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Container Shipping Industry Course at U.S. Georgia Tech

Sep 12, 2012

Georgia Tech Professional Education offers Transportation & Distribution Course in Savannah to address changes in the container shipping industry.Georgia Tech Professional Education will offer a Transportation and Distribution Planning and Management (LOG 3120 ) course October 2-4…

SHIPPINGInsight Fleet Optimization Conference Update

Sep 12, 2012

Early Bird Pricing Extended for SHIPPINGInsight Fleet Optimization Conference; More than 30 Industry Experts to Address Challenges and Solutions for Reducing Costs and Enhancing Efficiency in Ship Operations. The organizers of the SHIPPINGInsight 2012 Fleet Optimization Conference in Stamford…

ECDIS Ltd included in MCA Training Provider List

Sep 12, 2012

ECDIS Ltd included in MCA Training Provider List.The sad consequences of the grounding of ships have been all too commonly seen on television screens world-wide. Ships such as  Torrey Canyon, Exxon Valdez and Costa Concordia have become household names in recent years…

Well Abandoment in the Spotlight at ICoTA Event

Sep 11, 2012

Well Abandoment in the Spotlight at ICoTA EventThe challenges facing well abandonment in a mature province will be the focus of the latest lunch and learn session hosted by leading oil and gas industry body ICoTA European Chapter in Aberdeen on Tuesday…

Safe Lifting DVD Out by IMCA

Sep 06, 2012

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has produced a teaching DVD entitled 'Safe Lifting'.Almost no work can be carried out in any marine environment without a lifting process being involved. It is an essential component of all offshore operations…

Engineering Apprentices Train Worldwide with Tognum

Sep 03, 2012

148 young people start their apprenticeships in Germany & at other locations, including America for the first time.Tognum has taken the German version of cooperative education to the U.S. for the first time and is applying it at its subsidiary…

UK Think-Tank Hosts IDICORE Summer School

Sep 03, 2012

HR Wallingford hosts Industrial Doctorate Centre in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE) participant programme.The IDCORE programme delivered an industry focused course that aims to expand and sustain a community of high-quality post-doctoral staff for the UK offshore renewable energy industry…

MTU and Navantia Open Training Center

Aug 31, 2012

Tognum Group company MTU Friedrichshafen is a primary partner for Navantia’s ship propulsion systems and Training center for service staff . MTU Ibérica, a subsidiary of the German propulsion solution specialist MTU Friedrichshafen and the…

Liberia Approves Seagull Security Training Package

Aug 30, 2012

Maritime Training specialist, Seagull, has secured Liberia’s approval for its unique Security training package.  Liberian approval comes little more than a month after Seagull announced that it had been awarded Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) approval for the new security training package…

US MSC Chartered 'Swift' on African Partnership Mission

Aug 28, 2012

Military Sealift Command-chartered High Speed Vessel 'Swift' begins week of Africa Partnership Station (APS) in Port of Douala, Cameroon.Swift's Military Detachment Officer-in-Charge Lt.Cmdr. Brad Fillius met with the various leaders of…

Liberia Welcomes MLC Code; Trains Inspectors

Aug 27, 2012

THE Liberian Registry has welcomed ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) and has reinforced its role as a world leader in maritime safety and seafarer welfare by further strengthening its team of flag state inspectors qualified to undertake MLC 2006 inspections…

Mercy Ship Arrives in Guinea

Aug 24, 2012

The Port of Conakry in Guinea welcomes the 'Africa Mercy' – the world’s largest private charitable hospital ship. Previous assignments to the West African nation took place in 1992 and 1999. For the next ten months the state-of-the-art hospital ship…

SNAME: Training & Continuing Education Opportunities

Aug 23, 2012

The Society of Naval Architects and Engineers (SNAME) has announced the schedule of pre-meeting training courses and continuing education opportunities in conjunction with the SNAME 2012 Annual Meeting and Expo, October 22-26 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence…

ECDIS Furuno Type-specific Training Available in China

Aug 23, 2012

Furuno Shanghai has started to provide product-specific ECDIS training for its important Chinese market. 

Furuno Shanghai is the sixth training facility to join the Furuno NavSkills training network and with its strategic location it is…

New Training Vessel for Kings Point

Aug 21, 2012

Department of Transportation Secures New Training Vessel for U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the Department’s Maritime Administration has secured a new training vessel for the U…

Logistics News

Potential Return of Container Ships to Red Sea Following US-Houthi Ceasefire Could Collapse Freight Rates

Potential Return of Container Ships to Red Sea Following US-Houthi Ceasefire Could Collapse Freight Rates

Liebherr Marks 25 years of RTGs with Enhanced Product Range

Liebherr Marks 25 years of RTGs with Enhanced Product Range

Swire Shipping Bans Carriage of Donkey Skins

Swire Shipping Bans Carriage of Donkey Skins

Vietnamese Imports From China and Export to US Reach Record High

Vietnamese Imports From China and Export to US Reach Record High

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