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Marine Response Alliance Relocates Marine Response Alliance (MRA), an association of U.S. emergency re- sponders providing OPA 90 Salvage Marine FireÞ ghting (SMFF), has relo- cated from Pompano, Fla., to Houston to be situated with international salvage partner TITAN Salvage. Conveniently located near George Bush Interna- tional airport, the new ofÞ ce boasts a 102,500 square-foot maintenance and warehousing facility with 4.61 acres of outside storage. The facility includes a state-of-the-art Emergency Response Center manned 24/7, which will act as MRAÕs incident command center as needed during a casualty and be uti-lized for clientsÕ pro-active needs such as drills, exercises and training. Water Campus to be Built in Baton RougeThe Baton Rouge Area Foundation has taken the leadership role in master planning a world-class Water Campus to be built just south of the Missis- sippi River Bridge in downtown Ba- ton Rouge. The 30 acre campus will be the home of The Water Institute of the Gulf, an independent applied re- search organization currently focused on producing and providing unassail- able scientiÞ c solutions to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority as it works to implement LouisianaÕs $50 billion Coastal Protection and Restoration Plan. In addition, CPRA and LSU will also construct a River Modeling Center which is a small scale physical model of the lower Mississippi PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS Historic Steam Powered Tugboat Baton Rouge Water Campus Ottossonwww.marinelink.com MN FEB14 Layout 50-59.indd 53MN FEB14 Layout 50-59.indd 531/17/2014 10:46:14 AM1/17/2014 10:46:14 AM