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covers a period of 10 years and represents a breakthrough for the Engine Management Concept in that the contract covers an entire fleet. The agreement covers maintenance management/planning, assistance from PrimeServ super- intendent engineers and fitters, as well as spare-parts for 25 LNG carriers (14 Q-Max and 11 Q-Flex). Each LNG carrier is equipped with two type MAN B&W 7S70ME-C or 6S70ME-C main-engines, and four type 9L32/40 or 8L32/40 auxiliary engines, and turbochargers. The engines power a new fleet of LNG carriers delivered to Nakilat be- tween October 2008 and August 2010.

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W&O Employees Race for a Cause

Top: Pon Teams Before Ragnar.

Right: Pon SVP and WO CEO Jack

Guidry running.

W&O said its 15 employees, along with 19 employees from other Pon- owned companies, participated in the 191-mile Ragnar Relay Race between

Miami and Key West, Fla. on January 7-8,2011. “We strongly encourage all of our employees to participate in ac- tivities that promote an aspect of wellness as part of our ‘W&O: We Are Fit’ program,” said Jack Guidry, Senior

Vice President of Pon, and President and CEO of W&O. “W&O took part in the Ragnar Relay in 2008, in which our employees were very passionate and excited to par- ticipate; so we extended our invitation to all Pon North

America companies’ employees to join us this year. We were thrilled with the response and are very proud of everyone who participated.”

Fifteen W&O employees took part in the race, includ- ing Rogier Blokdijk, Don Danley, Jason Galatas, Presi- dent and CEO Jack Guidry, Matt Hallisey, Christina

Hoyt, Greg Johnson, Greg Lechwar, Fred Loomis, Colin

Luke, Allison McQuillan, Alex Piquer, India Starnes,

Elier Vilata and Bram Zeegers.

The additional Pon companies that participated include

DMC-Carter Chambers, based in Baton Rouge, La. Em- ployees from DMC-Carter Chambers that participated in- clude Steven Berthelot, Clarence Johnson, Howard

Jordon, Jason Lee, Renee Mallar, Colleen McDermott and Brandy Piazza. Employees from Equipment Depot that participated include Chris Aiello, Brian Anderson,

Bernie Bowles, Dan Dubois, Casey George, Mike Has- sell, Mike Louis, Lisa Martin, Kevin Taylor, Joe Saultz,

Samantha Saultz and Jim Wedoff. http://www.ragnarrelay.com