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Lafarge Ballast Installed On

Six APL Container Ships

Lafarge, formerly Redland

Genstar, Inc., was awarded a con- tract from APL (Neptune Orient

Line) to install more than 21,000 metric tons of its Ballast-Crete fixed ballast in six container ships.

The contract was completed during

July and August 1998, working around the sailing schedules of the ships. With ballast installed dur- ing cargo operations, there was lit- tle interruption to the ship's sched- ule or disruption to ongoing nor- mal terminal operations.

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Paratherm Opens U.K.

Branch

Paratherm Corporation, a U.S.- based manufacturer of heat trans- fer fluids for general industry, has opened a new full service facility in the U.K. to serve customers in western Europe. The new facility, located near London, is a partner- ship between Paratherm and

Golfray Ltd., and will stock several types of Paratherm heat transfer fluids.

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Autoship Wins Contract,

Receives DNV Approval

Autoship Systems Corp. of

Vancouver, Canada has recently received Det Norske Veritas (DNV)

Type Approval for its loading instrument software, Autoload.

The company has announced that it has won an international compe- tition for the contract to provide customized software to

Wilhelmsen Lines AS of Oslo,

Norway. The project will include the development of state of the art computerized stowage planning and cargo management system to be used company-wide onboard 28

RoRo ships and in 19 regional offices of Wilhelmsen Lines.

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NNS Announces New

Directors

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) has promoted several employees to director positions within the organization. John

Lilley, promoted to director of

Carrier Overhauls, will lead the effort to plan and conduct over- hauls of aircraft carriers at NNS. A 26-year employee of NNS, Harold

Paxton has been appointed to director of Carrier Construction.

Mr. Paxton will be responsible for

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MAN B&W Diesel A/S • Teglholmsgade 41 • DK-2450 Copenhagen SV

E-mail: [email protected] • http://www.manbw.dk

Diesel Engines

From 500 kW to 68640 kW engineering design and analysis support to the U.S. Navy customer and represent NNS with the Navy and other Department of Defense customers. Mike Wynn has been appointed director of CVN New

Construction/Design, responsible for the non-nuclear design of the

Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), as well as CVN 77 and future aircraft car-

John Lilley riers.

Harold Paxton Mike Wynn all carrier construction activities to include ship progress, schedules and performance.

Tim Thomassy has been appointed to director of Business

Development.

Mr. Thomassy will identify and evaluate new business opportuni- ties for NNS, as well as provide aircraft carrier and submarine

Tim Thomassy