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Elspeth McMahon was named Associate Vice President for Maritime Initiatives effective July 10....

McMahon has a diverse maritime background, including experience as an assistant professor of marine transportation at SUNY Maritime College, and commander in the U.S. Navy Reserves.

The company’s new development framework for maritime industry professionals and aspirants is now taking shape, with the first batch of participants being just announced. The framework supports Bahrain’s Vision 2030 and aims to develop the right calibre in the logistics industry, inject potential logistics leaders into the market and bring maritime expertise to new generations. ...

One of the company’s priorities is also to continuously increase the competencies of the people working in the industry

During a formal act held in the Auditorium of the International Maritime University of Panama (UMIP), the National Directorate of Curriculum and Educational Technology of the Ministry of Education (MEDUCA) officially handed over to the Minister of Education, Maruja Gorday Moreno de Villalobos, the five new study programs corresponding to the Maritime Baccalaureate, which include: ...

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The first four recipients of grants from the Achim Boehme Scholarship, which supports the next generation of leaders in shipping, have been named. The undergraduates at City University of Applied Sciences in Bremen, Germany (Hochschule Bremen), have been awarded bursaries from a programme that honours the former CEO of Lomar Shipping. The 2021 scholars are: ...

Appointments as IMO Goodwill Maritime Ambassadors in Spain By proposal of the Spanish General Directorate of Merchant Marine (DGMM), Capt. Antonio M. Padrón has been appointed for 2 more years as Goodwill Maritime Ambassador of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Capt. Antonio M. Padrón was appointed in 2015 as the first Spanish Maritime Ambassador that was part of the Program created by IMO, having developed an intense work, mainly focused on the creation and development of the �...

Panama Receives An International Award For The Program “My First Maritime Work Experience” The Republic of Panama, through the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), was the winner of the CAREER4SEA Virtual awards, in the category of best “Initiative” for the execution of the “My First Maritime Labor Experience” program, a pilot project that started this year and that according to the judges, provides that valuable work experience which recent graduates need to chart their own path, while...