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News the Coast Guard's aging ships and aircraft, and improve command-and-control and logistics systems.

Integrated Coast Guard Systems, a joint venture of Northrop Grumman and Lock- heed Martin, is handling the Deepwater contract. Northrop Grumman's Ship Sys- tems sector will build eight National

Security Cutters as part of the Deepwater program. In July, a major milestone in the ship's construction was accomplished with the landing of the mast background.

The ship, which is over 51 percent com- plete, will be christened this fall.

ACL to Christen

Motor Vessel

American Commercial Lines Inc. chris- tened M/V Warren E. Bourgeois on

August 2 at the new Houston Fleet Facili- ty in Channelview, Texas. The vessel's namesake, Warren E. Bourgeois, is cur- rently the Company's Manager of Gulf

Coast Barge Operations. Bourgeois began his career with the Company in 1969.

The M/V Warren E. Bourgeois recent- ly completed a $1.4m refurbishment and is the fourth vessel christened by ACL this year under its aggressive capital program to enhance and upgrade its fleet. The ves- sel's features include new internal con- struction, soundproofing, satellite radio in all staterooms, flat screen televisions, wireless internet access and enhanced employee accommodations. The vessel is a 2,100 hp inland towing vessel that will operate primarily on the Gulf Intracoastal

Waterway and the Lower Mississippi

River.

BC Ferries

Commissions

Safety Review

BC Ferries has commissioned former

Auditor General, George Morfitt, to con- duct an independent review of BC Ferries' safety policies, procedures and practices.

The review will assess BC Ferries' compliance with the Canada Shipping

Act's regulations, codes and standards. It will also review the extent of the compa- ny's compliance with its safety manage- ment system.

George Morfitt and his team will collect information through management, union and employee interviews, reviewing doc- uments, systems and processes, perform- ing inspections and gathering relevant material from sources outside of BC Fer- ries. Work on the comprehensive safety audit will begin immediately and a report is expected to be provided to the BC Fer- ries' board of directors and made public in late 2006.

ACL Announces

Appointments

American Commercial Lines Inc. (ACL) has appointed W.N. Whitlock as its executive vice president, governmental affairs and Jerry R. Linzey as senior vice president and chief operating officer for

ACL.

In his new role, Whitlock will utilize his knowledge of the industry, locks, dams and waterways to address regulatory issues and shape the infrastructure of the industry. Whitlock was named senior vice president, COO of ACL in January 2005. He has served as COO since April 2004 and served as president from April 2004 through January 17, 2005. Previous- ly, Whitlock served as Senior Vice Presi- dent, Transportation Services of ACL from July 2003 to April 2004, as Senior

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