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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

OTECH Gets New GM

Oceaneering International, Inc. announced the promotion of John

Kreider to vice president and gen- eral manager of Oceaneering

Technologies (OTECH). OTECH develops and operates specialized hardware systems, primarily marine systems including diver- operated tools and underwater welding, ROVs, underwater con- struction and submarine rescue systems.

Mr. Kreider was previously vice president of Programs for OTECH and has been an employee of

Oceaneering for more than 10 years.

Nobeltec Reorganizes

To capitalize on its market share position in the marine navigation software industry, Nobeltec has reorganized its Sales and

Marketing departments and made staff changes. Jeff Hummel, for- merly Sales manager, has been promoted to vice president of Sales and Business Development.

Katherine Malmo was hired to manage dealer accounts and trade shows.

Haggerty Joins Oronite

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Timothy Haggerty

Timothy S.

Haggerty has joined Chevron

Chemical's

Oronite Additives

Division as a tech- nical sales repre- sentative. In the past, he served as an account man- ager at Shell Chemical Co. and

Texaco Additive Co., and as a sales engineer at Nalco Chemical Co.

Mr. Haggerty brings 11 years of industry experience to his new position.

LaMonica Joins Lang Mftg.

Guy LaMonica joined Lang

Manufacturing Co. as director of

Service. The Everett, Wash., com- pany supplies marine cooking equipment.

Mr. LaMonica has more than 26 years of management experience, and spent three years directing a national and worldwide service network within the food service industry.

Automated Marine

Propulsion Re-named

The company previously known as Automated Marine Propulsion

Systems has changed its name to

EquaDyne International to better convey its scope of services and mission. The new name focuses on the primary benefit of the compa- ny's engine technology and the phi- losophy behind its repair services: the equal distribution of power for optimum engine efficiency. The company specializes in large engine applications for the marine, railroad and power generation industries.

Kamewa/Aquamaster

Appoints Rep Firm

Kamewa/Aquamaster (U.S.A.) — manufacturer of azimuthing Z- drive units, tunnel thrusters, pro- pellers and waterjets — appointed

Anchor Marine, Ltd. as its Gulf

Coast sales representative firm for offshore support vessels.

Anchor Marine also represents

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Port Of Galveston Elects Top

Board Officials

The Port of Galveston, Texas, has elected John W. Ford to serve as chairman and Dr. Elbert B.

Whorton, Jr. to serve as vice chairman of its board of directors.

Other newly named board mem- bers are: Charlotte O'Rourke;

Don Schattel; and Radm.

William T. McMullen.

Katica Joins ZF Sales Force

Tom Katica, formerly with

MER Equipment, has been appoint- ed West Coast account manager for marine gear supplier ZF

Marine. He has an extensive sales background, including 12 years with his former employer.

Flowdata Promotes Carrell

Robert D. Carrell has been named vice president of Flowdata,

Inc.'s FuelCom Products. For the past six years, he has served as

Sales and Marketing vice presi- dent of Flowdata. Mr. Carrell will now be responsible for the

FuelCom line of fuel monitoring equipment.

GL Execs Retire

Two Germanischer Lloyd (GL) executives went into retirement after decades of work for the classi- fication society. Naval architect

Martin Bockenhauer is reknown as a tanker design and develop- ment expert, and his presence was strongly felt on IMO and LACS committees.

Mechanical Engineer Hans-

Helmut Moller has taken leave of

GL after 33 years of service, many spent as group leader of the

Marine Diesel Engines depart- ment. Before joining GL, he devel- oped deck machinery designs at

KGW, and supervised the inspec- tion of steam boilers and pressure vessels at the Technical University of Schwerin.

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