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66 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? OCTOBER 2013 Ingram Barge Hires Nowell Ingram Barge Company added Kim W. Nowell as the compa- ny?s new Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Ms. Now- ell will have direct responsibility for overall planning and ad-ministration of both shore side and marine human resources. RINA Appoints King RINA Services S.p.A., announced that Ches K. King joined RINA USA Inc. as Business Development Manager, based in the Seattle area.Dr. Anne-Marie Warris: WISTA-UK Personality of the Year Dr. Anne-Marie Warris, an internationally respected expert in the Þ elds of sustainable shipping, climate change and en-vironmental management, has been chosen as Personality of the Year 2013 by WISTA-UK, part of the Women?s Interna- tional Shipping & Trading Association. New Shipyard Opens in Azerbaijan A new shipbuilding yard that is jointly developed by Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (Keppel O&M), State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Azerbaijan Invest- ment Company (AIC) was ofÞ cially opened by President of Azerbaijan, H.E. Ilham Aliyev. Named Baku Shipyard LLC (Baku Shipyard), the new 62-ha yard in Baku, Azerbaijan, is designed to undertake the construction of a wide range of specialized vessels and merchant ships.Neste Oil to Exit Shipping Business Neste Oil is planning to exit its shipping business. Accord- ing to the plan, the company would sell all its own vessels and outsource the ship management functions currently covering them, with around 320 ship management person-People & Company NewsRoellFemeniaWebb Institute announced the selection of Matt Weklar ?15 and Nolan Conway ?15 as Crowley Maritime Corp.?s 2013-2014 Thomas B. Crow- ley Memorial Scholarship recipients. The schol- arships are awarded annually to one or two stu- dents who, in the eyes of the Scholarship Selection Committee at Webb Institute, have demonstrated leadership qualities, school and community in-volvement, commitment to the maritime industry and academic promise. Webb Awards Crowley Scholarships Weklar & Conway MR #10 (66-73).indd 66MR #10 (66-73).indd 6610/3/2013 4:54:26 PM10/3/2013 4:54:26 PM
