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Fairweather Reopens Medical Clinic on North Slope

Mar 05, 2015

Fairweather, LLC has announced the grand reopening of its Fairweather Deadhorse Medical Clinic located at the Deadhorse Aviation Center on Alaska’s North Slope.  Providing a wide range of member-based medical and occupational health care services to support both onshore and offshore operations…

NORDEN Publishes CSR Report

Mar 04, 2015

Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S has published its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report 2014. Entitled, “On track”, the CSR report presents an overview of NORDEN’s CSR strategy, performance, achievements and future goals.  This is the…

LISCR Appoints New Managing Director for Hong Kong

Mar 04, 2015

The Liberian Registry has appointed shipping executive Gerry Buchanan as managing director of its dedicated Hong Kong office, the registry announced today.   As the recently retired president of Genco Shipping & Trading, Buchanan has…

ENMET Names Davis as New President

Mar 04, 2015

ENMET, LLC has appointed Norman Davis, Jr. as its new president, succeeding Dr. Verne Brown who held that position for 43 years until his passing.  Davis brings a background in executive management and in business development, focused in the safety and instrument sensor technology market…

UMG Names Mckechnie as Managing Director

Mar 04, 2015

Unique Maritime Group (UMG) has appointed Rodney Mckechnie as the Managing Director for Unique Hydra, its office based in South Africa.  McKechnie is an executive with experience gained in international Fortune 100 companies across various industrial sectors including motor manufacturing…

Dan-Bunkering Hires Project Manager

Mar 04, 2015

Dan-Bunkering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. has employed Jason Tan as project manager effective from February 2015.Tan  who holds a Master in Business Administration will assist the Singapore office with strategic planning and sales optimization…

'Governments Must Act to Save Thousands of Migrants'

Mar 04, 2015

The humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean Sea is spiralling out of control. EU Member States must act urgently to prevent the loss of thousands more lives, as hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees seek to escape to Europe in boats…

Parnacott Joins Lifting Gear Hire

Mar 03, 2015

Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) has hired Larry Parnacott as a national account representative. Parnacott’s work background focuses on power plants, steel mills and shipyards, bringing to LGH with more than 20 years of experience in the rental industry…

Harkand Appoints Inspection Manager

Mar 03, 2015

Harkand has appointed Andrew Inglis as a new inspection manager based in the company’s Aberdeen office. Inglis brings to the post more than 15 years’ experience in delivering subsea inspection services in the North Sea region, having previously…

TT Club Appoints Regional Claims Director

Mar 03, 2015

TT Club  has appointed Justin Reynolds as Regional Claims Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in London, he will be responsible for handling member’s claims across the EMEA region. Reynolds is a qualified solicitor and has over 20 years’ dispute resolution experience…

KPI Bridge Oil Promotes Groves

Mar 03, 2015

KPI Bridge Oil has promoted Sam Groves to senior bunker and lubricants trader at its London office. Groves, who is currently working toward his Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers qualification, has been with KPI Bridge Oil Group for six years…

Study Highlights Economic Impact of EU Shipping

Mar 03, 2015

The European shipping industry contributed an estimated €147 billion to the EU’s GDp in 2013, according to a recent study The European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA) presented the results of a recent update of the Oxford Economics…

Former BP Boss Browne is DEA Chairman

Mar 03, 2015

Lord John Browne heads DEA's supervisory board* LetterOne co-owners Fridman, Khan also join* Unit changes name to DEA Deutsche Erdoel AGFRANKFURT, March 3 (Reuters) - DEA, the oil and gas company that German utility RWE sold to Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman…

Tensions Flare at Refinery Picket Lines

Mar 03, 2015

Personal friendships are turning sour as some workers cross picket lines in the lingering U.S. refinery strike, with companies pushing laborers to return to work by saying they could lose their bonuses.A month into the biggest U.S. refinery walkout in 35 years…

Vessels for the Future – New R&D Initiative

Mar 03, 2015

Looking ahead to 2020 and beyond, both maritime and inland waterways will be under ever increasing pressure, as we use them for transport, recreation and commercially. At European Shipping week, Dr Pierre C. Sames, Chairman of the European…

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