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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS extended its successful training courses in ISM Code implementa- tion to the Baltic states. Two

Baltic shipowners, the Estonia

Shipping Company and the

Latvian Shipping Company, were the first companies to undertake the course. Phil Robson, U.K.

QMS manager and lead auditor for

BV, said "I have had very positive feedback. Both companies appeared quite impressed with the course. They showed a real com- mitment to the principles of the

ISM Code, and the future, which I found very encouraging."

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Inmarsat Members Agree To

Reorganization

Inmarsat's Assembly of member governments recently agreed to amend the Convention and

Operating Agreement which gov- erns the organization. The

Assembly of Parties approved the amendments as proposed by the

Inmarsat Council and the

Intersessional Working Group, formed to develop the privatization model and which comprises mem- ber governments, Council mem- bers and Directorate staff. The new Inmarsat structure will com- prise two entities: a public limited company that will seek and initial public offering (IPO) within approximately two years of forma- tion; and an intergovernmental structure to ensure that Inmarsat meets its public service obliga- tions, including the Global

Maritime Distress and Safety

System (GMDSS) The new compa- ny will be governed by a 15-mem- ber fiduciary Board of Directors including the CEO and 14 non- executive directors, three of which will represent developing coun- tries.

GL Names New

Manager

Herman Jacobs has been appointed as Germanishcer

Lloyd's (GL) Long

Beach Station man- ager and Area man- ager, West Coast.

Metra Makes Executive

Moves

Ole Johansson has been appointed president of Metra

Group subsidiary Wartsila NSD, effective June 1. Mr. Johansson formerly served as executive vice president of Metra Corp. Metra has announced plans for the demerger of the Metra Group into three new companies. This project will mean the separation of

Metra's diesel engine operations into a new company, to be headed by Pentti-Juhani Hintikka, cur- rently a member of Wartsila NSD's board of directors.

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