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COMPANY & PEOPLE NEWS ... .. I •• -SI.. .-Si ..>:S;;:;-. VSK- 'W 'W ' """" including pricing and operational and sales business objectives. David Olsen was promoted to the position of Western Zone national accounts manager, in which capac- ity he oversees all regional and national account activities for the zone. Mark Sparacio was pro- moted to national sales manager, Convenience Store Division, and is responsible for overseeing activi- ties within this division and the Petroleum segment. Mark Jones was appointed to Eastern Zone national accounts manager, after four years with the company. For more information Circle 60 on Reader Service Card "K" Line Promotes Mori To Assistant VP "K" Line America, Inc., an inte- grated intermodal transportation company linking the Pacific Rim with North America, has appointed Mamoru Mori to the position of Liner assistant vice president. He will be responsible for commercial liaison between the Liner Services division and the marketing, pric- ing and sales functions of the com- pany. Prior to his new appoint- ment, Mr. Mori served as assis- tant general manager of the same • - ITANDABD fy hen it comes to professional marine communications, guessing is not an Option. There's only one choice in an intrinsically safe radio. Offshore. Onshore. For environmental applications that require an intrinsically safe radio, Standard Communications meets your requirements with the HX220AS or the HX340. Two radios so tough, they meet or exceed Mil Spec SI 01) and.M.S. standards for water integrity. Both constructed using a high impact, non-corrosive polycarbonate case, water resistant gasketing, and gold battery contacts to ensure maximum corrosion resistance. The six watt HX220AS is the most powerful, intrinsically safe marine handheld you can buy. It's also the easiest to use, even with gloves on. This radio offers programmable scanning, with one-touch channel selection to all available channels. The HX340 is available in both UHF or VHF at five watts. With eight channel capability, channels 6 and 16 are included on the VHF. The UHF provides four of the most commonly used UHF frequencies in the 450 MHz range. For that extra measure of security, the HX340 features a low battery warning light. f 3 Year T. Waterproof WarraTity Nothing Takes To Water Like Horizon! § Standard Communications P.O. Box 92151 Eos Angeles. CS90009-2151 Telephone: 310/5.«is5.TO0 Km 310/515-71^ 58 kiK^ fcE» Circle 358 on Reader Service Card company division, responsible for overall management of container services. JMS Establishes Far Eastern Company James Marine Services, Ltd. will be incorporating a separate compa- ny — James Marine Services (Far East) Ltd. — to administer busi- ness presently being handled by its Japanese branch office in Kobe. The Far Eastern company will introduce British-manufactured marine products to Japanese and Korean yards. The new company will be regis- tered in Japan, and will have British, Japanese and Korean directors, namely: Peter Craggs, managing director of JMS Ltd.; Paul Meddle, manager of the Kobe office; Terao Sunami and Minao Hashimoto, directors of Sunami Marine Co. Ltd., Japan; and S.B. Park, president of Jonghap Maritime Engineering Co. Ltd. of Korea. James Marine Services, Ltd. sup- plies marine spares and equipment to the worldwide shipping indus- try. For more information on James Marine Services, Ltd. Circle 61 on Reader Service Card Norton Lilly Acquires TheoDavies Marine Norton Lilly International has announced the extension of its net- work of agency offices to the state of Hawaii through its acquisition of TheoDavies Marine Agencies in Honolulu, now called Norton Lilly Hawaii. The company represents a number of liner operators serving the islands, and under its specialty division — Kerr Norton Marine — provides services to the cruise ship trade and to bulkship and tanker vessels at Hawaiian ports. Mr. Frank Abreu, former president of TheoDavies Marine, has been named president of Norton Lilly Hawaii. In other company news, Mediter- ranean Shipping Company (MSC) (USA) Inc. has appointed Norton Lilly International as its U.S. West coast agent for all services. Ac- cording to MSC company reports, Nicola Arena, president of MSC (USA), said that Norton Lilly's strong marketing and operational presence on the West coast will be a natural complement to the MSC organization. Norton Lilly has also announced that Madrigal-Wan Hai Lines, a Philippines-based shipping line, has expanded its transpacific ser- vice to include direct calls at Xiamen in the People's Republic of China, from Long Beach and Oakland, Calif. The line offers scheduled container service and breakbulk services capable of lift- ing large dimension, non-con- tainerizable cargo, such as trucks, tractors, cranes and yachts. Maritime Reporter/Engineering News