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Pendexter Chanik RAdm. Currier Johannessen Sullivan ABS Elects Pendexter Senior VP
ABS elected Linwood (Lenny) Pendexter to the position of Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Surveyors. Over his 34-year career with ABS, Pendexter has held many different positions.
NG Appoints Chanik
increased revenue from $9.4m in 2000 to $48.5m in 2007.
NG Appoints Sullivan
Obituary: Bruce V. Reagan
Northrop Grumman Corporation has named Paul F. Sullivan vice president of operations for its Naval and Marine Systems Division at the company's Electronic Systems sector.
Tidewater Elects Netherland
Northrop Grumman has appointed Evan "Marty" Chanik to vice president of business development for its shipbuilding sector. Chanik will be responsible for all shipbuilding sector marketing and customer and government relations initiatives.
New USCG Chief of Staff
Rear Adm. John Currier, commander of the 13th Coast Guard District, has been nominated by the Commandant of the Coast Guard to serve as the future chief of staff for the service. Once approved by Congress, Currier will oversee acquisition, personnel, budgeting, communication technologies, engineering and logistics for the service.
Hatteland Appoints CEO
Tidewater elected Joseph H. Netherland to its Board of Directors for a term expiring in July 2009. Previously Netherland served as Chairman of the Board of FMC Technologies from December 2001 until his retirement in October 2008. Tidewater Inc. owns 439 vessels serving the global offshore energy industry.
OMSA Hires New Jones Act Compliance Manager
Bruce V. Reagan, president of Northwind Marine, Inc., Seattle, Washington, passed away October 16, 2008. Reagan co-owned and operated Workboats Northwest from 1976 to 1995, founded Northwest Plasma Cutting and Sovereign Yacht in 1990, and Northwind Marine, Inc. in 1995. He is survived by his wife, Allison, and two daughters. to punish violators. Kavanaugh has many years of experience investigating smuggling, immigration and drug cases, as well as maritime law violations, working for the U.S. Coast Guard, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and others. He has also worked as a vessel captain, which will help him to work with the maritime industry to identify and investigate Jones Act violations and then collect the necessary evidence to make cases against violators.
FuelTrax Receives Approval
The board of Hatteland Display has employed Trond K. Johannessen as its new President and CEO, starting Feb 1, 2009. The appointment follows a period in which the company has
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The Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA), the voice for the U.S. flag workboat industry, has created a new position, Manager of Jones Act Compliance. OMSA hired Joe Kavanaugh to fill the position and track the activities of foreign vessels working in the offshore oil and gas industry, determine whether those vessels are cheating on the Jones Act and work with enforcement agencies
Nautical Control Solutions FuelTrax Marine Fuel Management system has been awarded an American Bureau of Shipping Type Approval certificate. Introduced in 2006, FuelTrax connects to various
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