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Vessel Owner Fined for Illegally Manning U.S. Flagged Vessels

Mar 20, 2014

Coast Guard Sector Guam has levied fines against the South Pacific Tuna Corporation for eight separate violations of Title 46 United States Code, Section 8304 for using unlicensed foreign personnel to illegally fill the roles of chief mate and chief engineer on U…

Tan Joins Glander Bunkering Team

Mar 20, 2014

Glander International Bunkering, a leading global bunkering and lubricant trading & brokering company, is pleased to announce that Euwyn Tan has joined their Singapore team.Euwyn begins his career in Glander International Bunkering as a Bunker and Lubricant Trader…

3SUN Group Appoints Dawson Chairman

Mar 20, 2014

3sun Group appointed Les Dawson OBE as Chairman of the Board of Directors.Operating in the oil and gas and wind sectors both onshore and offshore, 3sun Group is an established supplier of control panels for offshore oil and gas subsea and platform applications…

Transas: New Liquid Cargo Handling Simulator

Mar 20, 2014

Transas Marine launched its new liquid cargo handling simulator LCHS 5000 TechSim LNG which reportedly is the first one in the market to boast ship-to-ship transfer functionality. The new Transas LCHS 5000 TechSim product line includes simulators for LNG tanker…

Dan-Bunkering Appoints Carr

Mar 20, 2014

A/S Dan-Bunkering Ltd. has on March 1, 2014 appointed Tina Bild Carr as Management Assistant at the Company’s head office in Middelfart. Tina who has a degree in English and German has been employed in order to cover during Christina Hammer Søbygge’s maternity leave for the next year.

Intertek Invests in O&G Lab in Abu Dhabi

Mar 20, 2014

Intertek expanded its Exploration and Production services in the Middle East by investing in a new £1.4 million facility in Abu Dhabi.  The laboratory will house cutting-edge equipment that will enable the organization to provide high-specification…

Liberia Approves STCW Security Courses

Mar 20, 2014

Security titles 'Security Awareness' (STCW VI/6 p4) and 'Security Duties' (STCW VI/6 p6) have now been flag approved by LISCR.Both courses are available online for individual purchase and study via Marlins’ security training site, www.stcwsecurity…

Georgia Increases Funding for Port Deepening

Mar 20, 2014

Deal to Sign Budget with $35M More for Port Deepening; State has allocated $266 million to Savannah Harbor Expansion The $35 million in additional port deepening funds proposed by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has been approved by the state legislature and now awaits the governor’s signature…

KR Launch New CSR-H Ship Design Software

Mar 20, 2014

IACS member classification society the Korean Register (KR) informs of the release of SeaTrust-HullScan, its ground-breaking software solution to analyze and appraise a vessel’s hull structure in accordance with the new harmonized common structural rules (CSR-H)…

HK Firm Gets Ship Arrested, Shines Light on Debtor's Operations

Mar 20, 2014

Hong Kong company Shagang Shipping has successfully obtained an order for the arrest of the HNA Group controlled vessel 'MV Bulk Peace' from the Western Australia District Registry. The move is part of a long-running legal campaign seeking payment of USD 66…

Sandy Hook Pilots Warn of NY Channel Depth Restrictions

Mar 19, 2014

The Army Corps has informed the Pilots that maintenance dredging in the Arthur Kill has been only partially completed and that the previously shoaled areas in and adjacent to Port Socony and Port Reading Reaches have not yet been returned to full project depth…

Safer Seas: Ship Losses Continued to Fall in 2013

Mar 19, 2014

The recently published annual review of trends and developments in shipping losses and safety – 'Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Safety and Shipping Review' – indicates that world-wide ship losses declined by 20% compared with 2012.With…

Schechtman Promoted at Parsons Brinckerhoff

Mar 19, 2014

Jeffrey Schechtman has been named Deputy Regional Business Manager for the Southeast region of Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global infrastructure strategic consulting, engineering and program/construction management organization.In his new position…

Fast Growing Asia Needs a Strong Unified Voice

Mar 19, 2014

With Asia’s dynamic, robust and increasingly affluent economies helping to keep the international shipping industry buoyant, “the need for a unified Asian voice has never been more important”, Esben Poulsson, Honorary Secretary of the Singapore…

WRS Adds Johnson as President

Mar 19, 2014

Wellsite Rental Services, LLC (WRS), a rental equipment provider for the drilling and production sectors of the oil and gas industry, has appointed Mark Johnson as president. Johnson joins Wellsite Rental Services with more than 34 years of experience in the oil and gas…

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