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New Head of Environment at WSS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) appointed a new Head of En- vironment, Thea Corwin (right), who was formerly a Strategy Con- sultant for two years at Wilhelmsen Maritime Services.

Gould Appointed ABS VP

Jean Gould was appointed Vice President, External Affairs for

ABS within the class society’s corporate HQ in Houston. Gould replaces Stewart Wade who has retired after 14 years with ABS. Gould has more than two decades of external affairs experience and has managed public policy issues at the state, national and international levels. She comes to ABS from Coyne PR, a leading public relations agency. Prior to that, she spent 18 years with Exxon Corp.

Langeland New MD of L-3 Valmarine

L-3 Valmarine appointed Finn Inge Langeland as its managing director. He will report directly to Klaus Lorenz, vice president of

European Operations for L-3 Marine & Power Systems. Lange- land succeeds Ingvald Løvdal, who will manage the Marine Nav- igation division at L-3 Valmarine.

Alfa Laval Acquires Aalborg Industries

Alfa Laval signed an agreement to acquire Aalborg Industries Holding A/S for $729.6m. Aalborg Industries has some 2,600 employees and is expected to generate sales of about $481.5m in 2010. The closing of the transaction is subject to clearance from regulatory authorities. Over the last five years, Alfa Laval has acquired some 28 companies with total sales, at the time of the acquisitions, of about $730m.

Chemoil Acquires OceanConnect’s Marine Fuel Group

Chemoil acquired OceanConnect Holding’s (OCH) marine fuel business for an expected $25m. The deal includes the acquisition of OCH’s marine fuel business, its independent online bunker auc- tion portal, and a team of experienced bunker brokering and trad- ing employees and staff in the U.S., U.K., U.A.E., South Korea,

Japan and Denmark. Tom Reilly, OCH’s former CEO, was ap- pointed as Chemoil’s new CEO and Director.

MRG Acquires Cook Inlet Tug & Barge

Marine Resources Group (MRG) is expanding into the Alaska harbor services busi- ness with the acquisition of the assets of Cook Inlet Tug & Barge. Based in Anchor- age, Cook Inlet will operate as an independent subsidiary, effective Jan. 1, 2011. The family-owned Alaska company traces its history to 1923, has 10 employees and op- erates three tugs and one barge.

Automated Valve & Controls Doubles Size

Automated Valve & Controls (AVC) has doubled the size of its facility. The new 30,000 square-foot facility allows AVC to expand and better manage the larger au- tomation projects that are increasingly demanded by its growing customer base.

Delta Wave Teams with Global Rescue

Delta Wave Communications have teamed with Global Rescue to combine their service with Delta Wave’s line of satellite based global personal tracking and emer- gency alert products. Global Rescue is an emergency services company that provides medical, aeromedical evacuation, search and rescue and security services to individ- uals, corporations, travelers and expeditions worldwide. The services are also com- patible with Delta Wave’s line of personal asset trackers, such as the “Shout Nano” and Solara devices which offer two-way messaging and emergency alert features.

Hapag-Lloyd Orders Large Vessels

Hapag-Lloyd is investing, ordering four large vessels with a capacity for 13,200

TEU each from Hyundai Heavy Industries. It was also agreed that the six new ves- sels ordered in the beginning of 2008 should be upgraded to the same capacity. These ten large vessels are scheduled for delivery between mid-2012 and the end of 2013 and comply with all current environmental requirements.

Schottel Appoints Italian Sales Partner

Schottel announced the appointment of Eastproject S.r.l., based in La Spezia, as its sales partner in Italy.

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