Due to a continued increase in business, and an increasing portfolio of ever more sophisticated instruments and systems, Surrey based Planet Ocean Ltd. appointed Kira Coley as Scientific Applications Specialist.Kira will provide scientific…
Brian Salerno was sworn in on August 26 as the Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.Salerno retired as a Vice Admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard in 2012, after more than 36 years of active duty service. He is the third Director in BSEE's history…
Chris Bandy, a Coast Guard auxiliarist in Bayfield, Wis., was recognized as the 2012 Coast Guard 'Auxiliarist of the Year' at a recent ceremony held in San Diego, Calif.Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, formally…
The SHIPPINGInsight conference producers have finalized the agenda and confirmed speaker list for the 2013 Fleet Optimization Conference, scheduled for Oct. 22-24 at the Sheraton Stamford Hotel in Stamford, Conn.“The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Connect and Engage…
Greene’s Energy Group (GEG), a provider of integrated testing, rentals and specialty services, has added Pierre Domingue, competency training manager, to its training team and promoted Dwayne Doucet, corporate HSE manager and Steven Langlinais…
RINA Services S.p.A., the international Classification Society, announces that Ches K. King joined RINA USA Inc. as Business Development Manager.Based in the Seattle area, Ches will support the RINA Services marine and industrial clients in the North and Central American markets…
All across the country, impressionable, excited, young people are beginning their first days at college as they begin their journeys down their chosen career paths. High school is behind them, and adulthood now beckons. College will likely lead to load of new opportunities and experiences…
Classification society ABS said it has taken another step to meet industry needs with the formation of the ABS Global Gas Solutions Team to leverage the organization's LNG and LPG capabilities. This group of experienced gas professionals will work alongside owners…
Bunker Holding, the parent company of a group of bunker companies worldwide, has appointed Søren Høll as the company’s new Chief Operations Officer (COO). Søren will be situated at the company’s headquarters in Middelfart, Denmark, but will…
The Government of Belgium deposited with the International Labor Office the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labor Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) on 20 August 2013, a highly symbolic day marking the entry into force of the Convention…
Bechtel, the global engineering, construction, and project management company, has created a revolutionary design for ports that could transform shipping in Africa. The Multi-User Offshore Hub is designed for two or more users and consists of an offshore…
Titan Salvage and OPA 90 partner, Marine Response Alliance will team up as sponsors of the National Maritime Salvage Conference, “Weathering the Storm”, hosted jointly by the American Salvage Association (AMA) and Marine Log magazine from September 9 through 12…
U.S. Senator David Vitter, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, joined industry and Louisiana transportation officials here today for the release of a new economic impact report detailing the benefits…
Concordia Maritime´s president Hans Norén will leave the company at the end of the year. Norén said, “After ten years as president and 18 years in total with the company, the board and I have agreed that year end 2013 will be a good time for a change on this position…
The newly opened Dubai office of worldwide bunker trading company, A/S Dan-Bunkering Ltd., has been open for a few months, and according to the bunker trader has already been very well received in the market. The company reported it has recently hired two new employees…
