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Donjon Sells Interest

Donjon Marine, Co., Inc. sold its 50% interest in Port Albany

Ventures, LLC (PAV), a 28-acre mixed-use bulk material stevedoring operation located on the Hudson

River, to its Joint Venture Partner,

Sims Metal Management Limited, a metal and electronics recycling com- pany.

Jeffboat Safety Milestone

American Commercial Lines Inc. (ACL) announced that on

December 15, its Manufacturing

Division, Jeffboat, accomplished the safety milestone of working two mil- lion hours without a lost time injury (an injury requiring time off from work) for the first time in its more than 70 years of operation.

Victoria Acquires CME Assets

Washington Marine Group has acquired substantially all of the

Victoria-based assets of Canadian

Maritime Engineering (CME).

CME has operated a ship repair business at the Esquimalt Graving dock since 2004. The CME assets include a large shop and shipyard machinery and equipment, which

Victoria Shipyards (VSL) will utilize in the execution of the Frigate Life

Extension program (FELEX) for the

Canadian Navy.

Crowley Scholarships

On Dec. 7, Crowley presented four U.S. Merchant Marine

Academy cadets with the Thomas B.

Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarships.

Cadets John Buehler, Patrick

Delargy, Andrea Morrison and Kyle

O'Connor were awarded the schol- arships based on their exemplary academic records and financial need.

Midshipmen Marie Ebers was also awarded the Containerization &

Intermodal Institute's Richard A.

Simpson Annual Scholarship.

WRSystems Navy Contract

W R Systems, Ltd. won a $26.9m contract from the U.S. Navy to pro- vide engineering technical support services for navigation systems in the

U.S. and abroad. Seventy-five per- cent of the contract work will be performed in Hampton Roads, Va. through WRSystems’ Engineering

Services Division in Norfolk, Va.

The value of the contract could reach an estimated $140.6m if all options are exercised.

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Perdido project leaders (L to R):

Kurt Shallenberger (topsides leader), Chris Smith (operations manager), Dale Snyder (project manager), Bill Townsley (venture manager). (PRNewsFoto/Shell Oil Company)