31 Oct

New electric anchor windlass available from Markey Machinery

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(SEATTLE, WA -- October 29, 2007) Markey Machinery, a Seattle-based designer serving professional mariners with custom deck machinery, has custom designed and manufactured an anchor windlass for use aboard the drill ship Joides Resolution. The Markey Type WES-32 Electric Anchor Windlass is being installed as part of infrastructure upgrades to the vessel as it undergoes a major overhaul and conversion in a…
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31 Oct

Crowley announces organizational changes; Peterson and Hoggarth promoted

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(SEATTLE, WA -- October 24, 2007) Crowley Maritime Corporation has announced organizational changes in its West Coast Marine Services group. The company's operations and commercial responsibilities have been combined into one group under the leadership of Chris Peterson, vice president, West Coast services. Scott Hoggarth will act as the newly promoted general manager of ship assist and escort.Peterson will now…
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31 Oct

Navionics wins industry award for Platinum electronic cartography

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A view of the Navionics Platinum electronic cartography screen. (WAREHAM, MA -- October 29, 2007) Platinum, multi-dimensional electronic cartography from Navionics, has won the 2007 National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) Industry Award in the Marine Specialty category.    The award recognized Platinum charts for excellence in innovation, design, performance and reliability in marine navigation. Award winners are selected by a secret…
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31 Oct

SES Americom launches Maritime Mobile Broadband service

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(PRINCETON, NJ -– October 24, 2007) SES Americom, a supplier of satellite services, today launched its Maritime Mobile Broadband (MMB) service which enables telecommunications service providers to offer affordable, “always on” broadband data and voice service to boats and ships throughout the Americas and the Caribbean.The company operates a fleet of 15 spacecraft. The satellites used for MMB services, such…
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31 Oct

National Waterways Foundation elects new officers and trustees

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(WASHINGTON, DC - October 26, 2007) The National Waterways Foundation elected new officers and trustees at its recent meeting on October 3, 2007 in Houston. The goal of the National Waterways Foundation is to serve and protect America’s waterways system. Through research studies, education and training programs, grants, forms and similar activities, the Foundation helps people understand how to maintain…
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24 Oct

Bob Rousseau promoted to vice president of Intermodal

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(JACKSONVILLE, FL -- October 22, 2007) Crowley Maritime Corporation announced today that Robert (Bob) Rousseau has been promoted to Vice President of Intermodal, a newly created position in the company's liner services segment. He will remain domiciled in Jacksonville and report to Rob Grune, vice president and general manager of Puerto Rico/Caribbean services, and John Hourihan, vice president and general…
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24 Oct

ABS Nautical Systems software donation will help keep historic ship alive

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S.S. American Victory (HOUSTON, TX -- October 22, 2007) ABS Nautical Systems (ABS NS) has donated the NS 5 Maintenance & Repair fleet management software to the historic S.S. American Victory museum ship, one of only four remaining WWII Merchant Ships still sailing under the U.S. flag. The NS 5 Maintenance & Repair software is a comprehensive planned maintenance program…
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24 Oct

Bollinger promotes Jodi Satches to vice president of health, safety, environment

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Pictured above, Jodi Satches, the Vice President of the newly established Health, Safety, and Environmental Department at Bollinger. (LOCKPORT, LA –- October 22, 2007) Bollinger Shipyards has announced the promotion of Jodi Satches to Vice President of the newly established Health, Safety, and Environmental Department.  As vice president, Satches will now assume overall responsibility for safety operations as well as maintain…
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24 Oct

Crowley christens Barge 455-3 in Portland, Oregon

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(PORTLAND, OR -- October 19, 2007) Crowley Maritime Corporation Saturday christened and launched barge 455-3, the third heavy-lift 455 series flat-deck barge to be built and delivered to Crowley this year by Gunderson Marine in Portland, Ore. Barges 455-3, 455-2 and Marty J, all delivered this year, are 400-feet long by 105-feet-wide deck and are engineered for handling project work…
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