In Memory of Capt. Fred Henning
The McClendon Family as SeaArk Celebrates 50th Anniversary.
glass boats and manufactured a wide range of products including ski boats, pontoons, houseboats, sail boats, canoes, and bass boats in addition to the basic jon boat that is still built today. At the height of the recreation business the company was building approximately 15,000 boats per year and had over 300 dealers throughout the U.S. Soon after inception, MonArk was asked to build a boat with a small cabin for the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission and with this new product the Workboat Division was born. This side of the business continued to grow to include oil industry products such as pumper boats and crew boats and eventually included models for commercial and military use. The two divisions of MonArk were eventually located in different facilities just a mile apart from each other. The company created hundreds of jobs for the Monticello community and included customers in many countries around the world. In 1988, the Mercury Powerboat Division of Brunswick Corporation purchased the Recreational Division of MonArk Boat Company and along with it, the MonArk name. McClendon retained the Workboat side of the company
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and re-named it SeaArk Marine.
Transocean Ultra-Deepwater Drillship Contract
Transocean Ltd. announced that the Discoverer Clear Leader has commenced operations for Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, in the Gulf of Mexico under a five-year drilling contract. The Discoverer Clear Leader is the first of five Transocean ultra-deepwater enhanced Enterprise-class drillships
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Capt. Fred Henning, General Manager for Baydelta Maritime, passed away on August 3, 2009 at the age of 41. A 1995 California Maritime graduate, he joined Baydelta Maritime in 1996 and advanced from a mate operator-intraining to General Manager responsible for the daily operations of the company. He served on the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Marine Exchange and on the board of the California Maritime Foundation. He was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the U.S. Coast Guard in 2004 for sustained meritorious service in support of U.S. Maritime Security for his service as a member of the Northern California Port Security.
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