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NYC Requests Proposals

For Use Of High-Speed

Passenger Vessels

The Tri-State Regional Plan- ning Commission and the New

York Department of Transporta- tion, Bureau of Ferries and Gen- eral Aviation Operations, is en- gaged in a United States Depart- ment of Transportation, Urban

Mass Transportation Administra- tion Demonstration Project to test the feasibility of using high-speed marine passenger vessels in the

New York City Metropolitan Area waterways.

Proposals are requested from qualified contractors for providing equipment and related services on a lease basis.

The proposed demonstration project will use a minimum of one and not more than three high- speed marine vessels, with a min- imum seating capacity of 80 passengers. A contract will be ex- ecuted with a single firm to pro- vide, under lease arrangement, the required equipment and serv- ices.

Further information may be ob- tained in person or by writing.

Requests for Proposals may be obtained only on written request to: Tri-State Regional Planning

Commission, c/o John Mok, Sen- ior Coordinator, One World Trade

Center — 82nd Floor, New York,

N.Y. 10048.

Proposals must be received by the Tri-State Regional Planning

Commission at the above address on or before 5 p.m., August 18, 1978.

Burmeister & Wain

American Corporation

Organizational Change

In the light of the increasing emphasis on minimizing fuel oil consumption and the subsequent widening interest among U.S. shipowners for the application of the low-speed diesel engine, Bur- meister & Wain American Corpo- ration has recently carried out an organizational change, which is meant to further ensure a strengthening of their customer relations.

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Named in the recent BWAC organizational change are (left) Lars Krieger Thomsen and (right) Claus Windelev.

The Burmeister & Wain Amer- ican Corporation (BWAC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bur- meister & Wain A/S, Copenhagen,

Denmark.

In order to intensify the efforts of all their diesel engine oriented activities in the U.S., the various related divisional groups, Engi- neering, Marine Service, etc., will now be managed by one central body, the Diesel Group.

The manager of the Diesel

Group is Claus Windelev, who will refer directly to the president of

BWAC, P.C. Knudtzon, in all cor- porate matters, and directly to the divisional managers for the respective B&W divisions in

Copenhagen in all product mat- ters.

The Marine Service operations in the U.S., including those con- ducted through their well-reputed

New Orleans (La.) Service Cen- ter, are being managed by Lars

Krieger Thomsen, who is refer- ring directly to Mr. Windelev.

Mr. Windelev, who has a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of

Copenhagen, prior to his New

York assignment was in charge of the R&D function in the 4-stroke, medium-speed department at

B&W, Copenhagen. 24 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News