BMT Group Ltd (BMT) has announced a solid financial performance for the year to September 30, 2013. Although market conditions have been challenging, BMT secured revenues of £163.3m, an increase of 5% year on year, with underlying operating profits of £11…
The buying interest from Greek ship owners is focused on bulkers to an increasing extent, BIMCO said. Data from VesselsValue.com reveal that Greek owners were at the buying end of 43% of all bulker sales completed so far in 2014. As of June 2014…
Specialist communications provider Globecomm Maritime said it will use the Posidonia 2014 exhibition to showcase the latest additions to its innovative range of connectivity management solutions. Globecomm also said it will provide a chance…
Dryad Maritime has unveiled new and enhanced services and a complete rebrand as part of the company’s relaunch and repositioning within the maritime operations industry. The overhaul follows six years of exponential growth for the formerly niche Portsmouth-based intelligence company…
The UK Club's lists three of its popular maritime mobile apps (the first has chalked up 7,500 downloads) as follows:ILO MLC Pocket Checklist – A Must Have for all MarinersThe ILO MLC pocket checklist was developed by Lloyd's register and…
IMO informs that its Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has adopted important SOLAS amendments related to inert gas systems as well as amendments to a number of treaties to bring into force the mandatory IMO audit scheme. In addition it has approved…
Adm. Paul F. Zukunft assumed command as the 25th commandant of the Coast Guard today, relieving Adm. Bob Papp during a military ceremony at the Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building.“Adm. Papp’s leadership and resolve have left an indelible mark on the service…
Outcome of Investigation Findings into Marine Incidents and Measures to Enhance Safety of Navigation in Singapore Port Waters and Singapore StraitFollowing the three collision incidents[1] resulting in oil spills which took place in the…
The Mexican Attorney General's office has ordered the arrest of the chief executive of oil services company Oceanografia, which is at the center of a fraud probe involving Citigroup Inc's local unit Banamex.Oceanografia CEO Amado Yanez is…
Montgomery McCracken announced the addition of three attorneys to the Maritime and Transportation practice group in the firm's New York office. Eugene J. O'Connor and Timothy Semenoro join as partners and Robert E. O'Connor joins as an associate…
Global unions the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and IUF (International Union of Food, Agricultural and Hospitality Workers) demanded the reinstatement of 78 unfairly sacked workers at Philippines seafood supplier Citra Mina – and promised the workers their continuing support…
Hundreds of truck drivers blocked traffic arriving at southern Brazil's Paranagua port on Thursday to protest a policy that fines them for parking outside designated areas.Shipment of commodities like corn and soybeans was not affected, the port authority said in a statement…
The Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards of the USCG, Jeff Lantz will discuss regulatory enforcement in the United States and ballast water management at NAMEPA’s EIM Seminar, “Compliance, Cost and Competency in America,” on June 5 as a part of the Posidonia 2014 conferences…
Roger Lee Easton, Sr., visionary, inventor and pioneer of modern day navigation passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 at his Wheelock Terrace residence located in Hanover, New Hampshire.Born April 30, 1921, in North Craftsbury, Vt., to Frank Birch Easton…
Board Members to Proclaim the Many Merits of Maritime in New York.NYMAR (New York Maritime Inc.) Board members are heading to Athens next week to promote the multiple advantages afforded by the New York Maritime Cluster. Chief on the list…
