Joe Johnson has been promoted to Assistant Vice President, Coal, in the Ingram Barge Company of Nashville, Tennessee.Joe Johnson already is serving in this newly created position, and the Ingram sales team now reports to him, with respect to their coal accounts…
HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division donates more than 20,000 school supplies to assist about 1,000 area students.'HII stresses the importance of education and encourages our employees to get involved in their communities,' said Chavis Harris…
Transocean Ltd. issues fleet update summary, new & changed contracts, OofS times, etc.Total backlog associated with new contracts or extensions since the August 15, 2012 fleet update summary is approximately $1.7 billion. Estimated out of service time for 2012 increased by a net 36 days…
Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI), a manufacturer of diesel engines for the commercial marine industry, has reorganized it Commercial Marine Business around five customer-focused market segments: commercial transport; offshore oil and gas; passenger transport…
Greene's Energy Group Names Boutwell Manager, Technology and Business Development -Rental & Products. Greene’s Energy Group (GEG), a provider of integrated testing, rentals and specialty services, has named Doyle Boutwell as Manager, Technology and Business Development – Rental & Products…
Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell in the three months ended August 2012 to their lowest level for a year, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens…
Twenty Grand Marine Service, L.L.C. of New Orleans, Louisiana sells U.S. flag supply vessel “Toby Tide” to Ocean Marine Services, Inc. of Kirkland, Washington. The vessel is being renamed “Sovereign” and upon the vessel's arrival from Port Hueneme to Seattle…
Iron-Ore carrier daily rates rebound as China spends US$158-billion.Iron-ore ships are poised to earn more than operating costs for the first time this year as rates rally on speculation Chinese steel mills will accelerate imports because of a 1 trillion-yuan ($158 billion) building program…
TV worldwide internet TV Channel – Maritime TV – receives strategic investment for new program development and expansion.TV Worldwide, (www.TVWorldwide.com ), a pioneering web-based global TV network since 1999, announces that one of its subsidiary Internet TV Channels…
PGS in cooperation with TGS begins data acquistion on a new 20,000 km MultiClient 2D survey over the Northeast Newfoundland Shelf.The M/V Sanco Spirit has returned to Newfoundland and Labrador once again utilizing PGS GeoStreamer® broadband technology…
Sembcorp Marine (SMOE) acquires, from Smulders Group, SLP Engineering Limited (SLP) based in Lowestoft, UK.SLP will be renamed Sembmarine SLP Limited (Sembmarine SLP) and will be held through newly incorporated company Sembmarine North Sea Limited (Sembmarine North Sea)…
Ingalls Shipbuilding division gets an US$83.3-million cost-plus-award-fee contract to modernize USS Ticonderoga-class (CG 47) Aegis guided missile cruisers. The contract, for continued life-cycle engineering, modernization and support services…
Second annual Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific conference opens in Singapore with State of Asia Cruise Industry panel discussions.Gianni Onorato, president of Costa Crociere, noted that port infrastructure in Asia is still lacking, along with consumer education…
Neptune Group Yachting (NGY), a luxury yacht charter agency, launches Neptune Crew Placement Division.Julia Haines-LaPenta has been named Director of Crew Placement for Neptune Crew.The agency is accepting applications from all professional yacht crew…
Nexus Consulting, says an 'administrative mistake' led to the Venezuala detention of a US-flagged ship.Background: Venezuelan authorites arrested a U.S. ship captain early Thursday after three assault rifles were found on board. An embassy…
