
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
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
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
JUNE 18, 2014 — Limassol, Cyprus, based Lemissoler Navigation Co. Ltd. has selected the fuel-efficient MAN Alpha Kappel propeller design for a new series of eight 58,500 DWT bulk carriers planned for
JUNE 18, 2014 — Dr. Michael A. Alfultis, a retired U.S. Coast Guard captain, and the director and chief administrative officer of the University of Connecticut’s Avery Point campus, has been named
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)
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’
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
JUNE 17, 2014 — BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, California, is being awarded a $20,524,009 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee/incentive-fee contract (N00024-11-C-4408) for USS Decatur (DDG 73) fiscal 2014
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
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