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TNA Appoints Williams as President & CEO

Aug 10, 2016

Effective August 6, 2016, Terma North America Inc. has appointed Steve Williams as President & CEO.  Since the beginning of 2014 until present, Williams has held the position of Regional Executive, Lockheed Martin International Business Development…

Grosland Joins NAT as VP

Aug 10, 2016

Carl Fredrik Grosland has joined Nordic American Tankers as Vice President, working on analyses, projects and business development. Reporting to Chairman & CEO Herbjørn Hansson in a staff position, he will also work closely with others both in NAT and NAO (Nordic American Offshore Ltd…

McIngvale to Lead Ingalls Communications, Public Affairs

Aug 09, 2016

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has named Jim McIngvale director of communications and public affairs. Ingalls has combined its communications department and its government and community affairs department…

Newport News Names Dunn VP of Communications

Aug 09, 2016

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has promoted Jennifer Dunn to vice president, communications, effective immediately. She will report directly to HII Executive Vice President and Newport News Shipbuilding…

AAPA Mourns Loss of Helen Delich Bentley

Aug 09, 2016

In tribute to the life and many contributions of Helen Delich Bentley, who died on Aug. 6 at age 92, American Association of Port Authorities Executive Vice President and General Counsel Jean Godwin said:“This past weekend, the port and…

Heyde to Replace Roelse as CEO, Royal IHC

Aug 09, 2016

Royal IHC has announced that on 1 September 2016 Bram Roelse will step down as CEO. On that date Mr Dave Vander Heyde will be appointed by the Supervisory Board as the company’s new CEO.During his time in this role, Mr Roelse has used his…

Training Ship Returns Safely to SUNY Maritime

Aug 08, 2016

To much fanfare and many happy tears, the cadets and crewmembers of SUNY Maritime College’s training ship disembarked after a 90-day voyage around the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The cadets’ family members and friends lined the side of campus with camp chairs…

Retlif Promotes Reitz to Director of Engineering

Aug 08, 2016

Independent EMC and environmental testing organization Retlif Testing Laboratories has promoted Richard Reitz to the position of Director of Engineering.Reitz has been with Retlif since 1985, serving in several capacities. As Director of Engineering…

Choice Names Mackey Business Development Manager

Aug 08, 2016

Choice Ballast Solutions announced that James “Jim” P. Mackey has joined the firm as Business Development Manager to further develop key accounts and cultivate new business worldwide.  Mackey joins Choice from a career spanning more than 30 years at Hyde Marine…

SAAM Records $14 Mln Profit in Q2

Aug 08, 2016

SAAM, provider of port services, logistics and towage in the Americas, said it has obtained earnings for $14.4 million in the April-June quarter of 2016, accumulating in the first semester a net income of $29 million, 26 percent higher than in the same period of the previous year…

Fidelis Group Holdings Names Kirchhofer VP of Marine Division

Aug 08, 2016

Fidelis Group Holdings, LLC (FGH), with its subsidiary Continental Underwriters, Ltd., has hired John Kirchhofer as Vice President of its Marine Division. In this position, Kirchhofer will be responsible for expanding the group's brown water…

Helen Delich Bentley Dies at 92

Aug 08, 2016

Helen Delich Bentley, a former journalist and a U.S. Republican congresswoman from Maryland who gained global attention by smashing Japanese goods to protest Tokyo's trade policies, died over the weekend at the age of 92, officials said. Bentley…

Phillips Joins Tatham Macinnes

Aug 08, 2016

Specialist maritime solicitor Tatham Macinnes LLP announced that Nick Phillips has joined the firm as a solicitor consultant. Phillips joins Tatham Macinnes from Hill Dickinson and has spent more than 30 years as a solicitor and partner…

Coast Guard leaders of US, Canada reinvest in Safety Agreement

Aug 07, 2016

Rear Adm. June E. Ryan, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard Ninth District joined Assistant Commissioner Julie Gascon of the Canadian Coast Guard, Central and Arctic Region Friday in the midst of annual festivities at the Grand Haven, Michigan…

Three Rescued after their Boat Flips in Pamet Harbor

Aug 06, 2016

The Coast Guard rescued three people from the water after their boat overturned in Pamet Harbor, Massachusetts.At 3:15 p.m., the owner of a 14-foot aluminum boat reported to Coast Guard Station Provincetown watchstanders that he had lent his boat to three people…

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