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Corp. (ECOC) and CEO of

Soponata Tankships, recently- announced the appointment of Mr.

Carlos Campos as executive vice president of ECOC.

Mr. Campos replaces Captain

Maryn Reynolds, who will be working full time in the group's ship repair agency business. Mr.

Campos was most recently a senior shipping executive in charge of the agency division of one of the leading shipping groups in Portugal.

In his new position, Mr. Campos will assist ECOC in consolidating its participation as a steamship agent to its current principals and managing agent of a new vessel operator in the trades to and from the Middle East, the Persian Gulf,

Pakistan, Southeast Asia, the Far

East, Baltic states and North and

West Africa.

Carter, Ledyard & Milburn

Adds "Rising Star"

Associate

Wall Street law firm Carter,

Ledyard & Milburn announced

Aug. 19 the addition of

Alexandra G. Lyras as an associ- ate.

Ms. Lyras was recently named one of 10 rising stars in the mar- itime community by a leading maritime journal. She was pre- viosly at the law firm of Dyer Ellis & Joseph.

Said Thomas J. Whalen of the firm's Maritime Practice Group, "Alexandra brings substantial shipping industry business and legal experience covering a wide array of issues such as compliance with regulatory matters, ship sales and financings, charter par- ties, and environmental oil pollu- tion liability to name a few. We are delighted to have her become part of our growing practice."

New President Appointed

At MacGregor

Anders Jagraeus has been appointed new president of

MacGregor, effective September 1, 1997.

Currently, he is an executive vice president of the Incentive Group, a position he will retain once he takes up his new post.

Jagraeus succeeds Ulf

Hedberg, who has been president of the company since 1986, and who will be involved in the contin- ued development of MacGregor's position in Asia. Hedberg will also remain a member of the board of directors of the Japanese company,

MacGregor-Kayaba.

Promotion at Gulf & Atlantic

Sid Gaudet III was promoted to vice president of general cargo and project services at Gulf &

Atlantic, a steamship agency. His responsibilities will include client service of current G&A customers, as well as new business develop- ment.

Brendan R. McCahill, presi- dent of G&A, noting the company's success in attracting carriers that specialize in non-containerized cargoes, said Mr. Gaudet's appoint- ment will strengthen G&A's com- mitment to these specialized carri- ers.

Newcomer At Inexa Profil

Roland Torngren will succeed

John Thybald as manager of the engineering industry business sec-

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