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Dieleman Takes over as Cargill Shipping Head

Mar 04, 2016

Commodities trader Cargill has appointed a new head of its shipping business, weeks after announcing it would close its London freight unit amid a worsening global seaborne market. The dry bulk sector, which transports commodities such as coal and grain…

Typhoon Appoints Willis as UK Sales Manager

Mar 04, 2016

Typhoon International, a manufacturer of drysuits, and a major player in the diving and watersports markets, has appointed Ben Willis as UK Commercial Sales Manager. Willis joins the company at an exciting time as Typhoon aligns its activities…

Panama Canal Focuses on Services on Expanded Waterways

Mar 04, 2016

Today, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) hosted an Open Forum, giving shipping line representatives and steamship agents the opportunity to discuss the Panama Canal’s services once the expanded waterway begins operations. The Forum, titled “Exchange…

SCI’s Worldwide Agents’ Meet 2016

Mar 04, 2016

The Shipping Corporation of India’s (SCI) Worldwide Agents' Meet 2016 held on March 2nd, 2016 drew 88 agents from across the world to participate in the Meet. There were representatives from Far East, Indian Subcontinent, Persian Gulf, Western Europe…

Mac Bruton Joins Intermarine

Mar 03, 2016

Intermarine, LLC, a transporter of project, breakbulk and heavylift cargo, has named Mac Bruton as Director of Business Development, Americas. He will be based in New Orleans.Bruton has more than 20 years in the international shipping and infrastructure development industries…

DNV GL Appoints Engel as Energy CEO

Mar 03, 2016

DNV GL has appointed Ditlev Engel as the new CEO of its Energy business area. Starting April 4,  Engel will succeed acting CEO Elisabeth Harstad and report to the Group President & CEO Remi Eriksen.Engel will join DNV GL as CEO of the group’s Energy business area…

Braemar Howells Names Rustom Managing Director

Mar 03, 2016

Zäl Rustom has taken over as Managing Director of Braemar Howellls effective March 1, 2016, the spill response and management company announced.Assuming full management responsibility for Braemar Howells, Rustom succeeds Simon Rickaby, who…

Royal HaskoningDHV appoints two Directors

Mar 03, 2016

Royal HaskoningDHV has appointed new Corporate Directors for Human Resource Management and Corporate Strategy. Cindy Meervis (40), joining from AkzoNobel, will further develop the global HR strategy in support of building a performance and client driven culture…

Software Developer by Day, Gamer by Night

Mar 02, 2016

How one Hapag-Lloyd employee has dedicated his free time to the card game skat. Even if the card game has never really made it across Germany’s borders, almost 200 years after it was invented in the Thuringian city of Altenburg, skat remains one of the most popular card games among Germans…

Seatronics Names Strachan Head of Finance

Mar 02, 2016

Seatronics, an Acteon company, and part of its survey, monitoring and data business segment, has appointed Kevin Strachan as head of finance.The new role will require Strachan to lead the finance function in each of Seatronics’ global bases and divisions…

SUNY Maritime Welcomes Astronaut Alumnus Back to Earth

Mar 02, 2016

Late last night, SUNY Maritime College alumnus Scott Kelly, ’87, felt Earth’s gravity for the first time in nearly a year.The astronaut safely landed in Kazakhstan after plummeting hundreds of miles to Earth from the International Space Station with Russian astronaut Mikhail Kornienko…

Seafarers' Unions Hold International Cruise Seminar in India

Mar 02, 2016

NUSI alongwith Norwegian Seafarers Union (NSU), FIT-CISL and International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) together organized the Fifth International Cruise Seminar in India.  This time the seminar was organized in Bangalore from January 19th -23rd…

IRClass' Expansion in SE Asia Underway

Mar 02, 2016

The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) is gearing up to expand its activities in Singapore and throughout South East Asia with plans for opening two more offices in the region over the next two years.IRClass, with a diverse portfolio of services across the marine sector…

Volvo Penta’s Kull a Top Woman in Manufacturing

Mar 01, 2016

The Manufacturing Institute to honor Volvo Penta’s Marcia Kull with STEP Ahead Award on April 21; award honors top women leaders in the manufacturing industry  Marcia Kull, vice president of marine sales for Volvo Penta of the Americas,…

HII Names Smith VP, Strategy and Development

Mar 01, 2016

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced that Michael S. Smith has been named the company’s corporate vice president, strategy and development, succeeding Christopher D. Kastner, who is replacing Barbara A. Niland as corporate vice president and CFO upon her retirement…

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