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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

SCI Announces Silver Bell Honorees

The Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) announced the recipients of awards it will confer at its 37th Annu- al Silver Bell Awards Dinner in New

York in June. SCI presents the Silver

Bell Award, in recognition of out- standing leadership in the maritime community, to Orrin H. Ingram,

President and CEO of Ingram Indus- tries and Chairman of Ingram Barge

Company and honors Captain James (Jim) McNamara, former President of the National Cargo Bureau, with a

Lifetime Achievement Award. Ingram oversees the largest maritime transpor- tation operation on the United States inland waterway system, Ingram Ma- rine Group. McNamara, has devoted his life to improving the maritime industry, starting as a volunteer with

SCI in the 1950s and today serves on the Institute’s Board of Trustees. Jim has worked with the International

Maritime Organization, chairing the

Cargo Committee for eight years.

AMC Names Caponiti as President

The American Maritime Congress (AMC), a non-profi t organization representing the U.S. maritime indus- try, has announced the appointment of James E. Caponiti as President. Mr.

Caponiti joined AMC as Executive

Director in October 2011 upon the completion of more than 38 years of service with the Federal government, including three decades with the U.S.

Maritime Administration. Caponiti earned numerous honors at MARAD, including the Presidential Meritorious

Rank Award, the highest Civil Service awards for Senior Executives.

Porter Receives GSSC’s 2014

Navigator Award

Larry Porter, Master Trainer at Mis- sissippi Gulf Coast Community Col- lege, was the recipient of the Gulf

States Shipbuilders Consortium’s 2014 Navigator Award. Each year,

GSSC honors an individual who has displayed outstanding leadership and made signifi cant contributions to the development of the maritime work- force. Porter received the award at the organization’s annual meeting held in

Biloxi, Mississippi. His leadership has resulted in the training and placement of approximately 670 welders in the shipbuilding/maritime industry in the past year alone.

WA Transportation Secretary

Names Interim Ferries Chief

State Transportation Secretary Lynn

Peterson has named Capt. George A.

Capacci interim assistant secretary in charge of the Ferries Division for the Washington State Department of

Transportation. Capacci will lead the ferry system until a permanent assis- tant secretary is selected. WSDOT will conduct a nationwide search to fi nd a replacement for outgoing Assistant

Secretary David Moseley who resigned effective April 15. Capacci joined

Washington State Ferries in 2009 as re- gional port captain and was promoted to deputy chief of operations and con- struction for ferries in 2010.

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Steve Harris

EBDG is deeply saddened to announce that friend and colleague Steve Harris is among those missing in the recent Oso disaster. Although he has yet to be found, the level of devastation wrought by the mudslide in Snohomish County makes it unlikely that authorities will locate any survivors. Harris leaves behind a fi ne legacy of work that spans more than 30-years. He joined

Elliott Bay Design Group in 1998, and quickly distinguished himself as an expert in advanced structural fi nite element and hydrodynamic analysis. Steve’s considerable shipboard and marine engineering experience encompassed extensive involvement in structural design work for the offshore industry in the Gulf Coast area and the North Sea. His varied project portfolio included everything from US fl ag tankers to semisubmersibles to ocean energy research platforms. His loss is a great one not only for those closest to him, but to industry as well. He will be sorely missed.

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