Rolls-Royce Holdings plc today announces the appointment of Sir Kevin Smith CBE as a Non-Executive Director. Sir Kevin will join the Board with effect from 1 November 2015 and will become a member of the Nominations and Governance Committee…
Braemar Engineering, the specialist maritime engineering consultancy, informs it has appointed Chis Kruszewski to the role of senior electrical engineer in its offshore, DP and FMEA group. Kruszewski joins Braemar Engineering with immediate effect…
Braemar Engineering, the specialist maritime engineering consultancy, today announced the appointment of Chis Kruszewski to the role of Senior Electrical Engineer in its Offshore, DP and FMEA Group.Mr Kruszewski joins Braemar Engineering with immediate effect…
The Road Map to $500 Billion Indo-US Trade by 2025 was the focus of the Annual Convention of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, on September 28th and 29th, 2015 in Mumbai. The Convention, addressed by Policy makers and Industry leaders…
In the largest delegation to date, DP World has recently sent, its very own employees to live, experience and become part of Milan Expo 2015. DP World’s delegation represented the entire company, from leaders and directors to customs specialists and ground staff…
Mr Piet Besselink, Executive Board Member of international engineering and project management consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV, has decided to step down by the end of the year. This change was announced by the company’s Supervisory Board. Piet Besselink (56)…
In advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December, the global shipping industry, as represented by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), has launched some key messages to government negotiators, explaining the…
The Nautical Institute’s latest book looks at major casualties and the lessons that can be learned, setting out good practice to avoid them in future. The book, launched yesterday (Monday), examines nearly 30 casualties and the problems of fatigue…
The USCG has poised e-logs and SaaS to transform U.S.-flagged shipboard recordkeeping.By Dean Shoultz, CTO, MarineCFOThe United States Coast Guard frequently appears behind the times when it comes to rulemaking involving shipboard technological advances…
After more than 20 years leading oil spill response organization and environmental services firm NRC, Steven Candito has launched Foresea Consulting, an advisory firm for the maritime and environmental communities Observing a need that was not filled by existing specialists within the sector…
IRClass (Indian Register of Shipping) has conducted an executive workshop, in coordination with India’s Directorate General of Shipping and the Indian National Shipowners’ Association (INSA), on Port State Control (PSC) inspections. The workshop…
August 2015 containerized cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles increased 3.8 percent compared to the same period last year. The Port handled a total of 786,677 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in August 2015. It was the strongest August performance since 2006…
Burning all the world's fossil fuel reserves could thaw the entire Antarctic ice sheet and push up world sea levels by more than 50 metres (160 feet), over thousands of years, an international study said on Friday.Such a melt, also eliminating the far smaller ice sheet on Greenland…
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) is calling for vessel owners and technical managers to make records available that provide important information on the condition of the ship and its machinery when a ship changes owner.“The…
The world’s oldest enclosed commercial wet dock in Liverpool, North-west England is celebrating its 300th anniversary. Known locally as the ‘old dock’, it opened for business on 31 August 1715, providing a blueprint for the development of other trading ports…
