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PEOPLE & COMPANIES

VT Halter

Oman Drydocks

VT Halter

Odfjell

Seaspan

Bouchard Transportation

Skinner Dr Ahmed Al Abri

Prendergast Hale Mørch Bouchard

Industry Veteran Bill Skinner Retires Oman Drydock Deputy CEO New VP at Bouchard Transportation

VT Halter Marine, Inc. (VTHM), a com- Oman Drydock Company (ODC) ap- Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. ap- pany of Vision Technologies Systems, pointed , Dr. Ahmed Al Abri as deputy pointed Brendan J. Bouchard as VP of

Inc. (VT Systems), announced that after CEO. Dr. Ahmed Al Abri, draws on 17 Sales and Operations, establishing the more than 46 years in the shipbuilding years experience working as a naval ? fth generation of the Bouchard family. business, including nearly two decades architect overseeing major projects in Bouchard Transportation was started by at VT Halter Marine, President and CEO shipyards around the world in the U.K., Brendan J. Bouchard’s great great grand-

Bill Skinner has announced his retire- Holland, Romania and Singapore. father, Capt. Fred Bouchard, and passed ment. Skinner previously served as Pres- on down to his great grandfather, Morton ident, CEO and Director of ADDSCO Odfjell: New CEO Start Date S. Bouchard Sr., then to his grandfather

Industries (1985-1989), the parent com- Kristian Verner Mørch, will take up his Morton S. Bouchard Jr., and then to his pany of Alabama Maritime Corporation, new position as president and CEO of father, Morton S. Bouchard III, to whom us to pass along the savings of lower op- where he also served as President (1982- Odfjell SE from August 1, 2015, the Brendan will report. erating costs and environmental protec- 1984) and as President of Alabama Ship- company’s board of directors announced. Brendan has worked in various capaci- tion to the Marine Transportation indus- yard, Inc. (1989-1997) following its ac- His appointment was announced in May ties throughout the years at Bouchard try,” said Shane J. Guidry, Chairman and quisition by Atlantic Marine. 2015. Mørch is Danish citizen with more Transportation. Most recently within CEO, HGIM.

Subsequent to Skinner’s retirement than 27 years’ experience in the shipping the Operations and Vetting department The plan is for HGIM and its af? liates announcement, Jack Prendergast was industry, of which more than 10 years as well as sailing as observer on the to catapult the Gulf Coast Shipyard into named as the new President and CEO by have been in senior management posi- M/V Evening Star and Barge No. 250 a state-of-the-art builder of world-class the VT Halter Marine Board of Direc- tions, previously holding posts as co- on the East Coast, and the M/V Barbara vessels. HGIM alone is investing $350 tors. A retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, CEO of Clipper Group, COO of Maersk Bouchard and Barge No. 240 on the Gulf million to construct its dual-fuel ? eet.

Prendergast joined VT Halter Marine as Tankers, and other management posi- Coast. Brendan J. Bouchard has a BS This July, HGIM will be opening its ? rst an outside director in 2011, and was sub- tions in A.P. Moller-Maersk. in Business Management & Economics of its kind marine fueling station at Port sequently appointed as Executive Vice from Ohio Wesleyan University. Fourchon, LA to bring LNG as a marine

President in late 2012. MOL Inaugurates Ikeda as President fuel to the offshore and inshore industry.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) inau- Harvey Gulf Adds Shipbuilding HGIM’s $25 million Phase I construc-

Seaspan Appoints Hale gurated Junichiro Ikeda as its new presi- Harvey Gulf International Marine tion will be capable of fueling Harvey

Brent Hale has joined Seaspan as vice dent on June 23, 2015. (HGIM) launched a new af? liate, Har- Gulf’s ? eet of dual-fuel offshore supply president of human resources, providing vey Shipyard Group, a shipbuilding as- vessels and will accommodate Ameri- leadership for strategic plans, and guide Twin Disc Elects Knutson set premised on its acquisition of Gulf ca’s growing ? eet of over-the-road ve- the development and implementation of The board of directors of Twin Disc, Inc. Coast Shipyard (Gulfport, MS) and Trin- hicles operating on safe, ef? cient LNG.

human resources and labor relations ini- elected Jeffrey S. Knutson to the position ity Yachts (New Orleans, LA). “These tiatives and processes to achieve its cor- of chief ? nancial of? cer and treasurer ef- shipyard acquisitions will position Har- Bizzarro Named President of WRI porate goals. Hale succeeds Lisa Bum- fective June 22, 2015 in addition to his vey Gulf as America’s only builder, Effective June 1, 2015, Stasu C. Bizzarro baco, who is retiring after more than 12 current roles as vice president of ? nance, owner, and operator of dual-fuel (diesel/ has been appointed President of Weather years with Seaspan. corporate controller and secretary. LNG) offshore supply vessels and allow Routing, Inc. Bizzarro is an AMS certi-

Brew One for Wasted Sea Stars

A new beer has been brewed with the goal of raising awareness about sea star wasting syndrome, a pandemic killing millions of sea stars along the

U.S. Paci? c Coast. Reportedly the largest marine animal disease event in recorded history, sea star wasting syndrome describes a set of symptoms, including lesions and tissue decay on the arms and body of star? sh that eventually cause parts of the creature to fall off and can lead to death.

The disease is becoming increasingly prevalent and affects sea stars in coastal habitats and aquariums alike, heavily impacting West Coast popu- lations in particular since summer 2013, states the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO), a large-scale, long-term monitoring and research program led by investigators at four Universities along the U.S. West Coast: OSU, UC Santa Cruz, Stanford University and UC Santa Barbara. According to PISCO, the effects of sea star wasting syndrome can be devastating on sea star populations, meaning collab- orative research and citizen efforts are vital. Helping to raise awareness for the cause, the new beer, called Wasted Sea Star, is launching as part of a collaboration between PISCO, Oregon State University and Rogue Ales & Spirits, with a portion of proceeds from the beer’s sale going toward

PISCO’s wasting syndrome research. Rogue Brewmaster John Maier crafted the beer using a new ingredient, purple corn nectar, to pay homage to a native species rapidly disappearing from the Oregon coastline, said Rogue Ales & Spirits. “Like these sea stars, the beer has a light reddish- purple hue. Like the beer, these sea stars call Newport, Ore. home.” Wasted Sea Star is available at all Rogue locations and throughout the states of Oregon, Washington and California starting in June. It will be available nationwide throughout the summer.

A portion of Wasted Sea Star’s proceeds will contribute to PISCO’s sea star wasting syndrome research.

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