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Philippe Donche-Gay
► Bureau Veritas has made a number
of new appointments after the retirement
of Bernard Anne from his position as
executive vice-president and managing
director of the Marine Division.
Philippe Donche-Gay is the new executive
vice-president in charge of the Marine &
Offshore Division. Congratulating Anne
on what he has achieved for the company,
Donche-Gay said: “I consider that I have
three challenges. The rst one is, I have
to protect the technical leadership that
Bernard Anne has established in most areas
of this industry. The second thing, which is
more dif cult, is to be very ef cient with
the money that our clients give us. The
third challenge, and the most important, is
to continue maintaining and developing the
relationships that we have established for
Bureau Veritas in this industry – with ship
owners, shipyards, press, everybody. I will
do everything I can to maintain this.”
► Baldo Dielen has joined Guido Perla
& Associates, Inc and has been appointed
general manager of the Brazilian branch
Guido Perla do Brasil Ltda.
Dielen, a naval architect with more than
20 years’ experience in the international
maritime business, has worked in over 40
countries, with the past nine years in Brazil.
Dielen’s previous experience in Brazil
includes maritime consultancy and working
as partner at EDDY Tugs. He has also held
various management positions with Smit.
► The Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has
awarded its highest technical honour,
the David W Taylor Medal for notable
achievement in naval architecture or
marine engineering, to Dr Kirsi Tikka,
president of the ABS Europe Division.
Tikka has held a variety of executive
positions within ABS over the past 10 years,
including vice president for Technology,
vice president for Global Technology and
Business Development, chief engineer, and
president of ABS’s European and African
operations. Prior to joining ABS, she
served as a Professor of naval architecture
at the Webb Institute in New York.
► The supervisory board of Kotug
has appointed Harrold van der Meer as
COO of Kotug International BV.
Van der Meer will succeed Dorus
Knegtel, the current COO & vice
president of Business Development, in
his operational responsibilities. Van der
Meer has a maritime background and more
than 20 years’ experience in technical and
operational management.
Knegtel will continue his relationship
with the Group as an advisor to the board
on speci c subjects and assignments.
► Colin How has joined Edoc Systems
Group as COO. He will lead Edoc’s
operations, organisational growth and
also scalability as the company further
expands into overseas markets.
How has previously served as COO, then
subsequently Interim president and CEO,
of Terapeak, a technology company.
► Jensen Maritime Consultants has
hired Jianjun Qi in the company’s
new of ce in the New Orleans business
district, reporting to Jensen’s general
manager, Sergio Fi .
Qi brings to Jensen a decade of naval
architecture, marine engineering and
shipyard expertise. Before joining Jensen,
he worked as a naval architect at Incat
Crowther, and served as a senior naval
architect for Derecktor Shipyard in
Bridgeford, Connecticut.
► Foss Maritime Co has announced
two additions to its directors’ team: Hap
Richards has been promoted to director
of New Construction, while Jon Hie is
now director of Shipyard Operations.
Richards will focus on new construction
strategies for all Foss Maritime’s vessel
construction projects, and he brings more
than three decades of maritime experience
to his position.
Hie will have responsibility for the
operation of Foss’s shipyards, oversee
commercial vessel repair and maintenance
work, and support Foss’s eet engineering
requirements. He comes to the company
from Hawaii, where he was a Kirby Corp
division manager in the islands.
► Mike Terrett, COO of Rolls-Royce,
has retired.
Terrett has worked for Rolls-Royce for
34 years and started with the company as a
graduate apprentice in Derby, UK, in 1978.
He has succeeded in many roles since
then, including as chief engineer on the
Trent 800 programme, president and CEO,
International Aero Engines and president,
Civil Aerospace. He was appointed COO
and a member of the Rolls-Royce board
in 2007.
► KVH Industries, Inc, has opened an
of ce in Tokyo and appointed Yoshito
Yamane as the country manager
and representative director for KVH
Industries Japan Co Ltd.
Yamane has collaborated with KVH
Industries for the past three years as a
sales consultant, developing relationships
Baldo Dielen Kirsi Tikka Colin How
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Marine electronics lifetime achievement award
Brian Ash, the chairman of Mantsbrite
Ltd, and co-founder of the BMEA,
received a BMEA Lifetime Achievement
Award for his important contributions
to the marine electronic industry at the
BMEA Conference in Southampton.
Ash established Mantsbrite Ltd in 1964
and the company has been supplying
electronic navigation and communications
equipment to the marine market for
nearly half a century. The business has a
175-strong dealer network throughout the
UK and Ireland. Ash was a co-founder
of the BMEA and held the position of
association treasurer for 17 years.
He said: “Today we need a trade
organisation to protect our interests and
represent us in the
Marine Electronics
industry which is
a minute part of
the small world
in which we live.
To be respected
and to earn a
decent living, our
engineers need to
have acknowledged
worldwide quali cations. This can only
be achieved by training to universal
standards. Those standards should be those
of the BMEA and NMEA and I see this as
the way forward for us all.”
► Brian Ash.
Harrold van der Meer
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with KVH Industries’ Japanese partners.
His prior work experience includes
directing Stratecht Inc, a communications
technology rm specialising in improving
vessel operational ef ciencies, performing
IT planning and management for Tsuneishi
Shipbuilding, and computer software
product management for Microsoft Corp.
► DNK has appointed Göran Skuncke
to the role of insurance director.
Skuncke joins DNK from the P&I Club,
Skuld. He has held various positions within
the shipping and insurance industries,
including working as a P&I broker with
Marsh in Oslo and as a shipbroker in the
tanker segment.
► Lone Aaboe Jessen has been
appointed as marketing manager for
Esbjerg Business Development Centre.
Jessen has had experience as a marketing
manager with Viking Life Saving
Equipment, and as part of the Royal Danish
Consulate General in Los Angeles.
► Signet Maritime Corp has promoted
Capt Cliff Porter to general manager,
Traf c and Business Development.
A licensed master of towing, Porter
joined Signet Maritime Corp in 2010 when
Signet acquired the business and assets of
Colle Towing Company, Inc in Pascagoula,
Mississippi. Before joining Signet, Porter
had a 29-year tenure with Colle, serving in
various capacities from deckhand to vessel
dispatch manager.
► Lloyd’s Register has appointed
R S Sharma, the former chairman
and managing director of India’s Oil
and Natural Gas Corp, as chairman of
operations for South West Asia.
During his 56-month tenure with India’s
Oil and Natural Gas Corp, Sharma greatly
improved the multinational’s operating
performance, while emphasising the
importance of ethical practices and strong
corporate governance.
► Holger Muegge has taken on the
role of global key account and strategic
projects manager, and Katie Austen has
been appointed of ce administrator at
Drew Marine Signal and Safety.
Holger, who is based in Bremerhaven,
Germany, was previously European,
Middle East and Africa sales manager and
has worked for the manufacturer of Pains
Wessex and Comet marine distress signals
for more than 10 years.
Austen previously planned to join the
Navy, but she now hopes to develop her
career at Drew Marine Signal and Safety.
She previously worked at the Mary Rose
Museum in Portsmouth, UK, and has sailed
in the Fire y national championships and
competed in tall ship racing in the Hebrides.
► Matthew Humphreys has been
appointed as Intellian’s European Sales
manager, based in the company’s newly
opened of ce in Southampton, UK.
Humphreys is involved in the business
development of Intellian’s VSAT and
TVRO systems. He has experience in the
maritime communications industry and has
a strong knowledge of stabilised platforms,
information technology, systems training
and commercial sales from previous marine
roles across a range of industry sectors.
► René Raaijmakers has been
appointed as IHC Merwede’s new
Offshore Sales director.
Raaijmakers joined IHC Merwede in
April last year as product director of the
Renewables Department and manager of
IHC Offshore Systems. In his new role,
he will be responsible for all commercial
activities within the Offshore division.
He began his career with Bluewater and
worked there for 14 years. In 2010, he
founded OceanMill and has developed an
excellent network and market experience
from his experience in the maritime sector.
► Doug Anderson, Customer Service
director at Thomas Gunn Navigation
Services, is to retire.
Anderson has headed up Thomas
Gunn customer service and support since
1994. He has spent more than 40 years
in shipping and navigation. He joined
Thomas Gunn from Brown and Perring,
and prior to that he served in the British
Royal Navy. Gareth Kirkwood will take
over as Customer Service director.
► Capt Dennis Brand will rejoin
Titan Salvage as director of Global
Commercial Operations, reporting to
managing director, Rich Habib.
Prior to rejoining Titan, Brand spent
four years in various management
positions, including managing director
of the Association of Hanseatic Marine
Underwriters. He also co-founded Hanseatic
Marine Consultants GmbH in Bremen.
► Jörg Schwitalla will be the new
Executive Board member for Personnel
and Integrity at Tognum AG.
Schwitalla was chief of cer, Human
Resources, on the Executive Board of
MAN until July last year, and has since
acted in an advisory capacity for the
Volkswagen Group.
► Stefan Nerpin has been appointed as
group vice president of Communications
and External Relations at DNV.
Nerpin will head up the corporate
management, development and alignment
of corporate communications, branding,
media relations, public affairs and digital
communications to DNV’s business
strategy of being the world’s leading
provider of risk management services.
► Stephen Berthold has returned to
Eastern Shipbuilding as vice president,
Marketing and Sales.
Berthold is responsible for all domestic
and international marine sales and marketing.
He began his career in the marine industry
as an ordinary seaman in the US Merchant
Marines in 1978. He has worked in a variety
of shipyards in various positions, including
general manager and operating manager.
► Jaya Holdings Ltd has appointed
Chong Chow Pin as chief nancial
of cer designate.
Chong will report directly to the CEO
and be responsible for nancial, treasury
and all corporate services.
► VT Halter Marine has appointed
Rear Admiral John J Prendergast III to
the position of executive vice president.
Prendergast spent 30 years in the Navy
and when he retired, was named as director,
Sustainment Business Operations, for the
F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter within
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company.
Göran Skuncke Steve Berthold
R S Sharma René Raaijmakers Gareth Kirkwood
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Photographer loss
Pim Korver, founder and owner of
Pim Korver Film & Video, died on
6th December last year at the age of 75.
Renowned for his lm and
photography skills in The Netherlands
and worldwide, Korver created numerous
lm productions which explored the
realm of towage and salvage. His work
highlighted the importance of that area of
the industry, and showed the crucial part
it played in Dutch maritime heritage.
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‘Europe has been a strong market for us’
With a new ofce opened in the UK,
Intellian is further expanding its presence
in Europe. The company’s vice president,
Communication Systems, Jon Harrison,
explained why the region is important to
them and how best to take advantage of the
opportunities on offer within this sector.
Harrison told IT&O: “Europe is a critical
market for Intellian and the opening of
an additional European branch ofce is
another milestone in the expansion of our
Global Operations, even greater support for
our European customer base, and provides
another think-tank for strategy and product
development. We have established a great
prole in Europe, endorsed by our high product
reliability. In terms of revenue, around 65 per
cent of our VSAT sales can be attributed to our
customers in Europe, and whilst it is difcult
to identify where the products are used, we
anticipate around 30 per cent of our VSAT
customers are based in Europe.”
When it comes to communications trends,
Harrison has found that providing solutions
to the tug and OSV market poses different
challenges to the rest of the marine industry.
“We have seen an increase in sub-1m
antennas (60cm and 85cm) within the tug/
OSV market,” he said. “Historically airtime
was more costly for the smaller, compact
antennas, however the market is better
equipped due to implementation of enhanced
technology including the introduction of
ACM networks allowing multiple antenna
sizes to co-exist together, contributing
towards the lower running cost of smaller,
more compact antenna products. This type of
change in technology has made lightweight,
compact antennas much more affordable to
OSV operators.”
In 2011, Intellian opened an ofce in
Rotterdam, and Harrison is condent there
are still opportunities for growth in the region.
He said: “Our existing business activity is
increasing and we continue to invest steadily
in the region. The opening of the branch
ofce in the UK is a strategic extension of
the Rotterdam ofce and whilst they are
geographically different, we are all part
of one team located at these two important
maritime addresses. Europe has been a strong
market for us and we anticipate that it will be
even stronger in 2013.
“Quality of the product is paramount
and has been strategic to our acute growth,
however, equally important is our corporate
policy and attitude towards our resellers,
our partners and a xed pricing structure
has helped maintain consistency. All of our
customers receive the same, high level of
service; the product price only varies on the
volume of the product they purchase, not
on the service they require. Communication
and educating customers on the brand and
providing them with up-to-date information
is also very important for building trust.”
The company continues to push ahead
with its latest launch, the Aptus PC software,
which provides ship owners with the ability
to control ship antennas without the need
to be on the vessel, via the ships onboard
network. According to Harrison, Intellian
has “already seen a keen interest, particularly
from our Tier 1 customers, who are the prime
maritime service partners globally.”
Growth has appeared to stall within Europe for many companies involved in the tug and OSV sector, but
within the communications industry, there is room to grow, or so Intellian has discovered.
▲ The new Intellian
branch in the UK.
► Jon Harrison.
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