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TESMA Expands Into

Scotland

TESMA Holding AS is establishing a

Scottish company — TESMA UK

Limited — in Leith, Edinburgh, and has targeted this summer to begin opera- tions. The company initially will operate a fleet of 14 gas, product and chemical tankers. TESMA UK will manage a fleet of six LPG carriers and two product tankers currently owned and/or man- aged by George Gibson & Co. Limited.

An additional six LPG carriers and chemical tankers currently managed by

TESMA Denmark will be transferred to the TESMA UK fleet. Initially staff will be employed from Gibson Gas Tankers

Limited, but the team will be increased imminently to cope with fleet expan- sion.

New Joint Venture

Schuyler Rubber of Woodinville,

Wash., and Maritime International of

Broussard, La., have created a joint ven- ture company, Schuyler-Maritime LLC, which has constructed a manufacturing facility to design and manufacture lami- nated - or 'cut tire' - rubber fenders in

Broussard, La. The facility is designed to service the Gulf and East Coast vessel fender markets, and use the in-house manufacturing capabilities of Maritime

International, as well as the designs and expertise of Schuyler.

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Garner Promoted at QCI

QCI Marine Offshore, LLC promoted

Ed Garner to Vice President of

Operations, overseeing all of QCI's operations in the U.S., Mexico, West

Africa and South America. Chris

Cantele, President of QCI Marine

Offshore LLC of Houston, TX, also announced the hiring of David Griffin, former President of Shipboard Electrical and Air, Inc. David will manage the

Electrical & Mechanical Group at QCI.

In addition, Griffin will play an instru- mental role in diversifying QCI Marine

Offshore into the shipbuilding & repair industry for both the commercial and government sectors.

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L-3 Appointments

L-3 Communications Security &

Detection Systems Inc. filled five man- agement positions both in its U.S. head- quarters and its European operations.

The changes include:

William J. Frain assumes the role of senior vice president of L-3

Communications Security & Detection

Systems following Allen Barber's pro- motion to president of the company.

James J. Cataldo joins L-3 as CFO, bringing more than 25 years of experi- ence both in finance and management.

He has worked in the defense industry for Honeywell, Loral, Lockheed Martin, and L-3 Communications ESSCO as vice president of finance & administra- tion.

Steven Williams has been appointed managing director for Europe, Middle

East, and Africa (EMEA), and will be based in L-3's office in Bracknell, U.K.

He most recently worked at GE

Infrastructure, Security, Homeland

Protection as general manager of its

U.K. office. Jay H. Payne has been hired as vice president of cargo for L-3.

He joins the company from Science

Applications Intl. Corp. (SAIC), where he was corporate vice president and operations manager of its vehicle and cargo inspection systems. Prior to

SAIC, Mr. Payne served for over 20 years as a space operations officer and inventory management specialist in the

United States Air Force. Robert A.

Fleck has been appointed vice president of customer service. He previously worked at AS&E and GE Medical

Systems, and has a proven track record of stabilizing situations and growing business operations.

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Thrane & Thrane

Appointments

Thrane & Thrane, Inc. appointed

George N. Spohn as the company's new

Vice President, Sales & Marketing to strengthen its Virginia Beach based

North American sales arm. "In prepara- tion for our exciting BGAN future, we are very pleased to have a capacity such as George Spohn to help us solidify our position," said Henrik Nørrelykke,

President of Thrane & Thrane, Inc.

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New Ciserv Company to Serve Baltic

Wärtsilä Corp. and the BLRT Grupp of Estonia have agreed to set up a joint venture to service ships in the Baltic area. The new company will be named

Oü Ciserv BLRT Baltica and will be designed as a one-stop-shop for servic- ing ships covering all aspects of ship repairs, as well as servicing multiple engine brands, boilers, hydraulics, gear- boxes, winches, pipework valves, arma- tures, propellers, shafting, and other ship equipment.

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ESAB Promotes Two

ESAB Welding & Cutting Products announced two promotions within its

Information Technology Group. Danny

Young has been named Manager of E-

Business Application Development, and

Matt Reich has been named Manager of

Network Services. Young has been with

ESAB since 1998 and has played an integral part in the development of

ESAB's E-Business applications. Reich will be responsible for leading the team that oversees ESAB North America's

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