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Moran Towing Promotes Three

Moran Towing has announced three management promotions at its Jack- sonville, Fla. location, beginning with

Donald J. Peck, who has been appoint- ed Southern Regional vice president.

Peck previously served as Moran's Jack- sonville port manager for the past 12 years. Thomas W. Craighead was pro- moted to general manager of Moran

Towing of Florida. Replacing Peck as port manager at Jacksonville, Craighead most recently served as general manag- er of Moran's Petroleum Transport Cor- poration (PETCO) Southeast Division.

Gregg Goldie will assume the position of operations manager at Petroleum

Transport Corporation. Goldie has been with PETCO since 1999 at the start-up of the FPL contract.

Transas Navi-Sailor 2400

Now Used By USCG

The U.S. Coast Guard recently issued an All Coast Guard message that sanc- tions the use of the Transas NaviSailor 2400 ECDIS for paper-less navigation.

This new policy applies to U.S. Coast

Guard vessels less than 1,600 gt includ- ing the two new classes of Buoy Ten- ders. Medium Endurance Cutters, and

Coastal Patrol Boats. The Transas

Navi-Sailor 2400 is installed onboard the U.S. Coast Guard Mako Class (WPB 87) coastal patrol boat.

The U.S Coast Guard established this new policy guidance to deal with differ- ent types of electronic chart systems that have been installed and used onboard

USCG cutters for several years. This includes both ECDIS and less capable

Electronic Chart Systems (ECS). Col- lectively, the USCG refers to these types of systems as Electronic Charting and

Integrated Navigation System (ECINS).

This designation pertains to both gov- ernment-developed and commercial electronic charting systems.

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Facility in Louisiana redFox Environmental Services, dis- tributor of self-contained sewage treat- ment units, moved to a new 12-acre locale in April. The state-of-the-art facility contains a 6.000 sq. ft. highly- advanced fabrication area and 2,000 sq. ft. of office space. Centrally located, it is situated approximately 10 miles south of Lafayette, with easy access to High- way 90 and Interstate 10. redFox Envi- ronmental Services, 1513 B Chemin

Agreable Rd„ Youngsville, La. 70592. tel: (337) 895-3709.

Jotun Expands U.S. Presence

Jotun, manufacturer of paints and powder coatings, is in the midst of a major expansion of its U.S. resources.

The expansion, which will serve the local marine fleets in the Americas, will be part of the Jotun global network for seagoing vessels. Jotun paints also holds a major presence in protective coatings, serving industry, and oil and gas instal- lations. Jotun Powder Coatings globally produces functional powder coatings for protection of oil and gas pipelines. The

Jotun Group remains as having a large portion of market share of its business in

Europe. Middle East and the Pacific, while establishing a presence in the U.S. market. Headlining Jotun's entrance into the U.S. marketplace was the acquisi- tion of a manufacturing operation last year in Belle Chasse, La. Equipped to offer its market a broader product range, specifically to the U.S. market, this new manufacturing and laboratory complex is benefiting from a series of investment programs to speed the production of a wider range of factory fresh paints and coatings to increase output efficiency while raising quality standards. Also, the company's Paints and Powder Coat- ings sales and marketing operation has relocated to new purpose-planned offices in Houston, linked to a nation- wide network of offices and distributors.

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