Maritime Reporter, May 2014

<BODY> <div> www.marinelink.com 51 sor Dirk Philips who stepped back in November 2013. Roelse has worked at IHC Merwede for the past 13 years. He was originally appointed as the Manag- ing Director of the company’s business unit IHC Systems. CLIMAX Names Scott Kunkler VP CLIMAX Portable Machining & Weld- ing Systems hired Scott Kunkler as Vice President of Global Quality and Engi- neering. Kunkler joined the CLIMAX World Headquarters in Newberg, Ore., on March 31. Hapag-Lloyd, CSAV Merger Hapag-Lloyd AG and Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV) signed a binding contract on merging CSAV’s entire container business with Hapag- Lloyd, subject to the necessary approv- als. Following the integration, the new Hapag-Lloyd will rank among the four largest liner shipping companies in the world, with some 200 vessels with total transport capacity of around one million TEU, an annual transport volume of 7.5 million TEU and a combined turnover of 9 billion Euro. The company’s head of- fi ce will remain in Hamburg. Eastern Receives NYC FiFi Plate At the Sea Air Space Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center - National Harbor, MD, Brian D’Isernia, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc’s presi- dent, was presented a NYC Firefi ghter Plate which honors the 343 NYC fi re- fi ghters who sacrifi ced their lives during the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster. Eastern was the builder of the two 140’ FDNY Fire Fighting Vessels now operat- ing in New York City. ClassNK Executive VP Named to Green Award Board The Netherlands-based Green Award Foundation has announced that ClassNK Executive Vice President Tetsuya Kinoshita has been selected to serve on its Board of Experts from May 1, 2014. Friedman Named to US Marine Transport Council U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx appointed Port of Cleveland Presi- dent and CEO Will Friedman to the Ma- rine Transportation System National Ad- visory Council (MTSNAC). Pickles to Head KVH’s Crewtoo KVH Industries, Inc., said that Anneley Pickles has joined the company as Head of Business Development for the Crew- too social network, the online network dedicated to seafarers. Top priority is overseeing Crewtoo Jobs, an online mar- itime jobs board launched recently. South Pole Telescope Finds Proof of Big Bang Several media reported recently that the existence of the Big Bang allegedly has been proven. This was done by BICEP, a telescope stationed at the South Pole. In 2011, Mammoet replaced the bearing of this monumental instrument, which now appears to have found ‘waves of gravity’ that were rippling through space right after the Big Bang. The waves were predicted by Albert Einstein nearly a hundred years ago, but never found until now. According to scientists, this is a landmark discovery that adds to our understanding of how the universe was born. This fi rst direct evidence of so- called cosmic infl ation - a theory that the universe expanded by 100 trillion- trillion times in the blink of an eye - was announced by experts at the Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The South Pole Telescope was repaired by Mammoet in 2011. MTN, Fred.Olsen Extend Deal MTN Communications (MTN) an- nounced Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines has ex- tended its four-year relationship with the company. Fred.Olsen chose to increase the breadth of communications, content services and support MTN provides. L to R: Carney, Traver and D’Isernia Friedman (Photo: Eastern Shipbuilding) Mammoet Repairs.Pickles Fred. Olsen & MTN MR #5 (50-58).indd 51 4/30/2014 3:38:16 PM </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>