Michael Wesolowski was appointed the new executive director of the Sea Tow Foundation. Established in 2007 by Sea Tow Services International Founder Capt. Joe Frohnhoefer, the 501(c)(3) foundation is dedicated to promoting boating safety and education…
Odfjell's new president and CEO Kristian Verner Mørch to start August 1, 2015 Kristian Verner Mørch will take up his new position as president and CEO of Odfjell SE from August 1, 2015, the company’s board of directors announced. His appointment was announced in May 2015…
Oman Drydock Company (ODC) informs it has appointed one of Oman’s most experienced maritime professionals as deputy CEO to help support and grow its expanding operations. Taking up the role of deputy CEO, Dr. Ahmed Al Abri, draws on 17 years…
Glander International Bunkering has announced that Dowell Lin has advanced to Senior Bunker/Lubricant Trader & Team Leader for the Singapore office. Lin began his career with Glander International Bunkering as a Bunker & Lubricant Trader…
A New Zealand dive operator and skipper have been sentenced for the February 2014 death of a diver struck by a propeller while on a trip to the Poor Knights Islands, Maritime New Zealand announced. Whangarei diving company The Dive Spot Limited has been fined $50…
The Rolls-Royce Power Systems subsidiary in Istanbul - MTU Turkey - is now a quarter of a century old. It was established in Istanbul on April 19, 1990 under the name MTU Motor Türbin San ve Tic AS. Prior to that, a workshop in Turkey dating…
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. announced changes to Teekay LNG’s board of directors. Jane Hinkley has been appointed to the chairmanship position succeeding C. Sean Day, who will remain a director of Teekay LNG and chairman of the partnership’s sponsor…
New simulator wing features DNV certified VSTEP Dynamic Positioning and Full Mission Bridge Simulators and type approved ECDIS classroom. The simulation center of the Technical University of Varna officially opened its new simulation wing on May 21…
Dan-Bunkering Ltd. has announced that Elena Hauser has been employed as Bunker Trader & Area Specialist Russia in the company’s head office in Middelfart, Denmark, as of May 1, 2015. Hauser who is originally from Russia has been in the bunker business for the past eight years…
Safety issues uppermost in regulatory thinking dominate second quarter training package releases from Seagull Maritime, with the E-learning specialist focusing on frontline hazards faced by modern seafarers. New computer-based training (CBT)…
Three college students will spend this summer working with Canaveral Port Authority as interns in Cargo Business Development, Environmental Plans & Programs, and Engineering.From June 8 until August 6, the students will support the day-to-day activities of operating Port Canaveral…
In a meeting in the Corporate Assembly of Statoil ASA on 9 June 2015 Øystein Løseth was elected as new chair and Roy Franklin as a new member and deputy chair of Statoil's board of directors.Chair of the board Svein Rennemo and board member…
The head of Greece's biggest port Piraeus will step down, a statement said on Wednesday, after the port was once more named as a target for privatisation in the country's cash-for-reforms negotiations with international creditors.Chief Executive Yiorgos Anomeritis has headed the port since 2009…
Some 50% of crews working on offshore support vessels are willing to compromise safety rather than say ‘no’ to clients or senior management, while nearly 80% believe commercial pressures could influence the safety of their working practices…
A vote by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (BHE) has confirmed Francis X. McDonald has been selected as the 38th president of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. McDonald, a 1985 graduate of the school, has worked on campus since 1994…