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ItS Names Langsen President

And CEO

Bruce Langsen was recently named president and chief executive of Inventory Locator Service, Inc. (ILS), a company which provides online services used by the marine and aviation industries to buy and sell parts and equipment. Before accepting this appointment, Mr.

Langsen served as executive vice president of ILS, a position he earned after being hired as vice president of

Marketing and Sales in 1993.

AESA Names New Chairman

Langsen

Mendoza

Antonio Mendoza has been named as new chairman of Astilleros Espanoles Group (AESA). Educated as a civil engineer, he has held chairship positions with sever- al organizations, including Spanish construction compa- ny PASCA, as well as Cadagua, SA; Eurovlas; Europistas; and Laing, SA. He has served as vice chairman and CEO of Ferrovial and Autema (Autopista Terrassa-Manresa).

Mr. Mendoza has also been a member of the board of the

European International Constructors body, and a profes- sor and area director of construction management cours- es at the University of Madrid.

McLeod Resigns From RCCL

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) announced that Roderick K.

McLeod, executive vice president of Sales, Marketing and Passenger

Services, resigned. "I have spent many wonderful years with Royal

Caribbean and have enjoyed being a part of this exceptional business success. However, my decision to resign is best for me at this time. I look forward to new challenges and opportunities," said Mr. McLeod in a statement released to the press. According to company reports, there will be no changes in the day-to-day operations of the cruise line. Vice

President of Sales Michael Applebaum, Vice President of Marketing

Adam Goldstein, Vice President of Passenger Services Margarita

Navarrete and Vice President of Market Planning and Development

Brian Rice will continue to supervise the operation of their respective departments, reporting directly to CEO Richard Fain. „ tichett the hot" filf ^ For free tickets to the Expositio

Linkspan For Stena HSS 900 Installed In

Goteborg And irederikshavn

Stena Line's catamaran HSS 900, currently under construction at

Westamarin AS in Kristiansand, Norway, will be docked to a Norent

Floating Linkspan. The linkspans were scheduled to enter service in

June, with Stena Lynx II, an Incat-built catamaran which has been in service on the Irish Sea. The main part of the linkspan is a pontoon on which a superstructure has been built, containing the access lanes and ramps between the vessel and the shore extension. Each linkspan is also equipped with an auto- mooring device acting on bollards on the ves- sel, eliminating moor- ing ropes between ves- sel and wharf.

The linkspan in

Goteborg is also outfit- ted with bunker facili- ties like fuel and water tanks with pumps. To minimize the service time in harbor, a bunkering manifold has been installed on the linkspan, allowing a fast connection of fuel, water, sewage and bilge. Both linkspans are flexible, moored to the quay with mooring rods. The linkspan can be seen at Stena Line's

Denmark terminal,

Masthuggskajen, locat- ed in Goteborg.

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The 1996 International

Maritime Exposition

New York City

The Marriott Marquis

Wednesday, October 2: Noon to 5 pm

Thursday, October 3: 10 am to 5 pm

Friday, October 4: 10 am to 4 pm

During the 1996 Annual Meeting of

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

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