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Inmarsat Appoints Maritime General Manager Inmarsat has announced the appointment of Robert Johnson to the position of general manager of Maritime Services. Mr. Johnson will manage the maritime marketing and safe- ty services teams and continue to build Inmarsat's key maritime business. He joins Inmarsat from Litton Marine Systems BV, where he held he position of director of sales/general manager for Europe, Middle East, CIS, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Spanish Yard Receives ISO 9002 Accreditation Astilleros de Santander, S.A. (Astander) Quality Management System applicable to ship repairs and conversions has been approved by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance to the ISO 9002:1994 Standards. USCG Grants QSS Recognition To ABS Quality Standards System (QSS) recognition has been granted by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and its affiliated companies. This recog- nition gives ABS the authority on behalf of the USCG to review and approve various courses and training programs required by the International Maritime Organization's Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW). These new authorizations are in addi- tion to other statutory authorizations given to ABS that include various surveys and certifica- tions in accordance with the Load Line, SOLAS and MARPOL international maritime conven- tions. Circle 43 on Reader Service Card ABS Approved By U.K. To Act As Notified Body ABS Europe Ltd., a division of the interna- tional classification society ABS, has been authorized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of the U.K. to act on its behalf as a Notified Body for the certification of products under the EU Machinery Directives. According to the directives, manufacturers of specified products must obtain certification from a Notified Body prior to making them available on the European market. Any of the ABS regional offices may carry out the technical review and inspection work subject to confirma- tory overview and issuance of the appropriate certificates by the ABS Europe London head- quarters. Circle 44 on Reader Service Card CSL Fleet Completes ISM Certification Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) has achieved ISM certification for its entire fleet after the M/V Atlantic Huron successfully completed its external audit in late October. To smooth the adoption of the ISM Code policies, CSL upgrad- December, 1998 59 ed its communications network in order to facil- itate the flow of information between ship and shore. The company also helped to design QMX Maritime, a cutting edge software that auto- mates many time-consuming aspects of the ISM Code. 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