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Mocniak Named CFO at

Phoenix

Phoenix

International, Inc. appointed

Lawrence G.

Mocniak as its

Chief Financial

Officer (CFO).

Mocniak will oversee all aspects of

Phoenix's financial management and control, government procurement, financial reporting, and capital investment initiatives. Prior to join- ing Phoenix, Mocniak was the CFO of a government security solution company; a director of business man- agement for a publicly traded telecommunications software and services company, and he spent 16 years at an international marine serv- ices company in managerial positions of increasing responsibility to include liaison controller. Mocniak is a mem- ber of the Institute of Management

Accountants and the Association of

Financial Professionals. He holds a bachelor's degree from Robert Morris

University.

MacArtney Opens New

Calibration Facility

The MacArtney Group can now offer calibration and maintenance services of Oceanographic and

Hydrographic instruments. This serv- ice is available from its branch office

MBT - Meerestechnisches Büro Turla

GmbH in Kiel, Germany. MBT has taken over the calibration facility and the maintenance contracts from

Raytheon Anschütz, and is servicing a large number of naval customers throughout the world. A few of the services offered include: Calibration of CTD probes, Calibration of Sound and Velocity Sensors; Diagnostics of current sensors; Diagnostics of Laser

Particle Analyzers; and Diagnostics of

Nutrient Analyzers.

Aker Kvaerner to Build

Five Subsea Umbilicals

Rashid Petroleum Company (Rashpetco) awarded Aker Kvaerner a contract to supply five umbilicals to the Rosetta Phase 3 gas development in the Rosetta Concession, offshore the Nile Delta in Egypt.

The contract is valued at $20.1m.

Work has already started on the steel tube umbilicals, totaling approxi- mately 43 km in length to be manu- factured at Aker Kvaerner Subsea's facility in Moss, Norway. Delivery is scheduled for the third quarter of 2007.

FarSounder Announces

Patent

FarSounder announced the issuance by the United States Patent and

Trademark Office of its second U.S. patent this year for its 3D Forward

Looking Sonar Technology. "The

FarSounder development team is excited about our latest patent," said

Matthew J. Zimmerman, founder and VP of Engineering for the com- pany. "This latest patent covers vari- ous aspects of our software processing technology." Zimmerman, along with engineers Evan Lapisky and Matthew

A. Coolidge, contributed to this effort and continue to develop new technologies for the company. Used on commercial and private ships for obstacle avoidance and shallow water navigation, FarSounder FS-3 sonars are capable of generating a complete 3D image of the sea floor and in- water objects at navigationally signif- people & companies www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 47

IXSEA UK MD Honored

Richard Binks, IXSEA's UK Managing

Director, was honored as a fellow for the

Society of Underwater Technology (SUT), in recognition of both the help he has given the society and to his experience in underwater technology. Binks sat on the Society's main committee for four years and is still part of its

International Committee. Binks heads up both of IXSEA's UK offices and has recently recruit- ed two new sales managers to his team. The new Aberdeen office, in particular, is focused on developing IXSEA's products within the offshore industry. The network created by

SUT is a good focus for IXSEA's growing capabilities in underwater positioning and survey.

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