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COMPANY & PEOPLE NEWS Orange CHOCKING SYSTEM maintains permanent alignment of ship engines and equipment installed above or below decks prevents corrosion, fretting and damage from engine movement simplifies installation of sterntube, strut, pintle and rudder bearings Approved by all major engine manufacturers, regulatory agencies and fleet vessel owners. " We consider Chockfast the greatest investment in engine security and maintenance economy ever made to our ships." E. Cherry, Tech. Director, Ropner Mgmt. Ltd. /7wPhiladelphia Resins P.O. Box 309, Montgomeryville, PA 18936 215/855-8450 Fax 215/855-4688 complete family of chocking, coating and repair compounds Circle 241 on Reader Service Card 1101 Edwards Avenue, Harahan, LA 70123 504/733-5033 Toll-Free 800/445-5033 Fax 504/733-3934 Circle 240 on Reader Service Card r t / ince 1946. rhe Bollinger philosophy has been simple... listen ro rhe customer, please rhe customer, stand behind your work. Fifty years larer, rhar philosophy remains rhe same. Bollinger Shipyards, Inc...Let our pasr become a parr of your furure. Circle 217 on Reader Service Card SOMETHING WORTH Volvo Penta Issued ISO 9000 Certifications OF QUALITY SERVICE TO THE MARINE INDUSTRY P.O. Box 250 • 8365 Highway 308 South • Lockport, LA SHIPYARDS, INC. 70374 • Phone: 504/532-2554 • Fax: 504/532-7225 Blackburn Named Manager Of Chevron Chemical Division Jay Blackburn has been named the new planning and ser- vices manager for Chevron Chem- ical's Oronite Additives Division. He is responsible for overseeing the information sys- tems, planning and services, marketing communications and administrative support functions for Oronite's Americas Region. Mr. Blackburn began his career in the company's Olefins Division, and most recently served as market development manager for styrenic polymers in the company's Aromat- ics Division. For more information on Chevron Circle 89 on Reader Service Card Quality On Time Quality In Budget ...and we will consider your other priorities. Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Jay Blackburn Bahamas Maritime Authority Appoints Director MARINE INTERIOR SYSTEMS The engineering and corporate headquarters of Volvo Penta of the Americas, Inc. (VPA), located in Chesapeake, Va., and the gasoline sterndrive manufacturing facility of Volva Penta Marine Products L.P. (VPMP) in Lexington, Tenn., have reportedly achieved ISO 9000 and ISO 9002 registration, respec- tively, by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Limited. Volvo Penta of the Americas, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AB Volvo Penta, a supplier of marine propulsion systems for numerous applications. For more information on Volvo Penta Circle 2 on Reader Service Card Tennyson R.G. Wells, minister of transport for the Baha- mas, recently an- Dempster nounced the appoint- ment of John Dempster as the first director of the newly-formed Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA). Mr. Dempster, previously the deputy secretary responsible for aviation and shipping in the U.K. Department of Transport, will be BMA's CEO. The Bahamian registry's ship- ping fleet has grown significantly in recent years and now comprises more than 1,000 oceangoing ves- sels totaling more than 21 million tons. Following an extensive re- view, the government of the Bahamas moved decisively to strengthen its maritime adminis- tration, and last July passed an act to establish the London-based BMA to assume responsibility for all aspects of the administration of the Bahamas registry and the Bahamian flag fleet. For more information on the Bahamas Maritime Authority Circle 1 on Reader Service Card VPA CEO and President Lennart Hammar- strom (right) and Director of Total Quality Thomas Welsh display the company's ISO cer- tification awards.
