The European Commission (EC) has adopted a proposal for a Directive which aims at improving the working conditions of seafarers on board EU-flagged vessels. The proposal transposes an agreement between social partners in the maritime transport sector into EU law…
Crowley names Daniel Vargas new Vice President of International Business Development, prtnering with Jeffrey de la Combe to enhance Caribbean services Veteran sales executive in ocean transportation and logistics Daniel Vargas has been appointed…
The Standard Club is driving developments in offshore P&I with the launch of the Standard Club Offshore Advisory Committee (SCOAC). SCOAC aims to analyse offshore trends, assist the club in further understanding and disseminating industry best…
Aberdeen-based Seacroft Marine Consultants said it has appointed Richard Pearce as Marine Engineering and Dynamic Positioning (DP) Manager, as the firm looks to develop more specialized offshore marine projects. Pearce brings to the role…
The Long Beach City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to confirm Mayor Robert Garcia’s appointments of Frank Colonna and Bonnie Lowenthal to the Board of Harbor Commissioners. Colonna and Lowenthal are both former City Council members…
South Korea’s shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) is looking to further cut its workforce, and have employees return part of their salaries in order to cut costs, according to Yonhap News Agency. SHI unveiled a self-restructuring…
Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko paid a visit to the NYK Maritime Museum in Yokohama on July 17, 2017, a national holiday known as Marine Day.Yasumi Kudo, NYK Chairman and Tadashi Abe, director of NYK Maritime Museum greeted the Imperial couple and Hakuei Wakiya…
Stephan Aumann has been appointed by ASYAD (formerly Oman Global Logistic Group) board of directors as the new CEO of the Oman Drydock Company S.A.O.C. in Duqm/Oman.Aumann assumed the role June 15 and replaced the former CEO Jin Han Lee (DSME)…
Tideworks Technology Inc., a full-service provider of terminal management and planning software solutions, announced that Thomas J. “T.J.” Rucker will assume the role of president effective September 1, 2017, succeeding retiring president Michael Schwank…
SUNY Maritime College physician assistant Danielle Camenzuli has been appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to the U.S. Coast Guard’s Merchant Mariner Medical Advisory Committee. The committee is responsible…
The management of the new company, Ocean Network Express Holdings (ONE) - the joint venture between three Japanese shipowning societies Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Linens), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) was unveiled…
Subsea equipment specialist Ashtead Technology has appointed Scott Stephen as its new Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) sales manager. Based at the company’s headquarters in Aberdeen, Stephen will be responsible for business development and general sales and rental of NDT equipment and accessories…
The Port of Milford Haven announced the appointment of Chris Martin as its new Chairman. Martin has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport and will take up the post on August 1, 2017. Born and bred in Pembrokeshire Martin…
Chemical tanker firm Stolt-Nielsen aims to cut debt, CEO Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen said on Thursday.CEO: Debt is slightly higher than we wish CEO: Based on the latest update, we believe that 2018 will be tough to reduce debt CEO: Assumptions…
Rodolphe Saadé, Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM Group, has received this Tuesday, July 4, 2017, Yong YING, Mayor of Shanghai, who is on an official visit to Marseille for the signature of the 30 years of twinning between the two cities. On this occasion…
