Bellingham Marine Industries has welcomed seasoned veteran Fernando Navarro to its Southwest Division sales team. Jim Puder, general manager of the Southwest Division, made the announcement. Navarro is responsible for developing sales leads within Mexico and Central America. He works with clients to identify project opportunities, provide market knowledge and feasibility studies, cultivate financing opportunities and apply for necessary permits, along with the many other services pertinent to marina development and construction. He is also the interpreter and negotiation facilitator for company proposals and meetings with customers in these markets.

Navarro will work as the project manager for Bellingham Marine construction activities in Mexico. Among his specific duties are scheduling, ensuring drawings and submittals are reviewed and approved in a timely manner and coordinating project labor, materials and equipment to make certain projects are completed on time and on budget.

Since 1977, Navarro has accumulated a wealth of experience in various positions, from assistant project manager to engineer to superintendent and project manager. His work covers a wide range of hotel construction and developments, including the Sheraton Hotel in Puerto Vallarta; Oceana Condominiums, Bajamar and La Cima on the Baja coast; and Phase V of the high-end development at Villas Del Mar at Palmilla in Houston, Texas.

Bellingham Marine designs, manufactures and installs Unifloat floating dock systems, Unideck fresh water systems and Unistack dry storage buildings.

Contact Bellingham Marine, P.O. Box 8, Bellingham, WA 98227. www.bellingham-marine.com. Unifloat, Unideck and Unistack are registered trademarks of Bellingham Marine.