Residents in North Sydney are upset and angry over the proposed sale of the Archibald Wharf, demanding answers on plans to sell the municipally owned wharf. The buyer has second thoughts now. According to a section of Australian media, a…
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is planning to hire 731 workers this fiscal year, a significant boost for high-paying jobs at the Hawaii's largest industrial employer, according to a report on http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com.If you're looking for a job…
Alps Wire Rope Corporation announced the several recent additions and promotions. Jim Miner has been appointed Regional Manager for the North Central and Midwest area, bringing six years of wire rope experience at Alps Wire Rope Corporation…
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced the location of the new family health center designed exclusively for employees working at the Ingalls Shipbuilding division and their covered dependents. The center, scheduled to open next year at 2105 Old Spanish Trail in Gautier…
Chris Koch, current president and CEO of the World Shipping Council (WSC), will retire from his position on July 31, 2015, and WSC Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, John Butler, will assume that position on August 1 of next year. Following his retirement as president…
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) board of directors has elected Kellye Walker to serve as corporate vice president and general counsel and Charles R. “Chuck” Monroe Jr. to serve as corporate vice president, associate general counsel and secretary…
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today named Abigail Ross Hopper as the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which manages the development of our nation’s conventional and renewable energy and marine mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf…
Negotiators for shipping lines and terminal operators at 29 U.S. West Coast ports resumed contract talks with the union for dockworkers on Thursday, as cargo backups continued at the ports, a representative for the labor group said. Officials…
Positions Battelle, Bluefin Robotics and SeeByte to offer market-driven innovation to government and commercial customers Battelle’s maritime technologies range will now be housed under one leadership structure lead by Rear Admiral Fred Byus…
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) issued a statement today stating that the United States’ Cuba policy change will not impact its missions annd operations.“Coast Guard missions and operations in the Southeast remain unchanged,” the USCG statement said…
Report by Indian research institute reveals poor enforcement of occupational health and safety provisions The working and living conditions at the shipbreaking yards of Alang, India, remain alarmingly poor, argues a new study published in the Economic & Political Weekly…
The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) recognized two inland maritime industry leaders at an annual awards luncheon Thursday, December 11, 2014, in Paducah, Ky. The 15th Annual River Bell Awards Luncheon, hosted by SCI, raised more than $270…
General Dynamics NASSCO started construction of another ship in its commercial shipbuilding backlog, starting construction of a second “ECO” tanker to be built for American Petroleum Tankers at a steel cutting ceremony in its San Diego shipyard…
An Italian shipping firm based in Genoa, Italy, pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships by falsifying required ships’ documents to hide the fact that the ship had illegally discharged oil contaminated waste into the ocean on multiple occasions…
Two Chinese ship recycling yards have applied for inclusion of their facilities in the future EU list of Ship Recycling Facilities. The official documents for the application were presented yesterday in Brussels to Julio Burgués, Head of…
