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Michel Promoted at Crowley

Crowley Maritime promoted Suz Michel to VP of

People Development and Learning. Michel previously served as director of People Development and Learning.

Hooper VP Sales, Marketing, Austal USA

Dr. Craig Hooper joined Austal USA as VP of Sales,

Marketing and External Affairs. Dr. Hooper has a PhD from Harvard University and is the co-founder of New

Pacific Institute, a national security think-tank.

L-3 GAI Appoints Schwiering

L-3 G.A International (L-3 GAI) has appointed John

Schwiering as the sales manager of its Seattle, Wash. office. Schwiering was formerly a regional sales manager for Japan Radio Company and has over 20 years of expe- rience in the maritime industry.

O’Connell Joins Edoc

Edoc Systems Group Ltd. announced Ged O’Connell is joining the company as its new Regional Sales Manager.

O’Connell, formerly the North American Sales Manager with Jeppesen, will manage sales operations for Edoc in the Eastern U.S.

Toyota Recognizes Crowley for Quality

Toyota Logistics Services recently presented Crowley

Maritime Corporation's liner services group with its

Excellence in Quality Award for 2010 in recognition of

Crowley's performance transporting thousands of Toyotas from the U.S. to Puerto Rico during the year.

Bollinger Presents Model of New Tug to Crowley

In a ceremony held at Crowley’s Jacksonville, Fla. office,

Bollinger executive VP, new construction, Chris Bollinger, presented a model of the new Ocean class tug to Crowley’s president, chairman and CEO, Tom Crowley.

PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Bollinger Receives SCA Safety Award

Left to right: Matthew Paxton, SCA President; Chris Bollinger,

Bollinger Shipyards Exec. VP; Ian Bennitt, SCA Manager Gov’t

Affairs.

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. was awarded the 2010

Award for Excellence in Safety by the Shipbuilders

Council of America (SCA). The Award for Excellence in

Safety is given to member companies who have an end- of-year Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) that is below the average SCA rate.