Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture
and marine engineering company, Jensen Maritime Consultants, has been awarded a
new construction management contract for four new 330,000-barrel, Jones-Act
product tankers, being built for Crowley by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard.
The project is the second major construction management
project that Jensen has signed since it officially announced the launch of its
new, in-house construction management program. The first was the management of
construction of two new fireboats for the Port of Long Beach.
With construction scheduled to begin in January, Jensen is
already establishing on-site offices and personnel at the Philadelphia
shipyard. Delivery of the new veteran class tankers is expected in 2015 and
2016.
Along with the growth in Jensen’s construction management
business, the company has also announced some management changes. It has
promoted Ray Martus to vice president of construction management, reporting to
Jensen Vice President Johan Sperling. Most recently Martus was director, new
construction, for Jensen. In his new role, he’ll oversee Jensen’s construction
management division. He’ll remain based in Jacksonville.
Martus joined Crowley in 2008 as director of new
construction and transitioned to the Jensen construction management division in
2012. Before joining the company, he had 20 years of combined shipboard and
shoreside experience in marine engineering, ship operations, project and
financial management and new vessel construction.
He previously worked for Carnival Cruise Lines as director
of technical operations and director of shipbuilding. He also served Royal
Caribbean International as marine superintendent and as a technical manager and
engineer.
Jensen’s growing construction management team also includes
Jonathan Smith, who in August transitioned to Jensen from Crowley as director,
new construction. Smith has 35 years of vessel operations and delivery
experience.
