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82 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? NOVEMBER 2013 Holcomb Joins EBDG Richard Holcomb has joined the Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) as a senior naval architect. Holcomb is a registered professional engineer (PE) and the latest hire at the growing Þ rm, which has been acquiring new talent in response to in-creased customer demand for its services across the country. Vestdavit Appoints James U.K. Director of Ops Norway-based boat handling system and specialized davit supplier Vestdavit has appointed Andy James as Director of Operations for the U.K. Andy James served 25 years in the Royal Navy as an engineer, including working ashore as a workshop manager in a shipyard and as a project manager for new equipment. At the VT Group (later BAE) he helped implement and provide a fully commer- cial model of support to a ß eet of six RN warships.Mund Named Technical Director Licensed Professional Engineer and Na-val Architect Andrew Mund has been named AdvanTec Marine?s Technical Director, leading marine engineering and design initiatives for all Þ ve of the companies that make up the AdvanTec Marine family: Diamond Sea Glaze, Freeman Marine, Manly Marine, PaciÞ c Coast Marine and Steelhead Marine. Ingram Barge Announces Promotions Craig E. Philip, CEO, Ingram Barge Company, announced several changes and promotions for the Marine Group.Dave O?Loughlin has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Vessel Opera- tions and Strategic Sourcing, reporting to Kaj Shah, President, Ingram Barge Company. Mr. O?Loughlin will head up vessel operations and oversee a strategic sourcing team comprised of the external services and purchasing departments. Brian Rafferty has been named Vice President, Customer Service, reporting to Mr. Shah, responsible for Ingram?s dry cargo customer service and logistics planning functions. Leigh Ann Baird has been named Vice President, Liquid Sales and Customer Service reporting to Dan Martin, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial OfÞ cer. She will be responsible for In- gram?s liquid barge ß eet sales and cus- tomer service. Chuck Arnold has been promoted to Vice President, Business and Strategic Development, reporting to Mr. Philip. He will be responsible for business de-velopment and oversee a portion of the planning and analysis group. Dan Mecklenborg, Senior Vice Presi- dent, Chief Legal OfÞ cer and Secretary, has assumed responsibility for Custom Fuel Services in addition to retaining responsibility for Ingram?s legal, claims, safety and governmental affairs func- tions. David Sehrt, Senior Vice President and Chief Operations OfÞ cer for Ingram Barge Company, will assume respon- sibility for the Barge Maintenance and Facilities teams, as well as continue his responsibility for Ingram?s Vessel Engi- neering function. Willard Marine Appoints Hunter Willard Marine appointed Taylor Hunter as director of sales. Hunter, an experi-enced senior-level sales executive, will assume overall responsibility for the company?s sales in the U.S. and inter- nationally. He will be based in Willard Marine?s corporate of Þ ces in Anaheim, Calif.Intellian Appoints Snooke Intellian appointed Charlie Snooke as global director sales engineering. He has more than 20 years? experience in the marine electronics business, having pro-vided installation and technical support for a wide range of navigation and com-munication equipment suppliers. Shearer Group Continues Expansion The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) an-nounced the continued expansion of its naval architecture and marine engineer practice near Houston. Over the past year the company has made Þ ve new additions: Joshua Sebastian, P.E., Engi- neer Manager; Michael Capitain, Naval Architect; Ronald P. Sikora, Designer; Jacqueline Ellis, Designer; and Jo Ann Pitzer, Administrative Assistant. New Drydocking Solution from WSS Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) launched a new service for the ship repair market, an offer aimed to streamline dry-docking operations by allowing custom-ers to take advantage of integrated ships agency, safety and equipment services from a single source. Paul Rogers, WSS Commercial Director for Northeast Asia, said the service was developed to create added value in the drydocking process. ?Drydocking is a critical component of a vessel?s lifecycle, but is one that is also expensive, complex, highly technical and prone to unforeseen complications,? said Rogers. ?Planning for drydocking can take months and the process itself needs close day to day management.? As well as providing dedicated ships agency during the drydock, WSS can coordinate supply of marine chemicals and safety services, handling of crew and person-nel and management of any specialist services that may be beyond the yard?s capability. Laborde Picked as Vapor Power Distributor Laborde Products was selected as Vapor Power International Marine Distributor for the North American marine markets. ?The Vapor Power heaters really comple- ment our growing position in the inland tank barge industry and gives us another arrow in our quiver when providing a turnkey package to our heated barge cus- tomers,? said Doug Oehrlein, Laborde Products? VP sales & marketing. ?The Mitsubishi powered mechanical tank barge power units and the Vapor Power heaters are the right product for our heat-er barge customers,? said Oehrlein. The new relationship also positions Laborde to provide the Vapor Power heater prod- uct support through the company?s three branch ofÞ ces and 17 marine dealers. Laborde Opens New Texas Division Building on its mission statement, ?The Right Product, The Right Service, The Right Support,? Laborde Products, Inc., headquartered in Covington, La., is opening a new division, Laborde Equip-ment Services (LES) in San Antonio, Texas. This new facility will provide service to the rapidly expanding San An- tonio metro area and the exploding oil and gas Eagle Ford Shale market. LES will provide fast, on-time service for all makes of diesel and gas engines and engine driven equipment, as well as hy-draulic and electrical service. They will also stock and provide parts for a broad range of support. Laborde Products, Inc. has been providing manufactured prod-People & Company NewsJamesMundHolcombBillingsRafferty ArnoldMR #11 (82-89).indd 82MR #11 (82-89).indd 8211/11/2013 1:39:57 PM11/11/2013 1:39:57 PM