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www.marinelink.com 69White Named ACL Director of Marine Operations American Cruise Lines (www.americancruiselines. com) announced that Captain Andrew White has joined the company as Director of Marine Operations.Captain White joins American Cruise Lines after his recent retirement from 27 years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard. Thirteen of those years were spent on Coast Guard cutters on both the East and West Coasts of the United States, as well as the Caribbean Sea. His last Coast Guard shipboard command was the 378-foot cutter Gallatin out of Charleston, SC. His last assignment for the Coast Guard was as Chief of Current Operations for Atlantic Area, running opera- tions from the Rocky Mountains to the Persian Gulf, including direct oversight of the Coast Guard?s East Coast cutter ß eet. Captain White is a graduate of both the United States Coast Guard Academy of New London, CT, and the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College. SAFE Boats Announces New President & CEO SAFE Boats International (SAFE) said that Mr. Den- nis Morris has joined the organization as President and CEO. Morris brings with him an extensive background in Business Development and International market-ing within the defense industry and experience leading large and small businesses. Before joining SAFE Boats International, Morris held the position of President and CEO of Allen-Vanguard Corporation, a leader in pro- viding solutions for defeating terrorist and extremist threats. The company?s offerings include counter threat services and equipment in support of security forces in more than 100 countries, including the bomb suit fea-tured in the Þ lm ?Hurt Locker.? Concurrent to Dennis? arrival, SAFE Boats co-founder and CEO Scott Peterson has transitioned to the position of Chairman of the company?s Board of Directors. Dr. Dohle to Lead Tognum As announced in April, Dr. Ulrich Dohle takes up his new duties as Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Tognum AG. He succeeds Joachim Coers, who has left the company after nine years at his own request. In his new role, Dr. Dohle will not only take on the typical duties of a CEO, such as corporate communica-tion and strategy, but will also be responsible for R&D and quality management. In April, the Supervisory Board extended Dr. Dohle?s contract until December 31, 2015. He has been on the Executive Board of Tog- num AG since 2009, previously holding the position of deputy CEO and CTO. One priority of the Executive Board?s work will be to expand operations worldwide. At the same time, coop- eration with Rolls-Royce and Daimler is to be intensi-Þ ed. New in the product portfolio are medium-speed engines and system solutions from Norwegian subsid-iary Bergen Engines, which recently became a mem- ber of the Tognum Group. These serve to complement MTU engines and drive systems, MTU Onsite Energy distributed power generation systems, and injection systems from L?Orange. Tognum to Invest $22.5m into Research Center Tognum will expand its Research and Development Center at the MTU Aiken Plant. The company?s invest- ment of $22.5 million will result in ten new jobs at the facility and will double the center?s development ca- pacity with the addition of two new test cells for off- highway diesel engines. ?The expansion of our MTU Aiken Plant is part of our global growth strategy to in-vest in our plants and in R&D,? said Dr. Ulrich Dohle. ?In the medium term, the plant expansion enables us to prepare for the planned volume growth.?The Research and Development Center at the MTU Aiken Plant features advanced technologies that aid in the design of cleaner, more ef Þ cient and more power- ful versions of the MTU Series 2000 and Series 4000 off-highway diesel engines. Construction of the new engine test cells is scheduled to begin next month. It is anticipated that the project will be completed by March, 2015.EBDG Seattle Continues Staff Growth Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) welcomed two new additions to its Seattle team: Engineer Kurt Jankowski and Designer Justin Jones. Jankowski comes to EBDG with broad education in naval architecture and marine engineering in addition to experience in boat and ship construction. Jones is a dynamic, rising CAD Designer and Industrial Designer who comes to EBDG with strong leadership, organiza-tional and management skills. Gibdock Brings in First Technip Ship Gibdock secured its Þ rst dry docking contract from Technip. Wellservicer, a multi-role diving support ves- sel with subsea lift capability, has undergone an inten- sive and relatively complex class renewal docking at the Gibraltar yard, and has been delivered back to Tech- nip, ready for work. The 111.4m long, 9158-gt DP-class 3 Wellservicer ar- rived at Gibdock on May 6 and was undocked on June 17. After several days of a ß oat repairs and sea trials, she returned to the yard for mobilization work, be-fore leaving for her next assignment in Canada. The main scope of work included an extensive overhaul of the ship?s three tunnel thrusters and three azimuth- ing thrusters, which were removed to the yard?s work- shops, disassembled and put through a rigorous main-tenance program before rebuilding. Gibdock engineers worked in close collaboration with Technip?s supplier, Rolls Royce. It also included removal of the two small deck cranes and their replacement with two brand new Þ ve ton ca- pacity units. This required deck plate modi Þ cation, in- cluding work to under deck stiffeners. NEWSPEOPLE & COMPANIES Jankowski Capt. WhiteDr. Ulrich Dohle will Head Tognum Hawtrey MR #8 (66-73).indd 69MR #8 (66-73).indd 698/2/2013 9:07:10 AM8/2/2013 9:07:10 AM