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Hoppes Naugle Higgins Socci Lerma

HMS Global Maritime welcomed Stuart. The move gives RINA Services Gavin has been a member of the So-

Allen Naugle as the Director of Safety, a platform for further expansion into ciety of Naval Architects and Marine

Quality and Environment. Allen brings the growing market in Canada. Ste- Engineers (SNAME) in the U.S. since 28 years of engineering and leadership fano Socci, General Manager Ameri- 1983. The American Bureau of Ship- experience to the team, including 21 cas, RINA Services, said in December, ping also named Gavin to their com- years serving as a United States Air “Hayes Stuart is a well-established Ca- mittee on small vessels.

Force Of? cer. Prior to his position with nadian marine survey company with

HMS Global Maritime, Allen was Di- expertise that complements ours. We InterAct has appointed Val Lerma, rector of Operations for TEAM Inte- see the marine market growing in P.E., as engineering manager. Lerma grated Engineering, Inc. Allen retired Canada and Hayes Stuart together has more than 30 years of experience as a Lt. Col. from the U.S. Air Force with RINA will be well placed to ex- working with major and independent in 2007 received a Bachelor of Science, pand with it.” Hayes Stuart has of- oil and gas operators, both on and off-

Civil Engineering from Louisiana State ? ces in Montreal, Toronto, Quebec shore. She has experience in drilling,

University and a Master of Engineer- City and Halifax and employs ? fteen reservoir and production engineering ing, Environmental Engineering Sci- full-time marine experts. It provides a as well as management roles and will ences from the University of Florida. range of commercial marine services enhance InterAct’s engineering capa- including hull and machinery surveys, bilities. Lerma is on the Curriculum

Dave Hoppes, Matson’s senior vice condition surveys, bunker and cargo Advisory Board for the University of president, ocean services, will retire surveys, loss prevention surveys. North Dakota’s petroleum engineer-

March 31, 2015, the company an- ing department, is a member of the nounced. John Lauer, vice president at Ice Floe LLC dba Nichols Broth- local American Petroleum Institute

Matson Navigation Company, Inc., will ers Boat Builders announced the ap- (API) Board and is a licensed profes- succeed Hoppes as senior vice president, pointment of Gavin Higgins as Chief sional petroleum engineer in the State ocean services. Hoppes has been re- Executive Of? cer. Mr. Higgins brings of California.

sponsible for sales, marketing, customer more than 30 years of industry experi- service, pricing and government services ence to his new role having previously Crowley Maritime Corporation’s for the ocean transportation division of served as COO of Nichols Broth- Puerto Rico liner services group an-

Matson. He has had an integral role in ers Boatbuilders (NBBB). Prior to nounced that Ken Orben is being developing and managing key customer NBBB, Gavin was with Irving Ship- promoted to general manager of ter- relationships in all of Matson’s markets: building, Inc. as General Manager, minal operations in Jacksonville, Fla.,

Hawaii, Guam, China and the South Shelburne Ship Repair. Gavin, a Naval and Karen Dempsey is being pro-

Paci? c. Hoppes has a bachelor’s degree Architect, graduated from Southamp- moted to director of port operations in psychology and a master’s in business ton College in Southampton, Eng- in Pennsauken, N.J. Orben, a 27-year administration from the University of land in 1983, awarded the Chartered Crowley veteran will be responsible

California, Los Angeles. Engineers status in 1990 and became for all aspects of land operations in- a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Na- cluding line and staff functions, ocean

Ship classi? cation group RINA has val Architects in 2000. Additionally, terminal and related container yard acquired a majority stake in Montreal- in 2007 Gavin completed an M.B.A. and container freight station op- based marine survey company Hayes from the University of Connecticut. erations, stevedoring, yard, car, and

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