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Bollinger to Head Shipyard Association Donald T. "Boysie" Bollinger, CEO of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. was elected Chairman of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA). Bollinger replaced Herschel T. Vinyard, Jr., Vice President of Atlantic Marine Holding Company, who served the previous two years as Chairman. Steve Welch, CEO of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., was elected the position of Vice-Chair. The elections occurred during the Council's annual Spring Meeting last week in Seattle, Wash. SCA is a national trade associa- tion representing the U.S. shipyard industry. SCA members build, repair and service America's fleet of commer- cial vessels, and constitute the shipyard industrial base that maintains and repairs Navy combatant ships and other government craft, as well as builds small and midsized vessels for the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and other gov- ernment agencies. The Council repre- sents 38 companies that own and oper- ate over 100 shipyards, with facilities on all three U.S. coasts, the Great Lakes, the inland waterways system and Hawaii. SCA also represents 26 affiliate members that provide goods and servic- es to the shipyard industry. MJP Waterjets Names Twin Disc Rep To strengthen sales in North and South America as well as Israel, MJP Waterjets has signed a sales and service agreement has been signed with Twin Disc. The marine branch of Twin Disc manufac- tures and sells marine transmissions, surface drives, controls and propellers. The co-operation with Twin Disc is a valuable platform for the increasing growth of MJP Waterjets. LR to Move Marine Ops to Southhampton The Lloyd's Register Group unveiled plans to move its London marine opera- tions to a specially developed site at the University of Southampton. The move, which is planned for 2009, will see the transformation of the University's Boldrewood Campus to accommodate a building for Lloyd's Register, a training facility jointly-owned by Lloyd's Register and the University, and the University's School of Management. "It will parallel and complement two other technology-driven initiatives we are taking - the establishment of marine R&D facilities in China and South Korea," said David Moorhouse, Chairman of Lloyd's Register. He stressed that the move would not affect the group's London link, as the corpo- rate office and governance of the Group will remain firmly based there. France Telecom to Sell Connexion by Boeing Maritime Service Connexion by Boeing said that France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications has been selected as the first sales associate to offer the Connexion by Boeing maritime high- speed connectivity service to the com- " E C A U S E T H E S I G N S A R E N T A L W A Y S T H I S O B V I O U S 7 O R L D W I D E L O C A T I O N S 6 I S I T U S O N L I N E W W W , C O M C O M X R A Y # O M P L E T E 3 E C U R I T Y 3 O L U T I O N S ! T , C O M M U N I C A T I O N S W E S E E T H E F U T U R E O F S E C U R I T Y A S D E V E L O P I N G T H E M O S T A D V A N C E D S E C U R I T Y S C R E E N I N G S O L U T I O N S C O U P L E D W I T H W O R L D C L A S S T R A I N I N G C U S T O M E R S U P P O R T A N D S E R V I C E , O F F E R S A F U L L R A N G E O F I N D U S T R Y L E A D I N G P R O D U C T S T O A C C O M M O D A T E A N Y S E C U R I T Y S C R E E N I N G C H A L L E N G E , 3 O L U T I O N S 4 H A T 7 O R K News Pictured on the left, Donald T. "Boysie" Bollinger, Chief Executive Officer of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. and right Herschel T. Vinyard, Jr., Vice President of Atlantic Marine Holding Company. Circle 240 on Reader Service Card 12 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News MR MAY2006 #2 (9-16).qxd 5/9/2006 7:16 PM Page 12
