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(SMC) for the first audited tanker — 12,156-gt Global Rio; and an

ISO 9002 certificate for "ship man- agement and operation, including commercial management and incorporating the safety manage- ment and pollution prevention requirements of the ISM Code for a fleet of chemical tankers trading worldwide." A planned program of audits will ensure that the remain- ing ships in the fleet receive SMCs before July 1998.

H Clarkson Appoints New

Board Members

Three new directors have been appointed to the board of interna- tional shipbroking firm H

Clarkson & Co. Ltd., part of

Horace Clarkson pic. Pia

Andersson of the Tanker

Division, and Mark Mitchell and

Paul Smeaton of the Dry Cargo

Division are the new members.

Ms. Andersson's appointment is especially noteworthy, as she is the first female board member in the company's 145-year history.

Gibbs & Cox Opens

Tidewater Office

Naval architecture firm Gibbs &

Cox, Inc. has announced the open- ing of a full service design and engineering office in Hampton, Va.

The office provides marine, electri- cal and structural design and engi- neering services to clients in the

Tidewater area. The new office director is Jerry W. Pinkard, a

Tidewater native, graduate of the

Newport News Shipbuilding

Apprentice School, and long-time senior manager for Gibbs & Cox.

In addition to its newly opened office, Gibbs & Cox has offices in

New York; Crystal City, Va.; and

Brunswick, Maine. The company is recognized for its detailed design of complex U.S. naval ships, including the Navy's newest class of surface combatant ships —

Arleigh Burke destroyers.

South Carolina Yard Names

New Sales Director

Charleston Ship Inc., a ship repair company based in

Charleston, S.C., has named Bill

Litchfield as its Sales director.

Yard owner Carl Beal, formerly of

Philly Ship, appointed Mr.

Litchfield based on the yard's

March, 1997 plans for expansion, which were developed after increased success and growth in 1996.

Charleston Ship services several ports, including Charleston and

Georgetown, S.C.; Savannah, Ga.; and Wilmington, N.C.; with riding crews available throughout the

U.S. Eastern Seaboard.

Hamworthy Marine Hires

Rudder Systems Manager

Hamworthy Marine Technology

Ltd. has appointed Joseph

Thomas as manager of its Rudder

Systems business unit. Leading the company's drive to achieve ambitious sales targets world- wide through prod- uct and service excel- lence, he has

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