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Shaw Named Hornblower COO

Hornblower Cruises & Events has ap- pointed Bob Shaw, a senior executive with more than three decades of opera- tions experience, to the position of chief operating officer. In his new role, Shaw will be responsible for day-to-day man- agement of all Hornblower companies, including charter yacht and public dining operations and two National Park Serv- ice concession contracts.

McDermott Names Houser SVP Ops

McDermott Interna- tional, Inc. said that

Dan Houser was ap- pointed to Senior Vice

President, Operations, responsible for lead- ing the Atlantic region and Global Ma- rine organization at McDermott, which includes setting the strategic direction, as well as business acquisition and execu- tion for these groups. In addition, he will be responsible for expanding the com- pany’s activities for the region into

Brazil, West Africa and the North Sea.

Quarders Joins Intellian

Intellian selected David M. Quarders as its new Director of VSAT Sales for the

Americas. Quarders has more than 20 years of direct and indirect sales and mar- keting experience in the defense, ship- ping, oil and gas, and boating industries.

He is based in the new Seattle-area Intel- lian office.

Foss Vessels Honored

Fifty-nine vessels owned by the Seat- tle-based Foss are being recognized by a major maritime organization for their standout environmental safety records.

Altogether, the Foss vessels feted by

CSA have gone a combined 551 years without an environmental incident.

Foss was honored by the CSA at a din- ner ceremony in Washington, D.C., with the awards presented by Maritime Ad- ministrator, David T. Matsuda and Rear

Admiral Brian Salerno, Deputy Com- mandant for Operations, U.S. Coast

Guard and Michael Bohlman, Chairman of CSA. Capt. Jonathan Wood, skipper of the Volans, accepted awards on behalf of Foss.

MOL Starts Vietnam Tug Business

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that the company has established a joint venture with two local companies in Viet- nam and started a tugboat business. The joint company will allocate high-pow- ered, high-performance tugboats in Viet- nam's Cai Mep/Thi Vai area, where deepwater container terminals are now under developing. Established in August 2010, the Tan Cang-Cai Mep Towage

Services Co., Ltd. (TCTS) will be head- quartered in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province,

Vietnam. The initial allocation will be two 4,000 hp vessels.

MarineCFO Live Expands Rapidly

MarineCFO reports that its on-line ver- sion, MarineCFO Live! – launched in late 2009 – has seen strong growth in 2010, now being used by more than 40 marine companies in 10 countries, in- cluding Harvey Gulf, Otto Candies, En- terprise Products, McDonough Marine,

Marquette Transportation and Martin

Marine Transport. http://www.MarineCFOLive.com

Knud E. Hansen USA Opens

Knud E. Hansen A/S of Denmark an- nounced the establishment of a sub- sidiary company, Knud E. Hansen USA

L.L.C. located in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Knud E. Hansen A/S has been a leading design consultancy, specializing in the

Cruise & Ferry market since 1937.

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