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McIngvale to Lead Ingalls Communications, Public Affairs

Aug 09, 2016

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has named Jim McIngvale director of communications and public affairs. Ingalls has combined its communications department and its government and community affairs department…

Newport News Names Dunn VP of Communications

Aug 09, 2016

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has promoted Jennifer Dunn to vice president, communications, effective immediately. She will report directly to HII Executive Vice President and Newport News Shipbuilding…

AAPA Mourns Loss of Helen Delich Bentley

Aug 09, 2016

In tribute to the life and many contributions of Helen Delich Bentley, who died on Aug. 6 at age 92, American Association of Port Authorities Executive Vice President and General Counsel Jean Godwin said:“This past weekend, the port and…

Braemar Adjusting agrees Strategic Partnership in S. America

Aug 09, 2016

Braemar Adjusting has agreed a strategic partnership with Beckett Liquidadores de Seguros S.A of Chile, to act as its local resource partner in a number of countries in South America. Braemar Adjusting provides Loss Adjusting, Risk Assessment…

Next Geosolutions Surveys Roman Ports

Aug 09, 2016

Next Geosolutions, an independent geoscience and engineering service provider, has secured a €1.25million (£1million) mapping and survey contract with Naples Port Authority for the Archaeological Sites Mapping Project, based in the Port of Naples…

Heyde to Replace Roelse as CEO, Royal IHC

Aug 09, 2016

Royal IHC has announced that on 1 September 2016 Bram Roelse will step down as CEO. On that date Mr Dave Vander Heyde will be appointed by the Supervisory Board as the company’s new CEO.During his time in this role, Mr Roelse has used his…

Choice Names Mackey Business Development Manager

Aug 08, 2016

Choice Ballast Solutions announced that James “Jim” P. Mackey has joined the firm as Business Development Manager to further develop key accounts and cultivate new business worldwide.  Mackey joins Choice from a career spanning more than 30 years at Hyde Marine…

Fidelis Group Holdings Names Kirchhofer VP of Marine Division

Aug 08, 2016

Fidelis Group Holdings, LLC (FGH), with its subsidiary Continental Underwriters, Ltd., has hired John Kirchhofer as Vice President of its Marine Division. In this position, Kirchhofer will be responsible for expanding the group's brown water…

Helen Delich Bentley Dies at 92

Aug 08, 2016

Helen Delich Bentley, a former journalist and a U.S. Republican congresswoman from Maryland who gained global attention by smashing Japanese goods to protest Tokyo's trade policies, died over the weekend at the age of 92, officials said. Bentley…

Phillips Joins Tatham Macinnes

Aug 08, 2016

Specialist maritime solicitor Tatham Macinnes LLP announced that Nick Phillips has joined the firm as a solicitor consultant. Phillips joins Tatham Macinnes from Hill Dickinson and has spent more than 30 years as a solicitor and partner…

Central Command Leadership Join Dwight D. Eisenhower Underway

Aug 08, 2016

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) hosted senior military officers from U.S. Central Command and component commands while operating in the Arabian Gulf, August 6.Gen. Joseph Votel, commander, U.S. Central Command…

SUBRON 6 Welcomes New Commodore

Aug 07, 2016

Capt. Carl Hartsfield relieved Capt. Paul Snodgrass as commander, Submarine Squadron 6 (SUBRON 6), Aug. 5, during a change of command ceremony aboard the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN 764), at Naval Station Norfolk.A native of Seymour…

Coast Guard leaders of US, Canada reinvest in Safety Agreement

Aug 07, 2016

Rear Adm. June E. Ryan, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard Ninth District joined Assistant Commissioner Julie Gascon of the Canadian Coast Guard, Central and Arctic Region Friday in the midst of annual festivities at the Grand Haven, Michigan…

Three Rescued after their Boat Flips in Pamet Harbor

Aug 06, 2016

The Coast Guard rescued three people from the water after their boat overturned in Pamet Harbor, Massachusetts.At 3:15 p.m., the owner of a 14-foot aluminum boat reported to Coast Guard Station Provincetown watchstanders that he had lent his boat to three people…

Exercise Rim of Pacific Concludes

Aug 06, 2016

The world's largest international maritime exercise concluded Aug. 4, after more than a month of training events conducted in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines…

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