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tional contract services.

Harland received the Thomas Crowley

Trophy, the company's highest honor, in 1995. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nautical Science from the U.S.

Merchant Marine Academy and a Masters in Business Administration from Seattle

University.

DMT Diamond

Marks Anniversary

Deep Marine Technology, Inc.'s 240-ft.

MSV, the DMT Diamond, has completed its first year of service in the Gulf of Mex- ico with zero recordable incidents.

Working for a variety of oil and gas com- panies, some of the works performed by the DMT Diamond /Triton XLS spread thus far include: Set seven Ridged

Jumpers ranging from 55 to 93 ft. down to 4,400 fsw; Installation of 11 Steel & 14

Electrical Flying Leads: Pre and Post

Route Surveys; Choke/ Pod Change Out;

Riser Removal; Inspections; Commis- sioning; and various Module Installation on Trees. In addition to performing the above scopes of work, the DMT Diamond is suited to carry out other subsea con- struction, field development, and deepwa- ter intervention tasks including umbilical installation, mattress installation, and touchdown monitoring.

A Class II DP MSV, the DMT Diamond includes a 50T knuckle boom crane, a

Subsea Equipment Winch with 10,000 ft of 1.5 in. cable, accommodations for 36 (expandable to 44), and is outfitted with a 150 hp, 10,000 ft. Triton XLS work class

ROV.

Toups Joins

Bollinger as GM

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. announces the appointment of Mike Toups as General

Manager of Bollinger Amelia Repair,

LLC, Amelia, La.

Toups is a veteran of the shipyard industry, with 33 years experience, dating back to his earlier years at Bollinger

Lockport and

Bollinger Algiers.

Most recently Toups was employed by

North Florida Ship- yards, Inc., Jack- sonville, Fla., as

Senior Estimator/Con- tracts Administrator.

His experience ranges from management to estimating, to customer and regulatory relations. He is a graduate of Nicholls

State University, Thibodaux, La., with a

Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

Navigational

Sciences

Restructures

Navigational Sciences Inc., a company offering wireless platform technology to track cargo and marine assests, has restructured its senior management team.

In a move initiated by the chief executive officer, the reorganization is seen as piv- otal to the company's aim to continue groundbreaking research and develop- ment efforts while simultaneously launch- ing a suite of new products that could alter the way in which countries around the globe both track valuable assets and mon- itor threats to national security.

In order to focus more fully on the com- pany's ongoing research and development efforts, Eric Dobson, founder and former chief executive officer of NavSci, is assuming a new role as chief scientific officer. He maintains a seat on the board of directors.

Dobson will now lead NavSci's research and development efforts, focus- ing on the vision for emerging technolo- gies and future product development.

NavSci holds the license to develop new technology recently approved by the U.S.

Patent Office. The "HSS Technique for

Expanding Channel Capacity" technology exceeds capabilities seen in previous data communications systems with its ability to communicate around barriers and to provide enhanced levels of security in data transfer. NavSci holds the license to develop and market all fields of use for this application, and Dobson will oversee the transfer of this and other technology into practical application, particularly rel- evant with today's heightened security demands.

As part of the growth plan, long-time

Charleston businessman and attorney

Antony M. Merck was elected to the role of non-executive chairman of the board for NavSci.

Now managing the commercial side are

Bill Crowe, recently promoted to chief operating officer, and Steve Hiott, chief financial officer. Crowe is charged with creating and growing the operational and business development components of

NavSci and Steve Hiott oversees financial forecasting and business planning.

Also part of the new management struc- ture, Scott Blair was promoted to chief product development officer and Joseph

Blankshain was promoted to chief tech- nology officer.

Crescent Towing

Captains Receive

Citations of Merit

Crescent Towing/New Orleans captains received Citations of Merit awards on

July 12 at the NOLA Port Safety Consul meeting. Captain Frank M. Paskewich,

USCG Commanding Officer & Captain of the Port of New Orleans was the presenter of these awards.

Award recipients include: Capt Arnona;

Capt. Breaux; Capt. Cain; Capt. Cascio;

Capt. Domangue; Capt. Doyle; Capt. Fer- niz; Capt. Jones; Capt. Murley; Capt.

Schmitt; Capt. Schwartz; Capt. Sylvester;

Capt. Trosclair; Capt. Wright.

Green Bay (LPD 20)

Christened

On Saturday July 15, Gen. Robert Mag- nus, assistant commandant of the U.S.

Marine Corps, gave the principal address at the christening of Green Bay (LPD 20), an amphibious transport dock ship being built by Northrop Grumman Corporation. 12 • MarineNews • August, 2006

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Lafarge Dedicates New ATB

Lafarge dedicated a new ATB on June 5 as the latest addition to its Great Lakes fleet. The Samuel de Champlain tug and Innovation barge were built and are owned by American Transport Leasing Inc., a subsidiary of Lafarge. The new vessel will transport cement and cementitious materials among 17 Lafarge facilities throughout the Great Lakes, including its terminal on the Cleveland waterfront.

The articulated design represents a significant advance over conventional tugs and barges. The tug fits into a notch at the stern of the barge, where hydraulic connections allow them to dip and rise independently. The design makes the vessel more maneu- verable than conventional tug-barge combinations, especially in adverse weather con- ditions.

The new combination of the Samuel de Champlain and Innovation forms Lafarge's

ATB. The first, the G.L. Ostrander tug and Integrity barge, went into service in 1996.

Other recent improvements in the region's distribution network include a new state- of-the-art cement terminal in Detroit, an upgrade to its production facilities at its plant in Alpena, Mich., and added storage capacity at Columbus, Ohio.

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