International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) begins protest in Washington DC & Port of Charleston, South Carolina.Union longshore workers from many Atlantic Coast District Ports are joining forces outside the United States Marine Barracks in Washington…
Indian oil intends to team up with Russia's Rosneft for oil exploration in the Barents & Kara Seas.ONGC, one of the largest oil and gas companies in Asia, has formally addressed Rosneft with a partnership offer in one of the latter’s Arctic hydrocarbon projects…
Holland America Line's 'Volendam' rescues 70 stranded sightseers in Glacier Bay, Alaska.While en route to Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay, Alaska, Holland America Line's Volendam rescued 70 persons from a disabled sightseeing boat, having…
Steve Kartsaklis has been working on engines for 25 years. He has stayed on in the industry because making engines work is part of his very being. His passion for the trade and satisfaction in a job well done was what he was looking for…
To manage the crisis successfully SMM organizers advise providers to keep close to their customers as record bookings received.The European debt crisis; a weak US employment market; declining growth rates in emerging economies such as China…
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) appoint Bill Steckel Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.Mr. Steckel brings nearly 30 years of financial and operating management experience in public and private companies. Bruce Biemeck…
'The Blades' is the nickname of UK soccer team Sheffield United, & logistics provider GAC has renewed sponsorship of the club.Since forming links with the Blades in 2009 GAC went on to become the Official Logistics Partner of Sheffield United…
Floating Production Storage & Offloading ship uses ABB systems to control entire production from reservoir to wellhead to vessel.FPSO Peregrino, one of the biggest, most technologically advanced oil production ships in the world, was converted…
Swiss shipping operators confirm they employ armed security guards to protect their ships off Somalia & Gulf of Aden.Landlocked Switzerland plays a surprisingly prominent role in the commercial shipping scene. The Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company operates 422 vessels…
Head of Naval Surface Forces says officials looking closely at Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) manning in order to alleviate crew exhaustion.Recent disclosure of a closely held Navy study of LCS operations, indicated among the many issues identified…
German-owned 998-ft container ship 'Ilse Wulff' repaired in CIC Changxing Shipyard after touching bottom in the Panama Canal earlier in the year.Owners of the Ilse Wulff decided to combine the repair of bottom plating and a deformed propellor…
A 3D CDP seismic survey covering 1,200 square km is being carried out by three field exploration parties from Yuzhmorgeologiya.Pechora Sea (Russian: Печо́рское мо́ре, or Pechorskoye More), is a sea at the northwest of Russia, the southeastern part of the Barents Sea…
A Singapore stock exhange error was at first suspected as shares in STX Pan Ocean Co. plunged 64%.The Singapore Exchange said there was no trading error behind the recent 64 percent plunge by shares of STX Pan Ocean Co. (STX), South Korea’s biggest dry-bulk carrier…
Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship 'R/V Falkor' locates the wreck of historic exploration ship off the coast of Greenland.During routine functional performance testing of the mutibeam mapping echosounders on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship R/V Falkor…
BiblioBoard offers 'Titanic: A Historical Collection' with 50+ books, images and articles to read on the iPad.Titanic: A Historical Collection offers early accounts of the Titanic sinking, works by and about Titanic passengers and more documents about the Titanic tragedy…
