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November 2005. Revenues of approxi- mately $22 million could be generated over the estimated 90-day contract period.

The Deepwater Millennium and Deep- water Expedition are two of 32 High-

Specification rigs in the Transocean Inc. fleet, 13 of which are Fifth-Generation

Deepwater Floaters. The rigs entered active service as newbuild drillships in 1999.

New Security Tool

The Maritime Exchange for the

Delaware River and Bay recently com- pleted a major Maritime Domain Aware- ness electronic reporting program.

Known as eNOA/D On-Line, the elec- tronic Notice of Arrival/Departure system serves as a link between vessels destined for the U.S. and the Department of Home- land Security and provides vessel opera- tors with a mechanism to comply with new Customs and Border Protection regu- lations which recently went into effect.

In April, Customs published a rule that requires all air and ocean carriers to trans- mit detailed crew and passenger informa- tion electronically.

In order to incorporate the new func- tionality into Maritime On-Line, the

Exchange worked with local companies

DBA Innovations, which developed the software, and InfoSystems, an MTM

Technologies company, to upgrade the system infrastructure to support the new application. The New Orleans Board of

Trade, a sister maritime association oper- ating at Mississippi River ports, also part- nered with the Exchange on the eNOA/D

Online system. "This project presented numerous challenges," Himber said, "not the least of which was the fact that final technical documentation wasn't released by the Coast Guard until June 1 or that we had to design a computer program that could be used by ships at sea - a good number of which lack the most current computer equipment or software. But our team worked aggressively to make sure we met the June 6 compliance date."

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Lanterman

Honored

The man who led Seattle-based Holland

America Line through years of steady growth and significant impact to the local economy has earned a prestigious Puget

Sound award. Business and community leaders honored former Holland America

Line CEO, A. Kirk Lanterman, with the

Puget Sound Maritime Person of the Year award for 2005. The Puget Sound Mar- itime Press Association began bestowing the honor to individuals in 1951 to recog- nize long and distinguished careers and specific achievements benefiting the local maritime community.

From 1983 to 2004, Lanterman led Hol- land America Line from a fledgling com- pany to employing more than 15,000 worldwide and into one of the world's pre- mium cruise lines with bookings of more than one billion dollars.

Lanterman and his family still reside in the Puget Sound area. He is a Korean War

Veteran and alumnus of the University of

Washington. He recently received an honorary doctorate from the University of

Mary in North Dakota.

Crowley Awards

Students

Crowley Maritime Corporation has pre- sented its annual Seamanship Award to

California Maritime Academy student

Christian Barron, from Benicia, Calif.

The Seamanship Award is given each year to the California Maritime graduate who best exhibits excellence in seaman- ship.

Barron graduated Magna Cum Laude from California Maritime Academy with a degree in Marine Transportation.

Kvichak Appoints

Towers

Kvichak Marine has appointed Jim

Towers, P.E. as its chief engineer. Prior to joining Kvichak, Towers was the chief engineer at Elliott Bay Design Group. "Jim brings nearly 40 years of design, engineering and building of aluminum catamaran and high performance vessels to the table," said Keith Whittemore,

Kvichak's president.

Towers is a registered professional engineer NA/ME and a member of RINA.

Previous shipyard experience includes employment with Nichols Brothers Boat

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