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Aker Omega Changes

Company Name

Aker Qrfiega, Inc. has chan| nameyto Aker Engineering, Inc. in orde/to symbolize and reconfirm

Aker Msritime's focus and commit- ment to thesieepwater and drilling production arbna. With corporate responsibilities in the Gulf of

Mexico and West Africa, Aker

Engineering, Inc. will continue to provide fronwend engineering, detail engineering and project management services covering floating production technology, subsea production systems and marine pipelines.

Evergreeo Adds Australia To

Worldwide Network

Evergreen customers in North

America, Europe, Asia and the

Indian subcontinent Jaxi now use the Taiwanese cancer for ship- ments to and ftrom Australia.

Evergreen is novy a participant in the Australia-SRngapore-Australia (ASA) serviy which provides a weekly serwpie, linking Singapore with Sydn^r, Melbourne, and on a fortnightl/ basis, Brisbane.

Evergraen is slot chartering space froVi Lloyd Triestino, which together with Hanjin and Regional

Container Ch^es, is a partner in this service. ASAuses four, 1,000-

TEU ships to maintain the service on 28-day schedules\At Singapore,

ASA service connect^ with several

Evergreen services.

Volvo Penta Restructures

Global Organization

In orde^to improve customer relations /vorldwide, Volvo Penta has ma dp significant changes in the structure of its organization.

The new \rganization has been designed t^Vcreate a clearer acknowledgement of responsibility, directly on site in \iarkets close to customers. Four Iregional units have been created^ each with full local responsibility for all customer relations any business in the region, for all types of products. At the main office in Goteborg,

Sweden, globa^eupport functions — for product sujply, product and customer suppirt and diesel engine development — will serve the company's four regions, which are: Europe; INmrth America; Asia; and the Interna\mal region.

Hamworthy Marine

Expands UJSj,

Lworthy Marine Inc. has expanded its U.S. sales support network with the opening of an office in Newark, N.J. The office has been established to meet the needs of the high concentration of shipowners in the Northeastern ion of the U.S., as to" address the growthm^Smpbuilding on th^^tlan^^seaboard. The office is being headed by Aaron

Bresnahan, a graduate of the U.S.

Merchant Marine Academy, and former Marine and Sales manager Nick Chappie Nick White

Pipe fabricating productivity increased with new Wallace Coast equipment

Pipe fabricating productivity increased over 50%

New Wallace Coast equipment boosts output

New pipe fabricating equipment will make your pipe shop more competitive. Complete systems are available from Wallace

Coast. The latest developments in pipe storage, pipe selection, cutting, flange welding, CNC bending, conveying and saddle/hole cutting offer big improvements in productivity.

PIPE STORAGE

New computer controlled pipe storage and retrieval are the starting point. Automatic pipe length measurement of random pipe is an option.

AUTO CUT-TO-LENGTH

Nested requirements can be cut on a CNC saw system.

AUTO FLANGE WELDING

Time can be reduced to 4 minutes for 4" pipe. Flange hole offset can be calculated from

CAD piping design data.

CNC PIPE BENDING

Pipe with flanges in place can be bent accurately.

SADDLE/HOLE CUTTING

Accurate oxy-fuel and plasma cutting with CNC control saves time. No layout required.

COMPLETE SYSTEM DESIGN

Wallace Coast custom designs and installs complete pipe shop systems.

Contact: Wallace Coast Machinery division of Jesse Engineering, Co. 1920 Waukegan Road

Glenview, IL 60025

Phone: 800-523-6867

Fax: 847-486-9852

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