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70 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? MAY 2013 NEWSPEOPLE & COMPANIES Wiernicki Named ABS Chairman Christopher J. Wiernicki, President and CEO of ABS, was elected to the position of Chairman of ABS. The decision was made by the ABS Board of Directors, who voted at its April meeting to transfer the additional duties of Chairman to Wi- ernicki. Separately, the Board of Direc- tors of ABS Group of Companies, Inc. a subsidiary of ABS also elected Wier- nicki to the position of Chairman.Wiernicki, a 20-year veteran of ABS, joined the company in 1993 as Vice President of Engineering within the ABS Americas Division. Other senior positions include President and COO of ABS Europe Ltd., Chief Technology Of Þ cer and President and COO of ABS Group of Companies, Inc. Wiernicki holds a BS in Civil Engineer- ing from Vanderbilt University, an MS in Structural Engineering from George Washington University and an MS in Ocean Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wiernicki is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. This transfer of responsibili- ties to Wiernicki from ABS Chairman Robert D. Somerville is the Þ nal step in a leadership transition strategy that has been executed over the past two years. The effective date of the transition is May 1, 2013.Ultrapetrol Appoints Yap CFO Ultrapetrol Limited, an industrial trans-portation company serving marine trans-portation needs in three markets (river business, offshore supply business and ocean business), appointed Cecilia Yad as the company?s Chief Financial Of Þ -cer, succeeding Leonard J. Hoskinson. Hoskinson will remain with the Com-pany as Vice President, International Fi- nance. Yad is a Certi Þ ed Public Accoun- tant with more than 25 years of Þ nance experience working with diverse multi-national companies. Most recently, she was the CFO for Iberia-Latin America of ISS, a Danish-based services company. Prior to ISS, she held planning, account-ing and Þ nance executive positions with Clorox, a U.S. consumer goods company where she worked for 10 years.ASSA Hosts Roundtable with Sec. StackleyThe American Shipbuilding Suppliers Association (ASSA) hosted a roundtable discussion on April 10, 2013 that in-cluded 35 representatives from member companies; the Honorable Sean Stack-ley, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, and Elliott Branch, deputy assistant sec-retary of the Navy for acquisition and procurement (DASN AP). Member com- panies raised concerns related to timely issues such as FY13 and FY14 budgets, foreign competition, contracting time-liness, military standard enforcement, Navy investments in research and de-velopment, and frequency of quality audits. Secretary Stackley emphasized the importance of performance, afford- ability and the industrial base. There was insightful dialogue on both sides and follow-on actions items were estab-lished for both the Navy and industry. Secretary Stackley closed the meeting by noting the importance for communi-cating with suppliers to raise the Navy?s sensitivity to speciÞ c critical issues This members-only meeting was collocated (but unafÞ liated) with the United States Navy League Sea Air Space Expo 2013 at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor, Maryland. KPI Appoints Vice CEO, New Managing DirectorKPI Bridge Oil appointed Rob Atkinson as Vice CEO for the group and Jesper Rasmussen as Managing Director for its North American operations. Amaratunga, Aaldriks Appointed at BMTBMT ARGOSS (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, appointed two new Directors. Shane Amaratunga whose ca- reer with BMT dates back to 2000 will assume the role of Director of Internal Affairs, while Wilfred Aaldriks will take the position of Director of External Af- fairs. Austal Earns SCA Safety Award The Shipbuilders? Council of America (SCA) awarded Austal the 2012 SCA Award for Excellence in Safety. This honor is awarded to the shipyard mem-bers of the Association with the lowest total recordable incidence rates (TRIR) based on a quarterly injury and illness survey conducted by the SCA. This year, Austal contributed to the SCA?s lowest TRIR averages ever, which was 65% be- low the industry average. ?Despite grow-ing total employment from 1,000 to over 3,500 in just a few short years, we have successfully focused on improving the working environment of our employees as evidenced by receiving this award for the fourth consecutive year,? said Craig Perciavalle, President, Austal USA. T&T Salvage Strengthen Singapore Team T&T Salvage recruited three salvage professionals, Lee Hiok Liang, Alex Ang Yew Boon, and Hussain Shah, for its Singapore base.Lee Hiok Liang joins as a naval archi-tect from a diverse background of twenty years of experience in the marine in-dustry. Lee joins from Royal Boskalis, where he was a Senior Project Engineer. Alex Ang Yew Boon is another trained diver, beginning his career as a Singa- porean Navy diver before entering the industry via Smit in 2004 as a salvage diver. Hussain Shah joins T&T as a Sal- vage Supervisor and will also perform a dual role as a Warehouse/Technical Su- perintendent. He comes from a career with Smit Singapore as Senior Salvage Logistics and Maintenance Executive from 1998 to early 2013 where he was placed in charge of planned mainte- nance, inventory control, allocation and distribution locally and global assets worldwide, procurement, maintenance and consumables for salvage projects, coordination of mobilization and demo-bilization of salvage projects.Forbes Receives SCA Maritime Leadership AwardThe Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) presented its inaugural ?SCA Maritime Leadership Award? to ship- building and repair advocate, Congress-man J. Randy Forbes (R) from Virginia?s 4th District. Teekay Management Change Geir Sekkesaeter, Senior Vice Presi- dent, Conventional Fleet Operations, and Head, Technical, Safety and Qual- ity at Teekay Corporation decided to leave the company for personal reasons. mSekkesaeter?s responsibilities have been transferred to the respective Busi-ness Unit Presidents of the conventional, shuttle, and gas ß eets, each of whom is a member of the Teekay Senior Leader- ship Team. Bowhead, Crowley Provide Arctic ServiceIn a joint venture, Bowhead Transport Company, LLC, and Crowley Marine Services, Inc. will provide marine ser- vices in Alaska?s Arctic. The new Alas- ka-based joint venture will operate under the name UIC Bowhead-Crowley, LLC. Bowhead Transport is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ukpea
¥vik Iñupiat Corpo-ration (UIC), the Alaska Native Village Corporation of Barrow, Alaska. The UIC Bowhead-Crowley joint venture will be mainly focused on the oil and gas indus-tries and supporting their growing needs in the Arctic. Because of the companies? strong ties to the communities in which they work, they are able to facilitate lo-cal hire and provide local expertise.Imtech Marine Introduces IM IPTV Imtech Marine developed an IPTV solu- tion speciÞ cally suitable for merchant and special vessels. The IPTV system enhances the crew comfort on board and helps the ship owner retain its valuable crew. It is based on Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and offers interactive multimedia services such as television, video, audio, text and graphics delivered over IP-based networks. The system reduces costs by eliminating the cable TV infrastructure and works via a plug- and-play IP network. The Imtech Marine IPTV solution offers TV and a package of regularly refreshed high class content like blockbuster movies, top TV series, music, news and sports. It also offers a tailored infotainment system to communicate, describe safe-ty procedures and to educate the crew about relevant topics. AaldriksAmaratungaPerciavalle Sec. Stackley & ASSA?s Hepburn Wiernicki MR #5 (66-74).indd 70MR #5 (66-74).indd 705/2/2013 10:57:21 AM5/2/2013 10:57:21 AM