Celebrates 25 Years

Jun 10, 2015

The Rolls-Royce Power Systems subsidiary in Istanbul - MTU Turkey - is now a quarter of a century old. It was established in Istanbul on April 19, 1990 under the name MTU Motor Türbin San ve Tic AS. Prior to that, a workshop in Turkey dating…

Teekay LNG Announces Board Changes

Jun 10, 2015

Teekay LNG Partners L.P. announced changes to Teekay LNG’s board of directors. Jane Hinkley has been appointed to the chairmanship position succeeding C. Sean Day, who will remain a director of Teekay LNG and chairman of the partnership’s sponsor…

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