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Chevron's Kirkland to Retire

Apr 01, 2015

Chevron Corporation confirmed that George L. Kirkland, vice chairman and executive vice president, Upstream, will retire from the company, effective June 15. He will be succeeded by James W. (Jay) Johnson, as executive vice president, Upstream…

WAGO Introduces New Transportation Industry Manager

Mar 31, 2015

WAGO today announced the appointment of Brian Ley to the position of Industry Manager – Transportation. Ley joins WAGO after an extensive career in technical and operations management, engineering and consulting. “Brian’s wide-ranging…

Port of Cleveland Taps Chris Ronayne to Lead Board

Mar 31, 2015

The Board of Trustees for the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority today unanimously elected Chris Ronayne as new board chair. As President and CEO of University Circle, Inc., which oversees the growth and direction of one of Ohio’s fastest growing employment district…

Haycock is DCLI's New Chief Marketing Officer

Mar 31, 2015

Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (DCLI) has announced the appointment of Mr. Jeremy Haycock to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, effective April 15, 2015. Jeremy will have responsibility for DCLI's commercial team, growth of the business and development of new products…

ASA Electronics Recognized as Overall IBBI Supplier of the Year

Mar 31, 2015

ASA Electronics is honored to have received the overall IBBI Supplier of the Year award, as announced at the recent IBBI meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. The award winners were chosen on the basis of a survey that IBBI members completed that…

SCS Adopts Rate Technology Platform

Mar 31, 2015

CargoSphere has announced that Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), has adopted the CargoSphere rate technology platform to systematize rate and contract management and Rate Mesh networking.  SCS’s primary objective is to transform time-consuming…

MOL to Name New Chairman, President

Mar 31, 2015

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced the appointment of a new chairman and president. Current President and Representative Director Koichi Muto will assume the position of Representative Director and Chairman, and current Director and…

MacGregor Appoints Høyesen as VP

Mar 31, 2015

MacGregor reorganized into seven operative divisions in the beginning of 2015 to improve customer focus. Offshore Mooring and Loading Division drives the development of Systems and Equipment for Offshore Floating Units. MacGregor appoints Høye G…

US Navy: Future USS John Finn (DDG 113) Launched

Mar 30, 2015

The future USS John Finn (DDG 113) was launched at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard March 28. During launch the drydock was flooded allowing the 637-foot floating dock to slowly submerge until the ship was afloat. Once the drydock was fully submerged…

WISTA AGM to Address Emerging Shipping Challenges

Mar 30, 2015

WISTA USA (Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association) is putting the final touches on a high-profile speaker line-up that will headline its upcoming 2015 Annual General Meeting & Conference in New York City, scheduled for Friday…

WOW at USMMA

Mar 30, 2015

The United States Merchant Marine Academy Hosts 7th Annual Women on the Water Conference.Last week, The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in conjunction with the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) hosted the 7th Annual Women on the Water (WOW) Conference…

GAC Sri Lanka Wins Award

Mar 30, 2015

GAC Sri Lanka’s liner arm, McLarens Shipping, has been named “Best Shipping Agent, Customer Service” at the 21st annual Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (UK) national awards. The accolade was presented in recognition of its high standards of service for Wan Hai Lines in the Intra-Asia sector…

Rand Logistics Announces Debt Refinancing

Mar 30, 2015

Rand Logistics, Inc. announced today that it has closed a $170.0 million revolving loan facility which refinanced approximately $102.0 million of the company's senior secured debt and increased credit availability. Rand said in a statment…

Voith Turbo; Weitzmann to lead O&G Division

Mar 30, 2015

Cornelius Weitzmann was appointed as Managing Director of the Power, Oil & Gas business division at Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG., effective April 1, 2015. He will be taking over from Matthias Grawe, who is leaving the company on March 31, 2015…

BMT Expands to Meet Increased Workload

Mar 30, 2015

BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has announced the completion of new offices in Southampton in order to meet a large increase in design work.  Operating across four principal market sectors, the naval architectural practice…

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