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DY12 2JQ PHONE: 44*-1299-404068 FAX: 44*-1299-401684 ASSOCIATION OF DIESEL SPECIALISTS \ TECH CERT v > Sign Up for Sprin Exams b March 1 ASSOCIATION OF DIESEL SPECIALISTS 9140 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64114 (816) 444-3500 Scorpion To Distribute Connector Products Scorpion Oceanics Ltd. has announced its appointment as exclusive distributor for the U.K. and Ireland on behalf of Birns Inc. Connector Products of Oxnard, Calif. The agreement covers all Birns' product lines, including cables, ropes, ter- minations and mouldings as well as a high quality connector range. HSBC Gibbs Expands Into Marine Reinsurance International insurance broker HSBC Gibbs has completed the package of ser- vices offered by its Marine Division by Establishing a presence in the marine reinsurance market. Michael VaiWervord has been appointed division- al director in the Marine Division. He has moae than 20 years of experience in marine \einsurance, and has been employed By Hogg Robinson and Steel Burrill Jones\Andrew Hinds, formerly of Alwen Hough Johnson, will also join the, reinsurance tea SARS Wins Two New Appointments London-based Shipping Agency Representation Services Lt\ (SARS) has been appointed U.K. representative for two international shipping agency com- panies — South America!/ Ian Baylor Y Compania SA and Si^ivan Snapping Agencies of Malta. White Joins TT/flub Jim White, soon to retire as director general of the British International Freight Assignation (BIFA), will join the TT Club as/a consultant. Having started his workuig career with British Rail, Mr. White idined Sea Containers in 1969 and then Gloved into freight forwarding with Trustee International Freight Services 1974. rIn 1986, he joined the U.K. Institute of Freight Forwarders, ascending to the position of general director, and in 1989 was instrumental in the creation of BIFA, an organization embracing more than 1,100 companies operating in interna- tional freight services. The TT Club provides liability and equipment insurance to ship operators, stevedores, terminal and depot operators, port authorities and freight forwarders. Madrigal-Wan Hai Announces New Vietnam Service Madrigal-Wan Hai Lines, a leading car- rier of rolling stock, industrial machinery and other breakbulk and project cargo between the U.S. West Coast and Asia, has announced a new service to Vietnam. Effective Dec. 10 with the sailing of National Honor, breakbulk cargo will be accepted for the Port of Ho Chi Minh City. Cargo will be transshipped over Manila resulting in a transit of approximately 26 days. At this time, the line does nbt have plans to provide container service into Vietnam. Samoa Joins IMO The membership of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) — the United Agency concerned with shipping safety and the prevention of pollution from ships — h^s increased to 154. The Independent State of Western Samoa became the latest country to join when its instrument/ accepting the IMO Convention was deposited with the United Nations on Oct. 25. Straub Marine Appoints Di/tributor larine Ventures Ltd., an ISO 9002 cer- tified company based in Reading, England, has announced its appointment as the exclusive U.K marine distributor for Straub pipe couplings. The company has supplied IMO- approved, anti-pollution equipment to ship operators, shipbuilders and ship repairers for more than 22 years. Straub's . couplings are reportedly designed with built-in dampening effect and a fitting tolerance that joins mis- aligned pipes securely. Dutra Group Appoints Executives Harry K. Stewart has recently been promoted to chief operating officer of The ltra Group in San Rafael, Calif. A 14- iar veteran of the firm, prior to this lat- est appointment he served as East Coast division manager based in Miami. Richard Jackson will fill the role of East cSast division manager. Uniservice Hires Myers As part oKits worldwide expansion efforts, Uniser\ce Americas, Slidell, La., has hired Bill Myers as a senior account representative. Hte has 20 years of expe- rience in the marine chemical industry, with expertise in water treatment tech- nologies and ballast tank coatings. He will work directly witfty the company's worldwide coatings and irkpection team, and will operate out of Sliaall. 120 Naess Joins Automar Board American Automar, Inc., Bethes^a, Md., has announced the election of Mjphael R. Naess to its board of directors Mr. Naess joined the Automar btard following the merger of Arethus (Offshore) Ltd., a public drilling compan^ of which he was chairman, into Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., controlled by Loews Corp. Maritime Reporter & Engineering News