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CFO Resigns

A/S Steamship Co. Torm, a Danish shipping company, said Chief Financial

Officer Klaus Nyborg resigned and accepted a position with Pacific Basin

Shipping Ltd. in Hong Kong.

Copenhagen-based A/S Steamship has a combined fleet of 100 tankers and bulk carriers.

New UKHO Chief Exec

Mike Robinson (42) has been appointed Chief

Executive of the UK

Hydrographic

Office (UKHO) from July 19.

Robinson succeeds

Dr. Wyn Williams, who retires after five years in the post.

Ginnetti Promoted

Sea Recovery

Corporation has des- ignated Tom

Ginnetti to manage its new Commercial

Sales Division.

Under his supervi- sion, commercial sales have already rapidly increased.

GL Award for World's

Largest Container Ship

Kostis Constantakopoulos, Chairman

Costamare, Guo Dasong, Vice President of COSCO Shipyard Group., and Capt.

Li Keqiang, Chief Representative of

Cosco Group in Greece, both on behalf of COSCO, received an award honoring the first-class cooperation in the world's largest containerships from Dr.

Hermann J. Klein, Member of the

Executive Board Germanischer Lloyd.

Representatives including M. Manos (Costamare), D. Lemonidis and A.

Lemonidis (CIEL) and Li Rong (COSCO Shipyard) met with Torsten

Schramm and Athanasios Reisopoulos (GL) at the Germanischer Lloyd booth at Posidonia to celebrate a fruitful tech- nical partnership.

The largest containership operator in

Greece, Costamare Shipping Co. S.A., has currently the world biggest contain- erships in service: a quintet of 9,500

TEU vessels built by Hyundai Heavy

Industries in Korea. Chartered to the

Chinese shipping company COSCO and classed by Germanischer Lloyd, the ves- sels are 350 m long, 42.8 m wide and will be capable of a 25.5 knot service speed. The last sister vessel will be delivered in July.

Costa Orders Cruise Ships

Costa Crociere SpA announced that a new 92,700-ton cruise ship was ordered with an option for a sister ship. The new ships will be built by Fincantieri at

Marghera shipyard and will have a basis-two capacity of 2,260 each. The first ship is scheduled to enter service in spring 2009. If the option is exercised, the second ship is slated to debut in fall 2010. The all-in cost for each vessel will be approximately $528.6m. The new Costa ships will have a total of 1,130 cabins, of which 772 with private balcony. A new order has also been announced for AIDA Cruises, which is a branch of Costa Crociere SpA. The new 68,500-ton ship, with a basis-two capac- ity of 2,050, will be built by Germany's

Meyer Werft yard. Scheduled delivery is spring 2010. The vessel’s all-in cost will be approximately $415.3m and marks the fourth 68,500-ton vessel ordered for the brand in just the past 19 months.

Two New Water Taxies for

New York

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding is build- ing two more sister-ships for the New

York Harbor ferry service company. The first will be delivered this summer, the second next spring. Like the Seymour B.

Durst and Sam Holmes before it, the bright yellow, all-aluminum catamarans will measure 72 ft. (22 m) long and 27.3 ft. (8.3 m) abeam, and draw 5 ft. (1.5 m).

Each will be USCG-certified to carry 149 passengers but limited to only 100 passengers when operating at New York

City water taxi docks. The vessels will be powered by two Cummins QSK 19-

M diesel engines, each rated at 800 Bhp at 2,100 rpm. The engines will drive five-blade Ni-BR-Al (nickel-bronze- aluminum) Bruntons propellers via Twin

Disc MGX 5145SC "Quick Shift" gear- boxes and EC-300 control systems. Top speed will be 26 knots with a load of 11.5 tons.

Aker Yards, Damen Plan

Joint Venture

Aker Yards and Damen Shipyards

Group are planning to establish a joint venture owning the Damen Shipyards

Okean yard in Mykolayiv, Ukraine. The

Okean yard is able to build a variety of vessels, steel sections for all the three business areas of Aker Yards, as well as the existing Damen range of vessels.

For Aker Yards ownership share it will pay $12.6m cash at closing. Further pay- ments will be dependent on financial performance of the yard. The transaction is subject to approval.

Alion to Acquire Certain

Assets of Anteon

Alion Science and Technology signed an agreement to purchase certain assets of Anteon Corporation's program man- agement and engineering services busi- ness. This business unit of approximate- ly 900 employees provides substantial technical and operational support to the

DoD, in particular the U.S. Navy and

Air Force. It is anticipated that the acquisition will be completed by June 30, 2006.

People & Company News

USCG Names 2006

Benkert Award Winners

The Coast Guard has awarded the 2006 William M. Benkert

Environmental Awards, presented dur- ing the American Petroleum Institute

Tanker Conference on June 26 in San

Diego.

The William M. Benkert Award is the premier national award for excel- lence in marine environmental protec- tion. The award recognizes vessel and facility operators who have imple- mented marine environmental protec- tion programs that go beyond mere compliance with industrial and regula- tory standards. The award is named in honor of Rear Admiral William M.

Benkert (1923-1989), a distinguished

Coast Guard officer widely known for his leadership and vision in marine environmental protection. The 2006

Benkert Award selectees are:

Large Business Facilities:

Dow Chemical, Freeport, Texas (Osprey)

British Petroleum Cooper River, Wando, S. C. (Gold)

Odfjell Terminals, Houston, Texas (Bronze)

Todd Shipyard, Seattle, Wash. (Honorable

Mention)

Large Business Vessels:

Ocean Shipholdings, Inc (OSI), Houston,

Texas (Silver)

Marathon Petroleum Company, Ashland, Ky. (Bronze)

Matson Navigation Company, Oakland, Calif. (Bronze)

Large Business Foreign Vessels:

British Petroleum Shipping, U. K. (Silver)

Small Business Vessels:

U. S. Shipping Partners, Edison, N.J. (Honorable Mention)

Small Business Facilities:

Marathon, Louisville, Ky. (Honorable Mention)

Marathon, North Bend, Ohio (Honorable

Mention)

Special Small Business:

Southeast Petroleum Resources Org., Inc.,

Ketchikan, Alaska (Honorable Mention)

Foss Crew Wins Award

Captain Sam Nelson and crew of the

Foss Maritime Company tugboat

Justine Foss received the Lifesaving

Award from the Seamen's Church

Institute at their annual Silver Bell

Dinner on June 1 in New York. United

States Coast Guard Commandant

Admiral Thad Allen was in attendance and personally congratulated Captain

Nelson. Captain Nelson and his crew received the award for their heroic efforts in response to the needs of the crew of the tugboat Valour and the barge M-192 while in heavy weather and rough seas on January 18, 2006 off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North

Carolina. "Captain Nelson and his crew, through their excellent seamanship skills, were able to rescue five men from the water and regain control of the laden tank barge during darkness and severe sea conditions," said Paul Gallagher,

Director of Sales - Marine Transportation, Foss Maritime. "There is bravery at work each day," he continued. In addition, on Friday, June 9, Don McElroy, Foss

Maritime Vice President of Marine Transportation, was presented with top honors at the Jones F. Devlin Ship Safety Achievement Awards Luncheon held by the

Chamber of Shipping of America at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans in honor of the JUSTINE FOSS and her rescue of the crew of the VALOUR.

Captain Nelson stands with his wife, Laurie, to receive the Lifesaving Award from the

Seamen's Church Institute, Admiral Thad

Allen, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, pre- sented the award on June 1.

Dr. Hermann J. Klein, Kostis Constantakopoulos,

Capt. Li Keqiang and Mr. Guo Dasong celebrate the world's largest container vessel at the

Germanischer Lloyd booth at Posidonia in

Greece.

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