Underwriters, brokers, claims personnel and key industry suppliers converged on San Diego’s Rancho Bernardo earlier this month for the 82st Annual Meeting of the Inland Marine Underwriters Association (IMUA). The meeting officially got underway with the election of a new slate of officers…
Graig China Ltd (GCL), part of the Cardiff-based Graig Group, has been contracted by Hong Kong-based Global Union Shipping Limited to supervise the construction of ten 157,000 dwt suezmax crude oil tankers building at Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries Co Ltd in China…
MOL Liner Ltd. (MOL) announced its new China – Middle East Service (CMS) departing Shanghai on 8th June 2012. MOL will offer an additional weekly service by joining the existing service operated by Wan Hai Lines, PacificInternational Lines…
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq:EGLE) (the 'Company') announced May 22, 2012 that the previously announced 1-for-4 reverse stock split of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock will take effect on May 22, 2012. The Company's…
Five concrete offers have been received for the companies of the Hamburg-based Sietas Group. This is the result of the second phase of the extensive search for investors by the receiver of the Sietas shipyard, Berthold Brinkmann. During the first phase…
Drydocks World said that an Alliance Agreement has been signed with EXMAR Shipmanagement, a company that offers high-end ship management services to the maritime industry. The two companies hope to strengthen their relationship on the basis…
Global transportation provider SBS Worldwide has appointed Lars Hansen as Regional Vice President of Operations, South East USA.Mr. Hansen will play a key role in ensuring the further development of the company’s ability to analyse, design…
Sari Kolu appointed Director, Compliance at WärtsiläWärtsilä’s focus on compliance is strengthened with a new Compliance Function and Ms Sari Kolu has been appointed Director, Compliance.In this role, she will be responsible for globally developing…
CrewInspector.com an online crew management software provider wins the contract to provide HAV Ship Management Kaliningrad with full crew management solution. CrewInspector will provide online crew management database, integrated online application for seafarers and crew payroll software…
The International Bunker Industry Association’s (IBIA) board of directors has unanimously agreed to appoint Simon Neo Tiau Gee as Vice-Chairman and Dilip Mody as Honorary Treasurer for 2012 to 2013.Simon Neo Tiau Gee will therefore move to the position of Chairman of IBIA in 2013…
Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara was relieved by Vice Adm. John P. Currier as vice commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard during a military change of watch ceremony held here Friday morning at Fort Lesley J. McNair. Brice-O’Hara retired from the…
In a reception hosted by The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), John Hatley, Americas Vice President Ship Power, Wärtsilä North America, was announced as the 1st place author in “The Winning Authors of Best Papers Presented at 2012 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)…
For many years the Congress, GAO, and I many times, have criticized Customs and Border Protection (CBP) or not addressing or even acknowledging the security risks and loss of revenue from an antiquated, and ineffective in-bond systems that serves…
Nexus Consulting announces maritime “Use of Force” flexible webcast seriesNexus Consulting Group of Alexandria, LLC, a provider of private maritime safety and security solutions, announce an upcoming series of webcast events (follow-along…
Nupas-Cadmatic has started cooperating with Sea Tech Engineering Company to represent Nupas-Cadmatic in the Povolski FD. Sea Tech is located on the outskirts of Nizhniy Novgorod, a city well known as the “The capital of Large Volga”, due to its density of shipyards…
