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Inmarsat Appoints Maritime General

Manager

Inmarsat has announced the appointment of

Robert Johnson to the position of general manager of Maritime Services. Mr. Johnson will manage the maritime marketing and safe- ty services teams and continue to build

Inmarsat's key maritime business. He joins

Inmarsat from Litton Marine Systems BV, where he held he position of director of sales/general manager for Europe, Middle East,

CIS, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Spanish Yard Receives ISO 9002

Accreditation

Astilleros de Santander, S.A. (Astander)

Quality Management System applicable to ship repairs and conversions has been approved by

Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance to the ISO 9002:1994 Standards.

USCG Grants QSS Recognition To ABS

Quality Standards System (QSS) recognition has been granted by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and its affiliated companies. This recog- nition gives ABS the authority on behalf of the

USCG to review and approve various courses and training programs required by the

International Maritime Organization's

Convention on Standards of Training,

Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW). These new authorizations are in addi- tion to other statutory authorizations given to

ABS that include various surveys and certifica- tions in accordance with the Load Line, SOLAS and MARPOL international maritime conven- tions.

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ABS Approved By U.K. To Act As

Notified Body

ABS Europe Ltd., a division of the interna- tional classification society ABS, has been authorized by the Department of Trade and

Industry (DTI) of the U.K. to act on its behalf as a Notified Body for the certification of products under the EU Machinery Directives. According to the directives, manufacturers of specified products must obtain certification from a

Notified Body prior to making them available on the European market. Any of the ABS regional offices may carry out the technical review and inspection work subject to confirma- tory overview and issuance of the appropriate certificates by the ABS Europe London head- quarters.

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CSL Fleet Completes ISM Certification

Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) has achieved

ISM certification for its entire fleet after the

M/V Atlantic Huron successfully completed its external audit in late October. To smooth the adoption of the ISM Code policies, CSL upgrad-

December, 1998 59 ed its communications network in order to facil- itate the flow of information between ship and shore.

The company also helped to design QMX

Maritime, a cutting edge software that auto- mates many time-consuming aspects of the ISM

Code.

Two New Major Appointments At

Transas

Transas has appointed two new members to its Board of Directors. David Campbell has joined the Transas Group as Finance Director and will be based at the Transas Marine (U.K.)

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