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People & Company News

Graykowski Ends Reign

At MarAd, Joins Dyer Ellis

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rod- ney E. Slater made it known that acting

Maritime Administrator, John

Graykowski, resigned his position, effective November 4.

President Clinton initially appointed

Graykowski as deputy maritime admin- istrator in 1994. He subsequently served as acting maritime administrator, most recently from this May — up until the present.

Subsequent to the end of his term at

MarAd, Graykowski, joined the law firm of Dyer Ellis & Joseph as a shareholder.

Beginning with his tenure at MarAd,

Graykowski has been principally responsible for the implementation of the National Shipbuilding Initiative, with particular emphasis on the revital- ization of the Title XI loan guarantee program, as well as programs related to the inland waterways and the Great

Lakes.

Cummins Appoints New

Manager of Auxiliary Markets

Cummins Marine has named Simon

Tandy as sales man- ager — Worldwide

Auxiliary markets.

Tandy, who boasts 10 years of experi- ence with Cummins, previously held positions in Sales and

Product Development at the company's distributor in the U.K., and with the

Cummins Wartsila joint venture in

North America.

W&O Supply Attains Valve

Automation & Controls

W&O Supply, Jacksonville, Fla., has acquired San Diego, Calif.-based Valve

Automation & Controls (VAC). Special- izing in marine actuation and automa- tion, VAC is a supplier of commodity pipe, valves and fittings to the San Diego marine and Navy marketplace.

ACR Offers Survival Methods

With New Pouch

ACR Electronics launched a new prod- uct that will help mariners organize their survival gear in a convenient, cost- effective pouch. The buoyant Survival

Gear Pouch is a car- ryall that can hold basic survival compo- nents, such as a signal light, extra batter-

December, 2000 ies, signal mirror, whistle and Personal

Locator EPIRB. Comprised of water- resistant nylon pack cloth, the pouch features a small front zippered compart- ment for easy access. A double-pull coil zipper for headphone, antenna or other access is also present in the pouch.

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Flender Werft Appoints

Board Chair

The Supervisory Board of Flender

Werft Aktiengesellschaft has elected

Dirk Rathjens as chairman of the board of directors, effective November 1. The board has also designated Jiirgen-A.

Hansen as an official member of the board, on which he formally served as deputy member.

In addition, the Board of Directors, which is comprised of Martin Krause and Reinhold Hinz, are scheduled to retire from the company, effective June 30, 2001. 342 ON

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