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Wärtsilä for the world market.

Thölin Named Alfa Laval GM

Joakim Thölin has been appointed Gen- eral Manager, Segment Marine & Diesel at Alfa Laval AB, effective as of April 1, 2010. He will be based in Tumba, Swe- den, and he replaces Peter Carlberg who has taken up the position as Managing

Director of Alfa Laval KK, Seoul Korea.

Austal Wins Safety Award

Austal USA received two awards from the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) for commitment to improving safety and health in the workplace. Austal

USA President and COO, Joe Rella’

Health, Safety and Environmental Man- ager, Chris Blankenfeld and Vice Presi- dent of External Affairs, Bill Pfister attended the SCA General Membership

Meeting in Washington DC at the end of

April where they were presented with the

SCA Award for Excellence in Safety and the Award for Improvement in Safety.

The Award for Excellence in Safety is presented to shipyards that complete all four quarters of their survey and have an end-of-year total recordable industry rate (TRIR) that is below the aggregate SCA

TRIR. Austal’s 2009 TRIR was 56 per- cent below the SCA TRIR. The Award for Improvement in Safety recognizes shipyards that complete all four quarters of their survey without a recordable fa- tality and have reduced their TRIR by 10 percent or more over the year. Austal re- duced their TRIR by 72 percent.

LR Authorized by Japanese

Government

Lloyd’s Register was confirmed as the first foreign classification society to be formally authorized by the Japanese gov- ernment to carry out surveys on ships fly- ing the Japanese flag. Under Japanese legislation, Lloyd’s Register has been designated as a Recognized Organization by the Japanese government and is granted delegated responsibility for statu- tory surveys and permission to issue statutory certificates.

Prior to the authorization of Lloyd’s

Register, only ClassNK, the domestic classification society and fellow IACS member, has held such recognition.

Caterpillar’s New Logistic Center in

Germany

Caterpillar celebrated the launch of a new logistic center located in Henstedt-

Ulzburg, Germany, north of Hamburg.

The warehouse, comprising an interior area of nearly 161,450 sq ft, is the fourth facility in Germany for Caterpillar Mo- toren GmbH & Co, and will serve as a hub for MaK spare parts for customers throughout the world. With its close proximity to both the international airport and the port infrastructure in Hamburg, the logistic center will increase velocity for parts availability to customers and re- duce costs.

Signal Wins Power Barge Contract

Signal International won a $30m con- tract by Waller Marine Inc. of Houston,

Texas. Under the contract Signal will