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Kondapi Named Subsea Director at Texas A&M

Apr 27, 2016

Dr. Phaneendra Kondapi has joined the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University as the director for subsea engineering. Kondapi brings to the position more than 20 years of experience in the industry with FMC Technologies and KBR, where…

Port of New Orleans Head LaGrange to Retire

Apr 27, 2016

The Port of New Orleans’ board of commissioners announced today that port president and chief executive officer Gary LaGrange will retire at the end of his current contract in April 2017.The board is expected to name the port’s current chief operating officer…

Slater joins WFS Technologies as Sales Manager

Apr 27, 2016

WFS Technology Ltd. has appointed Graeme Slater as Sales Manager for the U.K., Australia and Southeast Asia. He is based in Aberdeen. Since joining WFS in March, Slater has been supporting the company’s U.K. and international customers in…

Aker Solutions, ABB Form Subsea Alliance

Apr 27, 2016

Aker Solutions and ABB agreed to build on their combined strengths in subsea, power and automation technologies to develop solutions that will improve oil and gas production for the global energy industry.The cooperation will integrate Aker…

Technip Gains Petrobras BAVIT Contract Extension

Apr 27, 2016

Technip has signed a four years extension of its five-year initial contract signed in January 2011 with Petrobras S.A. for its Flexible Pipes Logistic Base (BAVIT), located in Vitória, Brazil.The scope covers storage, handling, inspection…

Violent Attacks Worsen in Seas Off West Africa - IMB

Apr 27, 2016

As piracy on the world’s seas continues to fall, new figures from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) highlight growing violence off the coast of West Africa, where 44 seafarers have been captured so far this year…

MacGregor's RoRo Access Systems for Car Carriers in Japan

Apr 27, 2016

MacGregor has received orders from two Japanese yards to deliver comprehensive RoRo access equipment packages for four car carriers. The equipment will be delivered during Q3 in 2017. The orders are booked into the first quarter 2016 order intake…

EV Acquires Epidote

Apr 27, 2016

Leading specialist in well diagnosis, EV, has announced the acquisition of Aberdeenshire-based well integrity software supplier, Epidote Limited, to enable a world-class well diagnosis service. The acquisition results in EV taking full ownership of the company and its five employees…

Thome Ship Management Selects KVH Media

Apr 27, 2016

Under the agreement, seafarers will have ready access to a steady supply of the latest-release movies for fully licensed onboard viewingKVH Media Group, distributor of licensed films to the maritime market, and part of KVH Industries, Inc…

SUNY Maritime to Honor High-profile Alumni

Apr 26, 2016

SUNY Maritime College will host its annual Admiral’s Scholarship Dinner May 3. This year’s event, organizers say, will be “out of this world.” Tom Higgins, ’80, executive vice president and chief administrative officer of First Data, a global…

Genting Completes Purchase of 3 shipyards

Apr 26, 2016

Genting Hong Kong, announced the completion of the acquisition of Nordic Yards’ three shipyards in Wismar, Warnemunde and Stralsund, Germany for the consideration of 230.6 million Euros. The deal will give Genting Hong Kong the core expertise…

KVH Dominates Global Maritime VSAT Market

Apr 26, 2016

KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), announced that as of the end of 2015, it had shipped more than 6,000 TracPhone® satellite communications antenna systems for the mini-VSAT Broadbandsm network. This milestone reaffirms the company’s top…

Stockholm Ports Set Record

Apr 26, 2016

The number of TEUs shipped to Ports of Stockholm increased by five percent over the first quarter of 2016.During the first quarter of 2016 there was a five percent gain in TEU numbers at Ports of Stockholm compared to the same period of the previous year…

V.Ships Wins Fortress Deal

Apr 26, 2016

V.Ships Offshore, part of V.Group has been awarded a ship management contract by Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC to provide full technical and crew management services for an advanced SURF/IMR vessel.The ship management…

Cobham, Inmarsat Enable Smart Shipping for Nanjing Tankers

Apr 26, 2016

Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), and Cobham SATCOM today announced that their partner Beijing Marine Communication & Navigation Company Ltd. (MCN) has won the largest Inmarsat Fleet Xpress installation project to date, with Nanjing Tanker Corporation of China…

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