According to an AP report, a ferry reportedly packed with more than 600 peopl sank near the Philippine port of Cebu after it and a cargo vessel collided.The wire service reports that the captain of the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas ordered the ship…
The global bunker trading company A/S Dan-Bunkering Ltd. is pleased to announce that Mikkel Søholm Vestergaard has been employed as Bunker Trader as per August 5, 2013.Mikkel actually started his career with Dan-Bunkering already back in 2003 in the head office in Middelfart…
Aberdeen-based wireline and well intervention technology specialist Wireline Engineering has boosted operations in the Far East by investing in a new office and supply base in Kuala Lumpur and appointing Craig Glatley as business development manager for the region…
The International Labor Organization (ILO) will mark the coming into force of its historic Maritime Labor Convention, 2006, on August 20, 2013. The ILO Convention, known as “MLC, 2006”, will establish minimum working and living standards for…
The largest vessels in the world will be moored in the port of Rotterdam in the next 7 days, thanks to the port's deep-draft facilities.On Friday 16 August, all attention will focus on the first visit of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller. With a capacity of 18…
Cheryl K Marine LLC. announced that Captain Jake L. Kelly, Sr. was appointed as Vice President of Operations of Cheryl K Marine Companies.Captain Kelly began his maritime career at Hollywood Marine before earning his BS degree from Texas A&M…
In response to dangerous and escalating terrorist threats directed at both the private and public sectors, Security Dynamics LLC – a counterterrorism and risk management consultancy – is expanding in size and scope, according to Chairman and President Kim E…
Mississippi’s Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves and VT Halter Marine’s Executive Vice President John Prendergast are slated to deliver keynote addresses at the Gulf States Shipbuilders Consortium’s (GSSC) summer meeting scheduled August 21‐22…
Judge Walter J. Brudzinski has been selected for the position of Chief, Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Coast Guard. In this capacity, Chief Judge Brudzinski will provide supervision and administration of the Coast Guard Administrative Law Judge program…
The State of Emergency and curfew declared yesterday (August 14) is not affecting the Suez Canal transit convoy system.Operations at all Egyptian ports and in the Canal are running smoothly as normal, without any extra requirements or delays…
Willard Marine, Inc. announced Rolf Engstrom as the most recent addition to their engineering team, joining their ranks as an electrical engineer.Engstrom last worked as a Senior Test Engineer for Fisker Automotive, Inc., while having previously…
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) began the countdown for the centennial celebration as it commemorates its 99th anniversary. The countdown’s events will highlight the waterway’s contribution during the past 100 years and the efforts underway to face the challenges of the upcoming decades…
By Dimitrios Angelopoulos, AdvanFort Company Senior Business Development ManagerAn analysis based on Michael Porter’s “Competitive Forces” ModelAbstractThe study employs Michael Porter’s famous model designed to determine how competitive…
From July 15 to July 19, more than 250 maritime professionals from 41 countries gathered in Maryland, USA to discuss the Future trends and New Challenges in Maritime Simulation during the Transas Simulation User Conference. For the first time ever…
On Sunday, August 11, Border Patrol agents from Havre Sector arrested a Croatian national who was a deserter from his cruise ship docked in Seattle. On Saturday, the ship’s agent notified CBP officials at the Port of Seattle that one of…
