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shafting, steering, foundations, exhaust system, generators and stabilization system. Another recent project involved thruster modifications for D7-Class contain- erships for Sea-Land Service, Inc.

Recent customers in the areas of hydraulic system design, ship- board fluid systems and HVAC sys- tems include: the University of

Connecticut; AT&T; Crowley

Marine Services; Hvide Marine

Inc.; and NOAA.

Hollaway Joins Thrustmaster

The management of

Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. announced that Dave Hollaway has joined its team of marine propulsion professionals as

Applications engineer. He will work closely with company

President Joe R. Bekker in the design and configuration of hydraulic marine propulsion units, and is responsible for proposal management. Mr. Holloway was previously with the Institute for

Applied Marine Research.

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Hvide Marine Promotes

Two Employees

Hvide Marine Inc., Fort

Lauderdale, Fla., announced that

Leo T. Carey will serve as vice president of Ship Management, after a promotion from his former capacity as director of Operations for the company's chemical and petroleum tanker fleet. In addi- tion, Christopher D. Strong was appointed treasurer, and will retain his former title of director of Finance, in which capacity he has served since 1994. He played a key role in Hvide's initial public offering in August.

Evergreen Transfers

Responsibility For Shipping

Taiwan's Evergreen Group will reportedly tranfer responsibility for its Far East/South

Africa/South America service from

Uniglory Marine Corp. to

Evergreen Marine Corp. Some changes in service are anticipat- ed, and will be announced in the near future. Uniglory will cease to manage pricing with the sailing of Petralia from Keelung on

December 31. Operation of this weekly service will become

Evergreen's responsibility begin- ning with the sailing of 1,810-

TEU Ever Living from Keelung on

January 6, 1997. The combined

Evergreen/Uniglory fleet stands at 82 vessels, with vessels on order bringing the total to 108.

New Marine Consultancy

Sprouts In New Orleans

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Group. Mr. Hall has also worked for Avondale Shipyards in this capacity and has experience as owner/manager of a marine sup- ply company, in international chartering for two offshore fleet operators, and in shipbuilding and repair project management.

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