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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Mobil To Reenter South

African Market

After an eight year hiatus, Mobil will return to South Africa to pro- vide marine lubricants and related services for the shipping industry.

As of December 15, the company will offer a full range of marine lubricants, including synthetic oils at the Durban/Richards Bay ports.

Service at Cape Town/Saldanah

Bay, Port Elizabeth and East

London is scheduled to begin in early 1998.

Mobil first started trading in

South Africa more than 100 years ago, and by 1989 had a significant presence in the region. Due to eco- nomic considerations, including changes to U.S. tax policies for

American companies doing busi- ness in South Africa, Mobil with- drew from the country in 1989. It sold its assets to South African company Gencor in an agreement which precluded Mobil from reen- tering the South African market before July 1, 1997.

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Bobbitt Joins Friede &

Goldman

Friede & Goldman, Ltd., a sub- sidiary of Friede Goldman

International, has named Larry

W. Bobbitt as vice president of

Marketing and Business

Development. He will be based in the company's Houston office. Mr.

Bobbitt brings 16 years of experi- ence in the offshore drilling and construction business to his new position, and most recently served as vice president of Marketing for

Aker Marine Contractors.

MR&S Achieves ISO 9001

Certification

The San Francisco, San Diego and Bremerton, Wash., branch offices of M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc. (MR&S) have been certified by the

ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. (ABS QE) to the ISO 9001 Quality

System standard. These three offices comprise the firm's Western

Division and represent the first phase of MR&S' effort to achieve certification for the entire compa- ny.

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Oceaneering And Chance To

Form Alliance

Oceaneering International, Inc. has entered into a letter of intent with John E. Chance & Assoc.,

Inc., a member of the Fugro Group, to form an alliance offering inte- grated remotely operated vehicle (ROV)/Survey services to the off- shore oil and gas industry in the

Gulf of Mexico. The initial prima- ry focus of the alliance will be to serve the ROV/Survey service needs of operations exploring for and developing hydrocarbon reserves located in the Gulf of

Mexico's deepwater areas. To its end, Chance will install dedicated survey spreads onboard all of

Oceaneering's dynamically posi- tioned and four-point moored ves- sels in the gulf.

This is expected to reduce mobi- lization costs and systems integra- tion time with the ROV equip- ment.

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Connecticut Maritime Association

SHIPPING '98 a iy/Jf i i SM ' ifJi-L

MARCH 23,24 & 25

Sheraton Stamford Hotel

Stamford, Connecticut NEW PARAMETERS

NEW VISIONS sponsoring organizations:

Association of Ship Brokers and Agents (ASBA)

The Baltic fir International Maritime Council (BIMCO)

The Baltic Exchange

Council of European fir Japanese National Shipowners' Associations (CENSA)

Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce

HELMEPA

The Hong Kong Shipowners Association

International Association of Classification Societies, Ltd.

International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO)

International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO)

International Chamber of Shipping, Ltd.

International Shipping Federation, Ltd.

Liberian Shipowners' Council

Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce

Norwegian Shipowners' Association

CONTACT

CMA Conference Coordinator, International Marketing Strategies, Inc. 28 Southfield Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902 USA

Phone: 203.406.0109 Fax: 203.406.0110 Email: [email protected]

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