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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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. 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…
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…
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…
Popular Mechanics award Lehr Inc. a 2012 Breakthrough Award for the first ever OEM propane-fueled outboard motors. The Popular Mechanics Magazine Breakthrough Awards, now their eighth year, recognize the innovators and products that have dramatically advanced the fields of technology…
Captain Alex Sweeney joins Crowley’s Solutions Group as Vice President, Project Operations.Sweeney, who most recently served as vice president of operations for Crowley’s petroleum distribution group in Alaska, will remain in Anchorage and report to Michael Johnson…
