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Crowley

MMA Crowley Scholarship Recipients: Adam

Tom Crowley with

Szloch, Peter Persechino, Robert M. Neal, and

Nicholas Ratinaud (left)

SAFE Boats Intl.

PPG

Milaha

Bryan P. Wall and Andrew Ko (right).

Hotz McGarry Khalifa Ali Al-Hetmi gic Sea-lift Of? cer Program, is a mem- Suited for mobile bunkering, Jensen’s ber of the Honor Guard, an Eagle Scout ATB is also oceans rated, meaning that

Rainmaker to Represent and certi? ed diver. it is not limited to the intracoastal water-

Asitcan, Astander

Neal is a junior from North Billerica, ways. This ? exible design feature allows

Mass., majoring in marine engineering. the vessel to facilitate the transfer and

He worked for the MMA Power Plant as use of small-scale LNG in places with part of the work study program this past limited infrastructure, including offshore year and has completed two cadet com- locations.

mercial cruises through Military Sealift The ATB will be built with four 1,000-

Pentagon Marine Services Capt Nalin

Pandey.

Command and Crowley. m3 Type C LNG tanks (seven bar work-

Persechino is a sophomore from ing pressure), enough LNG to ? ll up a

Barkhamsted, Conn., majoring in ma- large containership twice before having Thome Ship Management signs Safety rine transportation. Persechino has held to replenish its own supply. This capac- Service Agreement with WSS

Penn International Shipyard Agency a work-study position for the marine ity, combined with ? exible operational Singapore-based Thome have signed has turned over its exclusive agency department on campus, completed two areas, makes it an ideal solution for a a Safety Service agreement with Wil- for the Astican Shipyard and Astand-

MMA sea terms on the T.S. Kennedy and customer who has signi? cant LNG needs helmsen Ships Service (WSS). WSS er Shipyard to Rainmaker LLC. Jack looks forward to a commercial shipping at one or more ports not located near an safety service technicians carry out ser-

Caravello (above left), VP of Busi- opportunity. LNG terminal. vices on a wide range of safety, ? re? ght- ness Development, will manage the

Szloch is a junior from Melrose, Mass., ing and rescue equipment such as CO2

Astander account and Nicholas Fuller, and a marine transportation major. He Pioneer Marine Names V.Ships as high-pressure systems, portable ? re

Director of Business Development, was an orientation assistant disciplinary Technical Managers extinguishers, hydrants and ? re hoses, will manage the Astican Shipyard ac- of? cer squad leader for Third Company in? atable life jackets, smoke sampling count. Pictured above right is Louis W. and is now Cadet Chief Mate for the up- systems and portable gas detectors.

Gomlick, president, Penn International coming academic year of 2015-2016. All WSS service stations operate in ac-

Shipyard Agency.

cordance with IACS, UR, Z17 approvals

ASTANDER is located in Santander,

Milaha CEO Al-Hetmi to Step Down and governance. WSS is the only service network with an ISO 9001 approval. Northern Spain, and provides facilities

Milaha president and CEO, Khalifa Ali for most any kind of ship repair and

Al-Hetmi, will retire in September, the They are also approved by DNV GL, conversion. It has more than 100 years

Qatar-based marine transport and logis- Korean Register, Bureau Veritas, ABS,

V. Group and is a world leader, particularly in tics conglomerate announced. Having Lloyds Register, Russian Maritime Reg-

Pioneer CEO Pankaj Khanna (right) conversions.

joined Milaha 31 years ago, Al-Hetmi ister of Shipping and RINA. with Capt Sachit Sahoonja - MD V Ships

ASTICAN, located in Las Palmas, has been at the helm of Milaha for the

Ship-management India left.

Canary Islands, is a privately owned past seven years. V.Ships, the ship management arm Work Begins on $1.6B Container drilling rig repair yard located con- of global maritime services provider Terminal at Jebel Ali Port venient to the West African drilling

ABS Grants AIP for Jensen’s V.Group, has recently completed the DP World announced the start of con- region and within easy reach of U.S.

LNG ATB Design struction work on a brand new container transfer of the rapidly growing Pioneer

Gulf and Brazilian drilling locations.

A Jensen Maritime-designed, lique? ed terminal at Jebel Ali Port, Dubai. Phase 1 ? eet of geared dry bulk carriers into its

Astican maintains shipyard staff of natural gas (LNG)-bunkering articulated of the Container Terminal 4 (T4) project management portfolio.

about 200, plus additional subcontrac- tug-barge (ATB) has been granted ap- will deliver new capacity of 3.1 million tors, whose main activity is repair, proval in principle (AIP) by classi? ca- TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) by

New Indian Maritime College maintenance and conversion of all tion society American Bureau of Ship- 2018, taking Jebel Ali Port’s total capac-

Mumbai-based Pentagon Marine Ser- kinds of vessels. The yard, which was ping (ABS). The designation establishes that Jensen’s vessel concept, which is vices is unveiling plans for a new $10 ity to 22.1 million TEU. founded in 1973, became fully opera-

The port complex will be equipped with million, state-of-the-art maritime train- tive in 1976. classed as an A1 Lique? ed Gas Tank at least 110 cranes with a total quay

Rainmaker LLC is led by Jack Ber-

Barge, is compliant in principle with ing college in the Patna district of Bihar

State in India. Pentagon chairman and length of around 11,000 meters by that glund, President. It is headquartered

ABS rules and guides. managing director, Capt Nalin Pandey, time. T4 will be located on a reclaimed in Pensacola, Fla., with a sale of? ce in made the announcement, and said the island north of the existing Terminal 2

Houston. latest Pentagon Maritime Training & allowing DP World to further expand ca- pacity to a total of 7.8 million TEU in

Research Institute (PMTRI) would start line with market demand. As part of the construction in the autumn. It will com- (See a related story on Astican and project, a bridge is being built to provide plement a sister college run by Pentagon

Astander on page 42 of this edition.) access to the island from land near Ter- in Mumbai. minal 2.

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