SUNY Maritime to Host e-Navigation Conference
It is likely that regions like the Baltic, the North Sea, the Strait of Malacca, Torres Strait and other areas will implement e-Navigation services that modern ships transiting these areas will be required to subscribe to. This will have the effect of requiring such ships to implement e-Navigation even without a formal IMO carriage requirement. Ships transiting the St Lawrence Seaway are already using e-Navigation services. The U.S., too, is making plans to implement certain e-Navigation Services in its coastal and inland waters. The maritime insurance industry is starting to realize that proper implementation of e-Navigation will improve their general average and is considering avenues to encourage their customers to implement e-Navigation.
SUNY Maritime to Host e-Navigation Conference
The e-Navigation Underway 2015 – North America conference will be hosted by The State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College from September 28 to 30 on the college’s Throggs Neck, N.Y. campus. The conference’s theme is: “Reducing Risk through E-Navigation,” which follows the pace of the IMO’s Correspondence Group on e-Navigation. The keynote speaker will be Joseph Trotti, CEO of AIG Global Marine and Aerospace, and Francis Zachariae, the new Secretary General of the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) and formerly the deputy director general of Danish Maritime Authority (DMA), will be the luncheon speaker on the conference’s final day. Other confirmed speakers include Tracy Murrell, Director Office of Marine Safety, U.S.
IMUA Names Award-winning Marine Underwriter
Gina Domitrovich, AMIM, Senior Marine Underwriter, AIG Global Marine & Energy, is the first recipient of the new American Marine Claims Award, by Inland Marine Underwriters Association’s (IMUA). The award presentation was made closing ceremonies during IMUA"s 83rd Annual Meeting held in Buckhead, Atlanta, GA. As the winner of the American Marine Claims Award, Ms. Domitrovich will receive a $2,000 cash award and a stipend towards attendance at the International Marine Claims Conference held in Dublin, Ireland. The Award based on the developments of several educational requirements including the preparation of an essay. The award is supported by the following marine insurance associations: the American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU)…
AIG Global to Purchase P&O's U.S. Marine Terminal Operations
On December 10, 2006, a member company of AIG Global Investment Group entered into an agreement in Dubai to purchase P&O Ports North America (POPNA) from P&O Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of global marine terminal operator, DP World for an undisclosed price. East and Gulf Coasts and a passenger terminal in New York City. other customary conditions. quarter of 2007.
Davis Surveying Acquires America-Pacific Group
Davis & Company, Ltd., a nationwide marine survey and engineering firm, has acquired the American-Pacific Group, a marine surveying firm based in Pine Grove, CA. Staff surveyor John DeMeter will be joining Davis there, bringing its number of California-based surveyors to four. James Neville, who had served as President of AmPac Ltd., is moving to AIG Global Marine as Assistant Vice President and West Coast Marine Loss Control Engineering Manager. With the acquisition, Davis has 56 offices and 100 personnel providing service across the U.S. and Canada. It is the 8th expansion for Lisle, IL-based firm in the past 4 years.
