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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS Walsh MooreWard Watson ChapmanBay Diesel Promotes Two Mike Walsh has been promoted to Sales with the Bay Diesel. A member of the Bay Diesel team for more than four years, he has provided service as Lead Diesel Technician where he was responsible for Big Bore and EMD engine repair. Mandie Moore has been promoted to Service Management. She has been a member of the Bay Diesel family for 6 months. Mustang Appoints Ward Mustang Survival has announced that Shannon Ward has been appointed to the role of Director of Recreation & Commercial Business Development. She will work closely with industry veteran and Director of PRO Sales, Mike Grupa, to foster the development of key partnerships within the commercial and industrial communities. Devin International Names Watson US Sales Manager Devin International, a division of Greene?s Energy Group, has named Danny E. Watson as U.S. Sales Manager. Based in Houston, Watson will manage the North American sales group and will be responsible for business development and overall customer relations for North America. Weiller Promoted at NY State Canal Corporation The New York State Thruway Authority appointed Dan Weiller to serve as the Director of Public Affairs for the New York State Thruway Authority and the New York State Canal Corporation. The Thruway Authority operates the 570-mile Thruway and the 524-mile New York State Canal System. Sonardyne Appoints Chapman Sonardyne has appointed Mike Chapman, founder of MECCO Inc., to its expanding team of sales agents in the United States. Based in Duvall, Washington, Mike has over 30 years of experience in the marine and oceanographic industries. Orolia Acquires Boatracs Orolia, a group specialized in positioning, navigation and GPS timing equipment and systems for critical operations has announced the acquisition of Boatracs Inc., a maritime information solutions provider for the commercial marine industry ( shing vessels, dredgers, tugs, barges, training vessels, rescue boats, oil platform service vessels, etc.). The Boatracs acquisition is part of the group?s strategy to move up the value chain by offering more complete business solutions to its customers operating critical infrastructure in remote or harsh environments. Boatracs is a North American company known over 20 years for its reliable communications, tracking and monitoring and innovative software solutions for the workboat and commercial  shing markets. Boatracs is based in San Diego, California, where it employs about twenty people. In  scal 2011, Boatracs achieved revenues of $5 million. The acquisition of Boatracs was consolidated in July. BV Launches Wind Farm Service Ships Guidance International classi cation society Bureau Veritas has published guidance for designers and builders of Wind Farm Service Ships. BV NI 589 Wind Farms Service Ships is a service notation which covers ships speci cally designed to operate in offshore wind farms for transfer of personnel from shore, mother ships or accommodation units to offshore wind farms and perform lifting operations required for wind turbine servicing. The note does not cover vessels built for installation and assembling of wind turbines or heavy maintenance and repair for which transportation of wind turbine main parts is needed. Bureau Veritas? new guidance notation for Wind Farms Service Ships is aimed at maximizing the ef ciency of new offshore wind farm service vessels. TEAM Designs Boarding Bridges for Ferry Terminals TEAM Ports & Maritime, an ADELTE Group company, has been awarded with a contract from JPC to supply two new Passenger Boarding August 201240 MN