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72 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • SEPTEMBER 2014 PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS Michael Stephen Smith joined Hun- tington Ingalls Industries as corporate vice president, business growth. He will work closely with the HII’s senior lead- ership team in support of corporate de- velopment and strategic endeavors and will serve as the company interface with business associations in Washington, D.C. Erin McElroy of Groton, Mass., and Brian Mills of Sanford, N.C., were cho- sen as recipients of Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Thomas B. Crowley, Sr. Me- morial Scholarship for Webb Institute. McElroy (Class of 2015) is an active member of the school community, and during the winter work term, she interned at Sparkman & Stephens. Mills, (Class of 2016) is a member of the school’s soccer, basketball, tennis, volleyball and sailing teams. He has interned as an outside machinist for General Dynamics Electric Boat Peter G. Livanos was unanimously ap- pointed as Chairman of the Board of Eu- ronav NV. Marine Designer Paul Harman has joined the Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) staff in New Orleans, and Ra- chel Walker joins EBDG’s Seattle of- fi ce as a Naval Architect. Tim Dool has been named as Chair of the Board of Directors at the St. Law- rence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC). As the former President and CEO of Algoma Central Corporation, he brings an extensive range of marine industry experience to the boardroom table. Singer, actor and songwriter Kris Krist- offerson attended his son Jesse Krist- offerson’s U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) boot camp commencement ceremony in Cape May, N.J. In a photo released by the USCG, Kris hands Jesse a certifi cate during the graduation ceremony of Al- pha-190 at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J. Helge Vatnehol has been appointed Group CEO of Rapp Marine. Vatnehol comes from the position of Senior Vice President Offshore Deck Machinery in Rolls Royce and takes over on Septem- ber 1, 2014. Frode Støldal was appointed the new CEO for the Telenor subsidiary. Støldal replaces MCPs founder, Knut Fjellheim, who has served as interim-CEO and now returns to his previous role as COO/ CTO. Carsten Ladekjær was named Chief Executive Offi cer of KPI Bridge Oil, a global broker and trader in marine bun- kers, marine lubricants and risk manage- ment products. Sebastian Sjoberg was appointed Sales & Business Development Manager of BMT SMART Ltd., a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd. has appointed As a Sales & Business Development Manager, Sebastian will be responsible for the Asia Pacifi c and Scandinavian Territories. Rolls-Royce announced the completion of its acquisition of Rolls-Royce Power Systems (RRPS). Ulrich Dohle, CEO of Rolls-Royce Power Systems said, “With our well-known MTU high-speed en- gines, MTU Onsite Energy distributed energy systems, Bergen medium-speed engines and L’Orange fuel-injection sys- tems, we are proud that we are now a full member of the Rolls-Royce family and look forward to contributing to its suc- cess.” A/S Dan-Bunkering Ltd. introduced a new organizational structure effective August 1, 2014. CEO Henrik Zederkof said “We must secure our position in the Asian region and look for further oppor- tunities in this for us very important re- gion. In order to achieve this, Managing Director of Dan-Bunkering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Morten Tranberg Mortensen, has been promoted to Head of Opera- tions Asia, Senior Vice President and will in his new position join Dan-Bun- kering’s management team,” In addition: Henrik Ladekjær is appointed Group Credit Manager; and Mikkel Søholm Vestergaard is appointed Group Man- ager Recruitment & Training. OceanSaver CCO Tor Atle Eiken re- ports that OceanSaver said it has re- ceived a rush of ballast water treatment (BWT) system orders for large vessels. The Norwegian fi rm, a BWT specialist developing solutions since 2003, has won orders for more than 40 systems in the last six months, with some 21 units delivered so far this year. The latest contracts, worth approximate- ly $30 million, cover a diverse range of large tonnage, from a number of key in- ternational markets, with VLCCs, Afra- max tankers, product tankers and Cape Size bulk carriers. A pair of Taiwanese- controlled VLCCs, currently under con- struction in Japan, are the latest assets in the orderbook. Stevens Institute of Technology was selected as the lead institution for a new Center of Excellence for Maritime Re- search (CMR). The selection, announced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate will provide Stevens with $2 million per year for fi ve years. The Center will also include the follow- ing partner institutions: MIT, University of Miami, Rutgers University, Univer- sity of Puerto Rico and Elizabeth City State University. Stevens also has new partners with which it will collaborate on research projects, including LSU, Florida Atlantic University, and the Uni- versity of Connecticut. The State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College has been named a Best Northeastern College by The Princeton Review for an eighth suc- cessive year. Maritime College is one of 226 colleges and universities from an 11-state region that The Princeton Re- view recommends to college applicants in its 2015 print and online editions. Deltamarin Ltd. has established a sub- sidiary, Deltamarin Floating Construc- tion Ltd., to enlarge the scope of the group’s services. The new company will focus on delivering engineering, pro- curement, construction and installation solutions for the marine and offshore in- dustry on turnkey basis. Rolls-Royce Marine and Nauta S.A. ship repair yard have signed a coopera- tion agreement in Poland. Rolls-Royce Smith Euronav NV Harman Kris & Jesse Kristofferson WalkerMcElroy & Mills Tor Atle Eiken Zederkof (Photo: W ebb Institute) (Photo: Eur onav) (Photo: USCG) Vatnehol Ladekjaer Sjoberg Dohle MR #9 (66-73).indd 72 9/3/2014 11:01:06 AM
