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COMPANY & PEOPLE NEWS

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SOMETHING WORTH

Volvo Penta Issued ISO 9000 Certifications

OF QUALITY SERVICE TO THE MARINE INDUSTRY

P.O. Box 250 • 8365 Highway 308 South • Lockport, LA

SHIPYARDS, INC. 70374 • Phone: 504/532-2554 • Fax: 504/532-7225

Blackburn Named Manager

Of Chevron Chemical

Division

Jay Blackburn has been named the new planning and ser- vices manager for Chevron Chem- ical's Oronite Additives Division.

He is responsible for overseeing the information sys- tems, planning and services, marketing communications and administrative support functions for Oronite's Americas Region. Mr.

Blackburn began his career in the company's Olefins Division, and most recently served as market development manager for styrenic polymers in the company's Aromat- ics Division.

For more information on Chevron

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Quality On Time

Quality In Budget ...and we will consider your other priorities.

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Jay Blackburn

Bahamas Maritime

Authority Appoints

Director

MARINE INTERIOR SYSTEMS

The engineering and corporate headquarters of Volvo Penta of the

Americas, Inc. (VPA), located in

Chesapeake, Va., and the gasoline sterndrive manufacturing facility of Volva Penta Marine Products

L.P. (VPMP) in Lexington, Tenn., have reportedly achieved ISO 9000 and ISO 9002 registration, respec- tively, by Lloyd's Register Quality

Assurance Limited.

Volvo Penta of the Americas,

Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AB Volvo Penta, a supplier of marine propulsion systems for numerous applications.

For more information on Volvo Penta

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Tennyson R.G.

Wells, minister of transport for the Baha- mas, recently an- Dempster nounced the appoint- ment of John Dempster as the first director of the newly-formed

Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA). Mr. Dempster, previously the deputy secretary responsible for aviation and shipping in the

U.K. Department of Transport, will be BMA's CEO.

The Bahamian registry's ship- ping fleet has grown significantly in recent years and now comprises more than 1,000 oceangoing ves- sels totaling more than 21 million tons. Following an extensive re- view, the government of the

Bahamas moved decisively to strengthen its maritime adminis- tration, and last July passed an act to establish the London-based

BMA to assume responsibility for all aspects of the administration of the Bahamas registry and the

Bahamian flag fleet.

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Bahamas Maritime Authority

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VPA CEO and President Lennart Hammar- strom (right) and Director of Total Quality

Thomas Welsh display the company's ISO cer- tification awards.