AkzoNobel signs J/V agreement with Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo group of companies for supply of the company's International Paint brand.The new deal strengthens the existing joint venture between AkzoNobel and Kanoo, which only covers the supply of the company's International Paint brand…
DP World welcomes the start of dredging Soai Rap River in Vietnam bringing customers faster access to its Saigon Premier Container Terminal.The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Government Department of Transport is undertaking the USD 134 million project…
Crowley Maritime Corporation awards 17-year-old Coraly Lopez Ortiz its 2012 Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarship.Coraly Lopez Ortiz, has begun her first year of college at University of Puerto Rico (UPR), thanks in part to the support of Crowley Maritime Corporation…
NOIA and IADC see broad, far reaching negative Impacts from EPA suspension of BP from US Government offshore contracts.The national trade associations, the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and International Association of Drilling…
Continuing its strategic expansion abroad, ABF Global Supply Chain Services is now serving Europe and Turkey with ocean transport.The company provides a single contact for full-container-load (FCL) and expedited less-than-container-load (LCL) supply chain solutions…
Seismic Vessel 'Polarcus Adira' visits Damen Shipyards, Den Helder for repair, modification & installation work.Damen Shiprepair Den Helder (The Netherlands) was awarded the contract for modification work on the ‘Polarcus Adira’ operated by Dubai-based Polarcus…
Huntington Ingalls Industries hosts Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert.Adm. Greenert met with company leadership and toured the amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) at the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding division…
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to provide operational & environmental support to United States Fleet Forces Command (USFF).The contract with the United States Navy is to provide operational and environmental support…
Republic of Belarus signs up to the EU-funded logistics project – Amber Coast Logistics (ACL – to enhance the country's transport & logistics sector.In the Amber Coast region Belarus has a particular role as a transit country of transnational land based trade and transport flows…
Gamesa raises €260-million in funding from European Investment Bank for its on & offshore wind turbine R&D+I investment programme.The funding will be used: To conduct innovation activities in the next three years (2013-2015)…
Cummins brings its U.S. EPA Tier 3 certified new QSK19 & QSK60 marine diesel engines to market.Cummins Tier 3 solutions apply advanced combustion technology to reduce emissions in-cylinder without the need for aftertreatment. The company…
At upcoming International Workboat Show Wärtsilä’s John Hatley PE, Americas VP Ship Power to enlarge on marine gas fuel developments.At the show the company will underline its proven track-record in developing technology solutions that meet anticipated environmental standards…
US-based supplier JW Fishers reminds that ROV deployment may prove safer & cheaper than diving.The company quote many examples to back up their statement, including one where the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) use a Fishers SeaLion-2…
ITF applaud release of Mohamed Chamchati, general secretary of the Moroccan merchant seafarers’ union.Like his colleague Said Elhairech, who was freed in October, Chamchati had been arrested in June on clearly mistaken charges linked to the cessation of operations of the Comarit-Comanav company…
Compliance Costs Collide with Oversupply of Tonnage and a Challenged Economic Climate. Can operators cope? And, what will it cost them if they can? MarPro’s Barry Parker weighs in.At a time when most maritime business sectors are suffering the pains of oversupply…
