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cer Finnyards Names jistio VP

Timo Suistio has been jpointed vice president of sales id marketing with Aker innyards. iouthwest Marine Appoints slew NORSHIPCO Head

Southwest Marine has appoint- id Alexander J. Krekich as pres- ident of the newly acquired

Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock

Corporation (NORSHIPCO).

New Director and VP At

Palmer Johnson

Daniel Shea has been appoint- ed director of product development at Palmer Johnson Inc. In addi- tion, Palmer Johnson has promot- ed Michael Schinkten to vice president and general manager.

C.Plath Gyrocompass Wins

German Type Approvals

C.Plath, a business unit of

Litton Marine Systems, has been granted BSH Type Approval for the Navigat X MK1 and MK1 HSC (high speed craft) gyrocompasses.

Circle 157 on Reader Service Card

Daewoo Relocates

New Jersey Office

Daewoo Heavy Industries

American Corporation, Ship- building Division is located at 8

York Avenue, West Caldwell, New

Jersey 07006 as of October 12, 1998. The main telephone number of the new office is (973) 618-2500; fax (973) 618-2483 or (973) 618- 2473.

Knudsen Elected

To MLA Board

Jean Knudsen, vice president and claims manager for the All

American Marine Slip (AAMS) unit of the marine insurance orga- nization Marine Office - Appleton & Cox (MOAC), has been elected to the board of directors for the

Maritime Law Association (MLA).

The MLA is the principal organiza- tion of the admiralty bar created to advance reforms in U.S. maritime law.

Parker Names Distributors

Parker Hannifin's Mobile

Systems Division has appointed new full-line distributors that pro- vide customers with complete mobile hydraulic systems solu- tions. Newly appointed distribu- tors include Cross Fluid Power in

Greensboro, N.C., covering North

Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,

Alabama, Virginia, northwest

Florida and portions of

Mississippi, Tennessee and West

Virginia; and Power Dynamics in

Harvey, La., servicing the state of

Louisiana.

Totem Resources

Changes Name

Totem Resources Corp. (TRC), a maritime holding company head- quartered in Seattle, Wash, has changed its name to Saltchuk

Resources, Inc. Saltchuk, meaning saltwater in Chinook vernacular (the trading language used by

Native Americans from Oregon to

Alaska), refers specifically to the

Puget Sound region.

Retired Navy Vice Admiral

Joins McDermott

VAdm. John B. LaPlante, retired from the U.S. Navy, has joined McDermott Intl. as director of the Mobile Offshore Base (MOB)

Program Development.

Jeffboat is proud to announce that Proform is back on top.

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