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10 • MarineNews • March, 2006 funds in the amount of $500,000 will expire by the end of the current fiscal.

The contract was not competitively pro- cured. The Naval Surface Warfare Center,

Panama City, Fla., is the contracting activity.

Yunta Promoted to

Manager at Crowley

Crowley Maritime

Corporation announced that Nelly

Yunta has been pro- moted to general manager Dominican

Republic/Haiti for the company's liner services group. In her new position, Yunta will be responsi- ble for the coordination of sales, market- ing, and operations activities for the

Dominican Republic and Haiti; oversee- ing development of policies and proce- dures; reviewing operating results; estab- lishing annual revenue and capital and budgets; coordinating and negotiating contractor and service provider agree- ments and developing] business relations.

She will remain domiciled in the compa- ny's Miami office and will report to John

Hourihan, senior vice president and gen- eral manager, Latin America services.

W&O Supply Forms

New Division

W&O Supply, a supplier of marine valves, pipe, fittings and valve automation services, has restructured the company to form the Engineered Products and

Automation (EP/A) Division. The restruc- turing emphasizes core strengths, stream- lines operations and adds technical exper- tise and service support to the company's client base and 14 branch network. Newly promoted or hired to lead the EP/A Divi- sion are Jim Baur, Fred Loomis, Edmon "Gus" Bell, Donna West and Steve Hart- saw.

Jim Baur, former general manager of the Automation Division, has been pro- moted to lead the new EP/A Division.

Baur will also concentrate on building market share within the oil and gas indus- try as well as the cruise market segment.

Fred Loomis, who led the Engineering

Products Division, will manage special projects on a nationwide basis and serve as a sales and project manager for North- east and Great Lakes customers. The com- pany recently hired a nationally recog- nized industrial and marine automation veteran, Edmon "Gus" Bell, to lead its

Automation Product Group. With 35 years of valve automation experience and a wealth of industry knowledge, Bell will continue to develop W&O Supply's automation portfolio as well as define automation systems and equipment for clients. He has worked in management at

QTRCO, AMRI, Bray Valve & Controls and Emerson Valve Automation (Bettis) throughout his career. "This world-class team has outstanding awareness about the complex valve automation and engineered products industries," said David Turner, CEO of

W&O Supply. "Their technical capabili- ties and vast experience will richly bene- fit customers, naval architects, engineer- ing firms and approval societies around the world. They move us toward our goal of becoming the premier global provider of total piping solutions in the marine industry."

Additionally, Donna West has been hired as an automation engineering spe- cialist. West will use her extensive automation expertise to assess client needs, develop and package automation systems, provide technical assistance, manage orders and track production and delivery on budget and on schedule.

Steve Hartsaw has also been promoted to sales engineer overseeing the engi- neered products side of the business.

Bollinger Delivers

Barge to K-Sea

Bollinger Marine Fabricators, LLC,

Amelia, La., delivered Bollinger hull #490, DBL 103, an ocean service double hull, oil tank barge built to meet the requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA '90), to K-Sea Transportation

Corp., Staten Island, N.Y. Following the delivery of the DBL 103, Bollinger announced the signing of the sister ship,

DBL 104, Bollinger hull # 514.

The 100,000 BBL capacity DBL 103 measures 399.1-ft. in length, a 74-ft. beam and a 25-ft. depth. The DBL103 is a near sister ship to the DBL 101 and DBL 102 that Bollinger delivered to K-Sea in 2002 and 2004. The barge has been built pri- marily for oil service on the Northeast U.

S. coast and Gulf of Mexico region. Pres- ident and CEO of K-Sea, Timothy J.

Casey, said, "Bollinger is playing an important roll in our company's expan- sion. They continue to deliver quality and consistent workmanship in their new- builds, as well as in the retrofits and con- versions to our existing equipment."

DBL 103 is coupled with an existing K-

Sea tug, Norwegian Sea, using the state- of-the-art JAK 400 tug/barge Push-Pin coupler system, which is designed to increase operating efficiency and enhance safety and reliability by operating as a dual mode ITB. While the DBL 103 was in the final stages of construction,

Bollinger Larose, L.L.C., retrofitted the

Norwegian Sea with the JAK coupler sys- tem and completed a retrofit of the vessels electronics, along with the manufacturing and installation of a raised pilot house.

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