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  • Capt. Russell G. McVay has been appointed vice president of operations for Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc. to succeed Capt. Leonard G. Goodwin, it was announced by Thomas E.

    Moran, president.

    Captain Goodwin, an internationally respected authority on ocean towing and a Moran employee for nearly four decades, has retired but will remain with the firm as marine consultant.

    Edmond J. Moran Jr. has been named manager, Moran Barge Division, a new post which includes management of all Moran oceangoing, dry bulk, and tank barges as well as oil transportation barges of Seaboard Shipping Company, a Moran subsidiary in New York.

    Both appointments are effective July 1, 1983.

    Captain McVay is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y.

    He served as master in Moran offshore tugs until assigned managerial duties with a Baltimore, Maryland affiliate of Moran in 1969. Appointed manager, Seaboard Shipping Company in 1973 with headquarters in One World Trade Center, New York City, Capt. McVay moved his family to Manalapan, N.J.

    Captain McVay was named harbor operations manager for Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc. in 1978. He was responsible for the operation of all Moran harbor tugs and oil transportation barges in the Greater Port of New York/New Jersey area, on Long Island Sound, and in adjacent waterways. Moran's board of directors elected Capt. McVay as vice president of Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc. in 1980.

    Edmond J. Moran Jr. is a great-grandson of Michael Moran, founder of the Moran firm in 1860, and the youngest brother of its president, Thomas E. Moran.

    Prior to coming to his new post in New York, Mr. Moran directed Moran Maritime Services, Inc. to a new business development office located in Houston, Texas.

    Mr. Moran graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1967, completed studies in its Graduate School of Foreign Service the following year and joined the corporate planning division of States Marine Lines in New York.

    A member of the U.S. Naval Reserve, he was called to active service and assigned duty at the Navy's nuclear submarine base in Groton, Conn. In 1971, Mr. Moran joined the family firm as a member of its sales department in its New York headquarters.

    Turning to corporate finance, Mr. Moran was appointed assistant vice president of finance in 1973. With Moran's acquisition of the Florida Towing Company in 1976, he was named vice president and general manager of the Jacksonville, Fla., firm.

    In 1981, Governor Bob Graham of Florida appointed Mr.

    Moran to his Board of Pilot Commissioners as the second maritime- oriented commissioner to serve on the board. He is credited with revitalizing the Florida Towing Company with fresh goals, new operating equipment and with instilling a strong spirit of dedication to the port's needs.

    While with the Florida Towing Company, Mr. Moran also served as general manager of Moran Towing of Texas, a Gulf Coast subsidiary in Port Arthur.

  • William P. Muller has been appointed assistant vice president of operations of Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., according to Thomas E. Moran, chairman and chief executive officer of the company. Mr. Muller, who will be based in company headquarters in Greenwich, Conn., is a graduate of

  • Thomas E. Moran, chairman of Moran Towing Corporation, recently announced that Curtis Bay Towing Company, the 78-year-old marine transportation company, will change its name at its three ports of operation to Moran Towing of Maryland, Inc., Moran Towing of Pennsylvania, Inc., and Moran Towing of

  • Thomas E. Moran, president of Moran Towing & Transportation Company, Inc., has announced new areas of responsibility for vice president W. Anthony Watt. Mr. Watt took over the sales and marketing division of the company. Working with Mr. Watt will be sales representatives Karl B. Eckhardt, Paul J.

  • Thomas E. Moran, chairman and president of Moran Towing & Transportation Company, has announced that the board of directors has elected two new vice presidents, Edmond J. Moran Jr. and W. Anthony Watt. Edmond Moran came to the company from States Marine Lines in 1971 to work in the sales department

  • Thomas E. Moran, chairman and president of Moran Towing and Transportation Company of New York City, has announced the retirement of Lloyd R. Graham as vice president of marketing and sales, and the election of Robert M. Loftus to that position. Mr. Loftus, a 1953 graduate of the State University of

  • of the Moran Towing & T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Co., Inc., was elected vice president of the company by the board of directors, it was announced by Thomas E. Moran, president. A specialist in tug/barge operations, Captain McVay served in Moran's offshore tugs in 1965. In 1969, he was assigned managerial d

  • assistant manager of the Construction and Repair Department of the Moran Towing & Transportation Company, Inc., New York, it was announced by Thomas E. Moran, president. Mr. Collins, a specialist in marine engineering and marine electrical engineering, succeeds Robert M. Loftus, who is now president

  • Capt. Russell George McVay has been appointed manager of harbor operations of the Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., it was announced by Thomas E. Moran, president of the company. Captain McVay was appointed manager of the Seaboard Shipping Company, a Moran oil barge transportation subsidiary

  • Company (OSC), a joint venture, to provide marine salvage, oil pollution control, wreck removal and ocean engineering services on a worldwide basis. Thomas E. Moran, president of Moran Towing, and Leo L. Collar, executive vice president of Crowley Maritime, stated that Peter S. Barracca, who formerly

  • regional vice president for 1974. Two new directors were elected. Robert M. Loftus, assistant vice president of Moran Towing Corporation will replace Thomas E. Moran, who declined reelection because of pressing business commitments, and Capt. Ivan Ashby, manager, Inland Waterways Operations, Mobil

  • The appointment of Thomas A. Moran Jr. as executive vice president- Marine Division of Bay- Houston Towing Company was announced recently by Cecil R. Haden, president. Formerly vice president marine sales, Mr. Moran will assume responsibility for overall operation of the division, which is Texas's l

  • MR Feb-24#14 The Path to Zero – Sponsored
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    The Path to Zero – Sponsored EverClean The always clean performance solution • • • • Save fuel Reduce carbon Minimize downtime Maintain biosecurity Improve performance T e Four E’s of Marine Sustainability: EverClean’s Solution to Biofouling t is a new year, but the age-old problem of biofouling per-

  • MN Feb-24#40  Red Hook on the island of St. Thomas, and Cruz Bay 
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    . The twin weight of 29.5 tonnes. US Virgin 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

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    loads, and an upgrade of the structure of 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

  • MN Nov-23#27 Feature
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    Feature Power & Propulsion not subject to speci? c IMO decarbonization measures such pair of Cat 3512E’s, each rated at 2,213 bhp, driving a Schot- as the Carbon Intensity Index, or CII), stressed that “due to tel SRP 430FP Z-drive unit. The same yard has two tugs un- signi? cant inherent differences in

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    lu um mn n n n n n n n n n w with man n nip pu ul l l l l l lato or r r r r r r r rs s exte e en nd de ed d d d d d d. Courtesy Framework Robotics © DFKI, Thomas Frank of its vehicle components are made on its 3D printer, speci? - to autonomously detect and handle critical infrastructures un- cally an industrialized

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    Q&A What’s your top, most pressing challenge as Markey CEO, and what’s being done to address it? Markey, like all other ? rms in our marine industry, is faced with the real- ity that young people are simply not entering our industry the way they once did. For this reason, we are pay- ing particular

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    Shipping & Ports Annual 2023 CARGO THEFT ©Thomas Sztanek/AdobeStock What’s Driving the Increase in Cargo Theft? By Florian Krampitz at Allianz Commercial here has been a signi? cant rise in cargo theft in recent With a stolen commodity value of $107m in 2022 – a sig- years, with a change in the goods

  • MT Jul-23#32 . Photo copyright DFKI, 
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    (partially) autonomous object ma- nipulation. The AUV performs manipulation tasks on an underwater mockup in an upright position. Photo copyright DFKI, Thomas Frank July/August 2023 MTR #5 (18-33).indd 32 7/21/2023 9:13:57 A

  • MR Jun-23#19  C. Demchak and Michael L. Thomas, War on the Rocks, October)
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    quickly “? ghting back”. Maritime Cybersecurity, October 2022. The U.S. Coast Guard recently released the Maritime Cy- 2 Chris C. Demchak and Michael L. Thomas, War on the Rocks, October 15, bersecurity Assessment & Annex Guide (MCAAG) to help 2021, Can’t Sail Away From Cyber Attacks:‘Sea-Hacking’ From

  • MR May-23#33 , bent or capture debris 
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    • Lightweight - 35 lbs • 500-wa? LED • Poured Cast Housing for e? cient heat dissipaO on • No heat I ns to be broken, bent or capture debris But Thomas Hechmann, Growth Director, Coach Solu- • Ability to change light pitch without tools tions, says the major change related to voyage optimization •

  • MR May-23#31  at a recent conference, Thomas Zanzinger, CEO  panding)
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    . fusion on a large scale and hundreds of wasted hours.” Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) is currently ex- Speaking at a recent conference, Thomas Zanzinger, CEO panding its digital platform to handle EU ETS compliance in of Ocean Technologies Group, warned participants that even a single source

  • MN Apr-23#31 Feature
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    Feature Shipbuilding order plans, or in the case of offshore wind, lead operators ment here early, which is good for the customer, but it’s to examine retro? t options over the previously preferred just different than it once was.” newbuilds. But in most instances, vessels still need to be built;

  • MT Jan-23#23 DriX being deployed from NOAAs Thomas 
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    DriX being deployed from NOAAs Thomas Jefferson hydrographic survey vessel. s the maritime and sub- among offshore oil and gas companies of course, fuel ef? ciency. He speci? - sea communities collec- and national oceanographic agencies, cally mentioned equipment like DriX, tively work toward in-

  • MT Nov-22#50  in the maritime industry.  
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    OFFSHORE DATA O 2.0 FFSHORE How ambitious expansion targets for offshore wind are driving digital transformation in the maritime industry. By Thomas Sprenger 50 November/December 2022 MTR #8 (50-63).indd 50 11/29/2022 4:08:15 PM

  • MT Nov-22#34  of Rochester/John Kessler
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    METHANE EMISSION MONITORING All images: University of Rochester/John Kessler Dr. Thomas Weber (front left) and other scientists deploying hose to pump ocean water for analysis. STEPPING ON THE GAS Rochester researchers team up to tackle methane emissions By Celia Konowe 34 November/December

  • MN Nov-22#61   This vessel’s name honors Thomas G. Tobin who 
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    out of the USACE be potentially hazardous to marine navigation. Venice Sub Of? ce that works year-round to provide river This vessel’s name honors Thomas G. Tobin who condition data to vessel operators,” said Jason Powers, Di- worked for the USACE New Orleans District for more rector of Business Development

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    ? c dive Sewralur of Micronesia for the Yap Trench dive and then expeditions collected samples for analysis by science ex- Former President of Palau, Thomas Rememngesau for the perts Professor Sajmir Beqiraj of Tirana, Albania and Dr. Palau Trench dive – no human has ever previously visited Paige Maroni

  • MT Sep-22#29  operated  and navigate. Dr. Thomas Peacock, a mechanical)
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    moor- that use echolocation or bioluminescence to communicate ings. Two key pieces of tech include their remotely operated and navigate. Dr. Thomas Peacock, a mechanical engineering vehicle (ROV), ISIS, and their autonomous underwater vehicle professor and Director of MIT’s Environmental Dynamics

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    your friend the pumping machinery. s will reply, Alexander Graham Bell. Who developed The average loading time was J e the lightbulb? That would be Thomas Edison. Who seven minutes per container. The developed the telegraph? That would be Samuel F.B. Morse. whole ship was loaded in less than Now

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    at NOAA. that I spent at sea, including four years as the commanding I was with the Commissioned Of? cer Corp part of NOAA. of? cer of the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson. But through it I started off in the hydrographic program assigned to the all, I was driving toward bringing new technology to improve

  • MR May-22#33  since the 1990’s,” says MAN’s 
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    “We’ve had biofuels since the 1990’s,” says MAN’s Thomas Hanssen. “You can select your engine with minor modi? cations to make it run on biofuels.” With diesel short- ages widespread before the Ukraine War, it has made sense to run small-bore, four-stroke engines on synthetic diesel or biogas (LNG-mixes)

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    been types, and 2023 should see one that can run on methanol or built yet. They’re being built as we speak. They’ll arrive this diesel. Company exec, Thomas Hanssen, says 2021 saw “a year, next year and in 2024, and that’s when we expect The massive order uptake of ships not using bunker as fuel”, or

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    prototyped the management million euros. T T T T T The AUV i in driving p position with m manipulators f fo f f lded. Copyright for all photos is DFKI, Thomas Frank 52 May/June 2022 MTR #4 (50-63).indd 52 4/28/2022 9:13:50 A