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PEOPLE & COMPANIES

Rolls-Royce

U.S. Deptartment of State

Rolls-Royce

Great Lakes Towing Co.

ABS

Great Lakes Towing Co.

East Simons

Rishton Fireman Gajewski Owens

East to Succeed Rishton as Rolls-Royce CEO ating Of? cer and Senior Vice President of Ingram

John Rishton will retire as chief executive of Rolls- Barge Company, was elected Chairman, succeed-

Royce on July 2, 2015 and will be succeeded by ing outgoing Chairman Frank Morton, Director,

Warren East, whose appointment follows an exten- Turn Services LLC. James F. Farley, President of sive international search, the company announced Kirby Offshore Marine, LLC, was elected Vice today. East was CEO of ARM Holdings from 2001 Chairman. Sehrt will serve at AWO’s Chairman un- to 2013, and has been a nonexecutive director of til April 2016.

Rolls-Royce since January 2014.

Bollinger Receives Two SCA Awards

ABS Appoints Fireman CTO Bollinger Shipyards was presented the 2014 Award

ABS named Howard Fireman as Senior Vice Presi- for Excellence in Safety for the 10th consecutive dent and Chief Technology Of? cer (CTO) effective year, and was also presented the 2014 Award for

April 20. Improvement in Safety by the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) on April 23, 2015, during the as-

Simons Named IEA Deputy Executive Director sociation’s Spring General Membership Meeting in

Paul Simons, a senior United States diplomat with a Washington, D.C. Accepting the awards was Bol- strong background in energy and economic policy, linger’s President and CEO Ben Bordelon.

was selected to be the new Deputy Executive Di- rector of the International Energy Agency. Simons Chet Morrison Contractors will take up his position on July 8, 2015. Promotes Guidry, Reeves

Leroy Guidry has been named president of Chet

Otto Marine Appoints See as Group CEO Morrison Contractors. In additon to this new po-

Otto Marine Limited appointed existing Execu- sition, he will continue to serve as chief ? nancial tive Director, Michael See Kian Heng as its Group of? cer, a position he’s held since 1998. He has over

Chief Executive Of? cer. The former Group CEO, 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry,

Garrick James Stanley will take up the role of primarily in executive management positions. Kel-

President of the group’s Shipping and Chartering ly Reeves has been named vice president of mar- segment, which is the largest segment contributor keting. of the group.

Reps. Courtney, Wittman Honored

Gajewski, Owens Join Great Lakes for Maritime Leadership

Towing, Shipyard United States Congressmen Joe Courtney (D-

The Great Lakes Towing Company & Great Lakes Conn.) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.) received the

Shipyard announced that Graham Gajewski has Maritime Leadership Award from the Shipbuilders been named naval architect, and Patrick Owens has Council of America (SCA), a national trade asso- been named operations coordinator. ciation representing the nation’s shipbuilding and repair industry. The award recognizes individuals

Gibbs & Cox Names Hans VP who have demonstrated exceptional leadership,

Gibbs & Cox, Inc. appointed Matthew P. Hans as dedication and support to the shipbuilding and re-

Vice President of the Platform Solutions Group. pair industry.

He will be responsible for pro? t and loss, ? nancial management, and cost and schedule control for all US Designates Three Marine Highway Projects

Platform Solutions programs. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has designated three new Marine Highway Projects.

Seaspan Marine Appoints Gethings VP

Seaspan said that Jenny Gethings has joined Seas- • The Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, previously pan Marine as Vice President, Business Develop- designated as the M-55 and M-35, connecting Chi- ment. She has more than 25 years in the marine cago and Minneapolis to New Orleans, will serve industry. as primary routes for a new container-on-barge ser- vice.

Ingram Barge’s Sehrt Elected AWO Chairman

The members of the American Waterways Opera- • The M-495 Potomac River Commuter Ferry tors (AWO) elected a new slate of leaders during Project will connect work and residential centers its Spring Convention. David G. Sehrt, Chief Oper- located along the Potomac, Occoquan and Anacos- 68 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • MAY 2015

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