Irving Shipbuilding Appoints New President
Irving Shipbuilding elected Alastair J. Bisset as its new president with responsibility for its divisions and affiliates, Saint John Shipbuilding, Halifax Shipyard, East Isle Shipyard, Dartmouth Marine Slips, Fleetway Inc. Atlantic Quality & Technical Services, Shelburne Repair and Steel & Engine Products.
Bisset, who began his career in the shipbuilding industry in 1982, held various positions with Vickers Shipbuilding from 1986 to 1994 and was sales director for A&P Falmouth from 1994 until 1998.
St. John Shipbuilding is the largest of the yards in the Irving group, and is completing the final stages of its second 1,174-teu containership Kent Sprint.
Halifax Shipyard is preparing to deliver the second UT722 Atlantic Hawk to Atlantic Towing Limited. In addition, East Isle Shipyard completed the 10th in a series of 4,000-hp Z-drive tugs.
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- E-Utopia? page: 6
- Offshore Climbing Higher In Oslo page: 7
- Resilient Dutch Network page: 8
- New Runners From U.K. And Japanese Stables page: 10
- FGH Finalizes $40M Contracts page: 12
- Effectively Assessing Your Risks page: 14
- Reach Higher Summit Bank page: 14
- Coflexip Stena Awarded $58 Million Contract page: 16
- Congressional Maritime Legislative Initiatives In 2000 page: 20
- Spaarneborg Premieres As First Of Stora Enso's New Series page: 23
- MacGregor Outfits Advanced KHI-Built RoRo page: 26
- Eastern Builds Research Vessel For U of M page: 27
- Kvichak Supplies Patrol Vessel page: 29
- Trimaran Demonstrator Progressing At VT page: 32
- Alstom, USN Team For Integrated Solution page: 33
- MDI: Shipyard Production Expertise page: 34
- FR. Fassmer & Co.: Keeping It In The Family page: 35
- Wet Welding Provides More Than Quick Fix page: 36
- A New Wave of Customer-Driven Offerings: The SAGA Process page: 38
- Cost-Saving Coating Approved page: 40
- Kurz Joins Hvide As CEO page: 41
- Efficient Bunker Buyers "Need to Know" page: 42
- Online Fuel Supplier Fueled By Support page: 44
- Dylon Lubricant Develops Heavy Duty Grease page: 45
- Greek Ferries: The New Business Model page: 47
- Icy Wasteland Or Shipping Utopia? page: 55
- Specialties Cornerstone of Canadian Market page: 56
- Irving Shipbuilding Appoints New President page: 58
- Autoship, PAI Join Forces page: 58
- MV Paul J. Martin Christened At Port Weller page: 59
- Construction Contract Awarded For New Z-Drive Tug page: 59
- Fleet Technology Completes Option Study page: 60
