Boston Herald
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- Bath Iron Works Appoints Frank Kerr And Fred Kahrl Maritime Reporter, Jul 1978 #21
Two professional appointments to the staff of the vice president, Industrial and Community Relations, were announced by John F.
Sullivan, president of Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine: Frank Kerr as manager of public and community relations, and Fred J. Kahrl as employee services administrator.
Mr. Kahrl is responsible for employee services within Bath Iron Works Corporation. Mr.
Kerr is responsible for public, community and government affairs.
Mr. Kerr has been a free-lance writer and communications consultant the past seven years. He is a former newsman (Boston Herald-Traveler, United Press International, Ventura Star F r e e - P r e s s , KUDU radio, KFMB-TV), and a former public relations manager of the General Dynamics Corporation.
While free-lancing, he wrote for such national magazines as TV Guide, covered the U.S. Congress as a magazine columnist, wrote and produced documentary motion pictures and television-radio marketing campaigns.
His film credits range from "Friendship 7," the nationally televised story of John Glenn's space Alight, to "In the Wake of Heritage," with Carroll O'Connor (of TV's All in the Family), about the nation's maritime history.
His film awards range from three Cine Golden Eagles to an Academy Award nomination.
Prior to coming to Bath Iron Works in 1976, Mr. Kahrl was employed as an editor for the Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine, with responsibility for the newspaper's State Desk. He had previously worked for the Press Herald while attending Bates College, leaving to serve as a Coast Guard aviator in Alaska, where he later founded and published the Kodiak Island Times.
Mr. Kahrl is responsible for employee services within Bath Iron Works Corporation. Mr.
Kerr is responsible for public, community and government affairs.
Mr. Kerr has been a free-lance writer and communications consultant the past seven years. He is a former newsman (Boston Herald-Traveler, United Press International, Ventura Star F r e e - P r e s s , KUDU radio, KFMB-TV), and a former public relations manager of the General Dynamics Corporation.
While free-lancing, he wrote for such national magazines as TV Guide, covered the U.S. Congress as a magazine columnist, wrote and produced documentary motion pictures and television-radio marketing campaigns.
His film credits range from "Friendship 7," the nationally televised story of John Glenn's space Alight, to "In the Wake of Heritage," with Carroll O'Connor (of TV's All in the Family), about the nation's maritime history.
His film awards range from three Cine Golden Eagles to an Academy Award nomination.
Prior to coming to Bath Iron Works in 1976, Mr. Kahrl was employed as an editor for the Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine, with responsibility for the newspaper's State Desk. He had previously worked for the Press Herald while attending Bates College, leaving to serve as a Coast Guard aviator in Alaska, where he later founded and published the Kodiak Island Times.
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November 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 19limit. While a 2,000 MW operating ceiling would Theodore Paradise is a accommodate the emerging offshore wind transmission stan- partner in K&L Gates’ Boston dard set in Europe, it is worth noting that this is still 200 MW and New York of? ces where below the maximum level grid operators identi? ed in
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November 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 18the size of the single to the United States that can operate at up to 2,000 MW, contingency limit under the 1991 agreement. In its letter, ISO- the Boston-based Mystic Generating Station units 8 and 9, NE notes the size of larger resources could be “constrained which collectively are a 1,600 MW single
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November 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 6for the technology, Theodore Paradise is a partner in K&L research and strategic advisory focusing science and wider capability of National Gates’ Boston and New York of? ces on autonomous undersea systems. Oceanography Centre’s research. where he assists clients in navigating 6 November/December
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November 2023 - Marine News page: 45the construction of the vessel.” switchboards and dual propulsion motors. This Congressional direction led to a MARAD Vessel Power onboard consists of Wabtec Corporation’s Construction Manager (VCM) contract award to TOTE 16V250MDC, EPA Tier 4, IMO Tier III marine diesel Services in 2019, leveraging
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June 2023 - Marine News page: 42Vessels Boston FD Dive Boat our current Dive Team boat to a Moose Boats, M1. The M1 will allow us to operate a dive boat year-round, as opposed to our current seasonal asset. The wider beam and catama- ran hull will give us greater stability in the tumultuous wa- ters in and around Boston Harbor. The
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June 2023 - Marine News page: 30throughout southeastern Alaska. with the crew of the French ? shery patrol vessel Fulmar off the Illustration of NOAA oceanographic coast of Boston, in research vessel Oceanographer. April 2023. NOAA The Honduran Naval Force’s new patrol boat, Río Aguán (FNH-8502), was commissioned in July
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May 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 10to demonstrate new navigation technologies by deploying the Blue? n-21 Macrura UUV under a six- foot-thick sheet of ice. A 3D-image of shipwreck in Boston Harbor captured by a Blue? n-9 UUV using a Sonardyne Solstice Multi- Aperture Sonar. Dan McDonald, General Dynamics Mission Systems General Dynamics
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November 2022 - Marine News page: 30Column Offshore Wind Fortunes Return to the Sea as the Wind Blows Offshore By Bob Kunkel, Alternative Marine Technologies some of the problems, heralding a world of change with The results of fortunes reduced emissions, government support and the end of fos- and failures are often described as a
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September 2022 - Marine News page: 17to conduct most of their normal operations completely on of, and why? batteries. Those are being built in Turkey at Sanmar Ship- RM: I happen to be in Boston right now in the midst of yard right now, and we’ll be expecting those coming to B.C. commissioning a barge mounted ship unloader that essen- next
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July 2022 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 8LEADING OFF Subsea Defense XLUUV: If You Build It, They Will Buy Industry sees emerging opportunity in large, extra-large AUVs Anduril Industries By David R. Strachan, Defense Analyst and Founder, Strikepod Systems n August, 2021, after years of delays, cost overruns, Enter Anduril Industries, a U.S.
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June 2022 - Marine News page: 27ongoing work with the U.S. Marines’ Long-Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV), we can surely expect to see more AVs in the combat and patrol arena. Boston- based Sea Machines Robotics announced March 14 that its SM200 and SM300 AV control systems were granted type approval by Bureau Veritas (BV). The
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May 2022 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 56The Final Word Maritime Safety: A New Approach is Needed By Dr. Torkel Soma, Chief Scientific Officer, SAYFR or years, the shipping in- are engaged by classi? cation societies, through, for example, training courses. dustry has focused on regu- ? ag and port state authorities, vetting Changing the
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May 2022 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 25Engineered Syntactic Systems (Attleboro, Like thick cake batter, free pouring the thick resin can pull MA) [www. esyntactic.com/], Trelleborg/Ecco? oat (Boston, in inclusions of air, which can be a problem at depth. Vacuum MA), DeepWater Buoyancy, (Biddeford, ME) [deepwater- degassing is one technique used
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April 2022 - Marine News page: 31Feature Electronics are done by the U.S. Coast Guard, or outside their wheelhouses. The Boston- USCG, which launched its Cyber through a third-party inspector. Users based vendor said, “No longer bound Command in 2013, and in 2015 es- of the NS WORKBOAT application to a ? xed control station, vessel
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September 2020 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 61New Products Manipulators & Tools Robotic vehicles working underwater enables both manual and automated iCon Inspections are only as good as their tools. MTR control, with the potential for full au- The new iCon, with its sensor pack- takes a look here are recent develop- tonomy in the future. age
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December 2021 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 22to support ? oating offshore wind instead, says Offshore Wind and Ocean Winds) announced plans to create Jamie MacDonald, Director of Operations (Boston), at Xodus a new fabrication yard, if they win their ScotWind bids. Op- Group. It might not be long until ports supporting ? oating off- erators
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November 2021 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 70a sealer in 1874, for the ? rst 10 years of ser- vice, Bear operated as part of the com- mercial sealing ? eet off Newfoundland. Image courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection 70 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • November 2021 MR #11 (66-74).indd 70 11/5/2021 11:14:49 A
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November 2021 - Marine News page: 73traditional offshore markets, and Brunswick Corporation announced shore wind energy installations. the new offshore wind market. Kris Neff has been named Boston Whaler president, and Nick Stickler Cox Appoints HII Hires Holmess as EVP has been appointed vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries has
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October 2021 - Marine News page: 58in the world. gplink is available for commercial vessels and LIGHTING ? eets, as well as pleasure craft vessels. Passenger vessel ? eets such as Boston Harbor Cruises, Bay State Cruises, NY Wa- terways, HyLine Cruises and Alcatraz Clipper work with gplink for remote monitoring, diagnostics and tracking
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September 2021 - Marine News page: 30Challenges to Challenge Engineers By Tom Ewing © Vilhelm / Adobe Stock “On the 27th of July, 1850, I sailed from Baltimore in the ship Nonantum, of Boston, (Bates, master,) bound to San Francisco. In the ship's hold was stowed 1,050 tons of coal. The second morning after the commencement of the storm