Maritime and logistics service provider Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has promoted Stacie Speckman to Vice President, Operations for North America. Based in Houston, Speckman will focus on managing and developing ISS’ regional operational…
Sailors’ Society, one of the largest seafarer support charities operating internationally, has launched the free Wellness at Sea mobile app, which aims to help put health and wellbeing at sea in the hands of seafarers. “Sailors’ Society’s…
The SENER engineering and technology group will take part in the 6th NAVALIA International Shipbuilding Exhibition on May 24-26 in Vigo. Each year this event attracts more than 20,000 professional visitors, mostly from the European Union, and this year it will have 750 exhibitors…
On April 5, China issued “Guidances on Arctic navigation in the Northwest route 2015”, which provides navigation information services for international navigation ships planned navigating in Arctic waters. The Northwest Passage, a sea route…
Golar LNG Ltd said Oscar Spieler would replace Gary Smith as chief executive, as the natural gas shipping company realigns operations, including building up its presence in the Brazilian power generation market. The company said on Tuesday…
GE Wind once again appointed Celtic Shipping Agencies to handle its latest shipments from Turkey to Ireland.Building on an earlier project via the Irish Port of Killybegs, GE chose Celtic Shipping once again to handle this latest work. This time…
International marine and engineering consultancy LOC Group has appointed Jerome Rutler to the newly created post of Group Chief Operating Officer, responsible for LOC’s global operations including marine assurance and risk, energy and shipping sectors…
Innova AS, a technology distributor and service provider for the underwater industry, has appointed Alf-Kristian Aadland as its new Managing Director. Aadland has been Innova’s Technical Director since January 2014, prior to which he served in leading roles at Oceaneering since 1993…
The Cayman Maritime Week, sponsored by Transas, brought together industry experts, ship owners and operators, yacht managers and brokers, and other professionals from all areas of the maritime industry, during May 2-4. Over the three-day event…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) today announced that Lakler S.A., 100% subsidiary of MOL has officially agreed to conclude a charter contract, with an eye toward reaching a final deal in June this year, with Gas Sayago…
Wärtsilä is to team up with an international group of shipping industry companies and organisations in a project to develop a concept for equipping future dry bulk carrier vessels with LNG propulsion.Project Forward is led by Athens-based Arista Shipping…
In 2015, Ulstein Group recorded revenues of $279.4 million and an operating loss of $11.5 million. The business areas Design & Solutions and Power & Control both recorded profits.The downturn in the offshore sector and a tricky market has to be met with adaptation and innovation…
ECOSLOPS an innovative technology company that upgrades ship-generated hydrocarbon residues (slops) into valuable distillates and light bitumen, has announced the signing of a long-term XFO (light bitumen) supply contract with SOPREMA. SOPREMA…
Prices for new dry freight containers declined to their lowest point since 2002 during first-quarter 2016 and are still going down, according to the latest edition of the Container Equipment Insight, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry…
Chief executive of Livingston-based Cyberhawk Innovations, Craig Roberts, has been shortlisted as a regional finalist in the 2016 EY (Ernst and Young) Entrepreneur of the Year Awards for Scotland. Formed in 2008, Cyberhawk has grown significantly…
