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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Lasco Reorganizes

Lasco Shipping Co. has announced several new appoint- ments in line with its new Team

Management Organizational

Structure. Yeung Ki Kim has been appointed senior vice presi- dent, Strategic Projects. He will evaluate the long-term comprehen- sive maintenance systems for the company's managed fleet of ves- sels. Kazumi Oshima joins Lasco as a director in its Tokyo office.

Hugh Stephen Rynn joins Lasco as vice president, Technical

Services. Lasco's new structure is divided by the types of vessels and commodities served, with team alignments to serve the various trades in which Lasco operates.

IT Research Project For

European Shiprepair

With the support of the EC, a three-year multi-million ECU pro-

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Named SYRIOS (Small Shiprepair

Yard Integrated Operation

Systems), the project comprises nine partners from four EU mem- ber states. The consortium com- prises four shipyards: Tyne Dock and Dunstons in the U.K., Neorion in Greece, Viana do Castelo in

Portugal, and AWES Shiprepair

Group, the European trade associ- ation. In addition, two universi- ties, Newcastle and Patras, and two software houses, Intrasoft and

Kockums Computer Systems com- plete the consortium.

The project aims to strengthen the competitiveness of the

European shiprepair sector, espe- cially for smaller companies.

SYRIOS plans to contribute advanced, generic Information

Technology (IT) solutions and extend the awareness and use of

IT through training and coopera- tion within the maritime academic and IT sectors.

Atlantic Marine Certified To

ISO 9002 Standards

In September, Atlantic Marine,

Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla. was certi- fied to ISO 9002 quality standards for shipbuilding and ship construc- tion services by Lloyd's Register

Quality Assurance by the national certification bodies RAB (U.S.),

TGA (Germany) and INMETRO (Brazil). Atlantic Marine is a new construction shipyard specializing in the construction of all types of vessels ranging in size from 70 to 400 ft. (21 to 122 m).

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Teekay Shipping Expands

Board

C. Sean Day has recently been appointed the eighth member of the board of directors of Teekay

Shipping Corp. Mr. Day is presi- dent and CEO of Navios Corp., a bulk shipping company based in

Stamford, Conn. Teekay Shipping, of the Bahamas, provides interna- tional crude oil and petroleum product transportation services to major oil companies, traders and government agencies, principally in the region spanning from the

Red Sea to the U.S. west coast.

Kamewa A-Series

Debuts In Italy

Kamewa Water Jets launched its new A-series aluminum water jet, designed for outputs of

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