Bisso Marine announce the addition of Andy Wojtaszczyk.

DNV has appointed Kenneth Vareide as the new regional manager responsible for maritime and offshore class operations in North and South America.

Topaz Energy and Marine announce the appointment of Bill Bayliss as the Chief Operating Officer of Topaz Engineering, the company’s engineering division

Cardiff-based Graig Ship Management has appointed Matt Callender as Operations Director

V.Group has hired defence and security specialist Clive Richardson as its new CEO.

Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC Appoints New CFO

ABS Introduces New Management in Europe and Asia

Nick Hart joins BMS Harris & Dixon Marine Ltd.

Ian Rene Perrott appointed as CEO of E.R. Offshore

Ian Adams appointed Chief Executive of IBIA as new board is put in place

Keith McRae joins DVB in London

Sammy Ofer has wasted no time in appointing a new CEO at Zim following Doron Goder’s exit yesterday.

A spat with the Ofer family over the best way to tackle the economic downturn has led Doron Goder to quit as president and CEO of Zim.

Jobs are being lost at Jones Act boxship operator Matson Navigation as the company braces itself for a continued slump in demand.

Thousands of jobs are being lost as mining stalwart BHP Billiton cuts nickel production on slumping global demand.

Over 1,000 more jobs are being axed at mining giant Rio Tinto as it slashes production through closures and sell offs.

HSH Nordbank has appointed Robin Das to fill the position of Deputy Head of the Shipping unit.

Stena Bulk announces the appointment of Mr Jonas Kihlberg to the position as Senior Vice President of the Stena Bulk Group Worldwide and Head of Stena Bulk LLC.

German-controlled Baltic ferry group Scandlines has confirmed it will lay off 400 of its 2,400 workers in dire economic conditions.

Gulf Navigation appoints Kristiansen as New CEO

In a further sign of the impact of the financial crisis on shipping around 200 Filipino seafarers working for foreign shipowners have lost their jobs.

As many as one in five Filipinos working in shipping could lose their jobs in the fallout from the global economic crisis, a government official has warned.

Sanjay Anand assumes the role of Managing Director of Chemoil’s Asia and Middle East operations

Germanischer Lloyd appoint Norbert Kray as Chief Surveyor

Paragon Shipping Inc. Appoints New Non-Executive Director

A.P. Moller Maersk announce new head of Group Finance

Horizon Lines, Inc. Appoints Senior Vice President and General Manager, Puerto Rico Division

Mr. Lars Bruun (age 47) has been appointed as new Chief Operating Officer of Siem Offshore

Senior Faststream Shipping Consultant appointed to lead the organisations newly formed search and selection business - The Meeting House

Sturla Henriksen, new Managing Director of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association

Safmarine announce the appointment of Jonathan Horn as the new Africa Region Executive

Fortis Merchant Banking has appointed Anne Marie Verstraeten as Managing Director for Energy and Gust Biesbroeck as Managing Director for Transportation.

Tanker broker ACM Shipping Group has appointed Ian Hartley as finance director and Timothy Chadwick and David Cobb as non-executive directors.

Lloyd's Register has appointed Bill McQueen as its new Group HR Director.

Chemoil has strengthened its Board of Directors with the appointment of Mr Peter Meade as Independent Director.

Shipbroking research analyst Colin Cridland is completing his tour of London's big broking shops by defecting from Braemar Seascope to rival Clarkson.

Fortis appoints Harris Antoniou as CEO of Energy, Commodities and Transportation and member of the Board of Merchant Banking

International Bunkering (Middle East) DMCC appoints new Managing Director Carsten K. Ladekjær

Captain Nicholas A. Mahony employed as Marine Manager for BIMCO's international Marine Department

Dockwise Ltd. subsidiary Dockwise Transport N.V. appoints Rob Strijland as Chief Operating Officer.

Maritime expert, Greg Bondar, has been appointed Executive Director of the Australia New Zealand and South Pacific Division (ANZSPAC) of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) with responsibility for this rapidly expanding Division with its twelve branches.

Chevron Corporation has announced the appointment of Pedro Cardenes as General Manager for its Global Marine Lubricants business, reporting into Colin Parfitt, Chevron’s Vice President, Finished Lubricants.

Jon S. Birkholm has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Tankers (UK) Agencies Ltd.

Maritime companies in China are going to make greater efforts to find and retain staff.

UK shipping lawyer Ince & Co has named casualty specialist James Wilson as its new senior partner.

The crewing crisis is leaving ships in Canada tied up for days, unable to sail because their operators cannot find enough qualified seafarers.

Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) today has signed a first-ever agreement with the US Maritime Administration (Marad) to train US maritime academy cadets on foreign-flagged ships.

Shipowners and managers fear wages and crew poaching will reach new heights following K Line’s announcement that it is hunting 7,000 new seafarers over the next four years.

Ex Maersk man, Tage Bundgaard has joined the board of Herning Shipping a.s.