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Navy Kicks Off Tours with Industry Program

Oct 05, 2015

The Navy kicked off a new program Oct. 5, designed to give high performing officers and Sailors experience at large corporations for approximately one year. Three participants began work today with Amazon in Seattle, Washington, and two with FedEx…

Smith Taken on Rolls-Royce Holdings Board

Oct 05, 2015

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc today announces the appointment of Sir Kevin Smith CBE as a Non-Executive Director.  Sir Kevin will join the Board with effect from 1 November 2015 and will become a member of the Nominations and Governance Committee…

Demands for Icebreaker Tours Spiral

Oct 04, 2015

Plans to terminate commercial tours to the North Pole on the nuclear-powered icebreakers of the Atomflot company in 2016 have surged the demand for these tours.Sergey Shirokiy, the chief of the tourist department of the Russian Arctic national park summed up the results of the tourist season…

New Chair for Townsville Port

Oct 04, 2015

The Palaszczuk Government has appointed one of Queensland’s most respected businesswomen, Renita Garard as the new Chair of the Port of Townsville.In a statement released earlier today, Acting Premier Curtis Pitt said that Ms Garard was…

USS Porter Hosts Career Day

Oct 04, 2015

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) hosted a group of 9th and 10th grade students from the International School of Vlore, Albania for a career day and cultural learning event Sept. 26, 2015.The community…

New Jersey Transportation Chief to Resign

Oct 03, 2015

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Friday said his transportation commissioner Jamie Fox would step down by the end of the month to return to the private sector after only a year in the position. Fox was previously a lobbyist with airline company United Continental Holdings Inc…

NH Court Upholds Water Pollution Judgment Against Exxon

Oct 03, 2015

New Hampshire's top court on Friday upheld a $236 million judgment against Exxon Mobil Corp over groundwater contamination linked to gasoline additive MTBE.The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruling affirms a 2013 jury decision that rejected…

USCG Urge Caution Ahead of Hurricane Joaquin

Oct 03, 2015

The Coast Guard urges the public Thursday to use extreme caution and to prepare for the onset of heavy weather, extreme sea conditions, storm surge and high surf throughout the Mid Atlantic region as Hurricane Joaquin approaches the coast…

Braemar Hires Kruszewski for Offshore, DP and FEMA

Oct 02, 2015

Braemar Engineering, the specialist maritime engineering consultancy, informs it has appointed Chis Kruszewski to the role of senior electrical engineer in its offshore, DP and FMEA group. Kruszewski joins Braemar Engineering with immediate effect…

Kruszewski Joins Braemar Engineering

Oct 02, 2015

Braemar Engineering, the specialist maritime engineering consultancy, today announced the appointment of Chis Kruszewski to the role of Senior Electrical Engineer in its Offshore, DP and FMEA Group.Mr Kruszewski joins Braemar Engineering with immediate effect…

IACC Focuses on $ 500 Bln Indo-US Trade

Oct 02, 2015

The Road Map to $500 Billion Indo-US Trade  by 2025 was the focus  of the Annual Convention of the  Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, on September 28th and 29th, 2015 in Mumbai. The Convention, addressed by Policy makers and Industry leaders…

SSI to Present Welding & 3D Model Papers at ICCAS

Oct 01, 2015

'Intuitive Weld Management' and 'Innovative methods for leveraging a 3D model' are two of the white papers that representatives from CAD/CAM developer SSI will present this week at the 17th International Conference on Computer Applications in Shipbuilding (ICCAS) in Bremen…

Harkand Appoints GM for Africa

Oct 01, 2015

Inspection, repair, maintenance (IRM) and light construction company Harkand has informs it has united its African presence under the leadership of Doug Fieldgate as Africa General Manager.  Fieldgate has 23 years of experience in the African oil and gas market primarily focused on West Africa…

DNV GL Publishes New Classification Rule Set

Oct 01, 2015

DNV GL's new rules for classification of ships become publicly available online today following a development and review process involving 250 internal experts and more than 800 customers and maritime stakeholders.The result of the combined…

Gondon Shipyard Expansion Underway

Oct 01, 2015

Spanish shipbuilder continues expansion and improvement process at several of its facilities targeting increased productivityGondan Shipyard announced it has completed a new stage of improvement and expansion at its facilities in Figueras…

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