State University of New York Maritime College To Salute Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited; Crowley Maritime Corporation & Richard De Simone, President, XL Insurance North America

The State University of New York Maritime College will salute Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (Shell Trading and Shipping); Crowley Maritime Corporation and Richard D. DeSimone, ’77 (M.S.), President, XL Insurance North America Marine, during SUNY Maritime College’s annual Admiral’s Scholarship Dinner on Tuesday, May 1st, 2012.

John Krousouloudis (General Manager, Ship Management, Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited), a 1976 SUNY Maritime graduate, will accept the award on behalf of Shell Trading and Shipping. Thomas Crowley, President, CEO and Chairman of Crowley Maritime Corporation, Jacksonville, FL, will accept the award for Crowley Maritime and Richard DeSimone, President, XL Insurance (US Ocean and Inland Marine Unit, New York) will accept the award from his alma mater on his own behalf.

Shell Trading and Shipping is part of a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with operations in more than 100 countries and territories. Headquartered in The Hague, its businesses include: oil and gas exploration and production; production and marketing of liquefied natural gas and gas to liquids; manufacturing, marketing and shipping of oil products and chemicals; and engagement in renewable energy projects.

Each day Shell has an interest in approximately 1,500 ships and barges transiting the world’s oceans and rivers. Shell has equity, management or chartering positions in roughly a quarter of the global LNG fleet and manages some 49 LNG/LPG carriers in addition to 11 oil tankers. It employs more than 1,000 international fleet marine officers with LNG experience and qualifications and more than 3,500 seafarers in total.

Crowley Maritime Corporation is a U.S.-owned and operated marine solutions, transportation and logistics company providing services in domestic and international markets through six operating lines of business: Puerto Rico/Caribbean liner services; Latin America liner services; logistics; marine contract solutions; deep sea petroleum transportation; and petroleum transportation, distribution and sales in Alaska.

Richard De Simone is President of XL Insurance North America (XL is a global insurance and reinsurance company). A 1971 graduate of the City University of New York Baruch College, Mr. DeSimone received his Masters in Transportation Management from the State University of New York Maritime College in 1979. In addition, he also received the Associated in Marine Insurance Management ( AMIM ) designation in 1979 and attended the Insurance Institute of Americas Advane Education program at the Wharton School – University Of Pennsylvania. A past Chairman of the American Institute Underwriters (AMIMU), he is the first Chairman from the United Stated to lead International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI). Mr. De Simone has served on the Board of Directors of the American Bureau of Shipping and the National Cargo Bureau. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Water Quality Insurance Syndicate (WQIS). He served as a Lieutenant in the U.S Navy from 1972-1975.

Tickets for the 2010 Admiral’s Scholarship Dinner to benefit the State University of New York Maritime College Scholarship Fund are available by calling 718-409-4983, or by emailing: admiralsdinner@sunymaritime.edu. Tickets are $350 per person. Tables of 10 are available beginning at $3,500 per table. The event will be held on the College’s Throggs Neck, Bronx, New York, campus in Vander Clute Hall. The cocktail hour will begin at 6 pm and the dinner will follow at 7 pm. Sponsorship and underwriting opportunities are also available for the event as well as for the journal. Attire for the event is business dress. All proceeds of the 2011 Admiral’s Scholarship Dinner will benefit the SUNY Maritime College Scholarship Fund.

As one of only six state maritime colleges in the United States, Maritime College is a vital educational force in training and preparing thousands of young people for leadership careers in the maritime industry. State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College is a four-year college located at historic Fort Schuyler in Throggs Neck, New York. SUNY Maritime College has consistently ranked among the top engineering colleges in the nation and as a top baccalaureate college in the Northeast by US News & World Report.

To learn more about Shell visit: http://www.shell.com/; to learn more about Crowley Maritime Corporation visit: www.crowley.com and to learn more about Mr. DeSimone and XL Insurance, visit: www.xlinsurance.com.

And, to learn more about SUNY Maritime College and the 2012 Admiral’s Scholarship Dinner, visit www.sunymaritime.edu.