FRISCO, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Transplace, a leading provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, held its first Customer Advisory Board meeting with key customers to further elevate strategic relationships. Transplace executives met with eight customers during its annual
SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Deep Blue Marine Inc. (Pink Sheets: DPBE – News) is preparing to sell off their first round of artifacts recovered from a ship that fought in the War of Independence for America.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE: HRZ – News) announced that its shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 7, 2008 have elected three Class III directors. Thomas P. Storrs, James W. Down and Charles G. Raymond were elected to serve for thre
A New Zealand maritime union has welcomed the government’s plans to invest NZ$36 million (US$28 million) in coastal shipping. The ITF-affiliated Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) has claimed that the release of the government’s final domestic shipping strategy, “Sea Change”, last week was a posit
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2 June 2008 Royal Vopak (Vopak) has sold Vopak Barging Europe to Interstream Barging, an existing joint venture of Vopak and Van der Sluijs Groep. In this way, Interstream Barging, which is established in Dordrecht (the Netherlands) and Düsseldorf (Germany), will extend i
Torstein Dale Sjøtveit has been appointed new president and CEO for Aker Yards ASA. Sjøtveit comes from the global industrial company Norsk Hydro, and brings a strong international top management experience. He will start in his new position with Aker Yards at the latest 1 September 2008. Torstein D
Potential entrants to the oil and gas sector will be getting a chance to find out exactly how the industry operates with some hands-on displays in Aberdeen later this month provided through collaboration between UK oil companies and training organisations. Up to 450 senior school pupils are being in
Development of the UK Northern North Sea Causeway discovery could come down to a straight choice between two host platforms depending on which one offers the best commercial terms for the development. Causeway could be tapped either by a single well tieback to the ex-Shell Dunlin Alpha platform now
Talks have kicked about the commercial development of the deepwater Aje field off Nigeria after a four appraisal well confirmed oil and gas potential and hit pay in a deeper exploration target. Aje 4, drilled by the Transocean Pathfinder drillship operating in Nigeria’s OML 113 licence area in a wat
Broads dredging effort brought forward Project Updates – June 3, 2008 BBC News Online reports that dredging of a Suffolk broad has been brought forward by three years. Said the BBC: “The Broads Authority is carrying out the work early after the Environment Agency said it could use the 5,500 cubic me
Z – DREDGE BOAT BASIN AND ENTRANCE CHANNEL AT U.S. COAST GUARD STATION GRAND ISLE, LA Contracts & Tenders – June 3, 2008 Solicitation Number: HSCG82-08-B-3WCA17 Agency: Department of Homeland Security Office: United States Coast Guard (USCG) Location: Commanding Officer, USCG Civil Engineering Unit
As from next week, ‘Breydel’ will sail to Latin America, on a maiden trip which will bring her to Brazil for deepening the access channel and the basin in the port of Itaguai, in the Gulf of Sepetiba (south of Rio de Janeiro). The trip is one of a series of typical assignments DEME is […]
Further to the announcement dated 8 May 2008 concerning the payment of the dividend for the financial year 2007, Smit Internationale N.V. herewith announces that the stock dividend exchange ratio (the number of stock dividend rights of the ordinary shares of EUR 2.30 nominal value entitling to one n
FAIRFAX, Va. – General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a contract by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to provide the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) with support for submarine periscope, photonic, electro
