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Rapp Marine appoints new Group CEO

JUNE 18, 2014 — Helge Vatnehol has been appointed Group CEO of Bodø, Norway, headquartered Rapp Marine, effective September 1, 2014 Mr. Vatnehol comes to Rapp Marine from Rolls-Royce, where he has

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USMMA training vessel rechristened as Kings Pointer

JUNE 18, 2014 — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Acting Maritime Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenichen visited the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY, Monday, to celebrate the rechristening of the

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Yangzijiang emerges as builder of Fortescue VLOCs

JUNE 18, 2014 — Mystery solved. The “undisclosed” Chinese shipyard that will build the four 260,000 dwt very large ore carriers just ordered by Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (see earlier story)

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USS names 2014 AOTOS honorees

JUNE 17, 2014 — The United Seamen’s Service says that its 2014 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Awards (AOTOS) will be presented to Stephen Cotton, General Secretary of the International Transport Workers’

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Law firm Fowler Rodriguez elects four partners

JUNE 17, 2014 — New Orleans, LA, headquartered law firm Fowler Rodriguez is expanding its strength as one of the largest maritime law firms in the U.S. by electing to partnership attorneys

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Linde to supply icebreaker LNG fuel tanks

JUNE 17, 2014 — Sweden’s Linde Group has been awarded a contract by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard of Finland to build an LNG fuel gas system for the new icebreaker it is building

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Australian mining giant orders VLOC quartet

JUNE 17, 2014 — Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX: FMG), the world’s fourth largest producer of iron ore, has signing of a contract with an undisclosed Chinese shipyard for the construction