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Joe B. Foster has been elected an executive vice president of Tenneco Inc., Houston. In his new post, Mr. Foster becomes a member of the company's Corporate Office and has been assigned overall corporate-level responsibility for an existing Tenneco operating unit, Tenneco Oil Exploration and Production
, Inc., announces the relocation of his office to Houston, where he will be directing the majority of his attention to strategic affairs and corporate expansion to Los Angeles and New Orleans. Mr. Black and the directors of Moran Transportation recently announced the appointment of William P
Oxnard office will provide liaison to company customers in the area. M. Rosenblatt & Son was founded in 1947 by Mandell and Lester Rosenblatt. The corporate office is in New York City, and the Western Division headquarters is located in San Francisco. Other branch offices, besides San Diego, Bremerton
Seaward International, Inc. has announced the appointment of Dexter H. Brown as director of marketing. He will be based at Seaward's corporate office in Falls Church, Va. and will be responsible for marketing and sales of the company's marine products. He has 20 years of sales and marketing
markets engineered products for utilities, marine, offshore, construction and industry. Sales for 1976 were over $200 million. The corporate office is located in Monterey Park, Calif., near Los Angeles
percent a year for the past six years and currently operates a fleet of 18 modern vessels, with three additional vessels under construction. The corporate office of the State Boat Corporation is located at 3701 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas 77098, while the principal operating office is in Morgan City
operating component. Gorden E. MacDonald, who has been serving as acting general manager at Electric Boat, will return to the General Dynamics corporate office in St. Louis, Mo., where he will resume his regular duties as corporate executive vice president-finance. Peter J. Gwyn, who has been assistant
. He will be responsible for all corporate employee relations, policies, and records, employee development and benefits, and matters relating to corporate office administration. James M. Reeder has been promoted to manager-corporate planning, and Terry J. Ruel was named manager-market planning and traffic
General Dynamics recently announced two key appointments at its corporate office in St. Louis, Mo. James E. Turner Jr. has been named executive vice president-marine land systems and services, and Michael C. Keel has been appointed executive vice presidentmissiles and electronics. Both will report
including subcontractors and other indirect employment. He added that the economic and technical support will be provided by the Trinity Marine Group corporate office in Gulfport, Miss. Equitable Shipyards and another Trinity shipyard will provide cut steel and some steel fabrication. T-AGS-60, the
Procedure for Fairing and Defining Ship's Lines." Mr. Ward is the president of RTL, Inc., an architectural engineering and planning firm. Its corporate office is located in Gardena, Calif. His paper described a fairing procedure to define a hull surface and permit modification of a local area without
was the hands-down choice for our technologies. [email protected] February 2024 cover story, as in ARC you One such mover is Seaspan Corporation Corporate Staff Manager, Marketing have neatly rolled up a company that em- and its program with the Maersk McKinney Mark O’Malley momalley@marinelink bodies
HII Promotes Courtney Richardson Uz Kenny Ballard has been appointed HII has promoted Peter Courtney to Mustang Survival’s new president, while corporate VP of legislative affairs, and Lance Richardson takes on the newly Betsy Bina Benedict will join HII to created role of VP manufacturing and
ferry transit was for work trips; with the NTSB’s recommendations, and charter operators report increas- partially agrees or does not agree. If ing corporate and group bookings, 59% for recreational destinations. Internationally, that passenger vol- the USCG agrees it has to outline and the ferry industry
hazy at best. Gary Lewis • [email protected] But one thing is for certain, it’s going to be a wild ride. Tel: 516-441-7258 CORPORATE STAFF Manager, Marketing Mark O’Malley • [email protected] Accounting Esther Rothenberger • [email protected] Tel:
of associated technologies – from sensors to batteries to materials – all working in unison to maximize capability and endurance while minimiz- Corporate Staff ing power draw and the need for maintenance. As we all know, the military is a big and Manager, Marketing primary driver for these technologies
hydrogen as marine fuel, a story we present [email protected] sible to keep up with all of the evolving in eight full pages starting on page 22. Corporate Staff activities of companies leading the various The path toward decarbonization is a long Manager, Marketing Mark O’Malley sectors, if for no
the U.S. Navy as it moves toward operational- shelf quadcopter drones are used to hack into smartphones izing Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO). and corporate wireless networks. To date, the focus of commercial maritime cybersecurity has While these may sound like plotlines from popular techno- been securing
.com Read our interview with Massa starting on page 30. The other story I found of particular interest was my interview with Henry Ruhl and Corporate Staff Amy West of Synchro. Synchro is a program designed to help take subsea technology Manager, Marketing Mark O’Malley from the workbench to
protect your assets. In the long term, an effective and ef? cient SMS system will 3. Develop and/or update standard operational help create a strong corporate culture which better supports procedures (SOPs) and checklists scaling strategies in a safer environment and reduces the risk You can now begin
hazards as they arise, develop new con- ganization’s commitment to a safety-conscious culture. trols, and assess their ef? cacy. • Cultural supports: Corporate culture is key to curating The elements of a strong SMS a safe working environment. SMSs must include clear guid- Maritime, aviation, rail, and
, not stopped. It appears Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected] the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in New that the U.S. Central Bank has concluded Corporate Staff Orleans. While it’s not the biggest, it is the interest rate hikes that were touted as Manager, Marketing Mark O’Malley arguably one of
U.S. government shipbuilding programs to reduce costs, accelerate delivery times and build more vessels. Here’s to hoping it will be done. CORPORATE STAFF Manager, Marketing Mark O’Malley • [email protected] Accounting Esther Rothenberger • [email protected] Tel:
industry, as Fortune 500 company leader in the HR industry. she readily admits she had a lot to learn when looking at the So while the transition from corporate behemoths to a me- company assets and assessing the job to connect them. dium-sized American company might not seem the most logi- “In my mind the
Group. Her attraction to the CIO Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected] As it seems, I lied to myself. post at Crowley was the ability to not just Corporate Staff We write about the rapid technological re? ne a digital strategy, rather create it from Manager, Marketing Mark O’Malley evolution happening
providers with emerging blue technol- project, which was initiated in early offers 2D imaging sonar, sidescan sonar, ogy ? rms. This forum assists corporates 2023, signi? es a pivotal step forward in acoustic positioning beacons, and mili- (primes) to identify new technologies the company’s quest
FLIP – The Standard ‘Cool Tech’ Bearer for 60 years – RETIRED A dynamic era in naval oceanography recently ended Fifty-five feet remain as the iconic Floating Instrument Platform — popularly visible after the crew of known as FLIP — was of? cially retired from service. Built the Floating Instrument
to his board: throw that out the window and come out tions, including technologies for autonomy, perception, data swinging with a new, streamlined corporate entity: Greensea IQ. collection, human machine intervention.” The shift to Green- In making the change Kinnaman focused less on the successful sea
the energy transition, to automation and true autonomy, to digitalization and the ability to collect, disseminate and create actionable intelligence Corporate Staff ef? ciently, effectively the cornerstone foundation of nearly every tech development and Manager, Marketing project in the space. Mark O’Malley
present detailed budget num- the Port of San Franciso, the U.S. Department bers, but a 2022 report shows that project spending was of Energy and six corporate partners, includ- just $34,770 from DOE and $45,530 from the partners. H ing Air Liquide and Glosten, is leading a proj- The biggest expenses lie
wind is challenged (to say the least), progress toward Tel: 516-441-7258 the 30GW by 2030 goal is being made every single day—which is more CORPORATE STAFF than could have been said just a few years back. New offshore wind areas are Manager, Marketing being announced, opening up new waters
, as it will give them a Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected] considered a big win for U.S. government glimpse of what they can expect to see in Corporate Staff shipbuilding, as it leveraged commercial the commercial maritime space. Manager, Marketing Mark O’Malley shipbuilding standards, and unlike
Barrett • [email protected] Tel: +44 1268 711560 Fax: +44 1268 711567 unsung heroes of the sea contribute signi? cantly to safety, security and pro- CORPORATE STAFF tection in both domestic and international waters. Manager, Marketing Mark O’Malley • [email protected] Accounting Esther
plat- mass production of green hydrogen will take a broad mix of form, a WAVEGEM platform, engineered by GEPS Techno, political will (ie. funding), corporate nerve and individual in- that was re-engineered to stabilize the production unit at sea. novation. Connected to Central Nantes’ SEM-REV offshore
If it's an option, there ing to run fast in order to do it." If your priority is to save fuel, it starts with the culture of has to be some personal or corporate motivation to ful? ll that. the operation. I'm not a big believer in altruism. People do things altruistical- But to answer your questions, I