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Actisense Wins Top Business Honors

Sep 20, 2016

Multi-award winning NMEA Specialists, Actisense has recently won another two awards at a prestigious ceremony celebrating the best businesses from across the South West of the UK. Having manufactured and delivered advanced marine electronic products to global markets…

MacAndrews, OPDR Upgrade Their Fleet

Sep 20, 2016

(Press Release) In the course of substantially enlarging their pallet wide fleet, UK-based MacAndrews & Company Ltd and German OPDR is expecting a delivery of 4000 new 40ft pallet wide high cube containers. Acquired and provided by CMA CGM,…

TBS to Deliver Through Helm CONNECT

Sep 20, 2016

(Press Release) Tug and Barge Solutions (TBS), announced its new working arrangement with Helm Operations. The arrangement allows TBS to deliver its safety and compliance management program through Helm CONNECT for customers that elect to…

CMA CGM Enters New African Development Phase

Sep 20, 2016

Rodolphe Saadé, CMA CGM Vice Chairman, will inaugurate a unique training course tailored for its future African executives, on Tuesday September 20th. With the launch of this new African development phase, CMA CGM will advance the skillset…

InterMoor Appoints Price as Canada Country Manager

Sep 19, 2016

InterMoor, an Acteon company, has appointed Joe Price as Country Manager for InterMoor Canada based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the regional hub for the Canadian offshore oil and gas sector.Price, a native Newfoundlander, is a graduate…

FMC Commissioner Doyle Addresses Hanjin

Sep 16, 2016

U.S. Federal Maritime Commissioner William P. Doyle addressed Hanjin on September 15 in panel remarks at the annual FTR Transportation Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. Below are remarks and discussion points from the panel. The U.S.…

UK Shipping Firm Invests in Cargo Handling

Sep 15, 2016

An expanding marine and logistics firm in the U.K. has boosted its cargo handling capabilities with a £250,000 cash injection. Williams Shipping has bought a new reach stacker and developed a new one-acre cargo handling yard for its Transport Services division as part of the investment…

Hoch Joins Ocean Marketing Southeast

Sep 15, 2016

Former Flexiteek general manager and Taco Metals OEM sales representative Edward Hoch has joined the Ocean Marketing Southeast team as a sales representative for Florida, Georgia and the Caribbean. “[Ed will] be working closely with Ed Morris…

Teixeira joins INTTRA as President, Europe, Middle East & Africa

Sep 15, 2016

INTTRA, the world's ocean shipping electronic marketplace, today announced that Philly Teixeira has joined INTTRA to serve in the newly created role of President, EMEA.   Based in Copenhagen, Ms. Teixeira is responsible for INTTRA's EMEA financial…

Matson Closes $200 Mln Debt Private Placement

Sep 14, 2016

Matson, Inc. announced the issuance of $200 million in privately placed 15-year final maturity senior unsecured notes pursuant to a previously announced commitment letter on July 18, 2016. The notes will have a weighted average life of approximately 8…

Seaspan CEO: Hanjin Fallout Is Like Lehman for Shipping

Sep 14, 2016

Seaspan Corp  chairman and ceo Gerry Wang has described the bankruptcy of South Korea’s biggest container line Hanjin Shipping Co as the industry’s equivalent of the Lehman Brothers collapse that triggered the global financial crisis, reports Bloomberg…

Danish Maritime Days REeception Connects the Maritime Industry

Sep 13, 2016

More than 500 key stakeholders from all parts of the global maritime industry will meet at the Danish Maritime Days Welcome Reception at Hotel D'Angleterre in Copenhagen on October 25.On October 24-28, Danish Maritime Days will take place for the third successive year…

Sharma is CMD, Shipping Corporation of India

Sep 13, 2016

Capt. Anoop Kumar Sharma has assumed the charge of the post of Chairman & Managing Director of The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd w.e.f. 12th September, 2016.Capt. Anoop Sharma has served the shipping industry for over 34 years at various responsible levels…

Evergreen Adjusts Following Hanjin Collapse

Sep 12, 2016

Responding to the unexpected service disruption caused by CKYHE alliance member Hanjin Shipping, which has entered rehabilitation proceedings, Evergreen Line has added new functions to its online e-commerce system.The service disruption…

Bristol Harbor Group Hires Lorenc

Sep 12, 2016

Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI) has added recent hire Jennifer Lorenc to its naval architecture and marine engineering practice. Lorenc joined BHGI as a Naval Architect in August of this year. She is a recent graduate of Webb Institute in Glen Cove…

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