Central America

  • Rinus Schepen has been appointed vice president, Central America and Panama Service, for Crowley Maritime Corporation's Atlantic Division. He reports to Miguel A. Rossy, senior vice president- Crowley Caribbean Transport (CCT) Services.

    In his new position, Mr. Schepen, who is now headquartered in Miami, is responsible for foreign locations in an area that includes Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Panama.

    Mr. Schepen, who joined Crow- • ley in 1987, was until his new appointment, vice president for European Services headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. He has also held senior positions for Crowley in New Jersey and in the Netherlands (Rotterdam).

    Mr. Schepen, a native of the Netherlands, worked for over 20 years in various aspects of the shipping and transportation industry.

    His broad international experience includes assignments in the U.K., Luxembourg, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.S.

    The Atlantic Division of Crowley Maritime Corporation, with principal offices in Jacksonville, Fla., includes the services provided by Crowley Caribbean Transport, American Transport Lines, Trailer Marine Transport and Crowley Towing and Transportation. California- based Crowley Maritime provides ocean and related transportation services around the globe.

  • vice president-power systems. He will be responsible for all land-based power systems and pow- Karl Yannes er plant activities in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean Basin. Mr. Astrom has held a variety of sales and marketing positions within Wartsila Diesel since joining the company

  • Named Exclusive Distributor Of EMD Engines In 10-State Area, Mexico And Central America Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc., Houston, Texas, recently announced that the firm has been appointed the exclusive distributor for General Motors Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) engines in a 10-state area, as well

  • as managing director of a Tokyo-based joint venture service. He is based in San Francisco. Bill Coleman has been named division area manager f o r Central America and is based in Mexico City. He is responsible for developing markets throughout Central America and r e p r e s e n t i ng Crowley's

  • , has been serving the east coast of South America from the U.S. Gulf since the line was founded in 1919. From the Gulf, Delta also serves Central America, the Caribbean and the west coast of Africa. To these long-established services, the following routes are now added: (a) from U.S. Atlantic Coast

  • concept was reportedly confirmed as successful by full-scale transports of bananas in a regular service over a period of half a year from Central America to Europe. The work has given valuable information in developing formulas and algorithms to design safe systems for grating- less holds in

  • SCN Container Line Inc. initiated independent service linking the three major ports of South Florida with 18 ports in a dozen countries in Central America and South America. Led by South Florida shipping industry veterans Fernando Bowen and Raymond M. Hernandez, SCN Container Line began service

  • responsible for international contract towing, ocean salvage and Crowley joint venture operations in the Middle East, Japan, Mexico, and Central America. Mr. Andino, a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y., was previously director of marketing for CMC. Prior to

  • to the east coast of South America; Scindia Line from the United States to the Far East, Indonesian, and Indian ports; Mamenic Line in Nicaragua and Central America; and Transnave's new Ecuadorian line trading in Ecuador and other ports on the west coast of South America

  • headquarters in New Orleans. It operates on the West, East, and Gulf Coasts of the United States and internationally has worked in South America, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa, and the Far East

  • and Pacific Atlantic Navigation (PAN). In his new capacity, Mr. Bru will have additional responsibility for the administration of services to and from Central America and the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico

  • vice president but will also be responsible for the company's Alaska division and its Americas division; the latter division services Central America and the Caribbean

  • MT Mar-24#19  to iden- nology can provide a central portal for information)
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    for cloud-based online reporting and visualization, FORCE Tech- pipelines/Potential distribution plot for 3D structures to iden- nology can provide a central portal for information on all CP tify hotspots/areas of under-protection, Anode current output at an entire development or even multiple developments

  • MR Apr-24#38  will deploy them on its U.S.-Central 
America trade connecting)
    April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 38

    for scheduled delivery from South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in 2025. EPS will charter the ships out to Crowley, who will deploy them on its U.S.-Central America trade connecting U.S. markets to Nicaragua, Hon- duras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Each ship will feature 300 Image courtesy HRDD refrigerated

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    Feature ECO Edison, the ? rst U.S.- Shipbuilding built wind farm service operations vessel. Ørsted U.S. SHIPBUILDING REPORT By Barry Parker If nothing else, building vessels in the U.S. is a com- handle), handling “…government and commercial work, plicated business. primarily newbuilds, but also

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    – as well as “traf? c separation schemes” and “precautionary (OREI) on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).” This 69- areas” – would con? rm a central mission: maintaining and page document details degrees and types of risk for different securing safe navigable waters for vessels transiting waters

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    balance is tice regarding new development areas for utility tipped. Balance is the hard part and of? cials have to get it L scale wind projects in the central Atlantic Ocean. right because new ocean-based infrastructure and opera- The notice includes an upfront issue: the need to mitigate tions pose consequence

  • MN Apr-24#16 OpEd    
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    OpEd Shipbuilding U.S. Commercial Shipbuilding and Repair Industry Ensures American Strength at Sea By Matthew Paxton, President, Shipbuilders Council of America As Senator Roger Wicker force, the U.S. is falling behind. China, Korea and Japan of Mississippi once said, “Growth in commercial ship-

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    Marine News April 2024 • Volume 35 Number 4 Contents Features 20 Navigation and Wind Farms 20 Competing ocean uses are raising existential questions. As the U.S. offshore industry continues to ramp up, many topics still need to be resolved By Tom Ewing 26 2024 U.S. Shipbuilding Report If

  • MR Feb-24#27  equipment that is central 
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    to ensure that ARC has the people it wants and needs to conduct business. But as the country’s largest RoRo carri- er transporting equipment that is central to U.S. presence and in? uence globally, he also embraces a higher calling to a bigger purpose; namely “the develop- ment and implementation of

  • MR Feb-24#20 MARKETS
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    MARKETS FPSO technology dominates the region’s FPS demand. duction and storage of low and zero emission energy carriers, In all, 18 countries in West and East Africa are expected such as methanol and ammonia. One exciting development to receive new FPSOs, FLNGs and FPUs between 2024 and leverages

  • MR Feb-24#18  move from  in South and Central American countries, of which)
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    pro- ments. duction units installed between 2024 and 2030 will be located At the same time, the ? oating wind segment will move from in South and Central American countries, of which Brazil and demonstration and pilot scale projects to pre-commercial and Guyana will account for around 90% of the share

  • MR Feb-24#12  from second place in 2023. Central to this is-
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    legislation and regulation took the third spot ? re remains a signi? cant cause of business interruption and at 23% falling from second place in 2023. Central to this is- supply chain disruption. sue for the shipping industry is decarbonization. Shipping is According to Allianz Risk Barometer global respondents

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  • MN Feb-24#42 People &
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    People & Companies Rella Hired as Wiltshire Leading Port Everglades St. Johns President Glenn A. Wiltshire has taken over as Joe Rella has been appointed as presi- acting director of Broward County’s Port Rella Barton dent of St. Johns Ship Building. Everglades Department. Barton Named Vineyard CEO New

  • MN Feb-24#35 Feature
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    Feature Marine Simulation “We enable workers to develop critical worksite-speci? c competencies by engaging them in challenging simulation training programs,” said Clayton Burry, vice president of sales at Virtual Marine. “We’ve been involved heavily in the research associated with simulation as well

  • MN Feb-24#8  remain  peake Bays in the Central Atlantic. Along with)
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    of the shocks to with a potential of 3.3-6.3 GW in Delaware and Chesa- the foundations to the U.S. offshore wind segment remain peake Bays in the Central Atlantic. Along with the Central fresh. In short, supply chain in? ation and capacity/avail- Atlantic lease sales, BOEM is committed to leasing further

  • MT Jan-24#55  main goal, and we are plan-
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    harshest and unrelenting atmospheres. tion designs that are focused on industrialization. “Developing the prototype is our main goal, and we are plan- Central to Gazelle’s long-term play is ‘reduction’: reducing ning to have the prototype in the water by the end of 2026. www.marinetechnologynews.com 55 MTR

  • MT Jan-24#35 JIM MCNEILL:
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    JIM MCNEILL: LEADING EARTH’S CITIZEN WARRIORS ACROSS THE SEA By Celia Konowe n the face of intensifying climate change and McNeill, former scientist and internationally renowned associated environmental unknowns, one world British explorer, has more than 36 years of experience travel- explorer has

  • MT Jan-24#26 SUBSEA VEHICLES DEFENSE
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    SUBSEA VEHICLES DEFENSE Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Test Vehicle. The Navy’s top of? cer wants more players on the ? eld Unmanned Underwater Systems = Force Multiplier Source: Boeing By Edward Lundquist peaking at the Surface Navy Association’s an- (i.e., a mix of ships that avoids ‘putting too

  • MT Jan-24#19  grid model. You have a central power 
thing breaks and)
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    that cable is expensive. So I liken it enter any survival mode. That’s intentional because if some- to a traditional electrical grid model. You have a central power thing breaks and you can’t enter (or exit) that survival mode station, you distribute that power by cables, and what we’re www.marinetechnologynew

  • MT Jan-24#16  which is designed to deliver 
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    to life in the operation- el of ships plus autonomous systems, to one where autonomy is al world by the MFP. Software which is designed to deliver central. With the scaling up of autonomy, the project management complex projects from start to ? nish, all encompassed under is a key part in facilitating

  • MT Jan-24#14  Marine Facilities (NMF)  central web-based portal captures)
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    to enable a diverse for Sea Research (NIOZ) and MAAS software engineering. This range of scienti? c research. National Marine Facilities (NMF) central web-based portal captures each request for ship time, is the largest department in NOC, with 190 employees; the equipment and handles all the contributin

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    , resulting in an overall reduction world regions, and this technical talent Next the CMB.TECH team targeted of 65% of traditional fuel consump- base is central to Campe completing the Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) used tion and associated emissions in the his mission. by the offshore wind energy sector,

  • MR Jan-24#18 TECH FEATURE
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    TECH FEATURE A New Era for Great Lakes Freighters with Modern Marine Epoxies By Justin Peare, Marine Coatings Representative, Great Lakes Region & Matt Heffernan, Commercial Marine Business Manager, North America, Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine he Motor Vessel Mark W. Barker – the ? rst U.S.