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FUSION Partners Axopar Boats

May 05, 2016

FUSION, announced today that it signed a partnership with Axopar Boats. Under the terms of the agreement, the full range of Axopar boats will be offered with FUSION audio entertainment including the MS-BB300 Black Box Entertainment System, MS-NRX200i Wired Remote Controller…

Recent strength in dry bulk shipping to be short-lived - Drewry

May 05, 2016

Drewry forecasts dry bulk freight rates in 2016 will be, on average, lower than in 2015, as the medium-to-long term fundamentals for dry bulk shipping will remain challenging, according to the latest edition of the Dry Bulk Forecaster report published by global shipping consultancy Drewry…

USCG Foundation Run to Remember Events Announced

May 05, 2016

The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education and welfare of Coast Guard members and their families, announced this year’s Run to Remember campaign and its Fallen Heroes Fund commemorative T-shirt campaign…

Dryad Maritime Unveil WxConnect

May 05, 2016

Today, 5th May 2016, Dryad Maritime release WxConnect, a new scalable, managed weather forecasting service for ships and fleets. The launch of the service comes as latest figures from the International Union of Marine Insurance show that losses due to weather are on the increase…

Port of Vancouver CEO Coleman to Step Down

May 04, 2016

Todd Coleman, CEO of Port of Vancouver USA, step down from his position May 19, after 15 years with the port. Coleman, a Professional Engineer, began his career with the port in 2001, when he was hired as Facilities Manager. After three promotions…

IMO Sec-Gen Visits SCI’s Port Newark Center

May 04, 2016

Head of global maritime standard-setting authority visits SCI’s International Seafarers’ Center in Port Newark. The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) hosted International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim to its Port Newark International Seafarers’ Center on Tuesday…

Hudson Named an Outstanding Woman in Port Security

May 04, 2016

On Friday, April 29, HudsonAnalytix CEO, Cynthia A. Hudson, received the award as Outstanding Woman in the Port Protection and Security category of the 2016 Maritime Award of the Americas by the Inter-American Committee on Ports of the Organization of American States (OAS)…

Greencarrier Freight Services Names Halonen as COO

May 04, 2016

Greencarrier Freight Services, a privately owned global transport solutions specialist, has promoted Jarmo Halonen to the role of Chief Operating Officer, with combined responsibility for the company’s air, ocean, road and rail freight activities…

Halonen Named COO, Greencarrier Freight Services

May 04, 2016

Greencarrier Freight Services has promoted Jarmo Halonen to the role of Chief Operating Officer, with combined responsibility for the company’s air, ocean, road and rail freight activities. This is the first time the four modes have been brought under the control of one director…

UNSC Highlights IMO's capacity-building work in Gulf of Guinea

May 04, 2016

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has welcomed the Presidential Statement from the United Nations Security Council (S/PRST/2016/4) in which the Council strongly condemns acts of murder, kidnapping, hostage-taking and robbery by pirates in the…

Maersk Line Names Hahnemann Chief HR Officer

May 03, 2016

On August 1, 2016, Ulf Hahnemann, current Vice President for Strategic Programs at Mars Inc. will join Maersk Line as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and be part of the management board of Maersk Line. Maersk Line’s current Chief Human Resources Officer…

Newport News VP Named a Woman of Distinction

May 03, 2016

Jennifer Boykin, vice president of engineering and design for Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, has received the 2016 YWCA Women of Distinction Award. “We are thrilled to celebrate Jennifer and her accomplishments in the STEM and engineering fields…

Shah Deniz Partners Award Subsea Installation Deal

May 03, 2016

The Shah Deniz consortium today announced the award of a $1.5 billion contract for the transport and installation of the deeper water subsea production systems for Shah Deniz Stage 2 to the BOS Shelf LLC, Saipem Contracting Netherlands B.V. and Star Gulf FZCO consortium…

Cegal Debuts Blueback Seismic Data Management

May 03, 2016

Cegal released Blueback Seismic Data Management, a software solution that provides full life cycle management of seismic data for a range of geoscience applications.Built on a modern architecture and a web based user interface, Blueback Seismic Data Management scans…

TOTE LNG Bunker Barge : Crew Training Program

May 03, 2016

GTT subsidiaries, GTT North America, Inc. and GTT Training Ltd, announce the award of the first contract of its kind for the development and implementation of a comprehensive LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) training program for the 2,200 m3 LNG…

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