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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

American Marine Coatings

Teams Up With Blair-Pacific

Anti-fouling barrier coating manufacturer American Marine

Coatings, Inc. has aligned with

Blair-Pacigic Marine Co., a nation- al representative of "green" marine products.

RINA Awards V.Ships ISM

And SMC Certification

V. Ships Marine, Ltd., a full-ser- vice international marine trans- portation management and opera- tions organization, has received

ISM DOC and SMC certification from RINA. "We are ahead of both our internal schedule for receiving safety management certificates and the mandatory July 1, 1998 deadline for tanker, bulk carrier and passenger vessel compliance," said V. Ships Vice President of

Safety and Quality David

Walton.

Global Marine Announces

Key Management Changes

Robert E. Rose has been elected

President and CEO of Global

Marine Inc. by the company's

Board of Directors, as John G.

Ryan has resigned as the compa- ny's president and COO. In addi- tion, Jon A. Marshall has been named vice president and COO,

Marion M. Woolie will become president of Global Marine

Drilling Co., and Gary L. Kott will become president of Global

Marine's international drilling subsidiary.

Boots & Coots To Acquire

Baylor Co.

Boots & Coots International Well

Control Inc., provider of global pre- vention and emergency response well control services to the oil and gas industry, has reached an agreement to acquire Baylor Co., a manufacturer of products for industrial, commercial oil and gas services. Prudential Securities

Inc. has been retained by Booots &

Coots as investment banking advi- sor for the transaction. This acqui- sition is the latest in a series that in total boost Boots & Coots rev- enues by approximately $90 mil- lion, according to company CEO

Larry Ramming.

JMS Elects New President

The Board of Directors of

Jamestown Marine Services (JMS)

June, 1998 has elected Capt. Jack

Ringleberg as president. Bruce

Banks, JMS founder and former president, will now serve as chair- man. Capt. Ringleberg has more than 30 years of experience in the marine industry as a naval archi- tect and marine engineer.

Hornblower Welcomes

Decorated USCG Officer

Hornblower Marine Services has announced that Capt. Stephan A.

Mort has joined the firm as a

Special Projects manager, after recently retiring from the U.S.

Coast Guard (USCG). In his new position, Capt. Mort will special- ize in developing unique training programs, emergency shipboard

Circle 314 on Reader Service Card 105

In March 1998, ^Alabama Shipyard delivered the AMALIENBORG, the first of two 16,000 dwt chemical tankers built for a Danish owner.

This delivery marks the first time in over 40 years an American shipyard , has built a commercial * ocean-going vessel for export.

The vessel is single decked, single screw with double bottom and double skin built in accordance with OPA 90.

The AMALIENBORG was built with pride # . in Alabama.

Alabama Shipyard leading the way.

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P. O. Box 3201, Mobile, AL 36652 USA lei: 334/690-7100, fax: 334/690-7016

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