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Newport News Earns ISO 9001 Quality Certification

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) received certification in the most comprehensive, international standard for quality assurance, ISO 9001. This standard includes such areas as design, production, instal- lation and service.

The ISO 9000 series of quality standards is considered an impor- tant international marketing ele- ment and is looked upon as a symbol of a company's dedication to quality throughout its operation. NNS is certified to ISO 9001, the most com- prehensive standard in the ISO 9000 series. The ISO 9001 certification was presented to NNS Nov. 30 by

ABS Quality Evaluations, an ac- credited, Houston-based certifying agency for the ISO 9000 series of quality standards. W.R. "Pat"

Phillips, president and CEO of

Newport News Shipbuilding, said of the certification, "This is a signifi- cant event for NNS, as it will strengthen our ability to compete for business on a global scale." For more information on Newport News

Shipbuilding,

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Orkot Offers Marine

Engineers Solutions

TLM Marine, being used world- wide for rudder, stabilizer, deck ma- chinery and water lubricated stern shaft bearings, offers marine engi- neers solutions to a number of highly-specialized problems, accord- ing to the manufacturer, Orkot Lim- ited of Rotherham in the North of

England. The company, with an associate manufacturing company in Oregon, draws on a wealth of experience of worldwide markets.

Orders for its products have come from markets as diverse as

Singapore, China, Japan, Italy,

Denmark and Spain.

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Limited products and services,

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Kvaerner Eureka Opens New

Office; Swedish Subsidiary

Completes Repairs

The Kvaerner Eureka worldwide spare parts, service and maintenance network recently welcomed the

Gibraltar office to its family.

Gibraltar, a branch office of Kvaerner

Eureka's Tranby, Norway service center, is headed up by Endre

Lystad and will be principally en- gaged in the service and mainte- nance of reliquefication systems for gas tankers, reefer compressors and all types of pumps. Although com- pletely autonomous from the

Kvaerner Gibraltar ship repair yard, the Gibraltar service station is ex- pected to provide complimentary ser- vices.

Kvaerner Ships Equipment,

Gothenburg, Completes Work

On Ferry

Kvaerner Ships Equipment AB of

Gothenburg, the Swedish member of

Kvaerner Eureka, recently completed the replacement of both the hinge arms and bow doors on the B&I pas- senger ferry Isle oflnnisfree. It was a complicated task to prefabricate the new hinge arms in a very short lead time, as the narrow tolerances required precise engineering. How- ever, Kvaerner Ships Equipment AB accomplished the job in two weeks.

To ensure the ferry kept on schedule, a three-person riding squad spent a week and a half on the vessel, replac- ing the hinge arms without inter- rupting the vessel's sailing schedule of two round-trips a day. The wort carried out onboard the ferry involvec the dismantling of the existing hinge arms, mounting of the new units anc a certain amount of welding work, al of which was carried out in a ver? confined space, in shifts a minimun of 10 hours.

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Gibraltar service station,

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For more information on the capa bilities of Kvaerner Ships Equipment

Gothenburg,

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