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Scrivens Named AMSI Business Person of the Year

Mar 13, 2014

The annual Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI) Business Person of the Year Award was presented to Roger Scrivens, Founder and Managing Director of RS Aqua Ltd., by Richard Burt, Chairman of the AMSI Council of the Society of Maritime Industries…

Future Care, Yale School of Medicine to Host CMA Panel

Mar 13, 2014

Future Care Inc., a provider of healthcare management services to the maritime community, and Yale University Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine will host a panel discussion: 'Injury and Illness at Sea- New Developments in Emergency Response and Telemedicine…

MHI to Debut New Chief Officer System

Mar 13, 2014

In conjunction with its completion of the transition to a domain-based business structure, effective April 1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will newly introduce a system of chief officers. The chief officers will be delegated a portion…

DNV Introduce Vessel General Permit Enviro-Oil Advisory Service

Mar 11, 2014

Classification society and consultancy DNV GL inform it has introduced the 'Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants' (EAL) Report Service to help ship operators to comply with the new rules set out for the US Vessel General Permit (VGP) without the need for extensive outlays…

Bound for the Great Lakes? Ballast Tank Exam a Certainty

Mar 06, 2014

The Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Working Group (BWWG) informs of the release of its 2013 Summary of Great Lakes Seaway ballast water management report. The mission of the BWWG is to harmonize ballast water management efforts between: the U…

SENER Opens Office in India

Mar 05, 2014

The engineering and technology group SENER has opened a division in India with offices in New Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai. This new geographical location responds to SENER’s globalization strategy and follows the development of previous engineering…

Singapore, UK Researchers Team up for Maritime R&D

Mar 05, 2014

Building on the fruitful past decade of U.K.-Singapore cooperation in scientific research and development, A*STAR’s Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) and the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI) officially launched a…

Explorer's Club Medal for Ocean Geophysicist Walter Munk

Mar 04, 2014

UCSan Diego inform that the Explorers Club will honor renowned Scripps scientist Walter Munk with the Explorers Medal at its 110th annual dinner March 15 at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The event, “Exploration & Technology: Celebrating Innovation in Discovery…

Jamieson Joins Unique Maritime Group's Diving Division

Mar 03, 2014

Unique Maritime Group, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, has announced the joining of Scott Jamieson as the Group Business Development Manager for its Diving Division. He will be based at UMG’s head office in Sharjah…

NSRP Awards $3.3M for Shipbuilding R&D

Feb 28, 2014

The Executive Control Board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) has selected four major research and development projects for award, as part of the program's continuing mission to reduce costs associated with U. S. shipbuilding and ship repair…

Innovative Solutions to Global Trends at INEC 2014

Feb 28, 2014

The newly launched program for the 12th International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition – INEC 2014, being held at the Marine Establishment Amsterdam in the Netherlands (May 20-22, 2014) features an incomparable line-up drawn from…

North Sea Navigation Trends Feature at Upcoming Conference

Feb 26, 2014

The ACCSEAS Second Annual Conference (4 – 6 March 2014 in Edinburgh, UK)  brings together a global audience to explore the implementation of the ACCSEAS e-Navigation test-bed services and present the latest findings and results of this engaging EU project focused on safe…

BIRNS Celebrates 60th Anniversary at New Orleans Show

Feb 26, 2014

Founded in 1954, BIRNS, Inc. designer and manufacturer of high performance lighting and connector systems for deep ocean, marine, military and nuclear power applications celebrated the anniversary at the recent Underwater Intervention show in New Orleans…

Study Finds Power Flexibility is Key

Feb 26, 2014

Any country can reach high shares of wind, solar power cost-effectively, study shows transformation of power systems is necessary to guarantee flexibility over long term, but this will be more difficult in some markets than in othersWind…

SNAME Report Covers SOx Emissions Reduction

Feb 25, 2014

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has published a new technical report that provides recommendations on technologies, practices and fuels that control and reduce sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions.Limitations on SOx…

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