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Best Foote Forward at SF Fleet Week

Oct 10, 2012

Chief Musician Scott Foote leads the Navy Region Southwest Band in the Italian Heritage parade during San Francisco Fleet Week 2012.San Francisco Fleet Week brought together recently more than 2,500 Sailors, Marines and Coast Gaurdsmen from…

USS Ponce Crew Honored, Command Pins Unveiled

Oct 09, 2012

Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, commander, Military Sealift Command, honored 89 members of USS Ponce's crew, presents new in-command pins.The ceremony held aboard Ponce, underway in the Arabian Sea, highlighting accomplishments associated with bringing Ponce into service and on station…

Annual Event Honors Coast Guard Heroes

Oct 09, 2012

Award To Be Presented At The 32nd Annual Salute To The Coast Guard  The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced the 2012 Coast…

Leadership Changes in Crowley Logistics Group

Oct 09, 2012

Danny Hall and David Higgs charged with expanding the business to new Industries and geographic areas.Crowley Maritime Corp. announce leadership changes within its logistics group that will help it expand to serve new industries and geographic areas…

UAE-based Lamprell Leadership Shake-up

Oct 08, 2012

Lamprell, provider of diversified engineering & contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas industries makes sweeping Board changes.Nigel McCue is standing down as Chief Executive and as a director of the Company. Peter Whitbread…

Tugboat Named For Long-serving Vulcan Employee

Oct 08, 2012

US company Vulcan Materials christens new tugboat 'Hazel Demery' in honor of nurse with 58 years of company service.The new tugboat for the company's Grand Rivers facility is named for Hazel Demery, a prominent figure in the Grand Rivers community…

Japanese Hydrographer Wins UK Award

Oct 07, 2012

Dr Hideo Nishida of the Japan Hydrographic Association wins the UKHO’s annual Alexander Dalrymple Award for his outstanding contribution to hydrography.Dr Nishida has had a long and illustrious career with the Japan Coastguard, the Japan…

Society of Maritime Industries Donald Maxwell Award 2012

Oct 05, 2012

At the Society’s AGM Luncheon this year’s Donald Maxwell undergraduate award was presented to James Temple, who has recently completed a MEng in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. James received a check  for £1…

US Navy Photo of the Day

Oct 05, 2012

Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 24 comes ashore (deliberately) at Ocean Beach in San Francisco.LCAC demonstrated its amphibious abilties during a humanitarian assistance and disaster response exhibition to start San Francisco Fleet Week 2012…

Clinical Study on Effects of Piracy on Seafarers

Oct 05, 2012

The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI), with New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine, report on the effects of piracy on seafarers. While incidents of piracy decline off the Horn of Africa, an inestimable number of seafarers continue to bear the psychological impact of captivity by pirates…

Algoma Bulker Renamed in Honor of Retired Director

Oct 04, 2012

Algoma Central Corporation's 'M/V Algobay' renamed  'Radcliffe R. Latimer' in a rededication ceremony in Port Colborne. The self-unloading bulk carrier, which transports commodities such as grain, coal, iron ore and gypsum to ports around the Great Lakes…

SEAL Hero Lives Again at New York Warship Commissioning

Oct 04, 2012

The Navy will commission the newest guided-missile destroyer, 'Michael Murphy' (DDG 112), Oct. 6, during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony at Pier 88 in Manhattan, N.Y.
The newest destroyer honors Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) Lt. Michael P. Murphy, who…

Ocean Rig UDW Inc. Announce Management Change

Oct 04, 2012

Ocean Rig UDW Inc. provider of offshore deepwater drilling services announce that Pankaj Khanna, Chief Marketing Officer, has left the company.Mr. Khanna departed on 2, October 2012 to pursue other interests and his duties will be absorbed by the existing management team…

Historical Society to Salute Maritime Leaders

Oct 03, 2012

National Maritime Historical Society’s 2012 Gala Annual Awards Dinner Salutes Leaders in Maritime Heritage The National Maritime Historical Society will host its 2012 Annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, 10 October 2012 at the New York Yacht Club in New York City…

Memorial to British WWll Secret Heroes Unveiled

Oct 03, 2012

An elite group of men who paved the way for success on D-Day are honoured with an imposing monument on Hayling Island in Hampshire.Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir David Richards, and Major General Ed Davis, Commandant General Royal Marines and Commander Amphibious Forces…

Logistics News

Northern Grain Belt Ports Initiative Established

Northern Grain Belt Ports Initiative Established

Container Imports Soar at Port of Los Angeles

Container Imports Soar at Port of Los Angeles

Compas Cartagena Terminal Employs LHM 600 Crane

Compas Cartagena Terminal Employs LHM 600 Crane

State Lawmakers Engage in Tours, Presentations During FreightWeekSTL

State Lawmakers Engage in Tours, Presentations During FreightWeekSTL

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