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USCG Civilian is IMO Secretary

General Candidate

Jeffrey Lantz, the Coast Guard’s

Director for Commercial Regulations and Standards, will be a candidate in the International Maritime

Organization’s (IMO) elections scheduled for the 106th IMO

Council in London. Lantz is also the

Chairman for the IMO’s Council, the organization’s second highest govern- ing body and the U.S. Head of

Delegation to the organization’s

Maritime Safety Committee, Marine

Environment Protection Committee and other sub committees.

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Names

New CEO

Kristian Røkke has been appointed

President and CEO of Aker

Philadelphia Shipyard ASA. Røkke was most recently the Senior VP of

Operations at the shipyard. In his new position as CEO, Røkke will lead the transitioning of the yard to win orders for new Jones Act vessels, particularly in the containership, dry cargo and barge markets.

Bentley Feted by National

Maritime Historical Society

Helen Delich Bentley will be an honoree at the National Maritime

Historical Society's Washington

Annual Award Dinner in

Washington, DC. Bentley is a former chairman of the Federal Maritime

Commission and five-term U.S.

Congresswoman representing

Maryland's 2nd Congressional

District.

Captain Nanartowich Joins MAMA

Unlimited Master Ed Nanartowich has been appointed COO of the

Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy (MAMA). Captain Nanartowich joined MAMA as an advanced course instructor following his retirement as a Senior Master with the Navy’s

Military Sealift Command.

Nanartowich sailed as Master from 1981 to 2008 with 24 commands within the MSC fleet.

Fox Named Crowley’s SNR VP

Carl Fox will assume the role of sen- ior VP of corporate services at

Crowley Maritime Corp. on June 1.

Fox is currently serving as VP of strategic initiatives and marketing for the company's liner and logistics units. Fox also serves as chairman of the board for the Northeast Chapter of the Florida Red Cross.

Rev. Nation Joins SCI as

Lower Mississippi Chaplain

Rev. Michael Christopher Nation joined the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) as a chaplain for Ministry on the River. Rev. Nation ministers to mariners working in the Lower

Mississippi River region and brings 15 years of pastoral experience to the job, including coordinating the local

American Red Cross request for chap- lains after Hurricane Katrina.

Rev. Rice Joins SCI as

GOM Chaplain

Rev. Winston Rice, a former off- shore worker and maritime lawyer, has joined two current chaplains for

Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI)

Ministry on the River, extending the

Institute’s inland ministry efforts into the Gulf of Mexico.

Colonna’s Shipyard

Appoints Sutton

Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. of

Norfolk, Va. appointed Charlie

Sutton as Director of Operations for its Colonna Down River Division, a rapid response ship repair service.

Sutton recently worked as Program

Manager at Earl Industries.

Larkin Rejoins Crowley

Frank Larkin has rejoined Crowley

Maritime Corporation as VP of sales and customer care for the company's liner services and logistics groups.

Larkin previously worked at Crowley from 1988 to 1999, in a variety of positions including VP and general manager of Crowley's South America services.

McLellan Joins Global Diving

Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. announced that Nathan McLellan has joined the team as Contracts

Administrator. McLellan earned his

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