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IDB Mobile Appoints Jalbert

President

Michael E. Jalbert has been appointed president and CEO of

IDB Mobile Communications, Inc.

Prior to joining IDB Mobile, Mr.

Jalbert was president for Diversey

Corporation, CSD Division.

IDB Mobile Communications,

Inc. is a global provider of Inmarsat telecommunication services to the marine industry, and operates sat- ellite earth stations in New York and California.

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IDB Mobile Communications, Inc.

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New Executive VP At Scania

Lars Ohosson-Leijon, formerly executive vice president of Saab-

Scania AB, was appointed execu- tive vice president of Scania AB and head of finance within the Scania

Group. Mr. Ohosson-Leijon will assume his position in May.

President, CEO Resigns

From OSI

Offshore Systems International

Ltd. (OSI) announced the resigna- tion of Boris Sawicky as presi- dent and CEO of the company. Mr.

Sawicky tendered his resignation to the board of directors and re- signed as a director of the company in order to pursue other business ventures.

Barry Allcock has been ap- pointed president and CFO of the company. Mr. Allcock worked closely with Mr. Sawicky in all areas of the business and was in- volved in the decision making pro- cess. In addition, through his two and a half year involvement with

Offshore, Mr.Allcockhas acquired an excellent understanding of the industry, the technology and the internal workings of the company.

APL To Start All-Water

Service From Asia

American President Lines (APL) said it would launch an expedited all-water service from Asia to

Panama, the Caribbean and the north coast of South America the week of March 20, with westbound service to Asia commencing the week of April 24. The service will be supported by APL's global telecom- munications system, and will pro- vide Latin American customers with access to the company's entire Asian and Middle Eastern service net- work of 33 key ports and some 550 service points — the most extensive in the container transport indus- try.

The new service will relay Carib- bean and Latin American cargoes in conjunction with an all-water service from Asia to the U.S. East

Coast that is being introduced

April, 1995 jointly by APL and its "Global Alli- ance" partners. The alliance includes

Mitsui OSKLine of Japan, Nedlloyd

Line of The Netherlands and OOCL of Hong Kong.

Nordic Prince Retired From

RCCL Fleet; Sold For $55M

The 22,945-ton cruise ship Nor- dic Prince was retired from the Royal

Caribbean fleet after almost 24 years of service, about 650,000 passen- gers, more than 800 cruises and about two million miles sailed. Built in 1971, the 1,012-passenger ship has been sold to British vacation company Airtours pic for about $55 million. It is the first ship built for

Royal Caribbean which the com- pany has retired from service.

Between 1995 and 1998, Royal

Caribbean plans to introduce as many as six more ships with a total additional capacity of 11,500 pas- sengers. The first of those, the 1,804- passenger Legend of the Seas, en- ters service on May 16.

Hornbeck Adds Senior VP

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. has created a new position, senior vice president and chief operating officer, which has been awarded to

Bernie Stewart, who has spent 25 years in the offshore industry.

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