OPEC Secretary General, who was scheduled to retire from the role at the end of the month, has passed away at the age of 63.
GMS has appointed a former CFO of the Qatari Investors Group as its new CFO, since, its current CFO has decided to step down from the role.
Wood has marked a year of strategic growth in the Middle East region after accumulating $580 million of secured backlog in 2021.
Transporation and logistics company National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has appointed Ahmed Ali Alsubaey, a member of its board of directors, as a new chief executive officer (CEO) of the company.
Lamprell has appointed a former COO of Vestas as an independent non-executive director after its current one tendered his resignation.
Injazat and Lamprell have appointed a CEO of their JV to progress their digital strategy, while also generating new revenue streams.
Reports on efforts to decarbonise the oil & gas and the shipping sector continue to hit the headlines as the energy transition gathers speed.
As the shipping industry marks this year’s Day of the Seafarer, hundreds of thousands of seafarers continue to face challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to repatriation, shore leave, and medical support. “After a year of seafarer mistreatment by governments and ineffective lob
Nineteen seafarers from India, Bangladesh, Turkey and Azerbaijan will be able to see their families again this week after their two-year ordeal finally comes to a close. The seafarers were left abandoned onboard MV Ula bulk carrier as part of a larger crew of 25 when the ship’s owner Aswan Trading a
Lingering fears, worries, and doubts about the ongoing crew change situation continue to dominate the sentiments among seafarers, according to the Seafarers Happiness Index latest report. The issue of how seafarers will be vaccinated also came to the fore and is likely to be a long-running concern u
A wide-ranging human rights checklist has been issued to business enterprises engaged with the maritime industry to protect seafarers stranded on ships due to new COVID-19 variants and government-imposed travel restrictions.
The world’s seafarers yesterday decided to shut down negotiations over the future of seafarers’ minimum wages with national shipowners represented by the International Chamber of Shipping. The seafarers’ unions said they would prefer to tackle the shipping companies ‘head-on’ to set wages unilateral
The IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has appointed Purnima Jalihal as new Vice-Chair of the OES Executive Committee.
The Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the de facto ruler of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, better known under his initials MBZ, has been named the chairman of the board of directors of state oil firm Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).
