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Capt. Robert J. Wenzel as commanding officer of the USCG Navigation Center in Alexandria, Va. The change of command ceremony reportedly took place on June 25. Capt. Wenzel has retired from active duty after a distinguished career span- ning 27 years. Capt. Doherty's last assignment was as chief of the Streamlining and Implementation Team from 1995-1996. The USCG Navigation Center is respon- sible for operational control of the Omega, Loran C and Differential Global Positioning radionavigation systems. The Navigation Center also houses the Navigation Information Service, which provides status information on all U.S. radionavigation systems to the user com- munity. Ex-Libra Group CEO Opens Brazilian Entrepreneurship Office Newton Figueiredo, former chief executive of the Libra Group, and current president of the Brazilian Society of Naval Architects, has started a company focused on recruiting investors for the Brazilian maritime sector. Ally-Brasil is the new company created specially to identify business opportunities in the maritime sector, with an eye for the best partners and financing sources, offering project management, publicity and public relations, market research, commercial support and technical advice. Specifically, the company will look for involvement in shipping, shipbuilding, ports services and multimodal and logis- tics services involving waterborne trans- portation. The company's office is situat- ed in Rio de Janeiro. New Director Joins Singmarine Board Nelson Yeo, executive director of Keppel Shipyard, has been appointed director of Singmarine Industries Ltd., as of July 4. Before his appointment at Keppel, Mr. Yeo was president of Subic Shipyard and Engineering in the Philippines. Within the Keppel Group of companies, Mr. Yeo is chairman of Keppel Smit Towage Pte. Ltd. and Watt and Akkermans Pte. Ltd. Leong Kang Chuen has resigned from the Singmarine Board. Hitec Strengthens Management According to company reports, in the past year, Hitec AS has carried out strate- gic takeovers, acquiring five technology companies in Norway and abroad. The company has also established four new sales and service offices, and has imple- mented a group management structure, hiring Arne Smedal and Rune Kvernberg as vice presidents. Mr. Smedal is one of the founders of MCG, now wholly-owned by Hitec, and known as Hitec Marine. Mr. Kvernberg has considerable experience in the oil and August, 1996 gas industry, and was most recently employed as technical manager of Total in Norway. Parsons Names Worldwide Procurement Manager H.D. Cooper has been named as manager of Worldwide Procurement for Parsons Process Group, Inc., a global business unit of The Parsons Corp., a full-service engineering, procurement and construction organization. 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