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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS 87-ft coastal patrol boats, 140-ft ice breaking tugs, 160-ft inland buoy tenders, 225-ft seagoing buoy tenders and 399-ft nuclear icebreakers. Each of these vessels will receive replace- ment IMO Radars that consist of sin- gle or multiple Black Box Radar processors, a 6.5-ft open array anten- na and single or multiple displays.

Jo-Kell Ranked Among Fastest

Growing Companies

Jo-Kell Inc., an electrical distribu- tion and engineering company, has earned a position on the 2010 Inc. 5000 annual ranking of the fastest- growing private companies in

America. As an Inc. 5000 honoree,

Jo-Kell shares a pedigree with such notable alumni as Inuit, Zappos,

Under Armour, Microsoft, Visa among others.

Ellicott Dredges 125th Anniversary

Ellicott Dredges, founded in 1885, celebrated its 125th anniversary by taking a dinner cruise around the Port of Baltimore aboard the turn of the century paddlewheel riverboat The

Black-Eyed Susan. Almost 150 people celebrated Ellicott's 125th anniver- sary including employees, customers, board members, investors and gov- ernment officials. Ellicott's President,

Peter Bowe, attributed Ellicott's longevity to four factors: building good products, serving customers well, having good people and man- agement and having adequate capital to back it all up.

ACMA Relocates Corp. Office

Alan C. McClure Associates (ACMA), a naval architecture and engineering firm, recently relocated its corporate office to 2929 Briarpark,

Suite 220, Houston, Texas 77042.

The company’s new headquarters occupies 6000+ sq ft and includes an expanded drafting area as well as a room dedicated to housing the com- pany’s extensive computer systems that provide specialized analysis in- house and that can be accessed from remote locations.

Donjon-SMIT Relocates Offices

Donjon-SMIT, an OPA-90 alliance, has moved its principle office to 909 North Washington St., Suite 300, Alexandria, Va. 22314. The relo- cation to larger facilities will support additional staff required to meet the new U.S. Coast Guard Salvage and

Marine Firefighting regulations. All phone numbers, including the emer- gency number, remain the same. The number is (703) 299-0081.

TRAC Ecological Products

Represented by PAC West

TRAC Ecological Products has appointed Pac-West Marketing to represent its product line in the west- ern U.S. and British Columbia.

Marine growth and scale build-up are major causes of water-cooled equip- ment failure. Traditional methods of cleaning (such as mechanical brush- ing or harsh acids) can damage equip- ment and are potentially harmful to the user and the environment. TRAC

Ecological has developed a line of safe, biodegradable chemicals that efficiently and economically dissolve scale, barnacles, zebra mussels, calci- um, rust, lime and other mineral deposits that can reduce water flow.

STIDD Seats On 2010 ISS Design Award Finalist

Ergonomic seating from STIDD Systems is installed on the Miss Lisa and

Sycara IV, finalists for International Superyacht Society (ISS) 2010

International Design Awards. The 92-ft Miss Lisa from Citadel Yachts is a finalist for an ISS award in the “Best Power” category for superyachts from 24 to 40 meters and 151-ft Sycara IV from the Burger Boat Company is a finalist in the “Best Power” category for superyachts from 40 to 60 meters.