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Zolotas Resigns from NewLead

Oct 26, 2016

NewLead Holdings Ltd. Announces the Resignation of Michail S. Zolotas as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive OfficerHAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- NewLead Holdings Ltd. announced today that Michail S…

Caterpillar CEO to Retire, Successor a Company Veteran

Oct 25, 2016

Caterpillar Inc insider Jim Umpleby will become chief executive of the heavy equipment maker on Jan. 1, faced with the challenge of reversing a multiyear sales decline triggered by the global commodities slump. He replaces Doug Oberhelman…

TorQuest Partners Invests in McKeil Marine

Oct 25, 2016

TorQuest Partners has invested in McKeil Marine, in partnership with existing management and shareholders, the two companies announced. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. McKeil also announced that Steve Fletcher, President, who has been with McKeil for 17 years…

Digital Marine Solutions Names Østergaard Executive Chairman

Oct 25, 2016

Digital Marine Solutions AS (DMS), the parent company of C-Map, has appointed Paul Østergaard as executive chairman. Together with the DMS board of directors and the C-Map leadership team, Østergaard will develop and implement the company’s…

Former USCG Commandant Kramek Passes Away

Oct 25, 2016

Adm. Robert E. Kramek, former Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, has died October 20, 2016. Kramek served as the Coast Guard's 20th commandant from 1994 through 1998, during which time he significantly expanded the Coast Guard's global reach and influence as commandant…

Webinar to Address the Future of Renewable Lubricants

Oct 25, 2016

Hear from industry experts as they shed light on the short- and long-term future of renewable lubricants – from innovation to regulation.Fresh off the launch of its latest environmentally acceptable lubricant (EAL), FUTERRA – the first and only commercially available hydrocarbon EAL – U…

Walther Joins RoadOne IntermodaLogistics

Oct 24, 2016

RoadOne IntermodaLogistics has appointed Robert Walther as Vice President, Sales-Northeast. His territory spans from Maine to Virginia and as far west as Ohio. Walther will be responsible for port drayage, dedicated fleet management, container terminal sales…

Warner to Head Inmarsat Maritime Marketing

Oct 24, 2016

Inmarsat has appointed Mark Warner as Head of Marketing Communications for its Maritime business unit. Reporting to Inmarsat Chief Marketing Officer Chris McLaughlin, Warner will take responsibility for maritime marketing communications activities…

Nautisk Names Rozands New Orleans Sales Manager

Oct 24, 2016

Global chart distributor Nautisk has appointed a new regional sales manager for its New Orleans hub. Petey Rozands will take up management of sales and new business activity for North America and the surrounding region. Working out of Nautisk’s New Orleans hub…

New Asian Hub for IUMI

Oct 24, 2016

The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has announced the opening of a new overseas hub in Asia – this is the first time in the organization’s 142 year history that it has established a permanent presence outside of Europe. Making…

CEVA Logistics Appoints Waller as CFO

Oct 24, 2016

CEVA Logistics, supply chain management companies, has announced the appointment of Peter Waller as Chief Finance Officer and member of the Executive Board with immediate effect.  Waller brings experience in the travel, logistics, business services and internet/e-commerce industries…

NYK Conduct Annual Safety Campaign

Oct 24, 2016

n August 24, NYK president Tadaaki Naito, NYK executive officers, and a group of six vessel captains and chief engineers held a meeting at NYK headquarters in Tokyo to openly exchange opinions about the safe operation of vessels that NYK is managing and operating…

Man Medevaced off Hatteras Inlet, NC

Oct 24, 2016

The Coast Guard medevaced a man Saturday from a fishing vessel off Hatteras Inlet.Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center in Wilmington received a call from the 73-foot commercial fishing vessel Capt Alex at about 8:47 p…

Jacobs Appointed V.P. at Newport News Shipbuilding, HII

Oct 23, 2016

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that Susan Jacobs has been appointed vice president of human resources and administration at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. She will assume her new role on Dec. 2. The position is currently held by Bill Bell…

3 Sailors Medevaced Southeast of Cape Fear, NC

Oct 22, 2016

The Coast Guard medevaced three Canadian sailors Friday from a sailing vessel approximately 200 miles southeast of Cape Fear.Sector North Carolina watchstanders were notified by the Rescue Coordination Center at approximately 2:50 p.m. Thursday…

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