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Brand to Rejoin TITAN Salvage

Dec 18, 2012

Captain Dennis Brand will rejoin TITAN Salvage, Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Pompano, Fla.-based, marine salvage and wreck removal company, as director of global commercial operations, reporting to company Managing Director Rich Habib on January 2…

Titan Salvage Re-enlists Dennis Brand

Dec 18, 2012

Captain Dennis Brand to rejoin Titan, Crowley Maritime's marine salvage & wreck removal company, as director of global commercial operation.As a member of the company’s senior management team, Captain Brand will help shape strategic, operational…

HII Make New Executive Appointments

Dec 17, 2012

Huntington Ingalls Industries announces new executive appointments for Investor Relations and Internal Audit.HII appoint Dwayne Blake corporate vice president, investor relations, and Scott Stabler corporate vice president, internal audit…

Tognum Appoints New Executive Board Member

Dec 17, 2012

Jörg Schwitalla will be the new Executive Board member for Personnel and Integrity at Tognum AG as of 1 January 2013. Tognum has created the new position on the Executive Board on the one hand to meet future requirements – such as the planned…

East & Gulf Ports Longshoremen Strike Authorized

Dec 13, 2012

The vote by the ILA's 200-member wage scale committee moves East and Gulf coast ports closer to their first coast wide strike in 35 years.The International Longshoremen's Association President Harold Daggett has been authorized by ILA delegates…

Crowley & Jensen Maritime Win IWS 2012 Boat Awards

Dec 13, 2012

The companies were honored with two significant awards at the recent International Workboat Show (IWS) in New Orleans.Together Crowley Maritime Corp. and subsidiary Jensen Maritime , the company’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm…

Panama Canal Expansion Tripartite Meeting

Dec 13, 2012

A Panama Canal Authority (ACP) delegation met with International Chamber of Shipping & IMO representatives for canal expansion talks.The ACP delegation was headed by Administrator Jorge L. Quijano who said: “These face-to-face meetings are…

Gas Turbine Manufacturing Unit Acquired by MHI

Dec 13, 2012

MHI (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) acquires Pratt & Whitney Power Systems'  'Small & Medium-size Gas Turbine' business unit.Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) concludes an agreement with United Technologies Corporation (UTC) of the U…

Container Lessors, Seaco, Leadership Changes

Dec 13, 2012

Seaco announce appointment of Jeremy Matthew as Group CEO and Paul Merritt as Group COO. The appointments follow the retirement of Dave Amble as CEO of the HNA owned enterprise.Jeremy Matthew, the group’s current CFO will take over as…

Panama Canal Further Espansion Envisaged by ex-Commissioner

Dec 12, 2012

Alberto Alemán Zubieta, immediate past commissioner of the Panama Canal Authority accepts award, looks to canal future.Mr. Alemán spoke as he accepted the Containerization and Intermodal Institute's 'Connie Award' at the annual luncheon at the Newark Club…

Austal USA Appoints New President

Dec 12, 2012

Austal USA announces the promotion of Craig Perciavalle to President, Austal USA.Mr. Perciavalle is currently serving as Senior Vice President of Operations.  He joined Austal USA in 2007, serving in a number of senior management positions while overseeing Austal’s transition from a small…

Seat on UK Offshore Wind Board for ABB's Stephen Trotter

Dec 12, 2012

Stephen Trotter, Managing Director for ABB’s UK Power Systems business, takes a seat on new UK Government advisory board.He is to represent the electrical, cables and transmission and distribution fields on a new board set up by the Government…

Staten Island Sandy Victim Tankship Salvaged

Dec 12, 2012

Hurricane 'Sandy' pollution response US Coast Guard unified command completes tank vessel lift on Staten Island, NY.The tank vessel John B. Caddell is a 184-foot tanker ship that washed up on Staten Island as a result of high winds and floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy…

NNS Executive Wins Achievement Award

Dec 11, 2012

Alma Martinez Fallon, HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) director of supply chain procurement receives achievement award.Alma Martinez Fallon, director of supply chain procurement for the company's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division…

DNV Appoints Nerpin as VP

Dec 11, 2012

DNV appoints Stefan Nerpin as its new Group Vice President of Communications and External Relations for the DNV Group.As Group Vice President of DNV’s Communications and External Relations, Mr Nerpin will head up the corporate management…

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