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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Top Management Changes at Wartsila NSD

As of January 1, 1999 four new

Group Vice Presidents (GVP) will be added to Wartsila NSD's top management. Tage Blomberg has been appointed GVP, head of

Business Area Service. Mr.

Blomberg will take over from Max

Wieringa who has resigned.

Stefan Fant will take over from

Clas-Eirik Strand as GVP, head of Business Area Power Plants. Mr.

Strand has been appointed to GVP,

Key Accounts and Business

Development. The present manag- ing director of Wartsila NSD

Singapore, Mikael Makinen, has been appointed GVP, head of

Business Area Marine. In addition,

Raimo Lind has been appointed a

GVP and CFO as of December 1, 1998. All will report to the presi- dent and CEO, Ole Johansson, and are members of the Board of

Management. The head office func-

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Captains (all tonnage and licenses)

Mates (all licenses)

Pilots

Engineers (all horsepowers & unlicensed)

Tankermen (all grades)

AB's & OS's

Deckhands (inland & offshore)

Cooks & Galleyhands

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Circle 311 on Reader Service Card tions of Wartsila NSD Group, presently in Zurich, will be concen- trated to Helsinki by mid 1999.

New Appointments At First

Wave Marine

First Wave Marine of Houston,

Tex. has announced the following appointments: Jack Holmes to

Director of Environmental Affairs;

Don Francis to Director of

Marketing; Randy Tigert as

Director of Safety and Risk

Management; and Suzanne Kean to Vice President and General

Counsel.

ABS Approves Jastram

Steering Cylinders

Jastram Engineering Ltd. has received ABS Type Approved sta- tus for its Model S hydraulic steer- ing cylinders. Jastram Model S cylinders are most frequently installed on commercial work- boats, mega yachts, large passen- ger vessels, supply vessels, tankers and icebreakers. The can be used in either new steering sys- tem applications or in retrofit and repair programs.

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UMOE Schat-Harding

Appoints East Coast Agent

Schat-Harding, Inc., the U.S. company for the international

UMOE Schat-Harding life-saving equipment organization, has formed an alliance with Tidewater

Naval Architects Inc. in which

Tidewater will represent Schat-

Harding in the U.S., east of the

Mississippi River and north of the

Gulf of Mexico. The addition of

Tidewater's project management and detail design capabilities will provide a turnkey service to Schat-

Harding customers.

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New Naval Architecture

Firm Formed

Kevin M. Kerwin has recently formed Kerwin Consulting Naval

Architects, Inc. The firm will per- form naval architecture and marine engineering, project man- agement, and interior design/styling of yachts and com- mercial vessels. Both new design and refit design work will be undertaken, with U.S. Coast

Guard and MSA compliance being a specialty.

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