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non-profits and industry organiza- tions. Ingrams partners in the current effort include the Mississippi River Corridor-Tennessee, the project sponsor, which works on economic development and land and wildlife preservation in the six West Tennessee counties that border the Mississippi River. Other partners are Environmental Solutions Worldwide Inc. and Alfa Laval, manufacturers of the ESW XtrmCat TM DOC Kit that is used on Ingram vessels, and EMISSTAR LLC, the emissions con- sulting services firm. In November, Emisstar reported emission reduc- tions from Ingrams use of the DOC Kit equipment ranging from 20 to 60% with no effect on engine per-formance and fuel economy. The Southeast Diesel Collaborative is a public-private partnership composed of stakeholders from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Tesoro Recognizes Crowley's West Coast Harbor Ops In recognition of Crowley Maritime Corporation's safe harbor ship assistand tanker escort operations on the West Coast, Tesoro Maritime Company honored Crowley's harbor services team with safe work awards, one for each of the past four years, during a ceremony in Crowley's Seattle office. Crowley's Andrew Gauthier, port captain; Scott Hoggarth, general manager of harbor ship assist and tanker escort services; and tug crewmembers Abe Gueller, Tom File and Chuck Klausmeier were present to accept the awards from Captain Tim Plummer, vice president of Tesoro Maritime. Crowley has been Tesoro's primary tug provider since 2007. That year, the Crowley-operated tug Vigilant, stationed in Cook Inlet, Alaska was chartered to Tesoro to provide ship assist and escort services for Tesoro- operated tankers moving in and out of the Tesoro Refinery dock in Nikiski, Alaska. VGP Training Software for Inland Vessels MARPOL Training Institute, a California-based training and con-sulting company specializing in com-puter-based software for maritime pollution abatement, and CampbellTransportation Company, a marine transportation company, have devel- oped an inland version of NPDES Training for Vessel Crewmembers (NTV). This comprehensive comput- er-based training software package, called INTV, covers the U.S. EPAs National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Vessel General Permit (VGP) for discharges incidental to the normal operation ofcommercial vessels and complies with the Best Management Practices for Towing Vessels & Barges developed by the American Waterways Operators. www.marinelink.com MN51PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS