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Previously Gail was the director of education and standards for the

National Association of State Boating

Law Administrators (NASBLA).

ShipConstructor Appoints

Larkins CEO

ShipConstructor Software promot- ed Darren Larkins to the position of

CEO. Larkins played a lead role in the U.S. National Shipbuilding

Research Program (NSRP) - Second

Tier Shipyard Design Enhancement

Project (STSDEP) as well as in recent

NSRP projects focused on Design for

Production (DFP).

Haley President of OIS

Offshore Inland Marine, Industrial,

Oilfield Services (OIS) announced

Tom Haley has joined the company as president. Haley brings 35 years of oil and gas industry experience in management positions with Quality

Oilfield Products, Stewart &

Stevenson, FMC-Subsea Drilling

Systems, and most recently, as

General Manager of McDermott

Subsea.

Gowdy Joins Global Diving &

Salvage

Seattle-based Global Diving and

Salvage has hired Renee Gowdy as

Lead Estimator. In this position,

Gowdy will be responsible for devel- oping estimates and proposal produc- tion within Global’s Marine

Construction Division for federal, state, local and civil customers as well as other key markets.

Marterella Joins Alps Wire Rope

Alps Wire Rope Corporation announced Jeff Marterella as Eastern

Region Manager/Director of Crane

Rope sales. Marterella joins Alps Wire

Rope Corporation with 30 years experience both on the manufactur- ing and sales support side in the wire rope industry.

EBDG Adds Staff

Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) announced three additions to its team. Naval architect Nick Barczak joined EBDG's Seattle office, Naval architect David Turner joined

EBDG's New Orleans office and structural designer Anthony Rhoda also joined the New Orleans office.

Bay Diesel Hires Panasky

Bay Diesel & Generator hired Neal

Panasky as a diesel mechanic. Panasky is a retired Chief Engineman, with 24 years served in the U.S. Navy. He will be based out of the Chesapeake, Va.

Bay Diesel & Generator office.

Johnson Joins Senesco Marine

Senesco Marine of North

Kingstown, R.I., a part of the

Reinauer family of marine compa- nies, is bringing aboard Tom Johnson who will be responsible for new busi- ness development expanding the shipbuilder’s services to the commer- cial market. Johnson is a 1969 gradu- ate of the Texas Maritime Academy holding a Bachelor’s in Marine

Engineering.

Austal Graduates 21 Apprentices

Austal USA honored the second set of graduates from its four-year apprenticeship program with a ban- quet in Mobile, Ala. The 21 graduates honored at this banquet received their certificates of completion and desig- nation as Department of Labor Class

A Journeymen. The program is certi- fied by the U.S. Department of

Labor, Alabama Department of Post

Secondary Education and the

Veteran's Administration, and gov- erned by the Department of Labor

Standards of Apprenticeship for the respective trades of pipefitter, marine electrician, fabricator and fitout.

Leader Creek Fisheries Expands

Facilities

Leader Creek Fisheries has expand- ed their operation to include large vessel storage out of Bristol Bay in

Naknek, Alaska to save time and money in the dry docking process. All vessels in this region must be placed out of the water for winter, but it can take up to 10 days to reach the best haul out location in Seattle. By devel- oping a process to haul out locally,

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