Svitzer Building New Training Center in Australia
Marine towage provider Svitzer Australia is building a new facility to deliver enhanced maritime training capabilities to the East Coast of New South Wales (NSW).The company reports construction is underway at its Port of Newcastle tug base, where Svitzer’s innovative, new TRAnsverse tug vessels are forecast to enter service in 2025 (the second and third to be deployed in the world). The facility will feature state-of-the-art Kongsberg Digital maritime simulators in support of crew training and other marine applications.Svitzer Australia chief operating officer, David Phillips, said, ”We
Investments in Hydrogen, Platform Electrification, and CCS Could Create 26,000 New Jobs in UK by 2030
create 26,000 new UK energy jobs by 2030, according to Robert Gordon University research commissioned by Offshore Energies UK (OEUK).Many of the new jobs would be in coastal communities stretching around the UK, from East Anglia, northeast England, north-east Scotland and down to Merseyside and north Wales, the research said.RGU’s Energy Transition Institute looked at the potential benefits of three new fast-expanding energy technologies: Mass production of hydrogen - a green fuel that can replace natural gas and diesel; Carbon transport and storage – where CO2 emissions are buried underground
WFW Announces New Athens Office Head
the election of George Paleokrassas as the firm’s senior partner, partner Alexia Hatzimichalis will be taking over as Athens office head.Hatzimichalis, who joined the firm in 2001 and made partner in 2014, also heads the assets and structured finance team in Athens. Qualified in England and Wales, originally as a barrister and then as a solicitor, Hatzimichalis advises on a wide range of ship finance matters for clients including Greek and international banks, other financial institutions and ship-owning groups and U.S.-listed companies. She is recommended as a leading expert in her field
Galloper Wind Farm Opens Recruitment for Two Wind Turbine Technician Apprentices
annual generation expected at the site is equivalent to the approximate domestic needs of more than 380,000 average UK households.The three-year apprentice scheme will include two years of classroom-based learning at a Wind Turbine training facility at Llandrillo College, Rhos on Sea in North Wales. The apprenticeship scheme is run by RWE Renewables and the successful applicants will be part of a group of eleven apprentices from around the UK. The third year of training will consist of on-site learning at Galloper Offshore Wind Farm and its Operations & Maintenance Facility
Whitworth Joins Maritime IoT Firm Pentonet
.With an extensive background in maritime operations with O.I.L. Ltd in South America, the Middle East and the UK, Trevor can also claim marketing success securing specialist tonnage contracts in South-East Asia, West Africa and Central America. Trevor has a BSc in Maritime Commerce from the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology and is certified as a British Navigating Officer.Pentonet was founded in 2016 by Darryn Trowell and Markus Sandelin with the goal of providing onboard cellular connectivity using modern and cost-effective solutions, a mission that has developed into providing smarter
Total Taps Warn as Investor Relations SVP
Macquarie Capital and Jefferies International in London. Previously, Warn was an Associate Director at Evans & Peck and a mining engineer at BHP in Australia.Warn qualified as a Mining Engineering at the University of South Australia and holds a Master of Commerce from The University of New South Wales, and an MBA from University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney. He is an Australian citizen
Intermarine UK Appoints Bowden
, nine of those as procurement manager negotiating long-term supplier agreements. Most recently he oversaw the opening of India’s Lavgan shipyard in the state of Maharashtra, before moving to Rosyth in Scotland to assist with the construction of the second Royal Navy aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales.Bowden said his primary focus is on building Intermarine UK’s reputation as a provider of engineering services to the UK’s ship repair, refit, conversion and shipbuilding markets
Workboat Apprenticeship Program Launched
The National Workboat Association (NWA), the safety standards, skills and trade association for the workboat industry, has announced that the Workboat Crewmember Apprenticeship standard has been finalized, paving the way for the scheme to be rolled out this summer by training providers across England and Wales.The development of the Apprenticeship comes in response to a growing skills and crewing challenge highlighted by NWA members and the wider maritime sector, as experienced seafarers leave the industry, often for retirement, and numbers of young people entering the industry have fallen. It will ensure
Trojan Battery Names Thomas President and CEO
in the petroleum and industrial equipment industries with companies including Chevron Corp. and Dresser Inc. Earlier in his career, he was a strategic management consultant with Arthur D. Little in its Global Energy practice. Thomas earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Wales and an MBA from Warwick Business School, both based in the United Kingdom. Elder, who has been president and CEO since 2013, joined Trojan in 2005 as chief financial officer and added the title of chief operating officer in 2008. He became president in 2010 and took on the role of CEO following
Hopkins Named Managing Director at Harris Pye UK
Nigel Hopkins has been appointed Managing Director of Harris Pye UK Ltd based at the company’s headquarters in Llandow in Wales. He joined Harris Pye on May 1 this year working alongside Dave Hayden, the company’s retiring Managing Director at the Harris Pye UK headquarters in Llandow, South Wales before officially taking over from Dave Hayden on October 1, 2017. Nigel Hopkins started his engineering career in the merchant navy spending 13 years sailing on a variety of vessels including oil tankers, gas tankers and cruise ships working for companies including BP, Mobil
Crowley Names Vargas VP, Business Development
and to develop logistics service. Along with Vargas, he will be a key resource for customers who need to enhance supply chain velocity and reduce landed costs in the Caribbean Basin. De la Combe has a master’s of business administration (MBA) degree in international business from Johnson and Wales University
Martin Named Port of Milford Haven Chairman
of the Port. For the majority of his career he has been an entrepreneur building and then selling pharmacy chains in the South West of England and Pembrokeshire. In more recent years he has fulfilled a number of nonexecutive and voluntary roles, being Chairman of four health organizations in west Wales and the lead Chairman of all health Organizations in Wales from 2009 to 2014. He is also currently a Non-Executive with Alliance Healthcare Distribution (UK) Ltd, Managing Director of his own property development company, Deputy Chairman of the Bevan Commission and a member of the Marie Curie Wales
IMT Rolls Out 'Full Ride' Scholarship Program
The Institute of Marine Technology located at Warner University in Lake Wales, Fla. has recently established and is now officially launching a robust “full ride” scholarship program available by application for students participating in its innovative marine technical training program for the upcoming 2017 – 2018 Fall enrollment. Three full scholarships of up to $28,000 each are now available, and cover full tuition costs for a one-year period, excluding housing and food. Inaugural scholarships recipients will include one male, one female, and one former member of a high
Investment in Training Takes Pole Position at Harris Pye
maximum potential enhances our business at every level,” explains Harris Pye’s Chief Technical Officer, Chris David. “People are at the heart of our success and our commitment to training at every level has been recognised by Gold Accreditation in Investors in People both in Llandow (Wales) and Dubai.” The IMarEST (Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology) accredited Harris Pye Graduate Scheme was launched in 2013. Since then there have been over 40 graduates working through the scheme many of them existing members of the Harris Pye team. Recently
New CEO Takes the Helm at Transas
of Inmarsat Maritime, and was previously CEO of Globe Wireless. After 12 years at sea, Coles spent five years as a maritime lawyer, and then as Operations Director for Pacific Basin Bulk Shipping in Hong Kong. Coles is a Master Mariner, and holds a Masters Degree in Maritime Law from the University of Wales, Cardiff.
Magnolia LNG Completes Management Team
is a UK Chartered Engineer with over 20 years oil and gas industry process experience including the last 12 years with the BG Group supporting LNG projects in the US, Canada and Australia. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemical and Chemical Engineering from University College of Swansea in Wales, UK. Mr. Maury Brandon Hudson has joined MLNG as Vice President, Operations and Maintenance; in this role he will be responsible for establishing and managing the operations and maintenance (O&M) team that will start‐up and operate the MLNG facility. This will include supporting the KBR‐SKE&
Steward to Lead BMT Nigel Gee Business Development
business development manager of BMT Nigel Gee, a role in which he will support the expansion of business in both new and existing markets, delivering design and engineering services within the commercial, offshore energy, defense and yacht sectors, BMT said. Steward, a University of New South Wales graduate in naval architecture, has more than 20 years’ experience in the marine market, with previous roles including regional manager for Austal Ships, consultant to defense at professional technical services firm Jacobs Australia and most recently business development manager at BMT Design
