Baltic Exchange gets a new CEO and a new owner

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 — The Baltic Exchange Limited says that Mark Jackson, currently Chief Commercial Officer of A.M Nomikos Group and a former Chairman and Director of the Baltic Exchange, will become

MacGregor to hold hackathon in Hamburg

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 — MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is staging an open innovation hackathon event at the Interschalt Marine Center near Hamburg, Germany, November 11-13,2016. A hackathon (also known as a hack

Nacos Platinum gets a helicopter guidance plug in

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 — Your helicopter pilot will now be able to land the Dom Perignon on your yacht more safely. Wärtsilä is using the upcoming Monaco Yacht Show to introduce helicopter

Fincantieri cruise newbuilds to have Rolls-Royce equipment

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 — Rolls-Royce is to provide propulsion and deck machinery to five cruise ships being built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone and Ancona shipyards in Italy. The firm orders cover

Business and Growth Minister to keynote Danish Maritime Forum

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 — Danish Minister for Business and Growth, Troels Lund Poulsen, will be a keynote speaker at the Danish Maritime Forum on October 26, highlighting the need for greater global

Cruise giant reports record quarterly earnings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 — Cruise giant Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today announced what President and Chief Executive Officer Arnold Donald reported were “the strongest quarterly earnings in our

Shipping confidence slightly up

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 — International accountant and shipping advisory firm Moore Stephens says that shipping confidence, at least on the part of charterers and managers, actually improved for the second quarter in

Xeneta opens New York City office

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 — Xeneta, a benchmarking and market intelligence platform for containerized ocean freight, is looking to bring a new understanding to the world’s biggest container shipping market by opening its

Finland aims to take lead on unmanned ship development

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 — Finland is stepping up its efforts to take a lead in the development of unmanned ships by creating what’s described as “an ecosystem for autonomous marine transport.” The

Hovering AUV: New option for in-water hull inspection

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 — General Dynamics Mission Systems featured the Bluefin Robotics hovering-autonomous underwater vehicle (H-AUV) at OCEANS 2016 in Monterey, CA. The Bluefin Robotics H-AUV locates, identifies and maps structural issues

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