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Awards, the company?s highest honor. The October ceremony took on additional signi cance because Graybill is the  rst person in company history to receive the trophy as a mariner. Crowley?s Chairman, President and CEO Tom Crowley Jr., presented the awards before more than 110 employees and senior leaders. Graybill began his career at Crowley in 2002 as a chief mate in Virginia, and by 2003 had become a master. Menoyo has a bachelor?s degree in marine transportation from SUNY Maritime College and is a certi ed facility security of cer. YTD Seaway Cargo Steady; U.S. September Float Down For the period March 22 to September 30, year-to-date total cargo shipments were 25.1 million metric tons, virtually  at over the same period in 2011, as reported by the St. Lawrence Seaway. U.S.- ag Great Lakes freighters carried 9.5 million tons of dry-bulk cargo in September, an increase of 20,579 tons compared to August, but 6% less than the volume recorded a year ago. Ferries Honored A team of state employees was recognized for its work to conserve fuel and save the state of Washington more than $700,000 per year. Crew members of the Washington State Department of Transportation?s Ferries Division won the President?s Transportation Award for water transportation and were recognized for their exemplary service to save fuel on the Edmonds/Kingston ferry route. This is the second time that Washington State Ferries (WSF), a division of WSDOT, has won an award sponsored by the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Of cials. Three WSF employees ? Staff Chief Engineer Mark Nitchman, Captain John Tullis and retired Captain Bill Chapple ? collaborated to identify a method to save fuel on one of the largest vessels in the system, the 202-car, 2,500-passenger Puyallup, serving the Edmonds/Kingston route. The employees studied the effect of vessel speed on fuel consumption and suggested revised throttle settings to maximize fuel ef ciency. MJP Acquires Ultra Dynamics MJP Waterjets AB based in Österbybruk, Sweden has acquired Ultra Dynamics Ltd and Ultra Dynamics Inc (jointly referred to as ?Ultra Dynamics?) based in Cheltenham, England and Columbus, Ohio, USA, with the waterjet brand UltraJet. The merger between MJP Waterjets and Ultra Dynamics creates one of the leading providers of waterjets in the world comprising a complete and complementary product range. Customers will now bene t from the two companies? market positions in their corresponding product segments. MJP Waterjets is known as a supplier of stainless steel mixed  ow waterjets and Ultra Dynamics supplies aluminum axial  ow waterjets. PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS November 2012100 MNMNNov2012 Layout 96-111.indd 100MNNov2012 Layout 96-111.indd 10011/7/2012 3:01:06 PM11/7/2012 3:01:06 PM