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Gethings Guidry Bollinger CEO, Ben Bordelon center, Reeves Reps. Courtney, Wittman honored

SCA’s Matthew Paxton & Ian Bennitt tia Rivers. • The third service is a proposed route that will provide access to origins and destinations east of the Hudson River for freight arriving and depart- ing the Port Newark Container Terminal.

New Onomichi Marine Tech Center

Eco Marine Power (EMP) in cooperation with its strategic partner, Teramoto Iron Works Co. Ltd., said the companies agreed to establish a develop- ment and test facility in Onomichi, Hiroshima, focused on marine technologies for the shipping

Nordic Yards Appoints Aly MD and offshore industries. The new facility, to be

Dr.-Ing. Herbert Aly has been appointed as known as the Onomichi Marine-Tech Test Cen- the new Chairman of the Board of Manage- ter or Onomichi MTTC, will be co-located at the ment of the Nordic Yards Group, succeeding

Teramoto Iron Works Chojahara Workshop. The

Dr. Vitaly Yusufov, who will preserve his center will include a large outdoor evaluation links with the company as a member.

area that will allow for innovative devices such as

EMP’s EnergySail to be tested.

NAVSEA Dedicates Building to Historic Shipbuilder aval Sea Systems Command (NAV-

SEA) headquarters of? cially opened

N its recently redesigned, renovated and re- named building with a ceremony April 20 at the Washington Navy Yard. With a nod to NAVSEA’s mission, Building 197 will be known as the Humphreys Building, named in honor of Joshua Humphreys,

CNO Adm. Jonathan the original designer of the U.S. Navy’s

Greenert delivers ? rst six frigates. remarks during the dedication ceremony “As America’s ? rst warship designer, he for the Humphreys laid the foundation upon which the Navy

Building at the Wash- and NAVSEA is built ... As the designer, ington Navy Yard.

builder maintainer, and armorer of today’s (U.S. Navy photo by Nathan Laird)

Navy, NAVSEA carries on Joshua Hum- phreys’ work, and in fact our history and future are forever intertwined,” said NAVSEA Commander Vice Adm. William H. Hilarides. During the 17-month renovation, NAVSEA took the opportunity to bridge the gap between naval history and current innovations in shipbuilding with help from the Naval History and Heritage Command and the

National Museum of the United States Navy. A series of history display panels featuring a timeline of naval shipbuilding highlight the important role of innovation in shipbuilding throughout the Navy’s history since Joshua Humphreys’ era. It is located near a section that honors the 12 people who died when a lone gunman attacked the building Sept. 16, 2013. Humphreys was born in Haverford, Penn- sylvania, on June 17, 1751. He started early on as a ship’s carpenter apprentice in Philadelphia. His reputation grew in the colonies as a naval architect. In 1776, he was commissioned to build ships in

Philadelphia and prepare them for the Revolutionary War. Years later in 1794, he was charged with building the Navy’s ? rst six frigates.

Humphreys used his innovative designs and applied new technology to improve ships’ speed and ef- ? ciency. His most famous frigate is USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship a? oat. Joshua

Humphreys died on Jan. 12, 1838.

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