The Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) in the Port of Manila has started implementing a vehicle appointment system called Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) for selected user groups. Largely seen as a proactive alternative to counterproductive truck bans…
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus hosted a ship-naming ceremony today in Ames, Iowa to announce that SSN 797, a Virginia-class attack submarine, will bear the name USS Iowa. The submarine will be named to honor the history its namesake state has with the Navy…
Australia’s newest luxury motor yacht brand Elandra Yachts has expanded its Gold Coast operations on the back of rapid growth and increased interest from Australian and international buyers.The high-end marine vessel manufacturer has acquired a further 1…
Smartphone App created with support from Augustea Group and MarineTraffic will help charity deliver improved service and better measure impact of its workSailors’ Society, one of the largest seafarer support charities operating internationally…
Saab has commissioned its first Port Management Information System in the UK. As of September 1st, 2015, Belfast Harbour Commission commenced live operations with its KleinPort system.The Harbour is using KleinPort to manage and track its vessel operations and services…
Shipping company Baleària and Shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte – LaNaval have reached this week an Agreement - expected to be firm in two months - for the construction of two natural gas propelled ferries around Euro 350 million…
The government of India would soon build a major port at Colachel in the southernmost tip of Tamil Nadu at an estimated cost of $3.2 billion (Rs 21,000 crore), envisaged to emerge as a southern gateway of transshipment in the country, reports PTI…
CEOs Bob Long of Marine Concepts and Dusty McCoy of Brunswick honored with NMMA’s highest award for achievement The recreational boating industry will recognize two leaders this year with the National Marine Manufacturers Association’s (NMMA)…
Lars Sjöbring, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Transocean Ltd., will be leaving the company, Transocean announced today.Sjöbring has agreed to aid in the search for a replacement, but will resign no later than December 31, 2015…
Port Canaveral announced that its CEO John Walsh has been elected to serve as Secretary-Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the 2015-2016 Florida Ports Council (FPC), a nonprofit corporation serving as the professional association for Florida’s 15 public seaports and their management…
The Busan Port Authority (BPA) announced Woo Ye-jong has been named as its new CEO, as appointed by the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. Woo took office on July 31, 2015 and will serve for a three year term. He succeeds Lim Ki-tack…
K-Sim Navigation and K-Sim DP, Kongsberg Maritime’s latest generation ship-handling and Dynamic Positioning simulators have been chosen to further advance Tsakos Group’s capabilities at its newly established training center, the Maria Tsakos TCM Academy in Athens…
Mary Anne Rooney, Harbor Commissioner at California’s Port of Hueneme, has been named President of the Association of Pacific Ports (APP), a trade and information association promoting increased efficiency and effectiveness of Pacific ports…
The New Alliance Marine Training Center (NAMTC) has joined the Transas Global ECDIS Training Network (GET-Net), and shipping companies can now benefit from an ECDIS training from the first Transas GET-Net partner in China.The New Alliance Marine Training Center was established in Wuhan…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that it has started demonstration tests of a new windshield for containerships, which has the potential to reduce wind resistance, save fuel, and reduce CO2 emissions. MOL jointly developed the device with MOL Techno-Trade…
