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Class of 1973, President and CEO of utiliVisor, and Morton S. Bouchard III,

President and CEO of Bouchard Trans- portation Company, Inc. for their gener- ous and continued support of the College and its students.

Waryas III Joins MPS

Marine Procurement Solutions (MPS) announced the appointment of Ed Wary- as III as Marketing Manager. MPS offer sship owners a cost effective alternative for maritime e-Procurement. Waryas III will be responsible for the marketing and sales of Marine Procurement’s expand- ing product line up which provides a modern approach to the user interface by utilizing intuitive usability.

Ladd Joins EBDG

Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) hired

Jen Ladd to head its human resources department. Ladd, formerly a consultant for the ?rm, brings more than 18 years of experience to her new role as part-time

HR director.

MacNeil Joins New England Ropes

TEUFELBERGER Fiber Rope Corpo- ration, based in Fall River, Mass., hired

Stuart MacNeil as an Associate Market

Manager for the New England Ropes brand within its Pleasure Marine divi- sion.

Clark Joins ASA

The American Salvage Association ap- pointed Jason Clark as the Association’s

Communications and Public Relations

Manager. Jason replaces the previous

Communications and Public Relations

Manager, Anne Davis Burns.

ABS Wins FLNG Contract

ABS won the classi?cation contract from

Petronas, Malaysia’s national oil com- pany, for the company’s second ? oating

LNG facility (PFLNG 2). The vessel will be built at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in Geoje, Korea.

Start-up Enters FPSO Market

Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), a supplier of mooring solutions and services for the offshore industry, is backing the launch of a new, specialist business dedicated to subsea installation solutions. Deep Sea

Installation (DSI), which will initially focus on the FPSO segment, is opening in Singapore with 12 highly experienced staff and an ambition to quickly establish itself in the key regional markets of Asia,

West Africa and Europe.

Corvus Partners with GMC

Corvus Energy entered into an agree- ment in principle with BW Ventures’

Green Marine Capital (GMC), a Mari- time Technology Investment Partner- ship, for a strategic investment of $5 mil- lion with the primary purpose of funding working capital requirements. In addi- tion, the company announced that An- drew Morden, CFO Of? cer, has been ap- pointed as interim CEO replacing Brent

Perry effective May 5, 2014.

Samson, United Offshore Unite

Samson and United Offshore Services (UOS) announced a partnership to sup- ply Samson high-performance synthetic ropes to Europe. This expansion of the

UOS product offering is driven by the increasing demand from their customers who recognize and value the advantages of heavylift slings made with synthetic rope.

Thrustmaster Closes OTC with

Dutch Barge Company Deal

Thrustmaster of Texas closed out this year’s OTC by placing ink to paper af- ter signing a contract on the trade show ? oor with the Dutch Barge Company to supply a complete thruster package.

Thrustmaster is staged to supply a com- plete thruster package to out? t a multi- purpose offshore supply vessel that will be classed by Buereau Veritas for dy- namic positioning class two operations.

MARAD Of? ce Realigns

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced an organizational realign- ment. Former Of? ce of National Secu- rity is now the Of? ce of Strategic Sealift, with three areas of focus: • Federal Sealift continues to be re- sponsible for Ready Reserve Force ves- sels, Emergency Preparedness and the

National Defense Reserve Fleet. • Commercial Sealift will coordinate both the Cargo Preference and Maritime

Security Programs. • The Of? ce of Maritime Workforce

Development will evaluate mariner training needs, and enforce service obli- gations for maritime academy graduates.

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