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Shipboard Automatic Identification System Displays Meeting the Needs of Mariners -- Special Report 273 (2003) / Chapter Skim
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Study Committee Biographical Information
Pages 193-197

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From page 193...
... Navy vessels. After his military service, he returned to the merchant marine and sailed in all licensed deck officer capacities for United States­flag companies, ending his offshore seagoing career as Master for States Steamship Company.
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From page 194...
... An expert in navigation technology, Captain Grubbs was the principal architect of the New Orleans Vessel Traffic Safety System and Vessel Traffic Center. He chaired the VTS subcommittee of the Lower Mississippi River Safety Advi sory Council and the American Pilots Association Gulf South Region Tech nical Committee for developing and evaluating pilots' portable Differential Global Positioning System navigational equipment.
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From page 195...
... Captain Grubbs has been awarded the Key to the City of New Orleans; the Board of Commissioners for the Port of New Orleans Award for Ship Handling; a Citation of Appreciation from the China Union Lines for hero ism; the United States Department of Commerce Maritime Administration Meritorious Service Award for Heroism and Ship Handling; and, most re cently, the United States Coast Guard Federal Gold Lifesaving Medal.
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From page 196...
... He is a master mariner and a retired Coast Guard officer with special expertise in ship oper ations and marine navigation. Captain Moore served as military readiness/ operations program manager in the Coast Guard, represented the United States at foreign conferences, managed multinational navigation systems, and was public safety advisor for the Agency for International Development to the Government of Somalia.
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From page 197...
... Dangerous Liquid endorsement. He has served as a member of numerous government and industry committees and subcommittees, in cluding the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee and the Towing Safety Advisory Committee.
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