Maritime Reporter, March 1997

<BODY> <div> PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS CIT Group Names Marketing Executive The CIT Group/Capital Equipment Financing has named Natalia Cherney Roca vice pres- ident, Marketing. She is responsi- ble for the planning and execution of a comprehensive, integrated marketing program supporting the company's maritime, rail, energy, intermodal and aerospace mar- kets. OSTS Establishes Snubber Service Ocean State Technical Services (OSTS) of Cumberland, R.I., has established an on-site program to inspect, repair and test hydraulic shock and sway suppressors or snubbers. The cornerstone of the program includes a mobile test machine and workshop. Fleet Tech Ltd. Announces Appointments Fleet Technology Ltd. of Kanata, Canada, has announced two appointments. Ernie Aikens has been named director of the Materials and Welding Technology Centre, and will manage the estab- lishment's expansion. Robert Walker has joined the company as a project engineer in the Structural Analysis group, and will be assigned to various tasks in risk and reliability as well as numerical modeling. DeJong & Lebet Completes SWATH Study; Expands Staff DeJong & Lebet, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., has designed a 160 x 65-ft. (48.7 x 19.8-m) SWATH presently under construction at Leevac Shipyard. Additional SWATH-type vessels presently being designed by the naval archi- tecture firm are an 180-ft. (54.8-m) megayacht and a gaming vessel of the same size. These designs are partly based on studies the firm completed on the first real SWATH ship, which according to DeJong & Lebet, was a 145-ft. (44.1-m) vessel construct- ed in Bolnes, Holland, in 1969. The firm analyzed the vessel's Integrated Ship Production CAD-Link97 Ship Structural Modeler & Nesting Win 95 / Win NT Project Management Scheduling Planning Costs ShlpCAM9 Fairing and New NC Code Generation A1i n * f .j 3080 Uplands Rd., Victoria, B.C., Canada V8R 6B4 AlbdCOre Kesearcn Lta. Tel: (250)595-0576 Fax:(250)721-3433 E-mail: albacore@direct.ca Circle 260 on Reader Service Card HIGH PERFORMANCE Engine Valves and Piston Rings For Industrial Engines and Gas Plants Safety Seal Piston Ring Company manufactures a complete line of high perfor- mance industrial piston rings for diesel, gas and steam engines as well as all types of compressors, pumps and hydraulic equipment. Wesco Valve & Manufacturing Company is the leading suppli- er of Industrial engine power valves, fuel valve cartridges and hydraulic lifters. Warehouses throughout the U.S. and Canada. Safety Seal Piston Ring Company P.O. Box 106. Ft. Worth, TX 76101 817-283-1573 1-800-962-3631 (U.S. Only) Fax 817-685-6388 Wesco Valve and Manufacturing Company P.O. Box J, Marshall, TX 75670 903-938-9241 1-800-525-0143 (U.S. Only) Fax 903-938-9317 MARINE COATING PROBLEMS? Tift please contact: TNO INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY for consultancy and testing of materials and products, ranging e.g. from coatings and metals to plastics and rubber INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS - trouble shooting - advising - specifications - inspections - research - testing FULLY EQUIPPED LABORATORIES P.O. Box 6031 • 2600 JA DELFT • The Netherlands Tel. +31 15 2697755 Fax. +31 15 2696280 E-mail: r.vanderkaaden@ind.tno.nl Circle 343 on Reader Service Card structure, arrangements, stability and subsequent suitability for a variety of uses including offshore gaming. In addition, the company announced that Robert Hull recently joined the firm, bringing with him extensive experience in yacht and commercial vessel design. Raytheon Names Top Executive For North America Segment Raytheon Marine Co. has promoted Jeffrey O. Fellows to presi- dent of Raytheon Marine Co. North America. In this posi- tion he will provide management direction and guidance to all organizations within the Raytheon Marine Co. North America business operation. Prior to his latest appointment, Mr. Fellows served as vice presi- dent of the same business unit. Headquartered in Manchester, N.H., Raytheon Marine Co. North America is a leading supplier of marine radars, autopilots, depth sounders, radio telephones, Loran, GPS receivers and other products marketed under the Raytheon, Apelco, Autohelm and Anschiitz labels. Trinity Appoints New VP Harry W. Hinkle has been appointed vice president, Specialty Products Group, for Trinity Industries, and will work out of Trinity headquarters in Dallas. In addition to other responsibilities, Mr. Hinkle will supervise Beaird operations in Shreveport and the Brighton and Hamilton Kettles operations in Ohio and Arkansas, which combine with the entire group of companies to provide custom engi- neering and fabrication orienta- tion. John H. Wawrzeniak, formerly vice president of Engineering at Beaird Industries, has been appointed vice president and gen- Hinkle Wawrzeniak 76 Circle 253 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>