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www.marinelink.com 81AnagnostisGrassoMartinez Heidmar Appoints Ognibene Interim CEOHeidmar?s Board of Directors appointed Ben Ognibene to the position of interim CEO, in the wake of the death of CEO Marc La Monte. Ognibene became Heidmar?s COO in July 2013. That promotion followed a career at almost every level of the company?s Pool man- agement business, during which time he worked closely with both Pool partners and more recently chartering clients. Ognibene started at Heidmar in 2004 focusing on the creation of Heidmar?s Aframax Pool, Sigma Tankers. SENER Hires Martinez Héctor Martínez has been appointed Commercial Director of SENER?s Ma-rine Strategic Business Unit in Mexico in addition to his responsibility as Com-mercial Director of the Aerospace Stra- tegic Business Unit in the same division. Born in Mexico, Martínez is an Electro-mechanical Engineer, graduated from the Pan-American University specializ-ing in Industrial Engineering and holds a master?s degree in Business Adminis- tration from the IPADE Institute. In his new position, Martínez will seek busi-ness opportunities in Marine Engineer- ing and will engage in licensing of the FORAN system, one of the most mar- keted CAD/CAM software programs used for the construction of ships and offshore devices, as well as in space, aeronautics and defense. DMW Marine Group Hires Redder DMW Marine Group hired Monty Reeder as its Inside Sales Manager and New England, Canada and mid-Atlan-tic direct Sales Representative. Reeder graduated from Ursinus College and previously represented Iron Mountain. Mark Gregory will now be responsible for direct sales in the Southeastern U.S. and Gulf Coast while Bo Weidner will continue to handle the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada. Doug Weidner will maintain his position as Sales and Operations Manager for DMW Marine Group.Billings Tapped to Top OMSA The Offshore Marine Service Associa- tion announced that it will begin a tran-sition of leadership. Several months ago, President and CEO Jim Adams informed the OMSA Board of Directors that he would be stepping down by the end of the year to manage a startup business that he and his partners have developed in his hometown of Louisville, Ken-tucky. Ben Billings has been selected to assume the role of President and Chief Executive OfÞ cer, joining OMSA on November 1, 2013 for a month of transi-tion work and begin his role as President and CEO on December 2, 2013. Riva to Serve as Chief Surveyor of ABS Joseph ?Joe? Riva was appointed to the position of ABS Vice President and Chief Surveyor. This role is responsible for guiding and overseeing all ABS sur- vey activities, applying a strong knowl-edge of ABS Rules and Guides and international regulations to create con-sistency and quality in service delivery. Riva will succeed Linwood ?Lenny? Pendexter, who has held the position for ten years.Keppel to Operate Mexican Yard with PEMEXKeppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) signed an MOU with PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion (PEP) and P.M.I. Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V. (PMI), both subsidiaries of Mexico?s national oil company, Petroleos Mexi- canos (PEMEX). The MOU is to jointly develop, own and operate a yard facility in Mexico, the Þ rst phase of which is to support the construction of six KFELS B class jackup drilling rigs for PEP. The TorqueTrak telemetry instruments from Binsfeld Engineering Inc. are commonly used to measure true mechanical Torque & Power on rotating propeller shafts in all types of ships and marine craft. Do you need temporary sea trial measurements or continuous monitoring & control? Binsfeld Engineering has the instrument for each case. Bob Holden Sales Manager Binsfeld Engineering Inc. 7-AC&ARLANE2Ds-APLE#ITY-)53! 4EL  s&AX   % MAILBOB BINSFELDCOMs7EBWWWBINSFELDCOM Vigor Renames Fabrication and Alaska OperationsVigor Industrial renamed two of the company?s subsidiaries. U.S. Fab, Vigor?s fabrication and shipbuilding subsidiary, is now Vigor Fab. Alaska Ship and Dry- dock, which operates the Ketchikan shipyard in Alaska, is now Vigor Alaska. Vigor Fab and Vigor Alaska join three other subsidiaries under the Vigor name: ?Vigor Shipyards, which provides repair, maintenance and modernization ser- vices to the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard?Vigor Marine, which provides Þ xed-price ship repair, re Þ t and modernization services to commercial customers?Vigor Machine, which provides machining work for a variety of industrial ap- plications, including turbines and generatorsStena Polaris Completes Northeast Passage Voyage After 35 days at sea, the Stena Polaris has arrived at the port of Yousu in South Korea. It sailed via the icy and harsh Northeast Passage along Russia?s northern coast. Stena Polaris began its voyage on September 17 in the port of Ust Luga in the Gulf of Finland with a cargo of 44,000 tons of naphtha. The voyage is a joint project between Stena Bulk and South Korean Hyundai Glovis, the ship-ping arm of the Hyundai Group. The ship is built to ice class 1 A speci Þ cations in accordance with DNV, which means that it is well equipped to sail in ice-cov-ered waters where broken ice can be up to 0.8 m thick. The P-MAX tankers were designed and built by Stena and Concordia Maritime. MR #11 (74-81).indd 81MR #11 (74-81).indd 8111/12/2013 4:19:04 PM11/12/2013 4:19:04 PM