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Harkand Appoints Reed as New CEO Harkand announced the appointment of John Reed as its new CEO as it em- barks on the next stage of its growth strategy. Reed, an industry veteran with more than 30 years? experience in the offshore engineering and construction sector, will lead the development of the company as it drives forward with its target of growing turnover to $1 bil- lion in the next  ve years. Due to take over the reins in October, he replaces Nicolas Mouté who steered the group?s formation since inception and through the merger of Iremis, Integrated Sub- sea Services (ISS) and Andrews Survey following investment by Oaktree Capi- tal Management and the acquisition of Veolia Marine Services. Mouté will move to another senior role within the group, to be announced later.Reed most recently served on the Cal Dive Inter- national Inc. Board of Directors from May 2012 to August 2013. Prior to that he was CEO of Global Industries Ltd. from March 2010 until its acquisition by Technip S.A. and is a former CEO of Heerema Marine Contractors.ASA Elects Of Þ cers The American Salvage Association (ASA) elected a new slate of of cers at its fall meeting in Arlington, Virginia. Paul Hankins, Vice President for Sal- vage Operations at Donjon Marine Co., Inc., was elected President, succeeding Tim Beaver, Global Diving & Salvage, Inc., who served as President from 2011-2013. Todd Schauer, Resolve Marine Group, was elected Vice Presi- dent, and Jim Elliott, Teichman Group, was named Secretary/Treasurer. Hankins has more than 30 years? ex- perience in the marine industry after graduating from the U.S. Naval Acad- emy in 1981 with a Bachelors of Sci-ence in Naval Architecture and from George Washington University in 1991 with a Master?s degree in Environmen- tal Management. He has participated in countless national salvage and oil spill response operations and exercises and has held positions with the Navy SUP- SALV; with SERVS Alyeska in Valdez, Alaska; as Deputy Director of Maritime and Land Security at the U.S. Transpor- tation Security Administration, and as president of Donjon-SMIT. In addition, David DeVilbiss (Global Diving & Salvage, Inc.), Robert Tyson (Svitzer), George Wittich (American Marine Corporation), were elected to ASA?s Executive Committee. John Cameron (Charleston Pilots) was elect- ed chairman of the Associate Member- ship Committee, and will serve on the Executive Committee in that capacity. BlueÞ n Acquires SeeByte Blue n Robotics, a provider of Auton- omous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), acquired SeeByte, Ltd., a provider of autonomous platform software that enhances the user experience and the capabilities of underwater sensors, ve- hicles and systems. SeeByte, headquar- tered in Edinburgh, Scotland, will op- erate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue n. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. SeeByte Wins VIPS Innovation Award SeeByte was awarded the Marcus Kolb prize for Innovation at the recent Vid- eoRay VIPS event in San Diego. The accolade, which was presented at a VideoRay Awards Dinner, celebrated the work of SeeByte?s SeeChart; a new tool for ROV operators, designed for chart plotting and asset monitoring. People & Company News JMS to Design RV JMS Naval Architects of Mystic, Ct. won a contract from the Vir- ginia Institute of Marine Science to provide concept through con- tract-level design, shipyard bid support, and owner?s rep services for VIMS? next research vessel. The VIMS research vessel will be used for scienti c research in the main stem and tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay, capable of conducting extended science missions in coastal and offshore areas within the Mid-Atlantic re-gion. The JMS Coastal Research Vessel Series concept-model provides a multi-purpose, ef -cient and cost-effective platform from which scientists and edu-cators can study coastal oceanic phenomena. The design offers  exibility in science out tting allowing for high utilization and affordable operating day rates. The vessel will be able to easily adapt to evolving scienti c re- search areas such as environmen- tal impact studies, offshore oil & gas exploration surveys, wind energy development surveys, and maintenance of ocean observing systems. The 80-ft. VIMS vessel will be designed for multi-disci-plinary coastal-science studies including  sh and invertebrate sampling; bottom geological and benthic coring; deployment and retrieval of data buoys; heavy mooring, seismic and bathymetry surveys; mid-water and trawls; CTD and other vertical water- sampling deployments. Photo: JMS Naval Architects October 201348 MTRMTR #8 (34-49).indd 48MTR #8 (34-49).indd 4810/16/2013 11:56:53 AM10/16/2013 11:56:53 AM