Austal USA Names Kruger VP of Global Services and Support
Academy and a master’s degree in marine engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Austal USA significantly expanded the company’s Services business in late 2021 with the establishment of a waterfront repair facility in the Port of San Diego adjacent to Naval Base San Diego. The 15-acre site will focus on ship repair for small combatant-size U.S. Navy, Military Sealift Command, and U.S. Coast Guard ships. The facility will be centered on a newly-built dry dock designed to efficiently dock small surface combatants and similar sized ships. The dry dock will have a 9,000 light ton lifting
New Seafarer Training Center Opens in Phuket
for 30 students.This central complex is located just above Yacht Haven Marina, the largest superyacht marina in Asia, with spectacular views over Phang Nga Bay and is just a few minutes drive from Phuket International Airport. Students can walk to all the Galileo campus facilities in the 200 acre site which includes a marine engineering school, a survival craft and fast rescue boats training jetty, an advanced fire-fighting school and 8 training vessels moored in the marina.Galileo is accredited by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and approved to provide 21 MCA professional seafarer
WEC, MTL Partnership Saves 135 Engineering Jobs
earlier this year to set up a new job-creating powder coating operation in its home town of Darwen. The company, formed in 1979, has an extensive customer list across a wide range of industries including rail, automotive, nuclear, offshore oil and gas and aerospace, has also purchased a six acre site at the Walker Business Park in Blackburn for future expansion. Its manufacturing ranges from footbridges and bus frames, to log-fired stoves and street furniture across 12 divisions and with operations in its home town of Darwen as well as Blackburn, Knowsley on Merseyside and Leeds. Steve
Roland Mower New President/CEO of Port San Antonio
; said Mower. “This is an exciting time in South Texas as aerospace, advanced manufacturing, energy and other key industries thrive here. The Port will continue to play a central and increasing role in their success.” For nearly 20 years Port San Antonio has been redeveloping the 1,900-acre site of the former Kelly Air Force Base to its best and highest use—creating the conditions that maintain and grow quality jobs. To date, the organization has attracted over 80 tenant customers who employ over 12,000 workers, principally in the aerospace, government / military, manufacturing and
