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New England Trawler Expands Engineering Staff New England Trawler Equipment Company has added Lawrence W. Hills as a new senior design engi- neer. A graduate of Lewis and Clark College, Mr. Hills received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University. Mr. Hills, who has extensive experi- ence in the areas of product system design, project management and field installation and trouble shoot- ing, joins the company after more than 10 years with Raytheon in the Submarine Signal Division. There, as senior engineer, mechanical sys- tems, he led projects in a wide as- sortment of marine applications in- cluding deck machinery and ship machinery systems. Prior work ex- periences include Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center. Mr. Hills, who speaks both Italian and Spanish, has directed installation and sea trials of sonar towing systems in Spain, Italy and Egypt. He devel- oped and taught a system opera- tional and maintenance training course for the officers and technical personnel of the Italian Navy. For free information on New En- gland Trawler Equipment Company, Circle 135 on Reader Service Card Norcontrol, Atlantis Awarded $9 Million Canadian Order The Canadian Coast Guard, Ship Safety Branch, has awarded con- tracts for the delivery of four Blind Pilotage Simulators and five Ma- rine Control Room and System Simulators to a consortium consist- ing of Norcontrol Simulation a.s. and Atlantis Aerospace Corporation. These contracts represent a value of approximately $9 million includ- ing the Canadian content. The Norcontrol contract calls for four Blind Pilotage Simulators, each with four Own Ship Cubicles with navigation equipment currently being used in the Canadian mer- chant marine, and five Norcontrol Propulsion Plant Trainers (marine control and systems simulators), each simulating and enabling for training on two different ship motor types, MaK and Sulzer. A student performance and ex- amination system will be part of the delivery. The delivery program has started and will be completed by August 1994. The simulators are scheduled to be installed in differ- ent marine institutes and colleges throughout Canada. For free information on Norcontrol simulators, Circle 136 on Reader Service Card NRC Appoints New Vice President of Operations The National Response Corpora- tion (NRC) recently announced the appointment of Stan Cwiklinski September, 1992 as vice president of operations. A graduate of LaSalle University in Philadelphia, Mr. Cwiklinski joins NRC from Phillips Cartner & Com- pany, Inc. (PCCI) where he was a primary oil spill response field op- erations manager since 1988. Pre- viously he had been a special opera- tions warfare officer in the U.S. Navy, completing his career with the rank of Commander. Mr. Cwiklinski brings more than 25 years of hands-on, field- tested experience to the NRC man- agement team. In the Navy he operated for nine years on salvage, rescue and diving ships, and coordi- nated Atlantic Fleet oil spill pollu- tion abatement/control readiness and rapid-response efforts. With PCCI he directed major spill response operations for the U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage (SUPSALV) during, among others, the Exxon Valdez and American Trader spills. Most recently he es- tablished the Emergency Persian Gulf Ship Salvage Material Storage and Maintenance Base for SUPSALV during Operation Desert Storm. Hempel Appoints New Board Member Leif J uul Jorgensen, president and chief executive officer of the Hempel Group, has announced the appointment of J.G. Davis C.B.E. to the Board of Directors of Hempel Paints Limited in London. Mr. Davis is well known in ma- rine circles, in particular through his chairmanship of the Interna- tional Maritime Industries Forum. The appointment is part of Mr. Jorgensen's strategy of strength- ening Hempel world-wide for the challenges of the future. Bisso Marine Awarded Salvage Contract Bisso Marine Company, Inc., New Orleans, has been awarded the salvage contract to raise the 200-foot by 45-foot lineboat M/V Chris Way MacMillan. The vessel is sunk at mile 106.8 of the left descending bank near the Huey P. Long Bridge on the Mississippi River. The salvage operation began August 17, 1992. The company has also completed the salvage operation of the dredge Port Arthur on the Mississippi River in New Orleans. The vessel sank on her port side on June 28, 1992. Bisso used three of its derricks to raise the 1,400-ton vessel to the surface. For more information on Bisso Marine Company, its capabilities and services, Circle 160 on Reader Service Card Autronica Wins Orders Worth $11.2 Million From Kvaerner Shipyards After intense competition, Autronica Marine, of Oslo, Norway, has won NOK 65 million ($11,154,000) in major orders from the Kvaerner Kleven and the Kvaerner Govan shipyards for equipment to outfit three vessels on order for Odfjell and six ships for Storli. Autronica will deliver cargo con- trol and monitoring equipment based on the company's GL-90 ra- dar level gauging system, ballast and service tank temperature sen- sors and pressure transducers, and machinery control and monitoring equipment for all vessels. For the Storli ship account, Autronica will deliver condition con- trol equipment and an MlP-calcula- tor. The orders require equipment de- livery from 1992 until 1995. To receive more information about the services and product lines avail- able from Autronica Marine, Circle 25 on Reader Service Card PROTECT THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT WITH AN OMNIPURE® MARINE SANITATION DEVICE. CRUISE INDUSTRY PROBLEM: limited space; obsolete existing systems; shipyard availability; untrained operators. SOLUTION: OMNIPURE OFFSHORE INDUSTRY PROBLEM: limited space & weight; strict compliance with regulations; equipment exposed to the elements. SOLUTION: OMNIPURE MERCHANT SHIPPING PROBLEM: limited capital equip- ment funds; small crews; extended maintenance periods. SOLUTION: OMNIPURE NAVAL VESSELS PROBLEM: adverse operating conditions; NATO compatibility; exacting design criteria. SOLUTION: OMNIPURE With 12 standard models to accommo- date crews from 6 to 500+, ELTECH has an OMNIPURE unit just right for you. Or we can custom design one for larger applications and specifications. 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