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CRUISE + FERRY

GRAND HALL OLYMPIA LONDON - MAY 11-1

To see, or be seen

This is the event that matters

York will be followed by Columbia

Newark (670 TEU), Columbia

Philadelphia (480 TEU) and Columbia

Wilmington (480 TEU). The four new barges will bring the company's fleet total up to 10 barges, and represent a 75 percent increase in total container capacity.

Willms Awarded Honor

In a presentation during the January

International Frigate Market

Subject Of MOU

Bath Iron Works (BIW), Espresa

Nacional Bazan (E.N. Bazan) of Spain, and Lockheed Martin Government

Electronic Systems have signed a mem- orandum of understanding to pursue opportunities for the construction and integration of frigate-sized ships world- wide. The MOU provides the founda- tion for the three companies to work together to analyze the suitability of

E.N. Bazan's frigate design for the inter- national marketplace and to jointly pur- sue ship construction opportunities.

E.N. Bazan's frigate design is represent- ed by the Spanish Navy's newest class of surface combatant, the F-100 AEGIS

Frigate.

The F-100 incorporates Government

Electric Systems' combat system and

SPY ID radar. BIW has also signed an agreement with E.N. Bazan to provide technical support to the F-100 frigate program.

Exhibition ^Expansion ^^^to London's ^^^^ Premier v Venue christening of the tug

Leader, Maynard

Willms, vice presi- dent of the Crowley subsidiary Vessel

Management

Services (VMS) was awarded Crowley

Maritime

Corporation's high- est honor, the

Tom Crowley Jr. (left) presents

Maynard Willms with the Thomas

Crowley Trophy.

Thomas Crowley Trophy, by Tom

Crowley Jr., chairman, president and

CEO of Crowley Maritime Corp.

Mr. Willms was selected for his out- standing work in developing vessels in the Crowley fleet, including the newest cycloidal propulsion tractor tugs. He began his 38 year career with Crowley as an engineer aboard Crowley tugs, ris- ing through the ranks to his present position as VP of VMS. The Thomas

Crowley Trophy is awarded annually to an employee who displays outstanding performance.

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Electronic Marine Systems

Acquires SMC Assets

Electronic Marine Systems, Inc. (EMS) of Rahway, N.J. has acquired the assets of Sarasota Measurements and

Controls (SMC) of Sarasota, Fla., a leading manufacturer of land-based liq- uid storage tank gauging systems. SMC has more than 6,000 tanks installed worldwide. The new division of EMS will be known as EMS.SARASOTA.

Rolland Piccone, president of SMC, will assume the position of general man- ager and will be responsible for all land- based application engineering and sales.

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John Gwynn-Jones

Cruise + Ferry Secretariat

Maritime Conterences and Exhibitions

LLP Limited, 09-77 Paul Street

London EC2A 4LQ

Tel: +44 171 553 1764

Fax: +44 171 553 1738 or

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Tel: +44 181 878 9333

Fax: +44 181 878 9902

Q-Mar Partners With Socomar

Q-Mar, specialist in the development of ECDIS for the naval and hydrograph- ic sectors, has formed a partnership with

Socomar Intl. to integrate their industri- al and commercial activities.

The management of both firms is under the direction of president and

CEO, J.L. Paul Dionne. Socomar Intl. is a Canadian provider of turnkey man- agement information and navigation systems for the marine geomatics and environment sectors. The company spe- cializes in sensors and integrated sys- tems, vessel traffic systems, geo-spatial data infrastructure (GSDI) systems. Q-

Mar has also signed a dealer license agreement with Nautical Data

International (NDI) to license and dis- tribute electronic charts from the

Canadian Hydrographic Service.

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