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Obituary: Elmer Morley - Founder, Maritime Professional Training

Aug 19, 2015

March 20, 1930 – August 17, 2015 Elmer Morley, Maritime Professional Training’s founder, long time chief engineering instructor, father, grandfather, great grandfather and loving husband, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer in the early morning hours August 17…

Tax Exemption for Seafarers on Indian Flag Ships

Aug 19, 2015

The National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) has informed has conceded to their demands of granting Income tax exemption to Indian seafarers sailing on Indian flag vessels. Accordingly, Union has stated that through a the Government of…

Port of Seattle Names Interim Maritime Division MD

Aug 18, 2015

Lindsay Pulsifer, general manager of marine maintenance for the Port of Seattle, has been selected as the interim maritime division managing director. Pulsifer will be responsible for directing the strategic and daily operations of maritime environmental services…

Former Petrobras Exec Sentenced for Samsung Drillship Bribe

Aug 17, 2015

A Brazilian judge sentenced Nestor Cervero, former international chief of state-run oil firm Petrobras, to just over 12 years in prison on Monday for corruption and money laundering related to a bribe allegedly paid to the speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress…

Sailors’ Society Scholarships Awarded

Aug 17, 2015

The scholarships aim to nurture young talents in the shipping industry. Sailors’ Society awarded its MaritimeONE Scholarships at a ceremony held at the Conrad Centennial Singapore Hotel on August 13. Amalina Aidal for the Diploma of Nautical Studies…

Migrants brawl on Greek island as refugee ship lies empty

Aug 16, 2015

Migrants desperate to get off the Greek island of Kos fought each other on Saturday while nearby a passenger ship chartered to house and process refugees lay empty 24 hours after it had arrived.Outside the island's main police station…

40 Migrants Suffocate Crossing the Mediterranean

Aug 16, 2015

At least forty people suffocated in an overcrowded boat carrying around 400 migrants while crossing the Mediterranean Sea into Europe on Saturday. Many of the migrants were saved as the boat issued a distress call and was intercepted off the Libyan coast…

Alberta Panel to Review Climate-change Policy

Aug 15, 2015

The Canadian province of Alberta, the biggest source of U.S. oil imports, announced the members of its climate change policy review panel on Friday, part of its pledge to implement new rules on greenhouse gas reductions.Environment Minister…

Major Board Changes at Golar LNG

Aug 15, 2015

Pursuant to today's Notice of AGM, Shareholders are advised to note certain changes to the proposed Board.Chairman, Sir Frank Chapman, has decided not to stand for re-election at the forthcoming AGM, to release the two days a week he currently commits to Golar to focus on other interests…

Obama to Visit Arctic

Aug 14, 2015

President Barack Obama is traveling to Alaska in late August to visit the front lines of climate change, which he called 'one of the greatest challenges we face this century'. He'll speak to a global Arctic leadership summit in Anchorage and also travel north to the Arctic…

Buyers Reach Agreement on Imtech Takeover

Aug 13, 2015

Pon Holdings and Parcom Capital announced they have agreed to buy Imtech Marine, the marine division of Dutch engineering services company Royal Imtech who has been declared bankrupt. No monetary figures have been shared. The final details of the takeover are yet to be worked out…

CFO Slettebø Quits Noreco

Aug 13, 2015

Odd Arne Slettebø, CFO of Noreco since November 2014, has handed in his resignation and his employment will cease on 31 October.Since Mr. Slettebø joined Noreco in 2012 he has played a central role within accounting, compliance and the restructuring processes during the past years…

Washington State Ferries Adds Extra Trips

Aug 13, 2015

Friday’s preseason game against the Denver Broncos marks the start of football fans’ ferry travel season. To manage the influx of people, Washington State Ferries will provide additional ferry sailings leaving Bremerton at 10:15 p.m. and leaving Seattle at 11:30 p…

Big Response to WKCTC’s Open House

Aug 13, 2015

More than 100 city officials, educators, community members, and representatives from the river industry attended West Kentucky Community and Technical College’s open house and ribbon cutting for its Inland Logistics and Marine Institute (ILMI) August 10…

Fincantieri Educating UAE Students

Aug 12, 2015

The value of the initiative also recognized by the UAE government Trieste, 12 August 2015 - As part of a program of international cooperation with the United Arab Emirates, Fincantieri has done in recent weeks in Genoa, at the headquarters of CETENA - Center for the Study of Marine engineering…

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