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Brazil: Wartsila Invests $26 Mln in New Production Facility
Wartsila will set up a new fully-owned manufacturing facility in Brazil to meet the increasing market demand, particularly in the offshore market. Wartsila’s investment in the new facilities is...
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SENER Names New General Manager in South America
Miguel Méndez, current Country Manager of SENER in Argentina, has been appointed General Manager of SENER in South America, an engineering and technology group that has a workforce of more than 5,000...
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Japan: Mitsubishi Heavy Welcomes New Employees
On April 1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) formally welcomed its new employees joining the company this year at a ceremony conducted at Shinagawa Intercity Hall in Minato-ku, Tokyo. President...
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Vigor Strengthens Its Sales and Marketing Team
Vigor Industrial, a leading provider of shipbuilding, ship repair and other industrial services in Oregon, Washington and Alaska, has strengthened its sales and marketing team with the recent...
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BMT Defence Appoints New Head of Naval Architecture
BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced the promotion of Catriona Savage to the...
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New General Director Takes the Helm of HSA
Peter Zoeteman (52) has been appointed as the new General Director of the Holland Shipbuilding Association as of 1 May. With a long and broad career in the maritime business sector, Zoeteman is well...
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A&P Falmouth Searches for Engineering Talent
A&P Falmouth has launched an apprenticeship recruitment search to find raw talent in Cornwall to train and hone into the skilled engineering and marine workers of the future. In the last five...
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New Vice President and General Manager for Avondale Industries
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that René Mathieu has been named vice president and general manager of Avondale Industries Inc., effective May 20. He is responsible for all non-Navy aspects of...
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New Apprentices Polish Their Skills at ASC
ASC has welcomed 43 new apprentices to its submarine maintenance and shipbuilding business, making its apprenticeship program one of the largest in South Australia. ASC Managing Director and Chief...
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Vyborg: Shipyard Employees Pen Three-Year Collective Agreement
Vyborg Shipyard, based in Vyborg Russia, concluded a Collective Agreement with employees for the next three years. On behalf of the employer the document was signed by General director Alexander...
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HII Announces New Appointments
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday that Don Perkins has been named vice president of contracts and pricing for the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. Operationally, Perkins’...
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ABB Appoints New CEO
The Board of ABB has unanimously appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer, the head of its Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division, as Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed Joe Hogan in this role in an...
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PPL Shipyard Gets New Managing Director
Sembcorp Marine announced the appointment of Mr Wong Teck Cheong as the Managing Director of PPL Shipyard with effect from 14 June 2013, following the completion of Service Agreement by MR Douglas Tan...
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Russia: Engineering Graduates Highly Sought After
A solemn conferring of degrees ceremony was held at the Pushkin Theater of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), based in Vladivostok, Russia. One of the largest FEFU schools – the Engineering...
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Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Employs 127 New Workers
Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) held a Welcoming Ceremony on August 20 for the new employees of SWS & SCH who graduated in 2013. It is reported that there are 127 new employees joining SWS...
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China: GSI Announces Management Changes
The 21st meeting of the seventh term of the board of directors (the Board) of Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited (GSI) was held on Monday, 9 September 2013 by way of written resolutions....
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Topaz Energy and Marine Names New CFO
Topaz Energy and Marine, a global offshore support vessel owner with key operations in the Middle East and Caspian today announced the appointment of Pernille Fabricius as Chief Financial Officer....
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Newport News Shipbuilding Holds Manufacturing Day
Newport News Shipbuilding’s Career Pathways Program held its first-ever Manufacturing Day event on Oct. 4 with one goal in mind: dispel stereotypes about manufacturing careers. The program invited a...
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A&P Falmouth Welcomes New Workforce
Five new apprentices have started work at A&P Falmouth, underlining the company’s long-term commitment to Cornwall and the future of the dockyard. The apprentices beat off stiff competition from...
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Nakilat Appoints New Managing Director
Nakilat’s Board of Directors (BoD) has appointed Eng. Abdullah Fadhalah Al Sulaiti to the position of Nakilat’s Managing Director, with effect from November 1st, 2013. The BoD has also appointed...
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Incat Builds Up Its Workforce to Meet Workload Needs
Tasmanian shipbuilder Incat is rebuilding its workforce, with the first intake already underway, some being Incat former employees returning to the fold. Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd has secured a contract...
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BMT Names New Business Development Manager
BMT Design & Technology (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has appointed Jason Steward as Business Development...
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SNP: BAE Systems Committed to Production in Scots Yards
The social democratic political party committed to Scottish independence (SNP) welcomed comments from defence giant BAE Systems’ Chief Ian King that the firm has “no contingency plans” to take work...
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BAE Systems Appoints New COO
BAE Systems announced today that Tom Arseneault has been appointed chief operating officer (COO) of BAE Systems, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc. In this role, Arseneault will serve as...
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Colombo Dockyard’s MD/CEO to Step Down in April
Mangala P.B. Yapa, the incumbent Managing Director/ CEO of Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDL), is to retire from his service at the forthcoming annual general meeting in April 2014, the company announced...
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Norway: New CEO for NorYards AS
Johannes D. Neteland has been appointed CEO for NorYards AS with effect from March 1st 2014. Acting CEO at NorYards AS, Mr. Asle Solheim (to the left) and acting Marketing & Sales responsible, Mr....
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