MacGregor launches a new training centre in its Aberdeen office in the UK to deliver specialists skills and competencies to its engineers and customers. Aberdeen office is the leading launch and recovery service provider within MacGregor’s Global Lifecycle Support Division…
Renowned marine wildlife artist and conservationist Dr. Guy Harvey and Sir Richard Branson are calling on individuals and corporations to sponsor shortfin mako sharks that will be tagged and released off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico later this month…
ECDIS Ltd. has recently utilized new simulation training technology for COLREGs teaching aids, creating a brighter way to train and assess students from their 150 major shipping company clients in the classroom.Using the new technology via projectors…
The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), which takes place May 4-7 in Houston, has announced 17 technologies that will receive the Spotlight on New Technology SM Award. The 2015 awards will be presented May 4, in the NRG Center Rotunda Lobby…
Suzanne Beckstoffer, engineering director of process and tools at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, was named the Virginia Peninsula Engineer of the Year by the Peninsula Engineers Council. Beckstoffer…
Jack W Fisher, president of JW Fishers Mfg. passed away at home after a brief illness on February 20, 2015. He was 73 years old. The JW Fishers business was started because Fisher, an avid diver, needed an underwater metal detector to use on a salvage project in the mid 1960s…
NV Charts has moved its offices and warehousing facilities to centrally-located Deale, Maryland, U.S.In announcing the move, Hasko Scheidt, CEO, said, “As we’ve grown and need room for expansion, NV Charts has moved to new quarters in Deale…
Europe has a major role to play in driving the maritime industry forward, said Tor Svensen, CEO of DNV GL – Maritime, in his keynote speech on innovation at the European Shipping Week in Brussels.Svensen outlined three priority areas that…
Royal IHC (IHC) has integrated four of its business units – IHC Hydrohammer, IHC Handling Systems, IHC Sea Steel and IHC Fundex Equipment – into one new organization, which will operate under the name IHC IQIP.IHC said the merger aims to…
Holland America Line topped the list in 2014 for the World’s Leading Weather Observing Cruise Ship Companies who submitted weather information to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Holland America Line fleet of 15 ships sent in a combined total of 22…
Harkand has appointed Andrew Inglis as a new inspection manager based in the company’s Aberdeen office. Inglis brings to the post more than 15 years’ experience in delivering subsea inspection services in the North Sea region, having previously…
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, recognized the Port of Houston Partners in Maritime Education as part of the 2015 Bright Ideas program. This year's cohort…
Harold Orlinsky has been named president of HYPACK, Inc. Orlinsky began his hydrographic career as a NOAA field officer in 1989. He joined HYPACK in 2005 as a hydrographer on the support staff and has served as chief operations officer since 2008…
Strategic Marine has appointed two senior executives, Jim Fraser and Rob Boersma, as business development managers in their respective regions.Both Fraser and Boersma bring to their posts experience in the international specialist boatbuilding and maritime technology sectors…
A record 9.8 million passengers are using the River Thames, two years on from the launch of the Mayor's River Action Plan, it was announced today.The River Action Plan, launched in February 2013, details a host of measures designed to…
