DONJON MARINE NAMES JOHN NOBLE AS MANAGING DIRECTOR

DONJON MARINE NAMES JOHN NOBLE AS MANAGING DIRECTOR – UNITED KINGDOM

News Release Donjon Marine Co.,Inc. April 27, 2012

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Hillside,
NJ – Donjon Marine, Co., Inc., a provider of multi-faceted marine services
including marine salvage, heavy lift, dredging, emergency response services and
most recently shipbuilding and repair, has named John Noble as
Managing Director -
Donjon UK.
 
Mr. Noble has worked
in commercial shipping since 1962 when he joined HMS Conway, the preeminent
pre-sea training school in the United Kingdom.  He served as a
deck officer in the British Merchant Marine sailing with shipping lines
including Blue Funnel and Palm Line.
 
After obtaining his
Master Mariners certificate, Mr. Noble graduated with a Nautical Studies BSc
(Honors) from Southampton University in 1977.  After serving
as a claims executive with Thomas Miller (The UK P & I Club), he opened the
London office of Murray Fenton & Associates Limited in 1980. 
Following the acquisition of Murray Fenton by BMT, in 1999, he was Chief
Executive Officer of the Salvage Association until 2005. 

 
His practical
expertise lies in dealing with Salvage, Wreck Removal and Oil Pollution after
having attended some 60 major casualties, including the HAVEN, BRAER, SEA
EMPRESS, IRVING WHALE and ERICA.  He is also an experienced
expert witness, recently offering expertise in unsafe port cases and
salvage.  Over the past 30 years, Mr. Noble has worked with
all of the major salvage companies and until recently was an advisor to the
International Salvage Union acting as the General Manager.
 
He is currently a
Trustee of the Maritime London Officer Cadet Scholarship program, a London-based
charity funded by city organizations that provides training scholarships for
young people wishing to follow a career at sea.
 
“It is
a great honor for Donjon to welcome someone of John Noble’s character, caliber
and experience to our team in the U.K.  He is highly respected
throughout the world-wide maritime communities and we are lucky to have him as
our partner ‘across the pond’,” said J. Arnold Witte, President and CEO, Donjon
Marine Co., Inc. 
 
Donjon
Marine’s services include dredging, marine salvage, heavy lift transport,
tug/barge transportation, demolition, pollution control and remediation,
shipbuilding and repair, as well as land-based metals recycling, demolition and
landfill remediation/site management. Based in New York and New Jersey, Donjon
and its affiliates maintain offices assets and personnel throughout the
Northeast, with operations spanning the globe.
 For
more information about Donjon Marine Co., Inc., visit
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