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www.marinelink.com 67 Class of 1973, President and CEO of utiliVisor, and Morton S. Bouchard III, President and CEO of Bouchard Trans- portation Company, Inc. for their gener- ous and continued support of the College and its students. Waryas III Joins MPS Marine Procurement Solutions (MPS) announced the appointment of Ed Wary- as III as Marketing Manager. MPS offer sship owners a cost effective alternative for maritime e-Procurement. Waryas III will be responsible for the marketing and sales of Marine Procurement’s expand- ing product line up which provides a modern approach to the user interface by utilizing intuitive usability. Ladd Joins EBDG Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) hired Jen Ladd to head its human resources department. Ladd, formerly a consultant for the ?rm, brings more than 18 years of experience to her new role as part-time HR director. MacNeil Joins New England Ropes TEUFELBERGER Fiber Rope Corpo- ration, based in Fall River, Mass., hired Stuart MacNeil as an Associate Market Manager for the New England Ropes brand within its Pleasure Marine divi- sion. Clark Joins ASA The American Salvage Association ap- pointed Jason Clark as the Association’s Communications and Public Relations Manager. Jason replaces the previous Communications and Public Relations Manager, Anne Davis Burns. ABS Wins FLNG Contract ABS won the classi?cation contract from Petronas, Malaysia’s national oil com- pany, for the company’s second ? oating LNG facility (PFLNG 2). The vessel will be built at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in Geoje, Korea. Start-up Enters FPSO Market Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), a supplier of mooring solutions and services for the offshore industry, is backing the launch of a new, specialist business dedicated to subsea installation solutions. Deep Sea Installation (DSI), which will initially focus on the FPSO segment, is opening in Singapore with 12 highly experienced staff and an ambition to quickly establish itself in the key regional markets of Asia, West Africa and Europe. Corvus Partners with GMC Corvus Energy entered into an agree- ment in principle with BW Ventures’ Green Marine Capital (GMC), a Mari- time Technology Investment Partner- ship, for a strategic investment of $5 mil- lion with the primary purpose of funding working capital requirements. In addi- tion, the company announced that An- drew Morden, CFO Of? cer, has been ap- pointed as interim CEO replacing Brent Perry effective May 5, 2014. Samson, United Offshore Unite Samson and United Offshore Services (UOS) announced a partnership to sup- ply Samson high-performance synthetic ropes to Europe. This expansion of the UOS product offering is driven by the increasing demand from their customers who recognize and value the advantages of heavylift slings made with synthetic rope. Thrustmaster Closes OTC with Dutch Barge Company Deal Thrustmaster of Texas closed out this year’s OTC by placing ink to paper af- ter signing a contract on the trade show ? oor with the Dutch Barge Company to supply a complete thruster package. Thrustmaster is staged to supply a com- plete thruster package to out? t a multi- purpose offshore supply vessel that will be classed by Buereau Veritas for dy- namic positioning class two operations. MARAD Of? ce Realigns The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced an organizational realign- ment. Former Of? ce of National Secu- rity is now the Of? ce of Strategic Sealift, with three areas of focus: • Federal Sealift continues to be re- sponsible for Ready Reserve Force ves- sels, Emergency Preparedness and the National Defense Reserve Fleet. • Commercial Sealift will coordinate both the Cargo Preference and Maritime Security Programs. • The Of? ce of Maritime Workforce Development will evaluate mariner training needs, and enforce service obli- gations for maritime academy graduates. Ladd ( 5 * 2 1 2 0 , & 6 ( $ 7 , 1 * 6 < 6 7 ( 0 6 ) 2 5 $ / / 0 $ 5 , 1 ( $ 3 3 / , & $ 7 , 2 1 6 6 + 2 & . 0 , 7 , * $ 7 , 1 * 0 $ 5 , 1 ( 6 ( $ 7 , 1 * 6 < 6 7 ( 0 6 ) 2 5 & 2 0 ) 2 5 7 6 $ ) ( 7 < $ % 6 & ( 5 7 , ) , ( ' 7 2 , 0 2 + , * + 6 3 ( ( ' & 2 ' ( < 5 3 ( 5 ) 2 5 0 $ 1 & ( : $ 5 5 $ 1 7 < 3 $ & , ) , & $ 7 2 5 6 , 2 1 3 $ & , ) , & $ ' / ; 3 , / 2 7 & + $ , 5 : ) / 2 2 5 6 / , ' ( Waryas Morton S. Bouchard III and Dr. Michael A. Cappeto Hoek, Terlouw, Kapitein & Bekker MR #6 (66-74).indd 67 6/10/2014 9:51:18 AM
