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HRUSTMASTER OF EXAS NC ARITIME OLLEGE 6900 Thrustmaster Drive 6 Penny? eld Avenue

Houston, TX 77041 Throggs Neck, NY 10465

Tel: (713) 937-6295 Tel: (718) 409-7277

Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Website: www.thrustmaster.net Website: www.sunymaritime.edu

CEO/President: Joe Bekker CEO/President: RADM Michael Alfultis

T C :HE OMPANY

Thrustmaster builds a complete line of Z-Drive azimuth- ing thrusters from 500 HP to 4,000 HP for the inland tow- boat industry speci? cally designed to endure the demanding conditions when operating in brown water. Using Z-Drives on towboats results in substantially improved fuel ef? ciency, shorter trip times, decreased maintenance downtime and higher customer satisfaction when compared to traditional shaft and rudder installations. All thrusters are developed in-house by a complete engineering department for me-

T S :HE CHOOL chanical, hydraulic, electrical and electronic design. Tooling Combining classroom and lab learning with summer includes machining and measuring equipment, CAD, vessel sea terms aboard the training ship and industry intern- resistance and propulsion, 3D modeling and ANSYS Finite ships, SUNY Maritime prepares students to be leaders

Element Analysis. The application of modal analysis, stress in all sectors of industry, the military and government. and strain analysis as well as rotor dynamic analysis of drive Education and training are comprehensive and use state- trains and transmissions are fundamentals towards the reli- of-the-art simulation centers and facilities. The college ability and quality of Thrustmaster’s products. has expanded to include more than 20 buildings and the training ship Empire State VI, a 565-foot ship that gives mariners-in-training the knowledge, skills and sea time

T C :HE ASE necessary to join the maritime industry. The Bouchard

Thrustmaster’s products are built in the United States.

Transportation Company Inc. Tug and Barge Simula-

A total of 289 employees produce results for customers in a tion Center opened in 2015 and includes a full-mission facility that spans 200,000 square feet. This year’s highlights bridge and two class B tug assist simulators for students include Thrustmaster’s announcement that they had signed to practice maneuvers.

a service agreement with McGinnis Inc. – National Mainte- nance & Repair. This agreement extends Thrustmaster’s ser- vice centers to six locations in the U.S. Thrustmaster of Tex-

T C :HE ASE as, Inc. Service Locations now include South Point, Ohio, SUNY Maritime College produces more licensed

Paducah, Kentucky, Hartford, Illinois, Harahan, Louisiana, mariners than any other U.S. institution. Fully one

Houma, Louisiana and Houston, Texas. Thrustmaster’s new quarter of these go on to work in the brown water in- capacities enables the ? rm to provide a new level of service, dustry, providing nearly a third of its licensed mari- with even faster response times to customer requests. With ners. The college is involved in STCW compliance and

Thrustmaster’s new service sites and 24/7 service hotlines we helps professional mariners maintain their credentials are available for our customers anytime and anywhere. through training.

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