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Crowley-Managed Vessels Receive Rescue Awards Sixteen Crowley-managed vessels were honored with U.S. Coast Guard Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER) awards in recognition of their voluntary rescue services to people aboard vessels in distress in 2010. Crowley received the recognition from Congressman Frank LoBiondo, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the USCG and Maritime Transportation, and Admiral Robert Papp, Commandant of the USCG, during a dinner inWashington, D.C. The 16 Crowley- managed vessels that received the awards include the Endurance, Guardian, Sea Prince, Sinuk, Stalwart, Charleston Express, Philadelphia Express, St. Louis Express, Washington Express, Yorktown Express, Blue Ridge, Coast Range, Courage, Pelican State, Resolve and the Sunshine State. The genesis of the USCG'sAMVER system, a computer-basedvoluntary global ship reporting sys- tem used worldwide by search and rescue authorities to arrange for assis- tance to persons in distress at sea, is rooted in the Titanic disaster of 1912. Ships passing within sight of the ill- fated passenger liner were unaware that it had hit an iceberg and wassinking. However, the idea of a ship reporting system that could identify other ships in the area of a ship in dis- tress, which could then be sent to its assistance, would not become a reali- ty until the advent of computer tech- nology. JMS Acquires Research Vessel Design FirmJMS Naval Architects & Salvage Engineers has acquired Roger Long Marine Architecture Inc. (RLMA). The acquisition includes exclusive rights to RLMAs Challenger class fast research vessels. Roger Long, RLMAs founder and principal designer, will become a senior design consultant toJMS research vessel design projects. JMS and Roger Long have collaborat- ed on several projects in the past. The RV Gulf Challenger was designed and built in 1993 for the University of New Hampshire and demonstrated that a small, fast research vessel can offer slow-speed efficiency and com- fort equal to or better than heavier displacement vessels. Follow-on ves- sels in this series include the RV Fay Slover selected as one of the 10 most significant vessels of the year by American Ship Review, the RV Tioga owned by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and most recently the 81-ft RV Rachel Carson launched in 2008 and owned by the University of Maryland. With a pair of 1,200 hp jet outdrives, the RV Rachel Carson cruises at 24 knots allowing researchers more time on station and less time in transit, result- ing in significant savings in time andoperational costs.Ingram Barge Co. Honored for Clean Diesel Technology Ingram Barge Company received the Southeast Diesel Collaborative Leadership Award for its environmen- tal sustainability efforts utilizing advanced clean diesel technology on towboats operating on the inland river system. The awards were announced at the Collaboratives sixth annual Partners Meeting involv- ing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal, state and local government agencies, PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS 50MNJuly 2011Steelways Launches Ferry LandingSteelways Inc. of Newburgh, N.Y. recently completed construction of a 35-ft by 75-ft barge anchored with four spud piles for the North Williamsburg Ferry Landing. The project included installation of two bowloader ramps and a gangway to the existing pier aswell as installation of four monopoles with donut fenders.