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52 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News CFO Resigns A/S Steamship Co. Torm, a Danish shipping company, said Chief Financial Officer Klaus Nyborg resigned and accepted a position with Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd. in Hong Kong. Copenhagen-based A/S Steamship has a combined fleet of 100 tankers and bulk carriers. New UKHO Chief Exec Mike Robinson (42) has been appointed Chief Executive of the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) from July 19. Robinson succeeds Dr. Wyn Williams, who retires after five years in the post. Ginnetti Promoted Sea Recovery Corporation has des- ignated Tom Ginnetti to manage its new Commercial Sales Division. Under his supervi- sion, commercial sales have already rapidly increased. GL Award for World's Largest Container Ship Kostis Constantakopoulos, Chairman Costamare, Guo Dasong, Vice President of COSCO Shipyard Group., and Capt. Li Keqiang, Chief Representative of Cosco Group in Greece, both on behalf of COSCO, received an award honoring the first-class cooperation in the world's largest containerships from Dr. Hermann J. Klein, Member of the Executive Board Germanischer Lloyd. Representatives including M. Manos (Costamare), D. Lemonidis and A. Lemonidis (CIEL) and Li Rong (COSCO Shipyard) met with Torsten Schramm and Athanasios Reisopoulos (GL) at the Germanischer Lloyd booth at Posidonia to celebrate a fruitful tech- nical partnership. The largest containership operator in Greece, Costamare Shipping Co. S.A., has currently the world biggest contain- erships in service: a quintet of 9,500 TEU vessels built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea. Chartered to the Chinese shipping company COSCO and classed by Germanischer Lloyd, the ves- sels are 350 m long, 42.8 m wide and will be capable of a 25.5 knot service speed. The last sister vessel will be delivered in July. Costa Orders Cruise Ships Costa Crociere SpA announced that a new 92,700-ton cruise ship was ordered with an option for a sister ship. The new ships will be built by Fincantieri at Marghera shipyard and will have a basis-two capacity of 2,260 each. The first ship is scheduled to enter service in spring 2009. If the option is exercised, the second ship is slated to debut in fall 2010. The all-in cost for each vessel will be approximately $528.6m. The new Costa ships will have a total of 1,130 cabins, of which 772 with private balcony. A new order has also been announced for AIDA Cruises, which is a branch of Costa Crociere SpA. The new 68,500-ton ship, with a basis-two capac- ity of 2,050, will be built by Germany's Meyer Werft yard. Scheduled delivery is spring 2010. The vessel’s all-in cost will be approximately $415.3m and marks the fourth 68,500-ton vessel ordered for the brand in just the past 19 months. Two New Water Taxies for New York Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding is build- ing two more sister-ships for the New York Harbor ferry service company. The first will be delivered this summer, the second next spring. Like the Seymour B. Durst and Sam Holmes before it, the bright yellow, all-aluminum catamarans will measure 72 ft. (22 m) long and 27.3 ft. (8.3 m) abeam, and draw 5 ft. (1.5 m). Each will be USCG-certified to carry 149 passengers but limited to only 100 passengers when operating at New York City water taxi docks. The vessels will be powered by two Cummins QSK 19- M diesel engines, each rated at 800 Bhp at 2,100 rpm. The engines will drive five-blade Ni-BR-Al (nickel-bronze- aluminum) Bruntons propellers via Twin Disc MGX 5145SC "Quick Shift" gear- boxes and EC-300 control systems. Top speed will be 26 knots with a load of 11.5 tons. Aker Yards, Damen Plan Joint Venture Aker Yards and Damen Shipyards Group are planning to establish a joint venture owning the Damen Shipyards Okean yard in Mykolayiv, Ukraine. The Okean yard is able to build a variety of vessels, steel sections for all the three business areas of Aker Yards, as well as the existing Damen range of vessels. For Aker Yards ownership share it will pay $12.6m cash at closing. Further pay- ments will be dependent on financial performance of the yard. The transaction is subject to approval. Alion to Acquire Certain Assets of Anteon Alion Science and Technology signed an agreement to purchase certain assets of Anteon Corporation's program man- agement and engineering services busi- ness. This business unit of approximate- ly 900 employees provides substantial technical and operational support to the DoD, in particular the U.S. Navy and Air Force. It is anticipated that the acquisition will be completed by June 30, 2006. People & Company News USCG Names 2006 Benkert Award Winners The Coast Guard has awarded the 2006 William M. Benkert Environmental Awards, presented dur- ing the American Petroleum Institute Tanker Conference on June 26 in San Diego. The William M. Benkert Award is the premier national award for excel- lence in marine environmental protec- tion. The award recognizes vessel and facility operators who have imple- mented marine environmental protec- tion programs that go beyond mere compliance with industrial and regula- tory standards. The award is named in honor of Rear Admiral William M. Benkert (1923-1989), a distinguished Coast Guard officer widely known for his leadership and vision in marine environmental protection. The 2006 Benkert Award selectees are: Large Business Facilities: Dow Chemical, Freeport, Texas (Osprey) British Petroleum Cooper River, Wando, S. C. (Gold) Odfjell Terminals, Houston, Texas (Bronze) Todd Shipyard, Seattle, Wash. (Honorable Mention) Large Business Vessels: Ocean Shipholdings, Inc (OSI), Houston, Texas (Silver) Marathon Petroleum Company, Ashland, Ky. (Bronze) Matson Navigation Company, Oakland, Calif. (Bronze) Large Business Foreign Vessels: British Petroleum Shipping, U. K. (Silver) Small Business Vessels: U. S. Shipping Partners, Edison, N.J. (Honorable Mention) Small Business Facilities: Marathon, Louisville, Ky. (Honorable Mention) Marathon, North Bend, Ohio (Honorable Mention) Special Small Business: Southeast Petroleum Resources Org., Inc., Ketchikan, Alaska (Honorable Mention) Foss Crew Wins Award Captain Sam Nelson and crew of the Foss Maritime Company tugboat Justine Foss received the Lifesaving Award from the Seamen's Church Institute at their annual Silver Bell Dinner on June 1 in New York. United States Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen was in attendance and personally congratulated Captain Nelson. Captain Nelson and his crew received the award for their heroic efforts in response to the needs of the crew of the tugboat Valour and the barge M-192 while in heavy weather and rough seas on January 18, 2006 off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. "Captain Nelson and his crew, through their excellent seamanship skills, were able to rescue five men from the water and regain control of the laden tank barge during darkness and severe sea conditions," said Paul Gallagher, Director of Sales - Marine Transportation, Foss Maritime. "There is bravery at work each day," he continued. In addition, on Friday, June 9, Don McElroy, Foss Maritime Vice President of Marine Transportation, was presented with top honors at the Jones F. Devlin Ship Safety Achievement Awards Luncheon held by the Chamber of Shipping of America at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans in honor of the JUSTINE FOSS and her rescue of the crew of the VALOUR. Captain Nelson stands with his wife, Laurie, to receive the Lifesaving Award from the Seamen's Church Institute, Admiral Thad Allen, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, pre- sented the award on June 1. Dr. Hermann J. Klein, Kostis Constantakopoulos, Capt. Li Keqiang and Mr. Guo Dasong celebrate the world's largest container vessel at the Germanischer Lloyd booth at Posidonia in Greece. MR JULY2006 #7 (49-56).qxd 7/5/2006 12:08 PM Page 52
