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March 2005 57 Nicola Arena, President & Chief Executive Officer of Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA), Inc., and Chairman of MSC Cruises USA, has been named this year's recipient of the prestigious International Golden Compass Award presented by Seafarers House in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The award honors those who have achieved distinction in the maritime world, whose vocation or avocation has been the sea, and those who have in some significant way assisted seafarers. Arena will receive the award on April 23, 2005 at an International Awards Dinner to be held at the Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) in Fort Lauderdale. In making the announcement, Reverend David Mesenbring, Executive Director of Seafarers said: "Under Nicola Arena's stewardship, the tremendous growth of MSC USA's enterprise has meant the creation of thousands of valuable jobs for hard- working people in search of economic opportunity, while at the same time fuel- ing the economy by providing the goods that our society wants and needs." Mediterranean Shipping Company, with head offices in Geneva, operates more than 250 container ships with an aggregate capacity of more than 700,000 TEUs. The company calls in more than 172 ports around the globe including 17 ports in North America alone. In the lat- ter part of 2004, the company com- menced container operations at its new 39.1-acre dockside terminal in Port Everglades, Florida, where it is expected to generate approximately one-million tons of cargo annually. Port Everglades is also home to two of MSC Cruises USA's newest cruise ships, the MSC Lirica and the MSC Opera, that serve the North American market offering both western Caribbean and Panama Canal itineraries during the winter months. The company operates seven cruise ships year-round (the MSC Opera, Lirica, Armonia, Melody, Monterey, Rhapsody, and the MSC Sinfonia which is undergoing refurbish- ment to enter service in spring of 2005). In addition, MSC Cruises has two ships on order, the MSC Musica and MSC Orchestra. The new ships will enter service in June 2006 and spring 2007 respectively. "Mr. Arena is uniquely qualified to receive the Golden Compass Award," Mesenbring continued, "since he is one of few maritime executives that oversee both container and cruise vessel services operating in the North American market. Under his tutelage, MSC continues to rise in prominence and reputation in both segments of the business." Recognized for his comprehensive knowledge of the container shipping business and his innovative approach to business growth, Arena's charitable work reflects his commitment to those who have newly immigrated to this country and are eager to move up in the business world. He has served on the boards of the American Committee on Italian Migration and the Center for Migration Studies, as is currently presi- dent of Azzurri Nel Mondo, an Italian cultural organization. He is also a Knight of the Italian Republic. In 2003, Mr. Arena was inducted into the International Maritime Hall of Fame at the United Nations, and in 2004 received the Golden Lion Award from the Order Sons of Italy, as well as the 2004 CONNIE Award (Containerization & Intermodal Institute) for his leader- ship and ongoing efforts to further con- tainerization and intermodalism. The prestigious International Golden Compass Award was first presented to Hans J. Hvide, founder of Hvide Marine, Inc., in 1997. Subsequent award recipients include John Bowers, President of the International Longshoremen's Association (1998); A. Kirk Lanterman, Chairman and CEO of Holland America Line (1999); Tom Crowley Jr., Chairman and CEO of Crowley Maritime Corporation (2000); Cliff Berry, Sr., founder of Cliff Berry Inc. (2001) Alan Kehrer, Director of Cruise Marketing for Port Everglades, and the late Carl Thorsen of Eller & Company (jointly in 2002); Gerhard Kurz, President & CEO, Seabulk International, Inc. (2003) and Jack Williams, President and COO of Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises in 2004. MSC (USA) President Nicola Arena Honored Nicola Arena Royal Schelde Opens New Covered Dock On January 28, 2005 the Dutch Chief of Staff, General Dick L. Berlijn, officially opened the newly covered Dock 2 of Royal Schelde at the shipbuilding location in Vlissingen-East. The existing dock has been covered to facilitate building of large ships unhindered by weather. The first ship which will be completed in the new hall will be the second Landing Platform Dock (LPD), Johan de Witt for the Royal Netherlands Navy. The hall is 260 m long, nearly 50 m wide and 50 m high, making it the largest covered dock in The Netherlands. The dock is 215 m long, 13 m deep and nearly 30 m wide. The dock will not only accommodate newly built vessels, but also conversions of existing ones. Circle 49 on Reader Service Card Dreggen Gets Crane Order Two Chineses built dredgers will feature Dreggen gantry cranes. The dredgers will be built at Tianjin Xinhe Shipbuilding in China. The Electric Gantry travelling deck crane DKG400 25T-15.5m/5T-17.5m will be installed to facilitate repairs and maintenance of the dredging installa- tion and for handling of heavy weights up to 25 tons. The value of the order is $1 million Circle 24 on Reader Service Card Hogia Ferry Announces Promotions The management at Hogia Ferry Systems announced some position chanes positions. Sales manager Alf-Håkan Romar takes over as new managing director at Hogia Ferry Systems. The company's founder and present managing director, Stefan Engelholm, will focus on system develop- ment and continue as a member of the boards of Hogia Ferry Systems Ab and Oy Hogia Data Ab. Engelholm, managing director of Hogia Ferry Systems in Korsholm (Vaasa) will resign as man- aging director of the company at the general meet- ing of shareholders in April 2005. New Container Cranes in Greece KCI Konecranes has been contracted for the design and supply of key components for three post-Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes to the new port of Astakos in Western Greece operated by J.V. Astakos Terminal S.A. Delivery is due in December 2005. Circle 25 on Reader Service Card SCORE Improves Steadily GlobalSantaFe Corporation reported that the company's worldwide SCORE, or Summary of Current Offshore Rig Economics, for December 2004 was up 3.6 percent from the previous month's SCORE. GlobalSantaFe's SCORE com- pares the profitability of current mobile offshore drilling rig dayrates to the profitability of dayrates at the 1980-1981 peak of the offshore cycle. Thordon Unveils New Web Site Thordon Bearings launched a new web site with bearing design information, application stories, customer testimonials and detailed product infor- mation organized in a simple and easy to navigate layout. www.thordonbearings.com. Wärtsilä Appoints Miemois Magnus Miemois, MSc (Eng.), has been appointed Vice President, 4-stroke engines within Ship Power as of January 1, 2005. Miemois reports to Mikael Mäkinen. John Nyfors, MSc (Econ.), has been appointed Vice President, the Finnish Ship Power unit as of January 1, 2005. Nyfors is responsible for administrative issues and acts also as the head of Project Execution, 4-stroke engines. MR MARCH 2005 #8 (57-64).qxd 3/2/2005 8:48 AM Page 1
