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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

New DOT Maritime

Administrator Sworn In

Secretary of Transportation,

Rodney E. Slater, recently swore in Clyde J. Hart, Jr. as the new

Department of Transportation's

Maritime Administrator. Mr. Hart fills the position left vacant by the retirement of Adm. Albert J.

Herberger. Most recently Mr.

Hart has served as senior

Democratic counsel for the U.S.

Senate Committee on Commerce and Science, and the Department of Transportation's Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and

Merchant Marine. Mr. Hart was involved in the drafting of legisla- tion, as well as advising members of the Senate on issues pertaining to the nation's surface transporta- tion and merchant marine indus- tries. Previous to his work with the

U.S. Senate Committee, Mr. Hart was involved in various capacities with the Interstate Commerce

Commission (ICC).

Bollinger Meets Design

Challenges On New Boats

Three of the U.S. Coast Guard's new Marine Protector Class Patrol

Boats have been constructed at

Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport,

La. The USCG requirements for speed and efficiency in law enforce- ment as well as search and rescue missions, while also providing for crew readiness at all times, posed some unique design challenges for

Bollinger engineers.

The vessels, which will operate up to 200 miles off the U.S. coast- line, required propulsion to sustain a maximum speed of 25 knots and a patrol speed of not less than 10 knots; maneuverability at not more than four knots with one engine continuously engaged; acco- modation for any mix of male/female crew plus one spare berth; and provisions for a crew of 10 for as many as five days.

Bollinger worked closely with the

Coast Guard as well as Grace

Bauer Interiors to meet the design requirements. The 205-sq.-ft. pilothouse can accomodate the entire crew and provides 360 degree unobstructed visibility under all weather conditions. Crew berthing logistics are solved by having four staterooms, each acco- modating two crew members, and one stateroom berthing three. The vessel itself is a combination of a

Damen STANS 2600 hull with a stern ramp for rubber inflatable boat (RIB) deployment.

Circle 41 on Reader Service Card

Leica Opens Service Center

Leica Geosystems, manufactur- ers of products using the Global

Positioning System (GPS), has 1998 SIMAME Annual Meeting and

International Maritime Exposition

San Diego Concourse • San Diego, California • November 11-14, 1998

Your Access to Today's Shipping Innovations

Network with maritime leaders and innovators.

Experience expanded exhibit coverage

Keynote address features

United Nations theme "Year of the Ocean"

Be part of an extensive technical program.

Tracks include:

Ferries Propellers

Safety Seakeeping

Shipyards Structures

Hydrodynamics

JOIN MARINE INDUSTRY LEADERS from all over the world to discuss the future of the shipping and shipbuilding industry and to preview the latest in maritime information technology.

Meeting: November 11-14 • Exposition: November 12-14

Accommodations at the Westin and Westgate hotels

Call or fax Diversified Business Communications for more information on exhibiting or visiting:

Phone: (207) 842-5508 • Fax: (207) 842-5509 • www.sname.org

Heger Dry Dock To Present Dockmaster's

Training Seminar

Heger Dry Dock, Inc. will present their Dockmaster's Training

Seminar this November in Jacksonville, Fla. The four day course is designed to present the latest information on dry docks and drydocking techniques to dockmasters, marine engineers, naval architects and others involved in the docking of vessels.

Subjects to be covered during the seminar will include: dry dock accidents, types of docks, ship characteristics important to drydocking, calculating block loads, stability of ship and ship/dock system, blocking construction, docking plans, docking proceedures, vessel handling, pumping plans, dry dock inspec- tion, rating of dry docks, case studies and typical predocking cal- culations required for U.S. Naval vessels. Also included will be a tour of Atlantic Dry Dock Corporation's 4,000-ton and 1,200-ton marine railways. The course will run from November 17 - 20, 1998; tuition is $650. For more information or to register, please contact: Heger Dry Dock, Inc., 13 Water Street, Holliston, Mass., 01746. Tel: (508) 429-1800; Fax: (508) 429-1811. 72 Circle 307 on Reader Service Card announced the opening of an east coast service center in Ft.

Lauderdale. The center will house a complete stock of spare parts and provide full warranty service, both features that will, according to

Stuart Tolman, Leica Marine

GPS Sales Manager for North

America, "significantly reduce turnaround times by avoiding the need to ship products back to our factory in California for upgrades or repairs." The service center will be managed by Jake Marantz, formerly the U.S. sales manager for B&G Marine.

Servomax Appoints Latin

America Sales Manager

Servomax, a manufacturer and supplier of gas analysis products, has recently appointed Mr. Todd

Newell as regional sales manager for Latin America. Mr. Newell's education and prior experience have been focussed on this region.

Mr. Newell will be based within the Servomex headquarters in

Norwood, Mass.

P&O Nedlloyd North

America Appoints Windfield

Paul Windfield has been appointed executive vice president and regional general manager of

P&O Nedlloyd North America, effective immediately. Mr.

Windfield's responsibilities at the headquarters in East Rutherford,

N.J. will include customer service, operations and regional finance, and sales' activities. Mr. Windfield served previously as senior vice president of the Pacific Trades, with responsibility for managing the company's North American

Transpacific services.

CMT Appoints Leaders For

New Breakbulk Division

Crowley Marine Transport (CMT) has announced three new appointments: Bruce Harland as general manager of the new break- bulk carrier division, Kathryn

Huesman as freight services man- ager, and Thomas Stallings as manager of marketing and sales.

Mr. Harland, who will be responsi- ble for all day-to-day activities of the new division, previously served as general manager for term con- tracts for Crowley Marine Services (CMS). Huesman served as direc- tor of operations, Northeast, for

Crowley American Transport (CAT) before joining CMT.

Stallings, former director of corpo- rate sales for CAT, will be respon- sible for all sales and marketing activities.

ACBL Announces Changes

American Commercial Barge

Line Company has announced sev- eral new appointments. James F.

Farley, previously vice president of Distribution Services, has been named vice president of Liquid

Services. The previous director of

Bulk and Steel Sales, Peter L.

Kazunas, has been appointed as the assistant vice president of

Distribution Services. David A.

Lewis, former systems planner, is now the director of Fleet Planning.

Tim Allen has been promoted from manager to director of Liquid

Sales, and Alan Roach has been promoted from Liquid Sales man- ager to Liquid System planner.

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