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Sustreanu Named COO of FleetPro Group

Jan 20, 2015

Christine Sustreanu will join FleetPro Group June 1, 2015 as its new chief operation officer (COO), the company announced in a press release. Sustreanu, who presently serves as general manager at Uniworld Boutique River Cruise collection…

S.Korean Ferry C/E Overcome by Fear, Panic

Jan 20, 2015

The chief engineer of the doomed Sewol ferry who was jailed for 30 years for leaving behind two injured crewmates believed they were dead and had acted in 'a state of extreme fear and panic,' his lawyer told a South Korean appeals court on Tuesday…

Apache CEO Steven Farris Retires

Jan 20, 2015

U.S. oil company Apache Corp announced the retirement of Chief Executive Steve Farris, effective Tuesday, and named John Christmann, chief operating officer - North America, as his replacement.Farris, who has helmed Apache for 14 years,…

ABB, Solar Impulse Join Forces for Round-the-world Flight

Jan 20, 2015

ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, is proud to accompany Solar Impulse and its crew on the plane’s flight around the world powered only by energy from the sun. Solar Impulse, based in Switzerland, announced today…

USCG Warns of Adverse Weather in Bay Area

Jan 20, 2015

The Coast Guard advises exercising caution on and around the San Francisco Bay coastline and waterfronts, as excessively high tides are expected through mid-week.The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood statement for a series of King Tides…

Fugro Wins Flood Risk Data Contract

Jan 20, 2015

Fugro, as a member of the Compass PTS joint venture, has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract for flood risk data services. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)…

Entries for Journalism Award Petrobras

Jan 20, 2015

There are only 20 days to the end of entries in Journalism Award Petrobras. Will cover the best national and regional articles published in newspaper / magazine, television, radio and news portal in the areas of Culture, Sports, Social Responsibility and Oil…

Australian Ports on Tropical Cyclone Alert

Jan 20, 2015

The ports of Port Hedland, Broome and Dampier have advised of precautions being taken in light of a Tropical Low which is expected to develop into a Tropical Cyclone last night.The Tropical Low is positioned just east of Derby and tracking WSW'ly towards the coast…

JNPT Achieves Higher Productivity in 2014

Jan 20, 2015

At a meeting with the Port customers and other stake holders/ agencies, the Chairman, JNPT, N.N.Kumar, announced the  performance  achieved by JN Port in calendar year 2014 totalled 64.42 million tonnes. This year container handling was 4…

PSA Container Throughput Up

Jan 20, 2015

PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) handled 65.44 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) of containers at its port projects around the world for the year ending 31 December 2014. The Group’s volume increased by 5.8% over 2013 with the flagship PSA Singapore Terminals contributing 33…

Smith Named CEO of Golar LNG

Jan 19, 2015

Gary Smith will take over as CEO of Golar LNG limited, taking over for Doug Arnell, who will step down on February 1, 2015. Smith brings a track record of leadership and operational management in the mid-stream oil and gas, shipping and LNG businesses…

Reopening of the Caravel La Niña III

Jan 19, 2015

The delivery ceremony and reopening of the Caravel La Niña III, faithful replica of the ship of Columbus, the Caravel “La Niña III“ was held yesterday in the city of Las Palmas.Las Palmas is part of the network of Columbian cities of Spain…

Broome Port Prepares for Cyclone

Jan 19, 2015

In preparation for a possible tropical cyclone, Broome Port was closed to shipping at 1700 hours local time yesterday (18 January) and Port Hedland is considering port evacuation from today (19 January).A Tropical Low is currently over…

California Fines 4 Shipping Firms

Jan 19, 2015

The California Air Resources Board has fined four shipping companies a combined $146,719 for failing to switch from dirty diesel “bunker” fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur marine distillate fuel upon entering Regulated California Waters – within 24 nautical miles of the California coast…

Port of Cork to Upgrade Cobh Cruise Terminal

Jan 19, 2015

The Port of Cork will invest over €1.5 million in upgrading facilities at Cobh Cruise Terminal, Ireland’s only dedicated cruise berth, with the installation of a number of high load mooring bollards at the east and west end of the Cobh Cruise Berth which will enable larger ships to be berthed…

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