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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

NSRP Dan-Bunkering

Starr HamadykGlinatsisPerrineDavison Christiansen EkeliSharkey WEDA Lefeber mulated great respect from shipping Bath, ME. Tom Perrine, Vice Presi- “Why Dredging is Good”, the selec- executives at NYK Line, Mitsui OSK dent of Engineering at Austal USA tion committee named Isaac Hamtez

Lines, Kawasaki Kisen, JX Ocean, Ku- in Mobile, AL, has been elected to and Brian Davis the 2019 winners at miai Senpaku, Yamamaru Kisen – and the ECB Vice Chair position. Steve this year’s conference. Isaac Hamtez he has built up a substantial network Davison, Vice President, Operations is the Research Director with Mahan of leaders within the industry. Support at General Dynamics NASS- Rykiel Associates Inc. in Baltimore,

CO in San Diego, CA, was elected MD and Brian Davis is a Professor

Crowley Honors USMMA

ECB Treasurer. of Cornell University. In the White

Midshipman with Maritime

Paper entitled “Geospatial Modeling

Security Award New Appointments at and Suitability Analysis for Bene? cial

Dan-Bunkering Stamford

Crowley Maritime honored U.S. Use: An Integrated Approach”, Ham-

Merchant Marine Academy (USM- Dan-Bunkering (America) an- tez and Davis outlined that with the

MA) midshipman Benjamin Starr nounced the relocation of two Bunker increased global awareness of plastic with the 2019 Crowley Maritime Se- Traders, the employment of a Senior debris in the aquatic environment, it curity Enhancement Award. Devon Purchaser, and a new of? ce address. is imperative to now consider “micro-

Pound, representative, marine re- Kasper Christiansen has relocated plastic presence is relatively ubiqui- cruiting for Crowley, presented the to Dan-Bunkering in Stamford as of tous in the marine and freshwater en- award during the USMMA Awards 1 May 2019. Janek Ekeli, originally vironments and should be anticipated

Convocation. Starr, a native of Phoe- from Norway, also relocated to Dan- in dredging sediments.” nix, Ariz., will graduate later this Bunkering’s Stamford of? ce as of 1

Port of Everett Names year with a degree in maritime logis- May 2019 from Dubai. Janek joined

Lefeber as Next CEO tics and security. Starr served aboard Dan-Bunkering in 2017 and brought

MSC’s USNS Walter S. Diehl and along a valuable shipping background The Port of Everett Commission the Matson-owned MV Manulani. from a large shipping company in unanimously voted to name the Port’s

Norway. Matthew Sharkey joined Deputy Executive Director Lisa Lefe-

NSRP Elects New Of? cers to

Dan-Bunkering’s Stamford of? ce as ber the next CEO, effective October

Executive Control Board (ECB) a Senior Purchaser on 1 April 2019. 16, 2019. Lefeber is the ? rst female to

Don Hamadyk, Director, Research Matthew adds a wealth of industry ex- be selected for this top leadership role and Development at Huntington In- perience from his employment in two in the Port’s 100-year history. Prior to galls Industries’ Newport News Ship- large trading companies prior to join- her role as Deputy Executive Director, building division in Newport News, ing the Dan-Bunkering Group. Lefeber served as the Port’s Chief of

VA, has been elected as ECB chair- Policy and Communications, a posi-

Hamtez, Davis win Award at man for a two-year term. Don earned tion she held for more than 13 years. 2019 WEDA Dredging Summit his undergraduate and Master’s de- Lefeber has a Master’s Degree in Pub- grees from Stevens Institute of Tech- DSC Dredge, LLC sponsors the West- lic Administration from Seattle Uni- nology. Don succeeds Tim Glinatsis, ern Dredging Association (WEDA) versity and an undergraduate degree

Vice President, Engineering at Gen- Best Paper Award at its annual con- in Journalism from Western Washing- eral Dynamics Bath Iron Works in ference. This year, with the theme ton University.

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