Carey Lowe has been named chief operating officer of offshore drilling services provider Ensco plc. He is based in London and succeeds Mark Burns, who is retiring from the company.Lowe has held various executive management positions at Ensco since joining Ensco in 2008…
Hansa Heavy Lift announced the continuation of its global expansion program with new offices in Brazil and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as the appointment of a new commercial agent in Colombia. The new office in Rio de Janeiro…
Jasper Wiese, an apprentice with Hapag-Lloyd, is a huge fan of seafaring and everything having to do with mechanics. But what exactly does a budding ship mechanic learn? Even during his fifth week of training to become a ship mechanic, Jasper Wiese still couldn’t believe it…
WISTA UK, the Women in Shipping and Trade Association, isn't shy in hosting events that challenge its members to address the major issues affecting the shipping industry, and this was very much the case during the its most recent Forum. With the Paris hosting this week…
The global shipping industry, represented at the United Nations Conference in Paris by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), fully supports a global deal on climate change. The shipping industry is committed to ambitious CO2 emissions reduction across the entire world merchant fleet…
Wood Group has appointed three senior engineering specialists who will lead a new team of up to 20 people in the UK to further build Wood Group’s capability in vibration, dynamics and noise. This follows the acquisition of BETA Machinery Analysis…
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement staff from the Oil Spill Preparedness Division attended an international workshop last month that focused on how Arctic meteorological and oceanographic conditions can affect traditional oil spill response strategies…
ndian Register of Shipping (IRClass)has awarded scholarships in the field of law instituted in the memory of Late Shri Venkiteswaran, a legal luminary and internationally acclaimed stalwart in the field of Maritime law who was a Director…
Kuwait on Sunday appointed Anas al-Saleh as acting oil minister in addition to his roles as finance minister and deputy prime minister, state news agency KUNA reported.KUNA did not say why Ali al-Omair was leaving the oil minister post…
World leaders are 'quite close' to reaching a deal to fight climate change when they meet in Paris from Monday, Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, Europe's first Green party head of state, said, adding any deal should be legally binding…
Germany's chancellor gave a qualified welcome on Saturday to China's pledge to tackle rising temperatures ahead of a global climate conference but she called for more ambitious goals to cut greenhouse emissions.In her weekly internet podcast on Saturday…
The bill is to form the basis of a maritime planning act intended to promote economic growth and development of sea areas. The Danish Maritime Authority is to head the work.The bill on maritime planning gives the guidelines for the drawing up of a holistic marine plan for Denmark's sea areas…
The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has welcomed the decision by Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry to extend the Competition (Block Exemption for Liner Shipping Agreements) Order (BEO) for another five years until 31 December 2020…
Dan-Bunkering (Middle East) DMCC is pleased to announce that Lamin Bara has joined the office in Dubai as Bunker Trader as per 1 November 2015.Lamin was born and raised in a multilingual family in Denmark and has been working in the transportation/logistics industry for the past many years.
Lack of properly assessed and defined wear limits for jacking systems can lead to significant downtimes with financial implications for jackup operations. DNV GL, supported by leading global industry players in the jackup industry, has established a joint industry project (JIP)…