View non-flash version
cer Finnyards Names jistio VP Timo Suistio has been jpointed vice president of sales id marketing with Aker innyards. iouthwest Marine Appoints slew NORSHIPCO Head Southwest Marine has appoint- id Alexander J. Krekich as pres- ident of the newly acquired Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation (NORSHIPCO). New Director and VP At Palmer Johnson Daniel Shea has been appoint- ed director of product development at Palmer Johnson Inc. In addi- tion, Palmer Johnson has promot- ed Michael Schinkten to vice president and general manager. C.Plath Gyrocompass Wins German Type Approvals C.Plath, a business unit of Litton Marine Systems, has been granted BSH Type Approval for the Navigat X MK1 and MK1 HSC (high speed craft) gyrocompasses. Circle 157 on Reader Service Card Daewoo Relocates New Jersey Office Daewoo Heavy Industries American Corporation, Ship- building Division is located at 8 York Avenue, West Caldwell, New Jersey 07006 as of October 12, 1998. The main telephone number of the new office is (973) 618-2500; fax (973) 618-2483 or (973) 618- 2473. Knudsen Elected To MLA Board Jean Knudsen, vice president and claims manager for the All American Marine Slip (AAMS) unit of the marine insurance orga- nization Marine Office - Appleton & Cox (MOAC), has been elected to the board of directors for the Maritime Law Association (MLA). The MLA is the principal organiza- tion of the admiralty bar created to advance reforms in U.S. maritime law. Parker Names Distributors Parker Hannifin's Mobile Systems Division has appointed new full-line distributors that pro- vide customers with complete mobile hydraulic systems solu- tions. Newly appointed distribu- tors include Cross Fluid Power in Greensboro, N.C., covering North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, northwest Florida and portions of Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia; and Power Dynamics in Harvey, La., servicing the state of Louisiana. Totem Resources Changes Name Totem Resources Corp. (TRC), a maritime holding company head- quartered in Seattle, Wash, has changed its name to Saltchuk Resources, Inc. Saltchuk, meaning saltwater in Chinook vernacular (the trading language used by Native Americans from Oregon to Alaska), refers specifically to the Puget Sound region. Retired Navy Vice Admiral Joins McDermott VAdm. John B. LaPlante, retired from the U.S. Navy, has joined McDermott Intl. as director of the Mobile Offshore Base (MOB) Program Development. Jeffboat is proud to announce that Proform is back on top. At Jeffboat, we've been making the highest Proform covers, which is building fiberglass quality hopper barges for decades. And now, covers at its new state-of-the-art facility in we are proud to announce that we're offering West Memphis. So if you want the best the same level of quality in our fiberglass fiberglass-covered hopper barges in the covers. We're the exclusive distributor for industry, call Barker or Rick at 812-288-0200. a—a—w— will ; November, 1998 103
