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Named after the field discovered by

Chevron in 1997, Kuito is an intricate portion of plans for the first develop- ment of Block 14, a 1,560 sq. mile area located next to another Chevron operat- ed concession, Block 0.

After commissioning, Kuito will depart for the western coast of Africa where it will be spread moored in water depths of approximately 1,260 ft. above the Kuito oil field - 50 miles offshore

Angola.

In compliance with the highest envi- ronmental and safety standards, Kuito has a production capacity of 100,000 barrels of oil per day and can store in excess of 1.4 million barrels.

Adriatic Shipyard Offers

Complete Repair Services

Known as the largest shiprepairyard in the Southern Adriatic, Shipyard Bijela houses key facilities and precise work- manship for quick repair of all types of vessels, no matter what type or size - according to regulations of all world

Classification Societies.

Complete with sophisticated docking facilities, the yard is able to accommo- date and repair of vessels up to 120,000- dwt, not to mention facilities for smaller crafts as well, specifically barges, pon- toons and working platforms. The yard also involves itself as a producer of mar- itime construction steel piles, all types of piping ranging from 400 mm on, and tanks and steel structures.

Employing a considerable amount of technicians and engineers, Adriatic pro- vides a variety of services, such as dry- docking, anticorrosive protection and carpentry.

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New President Appointed At

Webb Institute

Webb Institute, based in Glen Cove,

L.I., named Ronald K. Kiss as presi- dent on July 1, 1999. Kiss, the first alumnus to hold such a post, will serve as the Institute's 13th president.

Kiss, who graduated in 1963 with a

B.S. in Naval Architechture and Marine

Engineering, then joined the Maritime

Administration where he earned a Mas- ter of Science in Naval Architecture form the University of California,

Berkeley. Kiss began his career in fed- eral service, eventually moving up through the ranks at the Maritime

Administration to the position of direc- tor of the office of ship construction .

Before joining Webb as executive vice president in 1998, Kiss was vice president for systems development at

SYNTEK in an Arlington, Va.

Crowley Marine Promotes

Operations Directors

Crowley Marine Services appointed two new directors for its Atlantic and

International Services, Ed McCain and

Matt Yacavone.

McCain, a graduate of the United

States Merchant Marine Academy, has been with the company for 15 years. He assumes the position of director, domes- tic and liner operations.

Yacavone, who joined Crowley in 1993 as port captain, takes on the posi- tion of director, contract and interna- tional operations.

Crowley Receives Last Of

Tractor Tug Series

Crowley Marine Servies has accepted the final vessel in a series of six new

Harbor-Class tractor tugs from the com- pany's subsidiary, Vessel Management

Services, Inc. (VMS). The vessel,

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