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COMPANY & PEOPLE NEWS

ABB Turbocharger Names

Operations Manager

Ravinder

Ravinder Singh

ABB Turbocharger Co., North

Brunswick, N.J., has named

M. Singh as

Operations manager for its aftermarket sales and service group. He has 18 years of experience in vessel operations and repairs, and was formerly employed as fleet manager with

Intersea

Operations, Ltd., a Sea-Land sub- sidiary. Mr. Singh will be respon- sible for coordinating the opera- tions of service centers in Tacoma,

Miami, Houston and Los Angeles.

Powell Joins Jamestown

Metal Marine

Marine interior accommodation specialists Jamestown Metal

Marine Sales, Inc., based in Boca

Raton, Fla., recently welcomed

Allen A. Powell as its new director of

Sales and

Marketing. Prior to joining the company, he was employed as director of Business

Development at

Peterson Builders,

Inc., and has also served as general manager of Bay

Shipbuilding Co., Sealand

Service's ship construction group and Newport News Shipbuilding's engineering department.

Olympic Tug & Barge

Relocates

Olympic Tug & Barge, a marine services provider specializing in bunker delivery to ships in the

Pacific Northwest, has moved to new headquarters in Seattle,

Wash.

The new, three-acre facility located on Harbor Island in the

Port of Seattle, houses the compa- ny's administrative offices, train- ing center and maintenance shops.

The new address is: 910

Spokane St., Seattle, WA 98134.

Allen A. Powell

Harbor Carriers Honor

Bentley

On October 2, former Maryland

Congresswoman Helen Delich

Bentley was scheduled to receive the Leamon McCoy Memorial

Award from the Bi-State Harbor

Carriers Conference in recognition of her efforts to impact the inter- modal segment of transportation, as seen in her introduction of the

Intermodal Safer Container

Transportation Act of 1992.

Also known as the "Overweight

Container Act," the legislation was signed into law four years ago, and regulations being imposed by the bill are expected to be enacted next year. The regulations are expected to reduce the number of over- weight vehicles illegally operating on the highways by requiring ship-

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