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Terex Scoops 2 IBJ Awards

Nov 24, 2014

Terex® Quaymate M50 mobile harbour crane is Crane of the Year – Dr. Mathias Dobner honoredRotterdam/Düsseldorf, 24 November 2014 – Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has been successful in two categories of this year’s awards, presented by the…

CBP P-3 Disrupts Attempt to Smuggle cocaine

Nov 24, 2014

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine P-3 aircrew operating out of National Air Security Operations Center (NASOC)-Jacksonville, Florida, detected a suspicious vessel carrying more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $82…

USCG Assist Duck Hunters Near Harrington Beach Park

Nov 23, 2014

The Coast Guard and the Port Washington and Cedar Grove Fire Departments came to the assistance of two duck hunters on Lake Michigan Friday.The names of those involved are not being released.A 911 dispatcher contacted Coast Guard Station Sheboygan  at 11:30 a…

Sapurakencana Wins 3 Petronas Oil blocks

Nov 23, 2014

SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad today announced that it has entered into Sale and Purchase Agreements to acquire the entire interest of PETRONAS in 3 blocks offshore south Vietnam (Blocks 01/97 & 02/97, Blocks 10&11.1, Block 46-CN) for a total purchase price of US$400 million…

Kemp Succeeds Semple at Wood Group

Nov 23, 2014

Wood Group announced following changes to its senior management team.Alan Semple, chief financial officer (CFO) has advised the board that he intends to retire and step down from his current role and from the board at the company’s annual general meeting in May 2015…

ST Engineering Rejigs Top Deck

Nov 23, 2014

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced the appointment of senior management personnel to new key management positions in the Group with a view to further strengthen its leadership team.Mr Lee Fook Sun…

HMAS Success Deploys to Middle East

Nov 23, 2014

After months of preparation, HMAS Success departed Garden Island in Sydney today for a six-month deployment to the Middle East Region to provide logistic support for coalition forces as part of Operation MANITOU. Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells…

7 Rescued from Sinking Freighter Near Haiti

Nov 22, 2014

Seven crewmembers were rescued after their 100-foot coastal freighter began taking on water and sank approximately 45 miles north off of Cap Haitien, Haiti, Friday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 7th District command center in Miami…

Gazprom Transgaz Ufa Organizes Arts Festival

Nov 22, 2014

Over 200 healthy children and children with disabilities from Bashkortostan as well as the Volga Region participated in the Breaking the Barriers second interregional children’s arts festival, which took place in Ufa on November 14 under the slogan “Friendship begins here…

President Pryor Retires from ExxonMobil Chemicals

Nov 22, 2014

Stephen D. Pryor, president, ExxonMobil Chemical Company and vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has elected to retire on January 1, 2015, after more than 44 years of service.It is anticipated that the board of directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation will appoint Neil A…

Steven Palazzo Visits HII, Newport

Nov 22, 2014

Huntington Ingalls Industries today hosted Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., for a tour of the company's Newport News Shipbuilding division. Palazzo represents the fourth district of Mississippi, which includes Newport News' sister shipyard, Ingalls Shipbuilding…

Atteridge Retires from Furuno USA

Nov 21, 2014

After 30 years of service to Furuno USA, Inc., Jim Atteridge is retiring as President and assuming a new role, as Director and Corporate Advisor.Effective December 1, 2014, Brad Reents will assume the role of President and CFO of Furuno USA…

Vestas, Investors Await U.S Wind Tax Break Decision

Nov 21, 2014

Shareholders in Danish wind turbines maker Vestas are anxiously waiting for U.S. lawmakers to decide if a crucial tax break for wind power will be extended, as a favorable decision could send its share price bouncing up by over 10%, according to analysts…

BSEE Responds to Explosion in Gulf of Mexico

Nov 21, 2014

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is responding to an explosion at West Delta 105 in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 12 miles off the coast of New Orleans. The offshore oil and gas operator, Fieldwood Energy, reported…

WISTA Enlists Rose George as Writing Competition Judge

Nov 20, 2014

British journalist and author, Rose George, has agreed to join the judging panel for WISTA- UK’s “Came by Ship” writing competition.George is the author of Deep Sea and Foreign Going: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry that brings you Ninety Percent of Everything…

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