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Petters Teel Pepper Humbert Sabonge Changes at Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced a realignment of several of its operating. The company stated that its two shipbuilding sectors, Newport News and Ship Systems, will be realigned into a single sector called Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, effective Jan. 28, 2008. C. Michael Petters, currently corporate vice president and president of Newport News, has been elected corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. Philip A. Teel, currently corporate vice president and president of Ship Systems, has been elected corporate vice president and president of the company's Mission Systems sector effective April 1, 2008. He will succeed Jerry B. Agee who is retiring in August 2008. Following April 1, Agee will continue as a member of Northrop Grumman's Corporate Policy Council on special assignment to Ronald D. Sugar, Northrop Grumman's chairman and CEO, until his retirement.
Seamanship Trophy Recognizes Rescue in Stormy Ocean
action in rescuing two mariners from stormy seas. Capt. Tom McDorr and the crew of Horizon Falcon, owned by Horizon Lines, Inc., were bestowed the honor after saving the lives of two Chinese sailors whose vessel sank in the North Pacific. The Seamanship Trophy, which recognizes extraordinary seafaring skills by American mariners, will be presented during a luncheon on January 26 at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. On July 12, 2007, the containership Horizon Falcon was enroute from Guam to Yantian, China when it received a message from the U.S. Coast Guard to divert course and come to the aid of a vessel, the bulk carrier Hai Tong No. 7 carrying a cargo of logs.
Crowley Awards Scholarship to Williams-Mystic Student
junior majoring in Anthropology at Bryn Mawr College. She came to the Williams-Mystic program to gain real-world and physical experience by sailing offshore while examining policy issues closely.
Ports Must be Ready for Expanded Panama Canal
The captain and crew of a U.S.-flag merchant vessel received the American Merchant Marine Seamanship Trophy for their skillful
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Mariah Pepper, from Bryn Mawr, Penn., a student in the maritime studies program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport, has been named as a recipient of a Thomas B. Crowley, Sr. Memorial Scholarship, which is presented annually at the institution by Crowley Maritime Corporation. In addition to participating in the Williams-Mystic program, Pepper is a
Briefing a crowd of nearly 200 U.S. port and shipping officials at a Panama Canal expansion workshop last Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Vice President of Research and Market Analysis Rodolfo Sabonge highlighted the Canal project's progress and its effect on global trade. The forum also emphasized the benefits and importance of U.S. port development in meeting the anticipated demands of an expanded waterway. Co-sponsored by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) and the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) and hosted by the Tampa Port Authority, the day-and-a-half workshop titled Shifting International Trade Routes Planning for the Panama Canal Expansion," analyzed the changing landscape of world trade, waterside and terminal development needs, financing opportunities and a number of other topics related to the expansion of the Panama Canal.
February 2008