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www.marinelink.com 65company with effect from April 1, 2014 and will assume the position of Chair- man of the Executive Board on July 1, 2014. Ulrich Kranich will also leave the company as planned on June 30, 2014 after 38 years. Anthony J. Firmin, who has worked at Hapag-Lloyd for 18 years, has been appointed as Ulrich Kranich?s successor with effect from July 1, 2014. www.hapag-lloyd.com Robertshaw Taks the Helm at Bibby Bibby Ship Management Group Ltd an-nounced the appointment of Mark Rob-ertshaw as its new Commercial Director, joining the business on September 23, 2013. His responsibilities will also in-clude the role of new Managing Director for Bibby Ship Management?s Western Europe ofÞ ce, based in the Isle of Man. EBDG Grows Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) re-cently acquired new talent for both of its locations. Naval Architects Michael LaRose and Samuel Waterhouse hold Bachelor of Science degrees in Naval Ar- chitecture and Marine Engineering from the Webb Institute and completed intern- ships with EBDG. They will be working out of the com-pany?s Seattle headquarters. Marine De- signer Joseph Dupont and Naval Archi- tect Luisa Malabet are graduates of the University of New Orleans, and will be working out of EBDG?s Gulf Coast of- Þ ce in New Orleans. EBDG has added approximately two new staff members per month since May, continuing a record of steady expansion. Promotions at Thrustmaster Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. has announced promotions in its top level operations management. Jason Small, M.Sc.Mar.E., has been promoted to General Manager. Venkat Mudupu, PhD has been promoted to Engineering Manager. Marcela Pineda, BSME has been promoted to Projects Di-rector. Greg Ault was advanced to Chief Financial OfÞ cer for the company. Roell Joins RSC Bio Solutions RSC Bio Solutions has added Bernie Roell as vice president of technology. He brings more than 25 years of expe-rience, previously working at Lubrizol, Ciba Specialty Chemicals and Houghton and has experience with a wide range of industrial lubricant applications Femenia Consultant at Utilivisor Jose Femenia has been named a consul-tant at utiliVisor. Femenia will serve as a technical advisor for utiliVisor clients on shipboard propulsion and power sys-tems. A professor of marine engineering at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy almost 50 years, Femenia has conducted extensive research on marine engineer- ing design and power plant analysis, as well as design and operations for marine vessels. Hartzell Hires Cordonnier Hartzell Air Movement has announced that Neil Cordonnier has joined as Vice President of Operations. Prior to joining Hartzell, Neil worked as President of Ernst Metal Technologies. AWT Appoints Jones CEO Applied Weather Technology, Inc. (AWT) announced the appointment of Haydn Jones as Chief Executive OfÞ cer. Most recently, Jones served as AWT?s director of international operations, overseeing sales, marketing and business development. He is also a member of the parent company board of directors.Rep. King Receives Champion of Maritime AwardRep. Peter King (R-NY) has received the 2013 Champion of Maritime Award from the American Maritime Partnership (AMP), a group representing the domes-tic maritime industry in New York and across the United States. During his time in Congress, Rep. King has been an out-spoken advocate for a robust domestic maritime industry. Barker Joins Bollinger Bollinger Shipyards added Brent Barker as Sales Representative for its ten ship-yards and support services. Barker holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Nich-olls State University in Agriculture Busi-ness. ASC is a marine software developer based in Vancouver, Canada. For over 30 years, ASC has been producing top-notch software design solutions for naval architects and marine engineers around the world. ASC has also been providing world-class load planning systems and load- ing instruments to the marine shipping industry. The line of CAD/CAM software is used for design through to construction of all vessel types. Products include; Autoship (surface modeling), Autohydro (stability & strength calculations) and Autostructure (internal structural design). Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) Suite 1451 ? 409 Granville Street Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6C 1T2 Phone: 604-254-4171 ? Fax: 604-254-5171 Contact: Ross Muirhead, National Sales Manager Contact email: [email protected] ? Website: http://www.autoship.com Robertshaw Waterhouse LaRoseThe semiannual Thor Heyerdahl International Maritime Environ- mental Award was launched in 1999 by Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) and the Norwegian Shipowners? Associa- tion to recognizes candidates from the shipping industry that have made an outstanding contribution for the en-vironment. Since the Þ rst award in 2001, six winners have received the prize; Eidesvik AS (2011), Farstad Shipping (2009), Wallenius Wil- helmsen Logistics (2007), NYK Line (2005), the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Lim- ited (ITOPF) (2003) and the Green Award Foundation (2001) Submit nominations online at www.rederi.no NSA Seeks Nominations for Heyerdahl Award MR #10 (58-65).indd 65MR #10 (58-65).indd 6510/3/2013 2:21:08 PM10/3/2013 2:21:08 PM