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Capt. Robert J. Wenzel as commanding officer of the USCG Navigation Center in

Alexandria, Va. The change of command ceremony reportedly took place on June 25.

Capt. Wenzel has retired from active duty after a distinguished career span- ning 27 years. Capt. Doherty's last assignment was as chief of the

Streamlining and Implementation Team from 1995-1996.

The USCG Navigation Center is respon- sible for operational control of the Omega,

Loran C and Differential Global

Positioning radionavigation systems. The

Navigation Center also houses the

Navigation Information Service, which provides status information on all U.S. radionavigation systems to the user com- munity.

Ex-Libra Group CEO Opens

Brazilian Entrepreneurship Office

Newton Figueiredo, former chief executive of the Libra Group, and current president of the Brazilian Society of

Naval Architects, has started a company focused on recruiting investors for the

Brazilian maritime sector. Ally-Brasil is the new company created specially to identify business opportunities in the maritime sector, with an eye for the best partners and financing sources, offering project management, publicity and public relations, market research, commercial support and technical advice.

Specifically, the company will look for involvement in shipping, shipbuilding, ports services and multimodal and logis- tics services involving waterborne trans- portation. The company's office is situat- ed in Rio de Janeiro.

New Director Joins Singmarine

Board

Nelson Yeo, executive director of

Keppel Shipyard, has been appointed director of Singmarine Industries Ltd., as of July 4. Before his appointment at

Keppel, Mr. Yeo was president of Subic

Shipyard and Engineering in the

Philippines. Within the Keppel Group of companies, Mr. Yeo is chairman of Keppel

Smit Towage Pte. Ltd. and Watt and

Akkermans Pte. Ltd.

Leong Kang Chuen has resigned from the Singmarine Board.

Hitec Strengthens Management

According to company reports, in the past year, Hitec AS has carried out strate- gic takeovers, acquiring five technology companies in Norway and abroad. The company has also established four new sales and service offices, and has imple- mented a group management structure, hiring Arne Smedal and Rune

Kvernberg as vice presidents.

Mr. Smedal is one of the founders of

MCG, now wholly-owned by Hitec, and known as Hitec Marine. Mr. Kvernberg has considerable experience in the oil and

August, 1996 gas industry, and was most recently employed as technical manager of Total in Norway.

Parsons Names Worldwide Procurement

Manager

H.D. Cooper has been named as manager of

Worldwide Procurement for Parsons Process

Group, Inc., a global business unit of The Parsons

Corp., a full-service engineering, procurement and construction organization.

Based in Houston, Mr. Cooper will create a cor- porate wide global supplier database and will oversee worldwide procurement projects in the petroleum and petrochemical industries. Prior to joining Parsons, he was employed by Catalytic

Inc.

James Marine Services Appoints New

Croatian Agent

James Marine Services Ltd. has named Atrax

Export as its agent in Croatia. Atrax is a recent- ly formed private company based in Rijeka whose activities include supplying marine equipment and spare parts to Croatian shipyards and shipowners. The company reportedly represents

Jaybeam Ltd. U.K., U.S.-based Magnavox

Electronic Systems Co. and GEC Marconi Marine.

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