Kevin Joins Pacific Green as VP New Build Sales
Pacific Green Technologies Inc. (PGTK) (OTCQB: PGTK), owner of the ENVI-Marine and ENVI-Clean Exhaust Gas Scrubbing Systems, has announced that Gisle Kevin has been appointed as Vice President New Build Sales.Kevin has worked in the marine industry since leaving the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1989 and most recently spent nearly eight years as Vice President Global Sales of ABB.Before that he worked as a Marine Sales Manager at Honeywell, Sales Manager - Automation for L-3 Valmarine, Marine Sales Manager for Stork AS and as a Senior Surveyor for Det Norske Veritas.Kevin has acquired a vast bank of experienc
Røine Joins Pacific Green Technologies
;ine has joined the company as Direct Sales Commercial & Business Development Director based in the office in Oslo.Røine has more than 25 years of commercial shipping experience as a ship broker and senior chartering manager in London, New York and Oslo. After he left The Royal Norwegian Navy he joined Simpson Spence & Young in London, one of the world’s leading shipbrokers, as a trainee broker.Then he moved to New York where he worked for Skaarup Chartering as a ship broker and also as Chartering Manager for five years.He then spent 14 years at Torvald Klaveness, Oslo as
ISS Names Olsen VP for Ship & Crew Solutions
; Olsen joins ISS from his previous role as Global Operations Director, Ship Agency & Maritime Logistics at Wilhelmsen Ships Service and will report to Chief Commercial Officer, Neill Tomlin. Olsen has over 15 years’ experience in the maritime industry including his career in the Norwegian Navy, drilling rigs in the North Sea and worldwide trade on RORO vessels. Since going ashore as a regional port captain in the Middle East in 2007, he has held a number of senior management positions in ships agency and maritime logistics and returned to his native Norway two years ago
Berg appointed CEO of Viking Supply Ships
companies, such as Promarine Ltd and Promarine AS, NavTech AS in Egersund and Horizon Mobile Communications in Singapore. Christian has had various board engagements within the scope of his employments. From 1988-1996 Christian has been seaborne within the offshore industry at Bergesen and the Norwegian Navy. Christian holds a degree from Vestfold University College (1992-1994), Horten, Norway and has studied at the Norwegian Navy Academy (1989-1990) in Horten, Norway. The focus within the TransAtlantic business area (previously Industrial Shipping) is still on the strategy to build a profitable
Norwegian Navy Embraces Electrification
GE’s Power Conversion business (NYSE: GE) has announced that it is working with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) in South Korea to provide an electrical power and propulsion system for a Norwegian Defence Logistics Organization (NDLO) logistics and support vessel (LSV). GE’s equipment will be installed as a key part of the ship’s hybrid propulsion system, improving fuel efficiency and operating flexibility. In October 2012, GE’s Power Conversion business announced a similar project for the U.K. Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s new fleet of four
