Suppression of Random Drug Test Results: A Bad and Unnecessary Decision
Last September, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) unsettled much of the U.S. maritime industry when he dismissed with prejudice a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) action to revoke a Merchant Mariner’s Credential (MMC) despite his finding that the mariner’s urine had tested positive for cocaine. The case is referred to as USCG v. Hopper, SR-2014-14. American Maritime Safety, Inc. (AMS) considered the Hopper outcome to be a bad decision, both because it imposes harsh evidentiary consequences…
Hartzell Debuts New Fan Selection Software
Hartzell Air Movement launched a new fan selection software called Hartzell-FLOW. The new software allows engineers and customers to make their own fan selections, generate fan curves and also view and download 2D drawings and 3D fan models. The program contains information on thousands of different industrial fans for a variety of markets including water and wastewater, marine, power generation and heavy industry. Tom Gustafson, Chief Technology Officer of Hartzell Air Movement describes, “The program will allow customers to quickly and easily find the fan that fits their specific needs and applications. In the end, this will speed…
Hamworthy PUMP-FLO Electronic Catalogs
PUMP-FLO Solutions, a provider of software solutions to the fluid handling industry, announced that Hamworthy, a high technology marine pump manufacturer, has chosen PUMP-FLO Solutions to create an electronic pump catalog for use in the PIPE-FLO system design software and PUMP-FLO selection software. Under terms of the agreement, Hamworthy has chosen to make available their centrifugal pump line catalog to the PUMP-FLO and Engineered Software user-base through the Engineered Software website. Hamworthy, headquartered in Poole (UK), serves not only the marine industry but also gas & oil and has branched out into general industrial as well.
