ACP, Canal Infrastructure Stakeholders Continue Negotiations
Panama Canal, GUPC and Zurich American to Continue Talks on New Locks Project. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced that a meeting took place on Tuesday, January 28th between ACP, Zurich American and Grupo Unidos por el Canal, S.A. (GUPC) (formed by the companies Sacyr Vallehermoso, S.A (Spain), Impregilo, S.p.A. (Italy), Jan de Nul Group (Belgium) and Constructora Urbana, S.A. (CUSA) (Panama)). The parties agreed to continue the meeting today, to further evaluate options to establish alternatives to reach an agreement.
Shipping Corporation and Two Engineers Convicted in ‘Magic Pipe’ Case
Diana Shipping Services S.A., a Panamanian corporation headquartered in Greece, Ioannis Prokakis and Antonios Boumpoutelos, both citizens of Greece, were convicted after an 12-day bench trial on charges related to the illegal discharge of waste oil and oil-contaminated waste water from the M/V Thetis, a cargo vessel operated by Diana Shipping Services, announced Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, Neil H. MacBride, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Otis E. Harris, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Coast Guard Investigative Service, Chesapeake Region, and David G. McLeod, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of EPA’s criminal enforcement program for the Middle Atlantic States.
regs4yachts Announces New CEO
regs4yachts, experts in regulations and compliance for large yachts, announced the appointment of Nick Gladwell as Chief Executive. Nick will be starting in this role on the September 1, 2005. Until recently Nick was the Director of Safety & Survey at the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry (CISR). Before joining the CISR Nick was a Principal Surveyor with the MCA. He has served at sea as a Chief Engineer and has extensive experience as a Superintendent. The Cayman Islands Shipping Registry is the largest super-yacht registry in the world and Nick is a renowned expert in building and operating yachts to the MCA Code. During his seven years at the CISR he assisted numerous yacht owners, operators, captains, engineers and project managers to resolve potentially costly problems.
