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People & Company News 3,500 passengers, and will feature two shaftlines of 20MW - 142 rpm each.

As leader of a consortium for this con- tract, which also includes ASIRobicon and Imesa, ALSTOM will supply the two synchronous motors of 20MW each and the associated power synchrocon- verters. With equipment idue to be deliv- ered at the end of March 2004,

ALSTOM will also provide the propul- sion control system, including the remote control, the harmonic filtering system, the 1 lkV distribution transform- ers and one emergency alternator.

MEP Announces New Board, Staff

Marine Environmental Partners, Inc. (MEP), a developer of innovative tech- nology for ballast water and wastewater treatment, announced the election of

Ann Beal Salamone to the company's

Board of Directors and the addition of

Jorge Perez to the sales staff.

Trico Completes Sale of North Sea

Trico Marine Services, Inc. announced that it is continuing to make progress executing its liquidity enhance- ment plan. The company completed the sale of one of its largest North Sea ves- sels for NOK 263.5 million, approxi- mately $35.5 million.

In addition, the company completed the sale of its Brazilian AHTS newbuild project for approximately $17.3 million.

The company recovered all of its direct vessel costs related to the project. As a result of the sale of its interest in the

Brazilian AHTS newbuild project, the

Company will no longer be liable for the remaining progress payments required to complete the vessel.

Proceeds from the sales will be used to provide working capital and reduce the

Company's outstanding bank debt.

Costa Crociere & TIM Agree on

Mobile Service at Sea

From November 2003 Costa ships will be among the first worldwide where you can use your mobile phone even on the open sea. An agreement has been signed by Pier Luigi Foschi. Chairman and

CEO of Costa Crociere and Marco De

Benedetti. CEO of TIM. which will enable all Costa Crociere customers to use their mobile phones and take advan- tage of a host of related services while they are at sea.

Costa Fortuna — the largest passenger ship in the history of Italian seafaring, due to enter into service in November — will be the first to offer the new service.

By virtue of this agreement, Costa

Crociere's vessels will be among the first worldwide where you will be able to use a GSM cell phone even on the open sea.

Up until now. the only communica- tions that work beyond a few miles from the coast have been provided by satellite telephones.

Busch Promoted at Crowley

Crowley Maritime Corporation has

Todd Busch to general manager of the company's Southern California ship assist and escort services operations.

Busch. who will relocate from Seattle to San Pedro, Calif., will continue to direct the sales and marketing efforts for all of Crowley's ship assist and escort business, and will now take on the administrative and operational responsi- bilities in Southern California where

Crowley operates six harbor tugs in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and two harbor tugs in the port of San

Diego.

Admiral Jeremiah Joins Todd

Shipyards Board

Todd Shipyards Corporation announced that Admiral David E.

Jeremiah. U.S. Navy (Ret.) was elected to the Board of Directors of the compa- ny at its annual meeting of shareholders on Friday. September 12, 2003.

Admiral Jeremiah is President of

Technology Strategies & Alliances

Corporation, a strategic advisory and investment banking firm engaged prima- rily in the aerospace, defense, telecom- munications and electronics industries.

Prior to his retirement from the U.S.

Navy in 1994. he was Vice Chairman,

Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1990 to 1994.

Transport Minister Announces

Appointment to Marine Atlantic

Polar Adventure

Receives Final Bow

Forspeak

Polar Adventure, the fourth of five double-hulled oil tankers being built by Northrop Grumman Corporation's

Ship Systems sector for

ConocoPhillips, receives its final bow forepeak in New Orleans, La.

The 110-ton forepeak is the last of 353 units, or modules, that make up the 895-foot-long ship.

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