James R. Wittmeyer has been appointed vice president-operations at Pennsylvania Shipbuilding, Chester, Pa. He succeeds John A.
Serrie, who has retired after more than 40 years in the shipbuilding industry.
Mr. Wittmeyer has 30 years of experience in shipbuilding. He started in the engineering department of the John H. Mathis Company, and subsequently spent 12 years with New York Shipbuilding in Camden, N. J., rising to the position of chief designer. He joined Sun Shipbuilding as a senior project engineer in 1971, and was director of engineering in 1982 when the Chester shipyard was acquired by Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company. He continued as director of engineering for two years before becoming director of new construction and conversion.
In his new position he will be responsible for all production operations, including new construction, conversion, ship repair, and industrial products.
He holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University, and is active in the maritime technical community, being a member of both the Committee on Engineering of the American Bureau of Shipping, and of the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Section of SNAME.
Corporation ; Ralph W. Cousins, Newport News Shipbuilding; Leonard Erb, Litton/Ingalls Shipbuilding; William E. Fogarty, Foster Wheeler Boiler Corp.; John T. Gilbride, Todd Shipyards Corporation; James F. Goodrich, Bath Iron Works Corporation; Edwin Hartzman, Avondale Shipyards, Inc.; Roland A. Kjelland
units in the group, and there are a lot of synergies,” said Ebeling. “But we have an independent board of US directors at ARC. Our chairman is General John Handy, a former commander of U.S. Transportation Command. We have a strong U.S. citizen leadership team also, and that’s really to make sure that
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People & Companies Rella Hired as Wiltshire Leading Port Everglades St. Johns President Glenn A. Wiltshire has taken over as Joe Rella has been appointed as presi- acting director of Broward County’s Port Rella Barton dent of St. Johns Ship Building. Everglades Department. Barton Named Vineyard CEO New
& WINDEA Courageous The ? rst two designed, BV-classed CTVs for WINDEA CTV. The third newbuild crew and fourth vessels are under construction at St Johns, and transfer vessels construction of the ? fth vessel is well underway at Breaux (CTV) for WIN- Brothers in Louisiana. DEA CTV—a At 30 meters long
Islands Ferry foot vessel will service the tourist and commuter route be- tween Red Hook on the island of St. Thomas, and Cruz Bay on the island of St. John, with capacity for up to 300 passen- gers. Incat Crowther said it designed the simple yet stylish new ferry with accessibility and an elevated customer
mid- January 2024. Bigger vessels The Passenger Vessel Association is a national trade and advocacy associa- tion that works on behalf of its mem- bership. John Groundwater is Ex- ecutive Director. He was asked about PVA’s top passenger safety issues. He mentioned two: • PVA expects the USCG to issue SMS
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Smith, Southwest Research Institute management of batteries, EVs and 4. “Electric Vehicle Battery Thermal Issues and Thermal Management Techniques”, John data centers via Immersion Cooling. P. Rugh, Ahmad Pesaran, Kandler Smith; presented at SAE 2011 Alternative Refriger- ant and System Ef? ciency
(though not for attribution or reporting) Justin Zuure on the path, direction and importance of the CEO subsea vehicle market. Sitting at that table John C. O’Malley [email protected] that night were several U.S. Navy Admirals as well as the CEOs from about a dozen autonomous underwater vehicle
ist and commuter route between Red Hook on the island of St. the vessel to accommodate the latest hammer size. Thomas, and Cruz Bay on the island of St. John. Currently, two other Incat Crowther-designed 28-m vessels service this AiP: World’s Largest Car Carrier route. The ferry will transport up to 300
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is arguably one of the most challenging. This Justin Zuure month I’m pleased to highlight two stories CEO that I think embody ingenuity – and needs – John C. O’Malley [email protected] in the sector. Massa Products Corporation is no stranger to the subsea space, as the company – led by President
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Philly Shipyard “[The VCM model] helped us build vessels. That’s what we do best.” – John Bond, Project Director and NSMV Program Manager, Philly Shipyard, Inc. “The IDIQ approach,” Linares explained, “provided the right ? exibility to support the initial funding/construction of the ? rst two
up to ? ve NSMVs. Keel laying for the Empire State was in May 2021. Ben Christian is TOTE Services’ VP for Business Devel- opment and New Construction. John Bond is Project Di- rector and NSMV Program Manager for Philly Shipyard, Inc. The two were asked for their insights and advisories about the VCM process
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at the most exalted levels this is true. I came across allow me to refer you to the ? rst and second commandments some 2021 comments on climate change by John Anderson, of sustainability: Love your neighbor like yourself and it is no less than the President of the National Academy of En- the CO2 Stupid!”
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On Aug. 3, a solemn gathering of well-wishers watched Scripps Institution of as FLIP was towed, at sunset, to a dismantling and recy- U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released Oceanography at University cling facility. Last month, a formal good-bye ceremony was of California, conducts investigations
Zheng Chen, Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of the workclass ROV system on board an ROV support vessel. Mechanical Engineering and Gangbing Song, John and Re- Real-time remote control was achieved via a secure, high- becca Moores Professor of Mechanical Engineering, who are speed, communications link
recording. then all the rest that ends in “discovery”. When we Ocan’t send humans to look, we send the robots. CAMERAS AND OCEAN LANDERS Scripps Professor John Issacs developed his ? rst deep sea Landers have unbeatable persistence on the sea? oor. Landers “Monster Camera” in the 1960’s from surplus WWII
, keeping on top of the people, Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271 Tcompanies and technologies that serve a fuel for this industry’s future. CEO John C. O’Malley In fact “fuel” is the perfect bridge to this edition, as in “fu- [email protected] ture” or “alternate” fuels, as the energy transition
un- der the “collaborators” section of the BOT site include Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in Somerset, Mass., Gulf Craft Marine in Franklin, La. and St. Johns Ship Building in Palatka, Fla. Blue Ocean Transfers 36 | MN October 202