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Rice Receives ISO 9001 Certification

It has been more than 100 years since company founder Maximino Rice man- ufactured the first propeller, and nearly 40 years since Rice installed its first pro- peller for use in the U.S. Since that time, the U.S. has played a key role in

Rice Propeller's success, as the compa- ny has provided approximately 20,000 propellers in this market.

Standing as a testament to its more than four decades of quality manufac- turing and customer service, Rice Pro- pellers has recently obtained the ISO 9001 certification through Bureau Veri- tas. It is worthy to note, as the company did, that Rice's very first customer is to this day still installing Rice propellers and nozzles.

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Lloyd Triestino Launches LT

Unica, Second Of Series

LT Unica, the second of three post-

Panamax container vessels ordered by

Lloyd Triestino (LT) from Mitsubishi

Heavy Industries' Kobe shipyard, was launched on November 22.

The naming ceremony was carried out by Evergreen group chairman Dr.

Chang Yung-fa and Pier Luigi

Maneschi, president of Lloyd Triestino

Measuring 935 ft. (285 m), The Ital- ian-flagged LT Unica has a beam of 131 ft. (40 m) and a draft of 42 ft. (12.7 m), moving at a speed of 25 knots.

Subsequent to LT Unica's delivery, LT sent off LT Usodimare on November 29. The first vessel in the series is scheduled to set sail immediately for

Shanghai to join LT's weekly China -

Europe - Mediterranean (CEM) service, which employs eight post-Panamax ves- sels on a fast 56-day round-trip sched- ule. Apart from the new U-types, LT's fleet comprises 12 vessels: two of 3,428 teu, eight of between 2,728 and 2,987 teu, and two of 1,555 teu.

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Finnlines Consolidates,

Announces Appointments

Finnlines' subsidiaries, Finncarriers

Oy Ab, a company specialized at sea transportation and FG-Shipping Oy Ab, a company specialized at ship manage- ment and technology, were recently merged to the parent company Finnlines

Pic. In addition, port operation compa- nies of Finnlines, Finnsteve Oy Ab, which is operating the ports of Helsinki and Oy A.E.Erickson Ab, which is oper- ating the port of Turku, were also merged into one company called

Finnsteve Oy Ab.

Finnlines' German subsidiary Posei- don Schiffahrt AG has changed the com- pany name to Finnlines Deutschland

AG. The new company structure is in force since January 1, 2001.

Shipping and Sea Transport Division includes Finnlines Cargo Services and

Finnlink Services. Asser Ahleskog is in charge of Finnlines Cargo Services. His responsibilities cover the marketing, customer service and fleet operations of

Finnlines Cargo Services as well as the ship management of the Group. Other personnel moves include: Christer

Antson is in charge for Corporate finan- cial control, accounting as well as Cor- porate administration; Seija Turunen is in charge of Corporate finance, public relations, and investor relations; Lars

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Trygg is in charge of Corporate legal matters and insurance; Kari

Savolainen is in charge of Corporate IT, reasearch and development; Christer

Backman is in charge of Finnlink Ser- vices and the Managing Director of Oy

Finnlink Ab; and Hans Martin is the

Managing Director of the new Finnsteve

Oy Ab.

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