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Gets Rusten To Develop "American" e Project nerican Classic Voyages Co. (AMCM) nted Jon Rusten as president of Ocean lopment, Co., a wholly-owned AMCV sub- :y established to manage the construction /o 1,900 berth passenger ships scheduled delivery in 2003 and 2004. Mr. Rusten will 'see the newbuild project team, including the iaining design, bidding and construction ises. A contract with a U.S. shipyard will be arded by April 1999: current competitors are ondale Industries, Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding d National Steel and Shipbuilding. The project ills for the design and construction of the first rierican-built large cruise ships in more than 40 jars, and has received national recognition for pearheading the revitilization of the U.S.-flag ruise ship industry and cruise ship construction n the U.S. The ships, each costing approxi- nately $400 million, will sail throughout the

Hawaiian islands.

Wartsila NSD Announces Changes In North

American Marine Organization ^NartsWa NSD will relocate its North American

Marine Business Area to new facilities in Ft.

Lauderdale, Fla. \Nh\ch will support mame busi- ness administration, cruise and commercial shipping product sales, project management and support functions. The company will also continue its offshore product sales, manage- ment and support activities from its office in

Houston, in addition to the location change,

Wartsila has announced the following appoint- ments: Bill Malacrida (Vice President, Marine within North America); Fred Danska (Cruise and Transportation business segments from

Fla.); Christopher Broman (Commercial

Shipping business); Robert Kimmons (Offshore business from Tx.); Rick Shilling (Project

Management, Fla.); David Steffens (Project

Management, Tx.).

New Operations in China

Captain Eric Southworth, operations man- ager of Fender Care Marine and STS Transfer

Services Ltd. of Norfolk, England, has been involved in three operations off the Chinese coast, contracted to Contichem of Norwalk,

Conn. Capt. Southworth was involved with the supervision of ship to ship (STS) transfers of

LPG for a large Korean ship owner of Seoul and similarly for a major Danish shipping company.

Kimbrell Named Head Of Hvide Marine

Towing

Hvide Marine Inc. has announced the appointment of

James S. Kimbrell as presi- dent of Hvide Marine Towing, the company's offshore and har- bor towing division. He will also be elected a vice president of

Hvide Marine Inc. Mr. Kimbrell was formerly executive vice president, CFO and a director of Bay

Transportation Co. Inc., \Nb\cb Hvide acquired last October. He succeeds Robert A. Santos who is retiring after 36 years with the company.

With revenues of $20.4 million in 1997, Hvide

Marine Towing is a fast-growing part of Hvide

Marine with domestic harbor tug operations in

Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas, as well as an expanding offshore business in the U.S. and Mexican sectors of the Gulf of Mexico.

USCG Seeks 7SIKC Members

The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking applications for appointment to membership on the Towing

Safety Advisory Committee [TSI\C). TSAC is a 16 member Federal Advisory Committee that advises the Secretary of Transportation on mat- ters related to shallow-draft inland and coastal waterway navigation and towing safety.

The advice and recommendations of TSAC also assist the U.S. Coast Guard in formulating

U.S. positions at meetings of the International

Maritime Organization (IMO).

Each member serves for a term of three years.

Application forms may be obtained by writing

Commandant (G-MS0-1), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street S.W., Rm. 1210,

Washington, DC 20593-0001; by calling (202) 267-0229; or by faxing (202) 267-4570.

Completed applications should be submitted to the Coast Guard by October 17, 1998.

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