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of? cer effective March 1. Fitzger- business and certain shoreside services ald began his career with Crowley including dock operations, management in 1987and spent 13 years with the and logistics remain unaffected.

company – many of them in a vice-

SGS, RCCL Enter Deal presidential commercial role within the

Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) entered liner services group. He then joined into a new agreement with its long the Wallenius Wilhelmsen organization term client Royal Caribbean Cruises and over the past 20 years served in a

Ltd. (RCCL) to provide underwater variety of senior leadership roles.

hull maintenance and repair services for its ? eet of 58 ships trading under

McAfee Leads Resolve Alaska six different brands (Royal Caribbean

Resolve Alaska, the northwest operat-

International, Celebrity, Azamara, TUI, ing arm of the Resolve Marine Group,

Silversea, and Pullmantur). SGS has has appointed A.W. McAfee as its new been supporting the RCCL Group for

Managing Director. McAfee will be

Madely Joins Ecochlor more than a decade with various key responsible for overseeing Resolve’s underwater services spanning from hull operational response and recovery cleanings and propeller polishes in stra- activities. tegic locations to very complex repairs world-wide with mission critical gear

Madely Joins Ecochlor and equipment like tunnel thrusters,

Michael “Mick” Madely has joined stern seals, stabilizer ? ns, and rudders. ballast water treatment systems manu-

SGS Executive Director Harun facturer Ecochlor in the newly created

Duzgoren said; “We are consistently position of Vice President of Global investing into new technology and our

Service. He will initially work out of people, and are con? dent that our new the Ecochlor Connecticut USA of? ce.

online reporting platform, coupled with our growing number of expert diver/

Younger Wins Engineering Award technicians (140+) and a network of

Buck Younger, Vice President of En- fully owned of? ces (13 worldwide), gineering with VT Halter Marine, was will help RCCL’s efforts in the areas named the Marine Engineer/Naval Ar-

VT Halter Echochlor of energy ef? ciency, digitalization, chitect of the Year by the Mobile Area

Younger Wins Engineering Award and environmentally friendly shipping

Council of Engineers (MACE). operations.”

VT Halter Marine, Inc. (VT Halter Ma- rine), is a company of ST Engineering

North America.

Kirby Buys Savage Inland Fleet

Kirby Corporation signed a de? nitive agreement to acquire Savage Inland

Marine’s towboat and tank barge ? eet for approximately $278 million in cash and the assumption of leases. Kirby will acquire Savage’s inland ? eet consisting of 46 towboats and 90 tank barges with approximately 2.5 million barrels of capacity, and will also take over Savage’s ship bunkering business and barge ? eeting services along the

Resolve

Crowley

Gulf Coast. Savage’s offshore marine

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