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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Marine Division

Reorganization At PRS

Since its temporary suspension by the International Society of

Classification Societies (IACS')

Council in May, Polski Rejestr

Statkow (PRS) has reviewed and reorganized its marine surveying classification, certification and qual- ity-related control and technical ser- vice activities, which have been reorganized and restructured into one, single-industry unit — PRS

Marine Division. Dr. Jan

Jankowski has been appointed managing director of the new divi- sion and will be responsible for strategic planning and the develop- ment and implementation of the new quality-related corrective and preventative control systems now in force. Kazimierz W. Waberski has been appointed Survey and

Classification director and Capt.

Gabriel Oleszek, Msc, has been named Quality manager of the

Polish Register of Shipping. He will be responsible for ensuring the full implementation, monitoring and control of all quality systems now in operation throughout PRS' offices.

Kurz Honored With McGuire

Safety Award

Gerhard E. Kurz, president of

Mobil Shipping and Transportation

Co., has been awarded the 1997

McGuire Safety Award in recogni- tion of his, and Mobil's, leadership in promoting the safety and protection of the marine environment.

Recipients of the award are selected each year by a representative group of members of IACS (International

Society of Classification Societies) and are announced during the annu- al meeting of the Classification

Society Consultative Committee (CSCC) at the headquarters of

International Registries Inc. (IRI).

Mr. Kurz is chairman of the Oil

Companies International Marine

Forum (OCIMF) and the Marine

Preservation Association (MPA). He is a member of the board of directors of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and serves on the boards of the U.S. Coast Guard Foundation,

TOVALOP, CRISTAL and Seamen's

Church Institute.

Hagner Named VP At

Maritrans

Maritrans Inc. has appointed

Thomas R. Hagner as vice presi- dent of Engineering Services. He brings more than 30 years experi- ence to his new post. For the past 15 years, Mr. Hagner has been involved in operations engineering and overseas oil tanker construction projects for Arco, Amoco and Saudi

Aramco including basic design, con- tract negotiation, drawing review and guarantee claims adjudication.

He also has experience in managing oil spill response departments, establishing damaged hull computa- tion systems and representing com- panies in regulatory development.

Globe Wireless Expands

Sales Force

Maritime telecommunications ser- vice provider Globe Wireless has announced key appointments to its expanding worldwide sales network.

Richard A. Johnson has been named vice president, Sales, respon- sible for the company's worldwide sales and customer support activi- ties. Michael P. McNally has been appointed vice president,

International Sales and will concen- trate his initial acitivities in Europe,

Asia, the Middle East and the north- eastern U.S. Walter J. Kane, III, will be the new director of Sales,

Americas, responsible for Canada,

Latin America, and the U.S. South

Atlantic, Gulf and West Coasts.

Andrew Waters, the new director of International Sales, will be pri- marily responsible for creating and managing Globe Wireless's first full branch office in Athens, which will provide sales and service to cus- tomers in the Mediterranean, Black

Sea and Adriatic regions.

New Propulsion System

Passes Test

A team led by Northrop Grumman

Corp. has successfully completed a 500-hour endurance test of the WR- 21 Intercooled Recuperated (ICR) advanced-cycle gas turbine ship propulsion engine, which is being developed for future U.S. and allied

Navy warships. The ICR gas tur- bine engine is expected to deliver fuel savings of approximately 27 percent over conventional gas tur- bine propulsion systems. This will reportedly result in extended ship range for a given fuel capacity, more unrefueled time on-station for a given fuel capacity or reduced fuel storage requirements for a given range.

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