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COMPANY & PEOPLE NEWS "We have been very upfront about our intent to build and/or acquire additional tonnage well before the end o^the decade," said

NCL Executive ^Vice President

Bruce Nierenberj^Now, we are in the fortunate position to be adding not one but two rngh quali- ty vessels to the NCL fleKl in a matter of months, thus increasing our overall capacity by more tnfc 20 percent."

Offshore Systems Opens

New U.S. Office; Welcomes

New Managers

Offshore Systems has appointed

Frederick K. Ganjon to the posi- tion of manager of New Business

Development. Offshore has also announced the opening of a Mid-

Atlantic office in Ellicott City, Md.

Mr. Ganjon was previously wit the U.S. Department of Commerce, and for more than 10 yea^, has been the NOAA representative on the International Bydrographic

Organization (IHQrCommittee on

ECDIS. He alphas been the

NOAA representative on the U.S. delegatioi^o the IMO Safety of

Navigation Sub-Committee and the IMO/IHO Harmonization

Group on ECDIS.

Also to his credit, Mr. Ganjon initiated and chaired the 2nd

International Conference on

Maritime Law and the Electronic

Chart.

In addition, Dr. Lee Alexander has been appointed as the compa- ny's Technical manager. Prior to assuming this position, he served as program manager for

Integrated Navigation Systems at the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center.

Carnfrql Names Asian.,

Venture

Carnival Corporation and

Hyundai MeroifanV Marine have chosen the n/me "Canaival Cruises

Asia" torJme new jointN^enture in the Asjfin cruise market^he new company will begin operating

San cruises on what is currently

Operating as Carnival Cruise

Lines' MS Tropicale in the spring i 1998. "Over the past five months, we came up with a number of creative and imaginative names for our new company. However, our part- ners from Hyundai believed that, given the tremendous popularity of

Western products in the Far East,

Carnival Cruises Asia would be most effective in promoting cruises in the Asian marketplace," said

Ray Lutz, Carnival Cruises Asia's president and CEO.

He added that the vessel's name,

Tropicale, will also be a&tained by the new company.

Carnival Cruises^sia will oper- ate its initial season sailing from

Inchon, Korea^o China and possi- bly Japan arooard the 1,022-pas- senger Tmjicale, which will under- go a m^fti-million-dollar refurbish- menjrbefore entering service next yj^x. During the winter, the 36,674-ton vessel will be reposi- tioned to other ports throughout

Southeast Asia.

Former Wavemaster

Director Joins Austal

Glenn Williams, former director and naval architect for Western

Australian shipbuilder

Wavemaster International, has joined Austal Ships in Henderson.

He will serve on the company's ^marketing and sales team in a lewly created position, and will concentrate marketing efforts in souttieast Asia and in the Middle

Easfl "It i\ an exciting period in the development of the fast ferry industry artd joining a company of

Austal's strength, sense of direc- tion and capability is a tremendous opportunity," said Mr. Williams in a press statement.

MAN B&W Involved In

Caribbean Power Station

Project

This Bahamian powerplant will receive engines and support services from MAN B&W and

Manises Diesel Engine Co.

An order for a 30-MW extension of Nassau's Clifton Pier power sta- 10K80MC, two-stroke, low speed engine, developing 33.1 MW at 102.9 rpm, is to be commissioned in 1998 as part of the extension of the power station which is operat- ed by the Bahamas Electricity

Corp. The new engine will comple- ment two existing nine-cylinder engines of the same type.

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