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Wärtsilä appoints new President and CEO

By On February 10, 2011

Wärtsilä’s Board of Directors has appointed Mr Björn Rosengren M.Sc. (Tech.) as the new President and CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation. He will assume the position on 1 September 2011, succeeding [...]

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Effecting Change in the Workplace

By On October 4, 2010

How many of you are completely happy with your job?  Or, happy with the way your company operates?  Or even the relationships you have with your coworkers? Have you ever [...]

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Teekay Corporation CEO Bjorn Moller to Retire in 2011

By On September 29, 2010

Just announced today by Teekay, the world’s leading operator of medium sized tankers. Hamilton, Bermuda, September 29, 2010 – Teekay Corporation (Teekay or the Company) today announced that its President and [...]

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The Key Element (Often Missing) Element Of Vessel Management

By On May 17, 2010

What is the key to success in managing large ships? And by large I don’t mean size alone but also the number of people employed and the complexity of jobs [...]

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The Cosco Busan – A Failure in xxx Resource Management

By On October 30, 2008

For a business to be successful you need hard work, willingness to accept risk and a touch of luck. For gCaptain the bit of luck was someone else’s misfortune, namely [...]

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Was the titanic sunk by a small key?

By On April 13, 2008

The U.K.’s Daily Mail has the story of Second Mate David Blair, the lucky Merchant Mariner who was pulled off the Titanic just prior to her infamous voyage. (Note: We [...]

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Are Rising Salaries Enough To Retain Mariners?

By On October 26, 2007

In another excellent article, Maritime Executive‘s managing editor Joseph Keefe is dead on with his assessment of salary (find the article HERE) and working condition improvements in this tight labor [...]

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errata and a look inside the mind of a ship’s captain.

By On October 22, 2007

On a recent story I confused the Norwegian Dawn with the Norwegian Dream. The error itself is small but the implications are large and the reason for the error gives [...]

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