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52Maritime Reporter & Engineering News BAE Systems? Clifford Honored Bill Clifford, president of Norfolk- based BAE Systems Ship Repair, re- ceived the Frank C. Jones Award, presented by the American Society of Naval Engineers. (Pictured above is ASNE President Ronald Kiss (left) andU.S. Rep. Randy Forbes (Va.) and Bill Clifford.) Clifford was honored by his peers at the annual Fleet Maintenanceand Modernization Symposium held inVirginia Beach. The annual award recog- nizes leaders in naval engineering who have substantially and significantly con- tributed to ship maintenance and alter- ation programs for naval vessels. Prior to joining BAE Systems, Clifford spent more than 20 years in the private sector serving in senior management positionsat several shipyards. From 2001 to 2005, he was a managing partner of Pacific Shipyards International, LLC, a Hawaii consortium of Honolulu Shipyard, Inc. and Honolulu Marine, Inc. He alsoserved as vice president of new construc- tion at Atlantic Marine in Jacksonville, Fla., and director of ship completion atBath Iron Works, Maine. Young, Marchetti Promoted at Cummins Cummins reorganized its Commercial Marine Business around five market seg- ments: commercial transport; offshore oil and gas; passenger transport; govern- ment/defense; and special use (fishing). In line with this reorganization, the com- pany has named Greg Young Director of Strategic Growth ? Commercial Trans- port and Waldemar Marchetti Director of Strategic Growth ? Offshore. Young will be located in Daventry, U.K. and will re- port to Jenny Bush, GM for the Com- mercial Marine Business. Marchetti willcontinue to be based in São Paolo, Brazil, and will also report directly to Bush.Rickerson & van Emmerik Win Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarships Webb Institute, a four-year college spe- cializing in Naval Architecture and Ma- rine Engineering, announced theselection of Don Rickerson ?13 and Justin van Emmerik ?13 as the 2012 ? 2013 Thomas B. Crowley Memorial Scholarship recipients. Thomas B. Crow- ley Sr. Memorial Scholarship Program is awarded annually to one or two students, who, in the eyes of the Scholarship Se- lection Committee at Webb Institute, have demonstrated leadership qualities, school and community involvement, in- terest in and dedication to the maritimeindustry, and academic promise. The Thomas B. Crowley Scholarship Program was established at Webb Insti- tute in 2007. The Crowley Scholarship was established at Webb Institute in con- junction with The Marty Johnson ?88 Leadership Fund. Marty was a longtime employee of Crowley Maritime and the company wanted to establish an appro- priate fund in his memory. Hutchison to Retire John C. G. Hutchison closes a 42 yearcareer at this year?s Work Boat Show in New Orleans. Born in Philadelphia on April 1,1941, John Hutchison played col-legiate golf at Duke University and Moravian College, and coached the golf team at Lehigh University before being drafted in 1966. A Viet Nam vet, 2nd LT, Infantry Branch, John returned home in 1970 and worked at the Bethlehem Steel Corporate Office in Bethlehem, PA, and other Bethlehem offices in Burns Harbor IN, Johnstown PA, and Sparrows Pt., MD. John was a consultant to Marvin Miller in Washington DC followed by Hopeman Brothers, Waynesboro, VA. He became the Swiss Keller Vermipan agent, and later the Thermax agent in North America. John joined Panel Specialists as an employee in 1985 as their Marine Sales Manager. Atlas Elektronik Canada Founded The Atlas Elektronik Group founded a subsidiary in Canada. Atlas Elektronik Canada Ltd has been set up to establish astrong and reliable partnership with theRoyal Canadian Navy and Canadian au- thorities. As potential main contractor, Atlas Elektronik Canada will provide ATLAS products and solutions for cur- rent and future Canadian users. Atlas Elektronik Canada is headquar- tered in Victoria BC onsite of the Van- couver Island Technology Park. Kong Joins A/S Dan-Bunkering Dena Kong, 29, has joined Dan- Bunkering as Marketing Executive. Dena has previously worked in the ship- ping and airline industry. She is a native of Beijing and will be based in Dan-Bunkering?s Beijing office. E-mail: [email protected] Astrium Makes Announcement on Marlink, Vizada Brands At SMM in Hamburg Astrium Services Business Communications announced itwill act as a leader in the maritime satel-lite communication industry. This new division of Astrium Services consists of the combined Vizada and its affiliate Marlink, following their acquisition by Astrium in December 2011. Astrium is part of EADS. Astrium Services is the ?satellite services? unit of Astrium, com- prised of four business divisions: Busi- ness Communications, Government Communications, Satcom Systems & So-lutions, and GEO-Information Services.The Vizada Group, including its affiliates such as Marlink, Vizada Networks, TDcom etc., joins Astrium Services to form a leading provider in fully managed satellite services with a global reach indiverse industry sectors. The new Astrium Services Business Communications entity will host all com-mercial satcom activities of Astrium Services, serving three main markets: Maritime, Enterprises and Aero. In the maritime market, the company will con- tinue providing services in the same structure as today: indirect through theexisting, well-established service provider channel whereas Marlink will remain an independent commercial or- ganization focusing on maritime end cus- tomers. As a consequence, the Vizada Group will rebrand into Astrium over the next months from October 2012. The Marlink brand will remain unchanged.Corvus Energy supplies Østensjø Rederi Corvus Energy is supplying Norwegian ship owner Østensjø Rederi with a turnkey lithium - ion battery management system for the fleet?s newly designed ves- sel. The new unit will be used to support oil rig operations in the North Sea andfeature the latest technology and envi- ronmental standards. Ship construction isexpected to complete in September 2013. NEWSPEOPLE & COMPANIES Obituary Nelson Yeo The Board and Management of theKeppel Group announced the passing of Nelson Yeo, Managing Director (Marine), Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) and Managing Director, Keppel Shipyard Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel O&M, after suffering a brain haem- orrhage while on business in London. He is survived by his wife Siew Hua and two sons. "All of us at Keppel O&M are greatly saddened by thesudden passing of Nelson,? said Tong Chong Heong, CEO, Keppel O&M. ?This year marks the 30th year sincehe joined Keppel. From a shiprepair management trainee at Keppel Ship- yard, he has worked his way up to his current position as Managing Direc-tor. Truly exemplifying the Keppel "Can Do!" spirit, Nelson has always relished the challenges of complex work assignments and overseas post- ings. Chor How Jat, Executive Direc- tor of Keppel Shipyard, has assumed the position of Acting Managing Di- rector, and will take over the man- agement of Keppel Shipyard's businesses and operations. Mr Yeo, 55, was the Managing Di- rector (Marine) of Keppel O&M and the Managing Director of Keppel Shipyard. He was also Chairman of Keppel Philippines Marine Inc., Kep- pel Subic Shipyard Inc., Keppel Batangas Shipyard Inc., Keppel Smit Towage Pte Ltd, Maju Maritime Pte Ltd, Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd and DPS Bristol (Holdings) Limited. Healso served as a member of the Work- place Safety and Health (WSH)Council's Marine Industries Commit-tee, Ministry of Manpower; AIDS Business Alliance, Ministry of Health; and is also a member of theAmerican Bureau of Shipping; SouthEast Asia Advisory/Technical Com- mittee in Lloyd's Register and the Singapore Technical Committee in Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. 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