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Giavridis join our team. The

Greek market is extremely impor- tant to Bender shipyards. Greek owned/controlled vessels represent a significant portion of our repair business, and we are always striv- ing to attract additional Greek cus- tomers," said Peter Maschke,

Bender manager of International

Sales.

Pacific Maritime Association

Office Relocates

The Northern California area office of the Pacific Maritime

Association (PMA) has signed a 10-year lease for 9,729-sq-ft. of office space at 500 12th Street in

Oakland's City Center. PMA, an employer association representing steamship operators, terminal operators and stevedores in

Washington, Oregon and

California, relocated in late March from Kaiser Center's Ordway

Building in Oakland's Merritt business district. Art Chu, PMA

Northern California assistant area manager, said a major factor in the decision to move was the desire to be closer to the Port of Oakland's maritime facilities.

Gibbs & Cox Names New

Chair

Anthony P. Roman has retired from the position of chairman of the board at Gibbs & Cox, Inc., after serving in this capacity for six years. He will continue to serve in an advisory role as a con- sultant and member of the board of directors. Theodore A. Tribolati has been named to fill the position.

He has been with Gibbs & Cox for 24 years, a tenure which com- menced after employment at the

New York Naval Shipyard, M.

Rosenblatt & Son Designers and

Planners.

SARS Named London Rep

For Consulmar

Spanish ship agency Consulmar has appointed Shipping Agency

Representation Services (SARS) as its London marketing representa- tive. Consulmar was previously represented in the U.K. by Keith

Jones, who has retired after 12 years. In addition to agency work for the tanker and bulker markets,

Consulmar runs a 24-hour ren-

May, 1997 dezvous service operated by fast launches in the Straits of

Gibraltar and Algeciras Bay.

Great White Fleet Resigns

From CADA

Great White Fleet (GWF), an independent carrier serving the

U.S. to Central America trade route, announced that it has resigned from the Central

American Discussion Agreement (CADA). "In today's dynamic and increas- ingly complex environment of international trade, we felt it nec- essary to ensure our organization is 100 percent focused on our cus- tomer's transportation require- ments.

In our opinion, CADA was not serving the interests of GWF or our customers in what we felt was the most beneficial manner," said

Doug Clark, GWF director of

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