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48Maritime Reporter & Engineering News NEWSPEOPLE & COMPANIES Dick Bollinger Passes Away Donald T. Bollinger, Chairman, Presi- dent and CEO, Christopher B. Bollinger, Executive Vice President; Benjamin G. Bordelon, Executive Vice President, Re- pair; and Charlotte A. Bollinger, Execu- tive Vice President,and Corporate Secretary, said: "One of the patriarchs and the dearest member of the Bollingerfamily has passed away. It is our great sorrow to tell you that Dick Bollingerdied this morning. Dick?the PresidentEmeritus of Bollinger Shipyards-- died at home surrounded by his loving family.? Founded in 1946, Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., is a family-owned company that op- erates 12 shipyards on the U.S. Gulf Coast.Sørensen New CEO of Maersk Tankers Hanne B. Sørensen has been ap-pointed new CEO of Maersk Tankers. She was the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Maersk Line and replacesSøren Skou, who recently assumed the position as Maersk Line CEO. MaerskTankers operates 300 modern crude oil, product and gas tankers and is a core businesses in the Maersk Group. Castaing Nominated GM of STX FranceLaurent Castaing was named the new General Manager of STX France in re-placement of Jacques Hardelay. Doyle Named VP at USMRC The United States Maritime ResourceCenter (USMRC) and the Maritime Sim-ulation Institute said that Margaret Kaigh Doylehas been appointed VP, Development. Doyle has more than 25 years of experience in the maritime in- dustry and the majority of her career hasfocused on representing the interests ofvarious sectors in the industry including ship owners and operators, government agencies and salvage and firefighting or- ganizations. Prior to joining USMRC, Doyle was General Manager of the Ma- rine Response Alliance. GAC Bunker Fuels Names Exec GAC Bunker Fuels unveiled plans to relocate the headquarters of its globalbunker fuel services to Dubai under the new company name, GAC Bunker Fuels Ltd. The company also announced the appointment of Nicholas Browne as the new Global Director of GAC Bunker Fuels and Anthony Mollet as Commer- cial Director ? Shipping (GAC UK). GAC Bunker Fuels? relocation to Dubai will take place in August 2012. Dr. Basu Joins Webb Institute Faculty Dr. Roger Basu has joined the faculty at Webb Institute as Associate Professor of Naval Architecture. Dr. Basu has en- joyed a long and distinguished career in the marine industry primarily involved with the analysis and reliability of shipand offshore structures. He recently re- tired from the American Bureau of Ship- ping as the Director of SharedTechnology. Svanes Joins NAVTOR as MD E-navigation company NAVTOR said that Tor A. Svanes, the founder of C- MAP Norway, has joined the business in the position of Managing Director. Sta- vanger-based Smedvig established NAV- TOR in June 2011 after the firm spotted an emerging opportunity in the maritime marketplace. Gibbs Brothers Medal to Keane Jr. Stevens alum Robert G. Keane Jr. (M.Eng. ?67) will receive the Gibbs Brothers Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. The Gibbs Brothers Medal is awarded every three years for outstand- ing contributions in the field of naval ar- chitecture and marine engineering. It was established through the Gibbs BrothersFund by gift of William Francis Gibbs and Frederic H. Gibbs and is presentedwith a $20,000 prize. Keane is being hon- ored for continued excellence as a naval architect. Throughout his 45-year career, he has played a major role in designingnumerous outstanding naval warships. For 35 years, Keane held technical lead- ership positions at the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Leach Heads Career Services at MMA Dr. John Barlow, Vice President for Ac- ademic Affairs and Academic Dean at Maine Maritime Academy (MMA), an- nounced the appointment of CaptainTimothy N. Leach, of Castine, Maine, to the post of director of career services andcadet shipping at the Castine college. New Exec for Cargotec Offshore Business Pasi Lehtonen has been appointed as Senior Vice President of Cargotec's Off- shore business segment, effective from the beginning of January. Lehtonen has worked with Cargotec since 1995, his most recent position being Senior Vice President of Finance for Cargotec's Ma- rine business. He will continue as a mem- ber of Marine's management group. In anearlier announcement, Cargotec con- firmed the appointment of Tom Sven- nevig as Vice President for its Offshore segment's advanced load-handling busi- ness, and Ilpo Heikkilä as Vice President for its Offshore segment's winch busi- ness. Largest Wind Power Offshore Platform Drydocks World entered into a contract with Aibel, a Norwegian provider of services to the energy industry, for build- ing a Wind Power Offshore Platform structure, to receive power generated from offshore wind farms. The ? signed by Jan Skogseth, Aibel CEO andKhamis Juma Buamim, Chairman ofDrydocks World, project will be imple- mented at the Dubai shipyard. The plat- form named DolWin beta will be built for the large DolWin wind farm cluster near Dollart, in the German sector of theNorth Sea. Drydocks World will carry out the building of the platform structure for Aibel, who is a supplier to ABB. Inland Salvage Wins Salvage Deal Inland Salvage Inc. (ISI) was selected as Salvor to conduct Wreck Removal Op- erations of a 2,650t Inland Drill Barge. The barge partially capsized in Bayou Shaffer, near Morgan City La., on Sep- tember 4th, 2011. ISI provided initial emergency response, dive and lightering services after the barge capsized due to Tropical Storm Lee?s storm surge. Following extensive dive surveys, ISI?s COO David Grecho, assembled ISI?s Sal- vage Management Team, drawing from each member?s particular field of expert- ise, to develop a Salvage Plan approved by Inland Salvage CEO Eli Zatezalo. Work commenced January 17 with the arrival of ISI?s salvage fleet of 2 Heavy Lift A-Frames, Crane Barge, Tug Boats, Receiver Barges and Crew support ves- sels.BollingerSørensen DoyleBasuKeaneSkogseth COSL Installs AMOS Software China Oilfield Services Limited signed a deal toimplement the fleet management software AMOS from SpecTec Asia Pacific East Ltd across three units of its fleet. The two parties have signed a contract which includes the sup-ply of AMOS software suite, databases and as- sociated consultancy services. AMOS is goingto be installed onboard a 3000 meter semi-sub- mersible drilling platform (COSL 981), deliv-ered in 2011, as well as onboard two jack-up drilling rigs (HYSY936 and HYSY942).  Certification for ECDIS Course ClassNK issued generic training course ap-proval to an Electronic Chart Display and Infor- mation System (ECDIS) course offered by K Line Maritime Academy (Philippine) (KLMA(Phili)), a group company of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. The approval, which certifies that this course complies with International MaritimeOrganization (IMO) standards and the leading classification society?s new Standard for Mar- itime Education & Training, is the first of its kind issued by ClassNK in the Philippines. Formosa Selects ABS Nautical ABS Nautical Systems announced that its fullyintegrated asset management software suite NS5 has been selected for trial by FormosaPlastics Marine Corp. (FPMC), part of the For- mosa Plastics Group - the only privately owned Taiwan oil refinery and the second largest gaso- line and gasoil producer in Taiwan.  Complete Propulsion Package Weihai Haida Ferry Co., operating in northeast China, has placed an order for a 2,200-pas- senger/1100-lane-m RoPax ferry featuring aMAN Diesel & Turbo propulsion package. The ship will be built at local Huanghai shipyard and will be called ?Shen Shen 2?. It will feature a twin- screw propulsion plant comprising two MAN 9L32/40 (IMO Tier-II compliant) four-stroke en- gines manufactured by MAN Diesel & Turbo in Augsburg (Germany), two Renk single-reduction gearboxes with PTO shaft to drive alternators,and two MAN CP propellers using the Alpha VBS1020 Mk 5 design. Alphatronic 2000 has been designated as propulsion control system.  AKA, Niigata?s Hybrid System Aspin Kemp & Associates (AKA) announced apartnership agreement with Niigata Power Sys- tems to co-promote AKA?s XeroPoint Hybrid Ma- rine Propulsion System and Niigata?s Z-Peller propulsion package. The partnership offers a hybrid propulsion package for the marine in- dustry that reduces emissions and engine main- tenance, while offering significant fuel savings for vessel operators.  Lankhorst Wins Technip Contract Technip USA, Inc. has contracted Lankhorst Ropes to manufacture the polyester mooring ropes for a new spar platform for the US Gulf of Mexico. The 23,000-ton Lucius truss sparhull will be installed in a water depth of 7,100feet, and is designed to produce 80,000 bopd of oil and 450 MMcfm/d of gas. First oil from the project is scheduled for 2014. MR Feb.12 # 5 (42-48):MR Template 2/7/2012 10:13 AM Page 48