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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS extended its successful training courses in ISM Code implementa- tion to the Baltic states. Two Baltic shipowners, the Estonia Shipping Company and the Latvian Shipping Company, were the first companies to undertake the course. Phil Robson, U.K. QMS manager and lead auditor for BV, said "I have had very positive feedback. Both companies appeared quite impressed with the course. They showed a real com- mitment to the principles of the ISM Code, and the future, which I found very encouraging." Scurlock And Stone Join MESI Moe Scurlock has been appointed Sales manager of Circle 217 on Reader Service Card GVA Floating Dock designs Build your own dock with our construction assistance Inmarsat Members Agree To Reorganization Inmarsat's Assembly of member governments recently agreed to amend the Convention and Operating Agreement which gov- erns the organization. The Assembly of Parties approved the amendments as proposed by the Inmarsat Council and the Intersessional Working Group, formed to develop the privatization model and which comprises mem- ber governments, Council mem- bers and Directorate staff. The new Inmarsat structure will com- prise two entities: a public limited company that will seek and initial public offering (IPO) within approximately two years of forma- tion; and an intergovernmental structure to ensure that Inmarsat meets its public service obliga- tions, including the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) The new compa- ny will be governed by a 15-mem- ber fiduciary Board of Directors including the CEO and 14 non- executive directors, three of which will represent developing coun- tries. GL Names New Manager Herman Jacobs has been appointed as Germanishcer Lloyd's (GL) Long Beach Station man- ager and Area man- ager, West Coast. Metra Makes Executive Moves Ole Johansson has been appointed president of Metra Group subsidiary Wartsila NSD, effective June 1. Mr. Johansson formerly served as executive vice president of Metra Corp. Metra has announced plans for the demerger of the Metra Group into three new companies. This project will mean the separation of Metra's diesel engine operations into a new company, to be headed by Pentti-Juhani Hintikka, cur- rently a member of Wartsila NSD's board of directors. BV Trains Baltic Shipping Companies In ISM Bureau Veritas (BV) has recently 15,000 TLC Standard features: • Caisson type • Dry transverse tunnels in pontoon for passage between wingwalls • Fabrication friendly in every detail • Excellent internal access for inspection & maintenance Options: • Self docking • Degree of self support • Chain or dolphin mooring • Bottom with rise of floor • Custom design or standard design Sizes: • 5,000 to 80,000 tonnes lifting capacity. 80,000 TLC GVA consultants GVA Consultants AB. Gothenburg, Sweden. Phone +46 31 10 67 60. Fax: +46 31 13 56 92 GVA International Ltd. London. UK. Phone: +44 181 995 1331/1333. Fax: +44 181 742 3211 Herman Jacobs FN TAPE Compliance with SOLAS Regulation n-2/15.2.11.(Effective July 1998) Flame Retardant E56086 •TO ClassNK !NoT94 FV 905 B INo.95-YQ35946Q(l •Patented by Japan, USA, EU and Taiwan. i MANUFACTURE: TOKYO NISSHIN JABARA CO TOKYO JAPAN DISTRIBUTOR: ,-rn ® NISHIYAMA CORPORATION •>L ' — TEL:516-466-7570,1-800-938-0700 FAX:516-466-75 i-7572 New York,U.S.A. TEL0211 -329381 FAX:0211 -329398 Duesseldorf,Germany ANTI-SPLASHING TAPE FOR SHIP'S ENGINE ROOM FN Tape can prevent outbreak of fire caused by a splash of flammable oil various kinds (fuel oil/lubricating oil)in ship's engine room by just taping on pipes and joints. INo.96/00056lElT: ® INo.91 517-97HH] INO.21806603A00 HI June, 1998 Circle 314 on Reader Service Card 107