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HB Rentals? global ability to provide its customers with quality solutions for their accommodations needs. Aguilar has more than 25 years of oil and gas experience with at least 15 years focused on accommodation modules. Bennett Joins Blank Rome Blank Rome LLP announced that William R. Bennett, III has joined the Firm as Of Counsel in the International and Maritime Litigation and ADR group. Bennett joins Blank Rome from Bennett, Giuliano, McDonnell & Perrone LLP where he was a Partner. He has extensive experience litigating and arbitrating all types of marine and shore based disputes throughout the United States. Bennett received his JD from St. John?s University Law School and a BE in Naval Architecture from the State University of New York at Maritime College at Fort Schuyler. Yacavone Joins Crowley Crowley Maritime said that Matt Yacavone has joined the company as vice president of sales and chartering for Crowley?s petroleum services. He is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Halcomb Retires from Awlgrip AkzoNobel?s Awlgrip business announced the early retirement of Awlgrip founding member David Halcomb. Since 1973, Halcomb and colleagues have launched many innovative products such as the repairable Awlcraft 2000 topcoat, the 545 Epoxy primer and the much lauded Awlfair  ller range. Crowley?s Achievement/650-8 in Tampa Bay Rescue The crew aboard Crowley Maritime Corporation?s articulated tug-barge (ATB) Achievement/650-8 recently rescued an injured man who was struggling to stay a oat near the base of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay, Fla. The on-watch crew noticed a man bobbing in the water on the port side of the vessel around the same time that emergency radio calls from the St. Petersburg Coast Guard were issued. Crowley?s Allen Williams, AB, responded by immediately throwing the stranded man a life ring and Captain Gus Cramer sounded the man overboard alarm. Putting their emergency and safety training to use, the Crowley crew readied the fast rescue boat for deployment while Captain Cramer slowed the ATB?s speed to ensure a safe boat launch. Once in the water, the fast rescue boat team managed to pull the badly injured man from the water in less than eight minutes from the initial sighting and wrapped him in a blanket until the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue boat arrived on scene to perform other life- saving treatments. Vigor Signs Deal for Largest U.S. Floating Drydock Vigor Industrial reached an agreement with Daoda Marine Heavy Industry Company (DDHI) to purchase a new  oating drydock for $40 million. At 960 feet long, with an inside width of 186 feet and a lifting capacity of 80,000 long tons, it will be the largest  oating drydock in the United States. ?We decided now is the time to buy because demand to service large vessels is growing and large drydock capacity in proximity to the US West Coast has diminished,? said Vigor Industrial CEO Frank Foti. The dock is scheduled for delivery in March 2014. $2.7 Million EPA Grant to Replace Old Diesel Engines The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has provided a total of $2.7 million to help two organizations reduce air pollution in the New York metropolitan area by replacing old diesel engines on a tug boat and two trains with less polluting models. Conservation Law Foundation Ventures, a not-for-pro t organization, will use $1.3 million to replace an old engine on the Coral Coast, a 120-foot marine tug boat that operates out of New York harbor, with a new and cleaner EPA-certi ed engine. The new engine is estimated to emit 70% less nitrogen oxides and 83% less particulate matter than the current engine. Ending Great Lakes Dredging Crisis to Remain Atop LCA?s Priorities in 2013 The dredging crisis on the Great Lakes will again dominate Lake Carriers? Association?s efforts in 2013. LCA?s McAlpineBarkerAguilarBennett MullettPEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS Fotiwww.marinelink.com MN 39MN Feb2013 Layout 32-42.indd 39MN Feb2013 Layout 32-42.indd 391/31/2013 10:17:21 AM1/31/2013 10:17:21 AM