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the implementation period to give the STCW Convention full and complete effect. The team's leader is Capt. Bob Skewes. Autoship Complete Systems Installed Autoship Systems Corporation has installed two complete systems of The AutoSHIP Works at Guangzhou Marine Engineering of China and Estalerios Sao Jacinto of Portugal. The complete package consists of the full suite of CAD marine design programs, including Autoship, Autohydro, Autopower, Autobuild and Autoplate — provid- ing the shipyards with an integrat- ed suite of design programs for their naval architecture depart- ments. Circle 61 on Reader Service Card SNAME Appoints Executive Director Phillip B. Kimball has been appointed executive director of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). Mr. Kimball has been a member of SNAME for 31 years, serving as volunteer chairman of the New York Metropolitan Section, and as a member of the Ship Technical THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AND OFFSHORE EXHIBITION WITH RUSSIA AND THE REPUBLICS NEVA 99 St. Petersburg, Russia 22nd-25th September 1999 The business opportunity for Shipbuilding, Ship Equipment, Offshore Energy and Maritime Services MAJOR MARKET OPPORTUNITIES IN:- • SHIPBUILDING, REPAIR AND CONVERSION INCLUDING OIL AND GAS FACILITIES • SHIP AND OFFSHORE EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGY • SUPPLY AND MAINTENANCE FOR YARDS, SHIPS AND RIGS • MANAGEMENT, REGISTRY, CLASSIFICATION, BROKING SPECIALISTS • BANKING, FINANCE, INSURANCE AND LEGAL SERVICES THE MAJOR INDUSTRIES ACTIVE AT NEVA 99:- • SHIPBUILDERS OF SEA AND WATERWAY VESSELS • MARINE ENGINEERING AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURERS • OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS FACILITIES AND MACHINERY • PORTS HANDLING AND OPERATING EQUIPMENT NEVA 99 - Exhibition, Conference, Technical Seminars:- provides the most wide-ranging programme of business opportunities with the maritime industries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. For full details contact :- DOLPHIN EXHIBITIONS, 112 High Street, Bildeston, Suffolk, IP7 7EB, England. Tel: +44 1449 741801 Fax: +44 1449 741628 e-mail: info@dolphin-exhibitions.co.uk V. Operations and National Planning Committees. New Container Vessels Introduced Turkish Cargo Line has char- tered two full container vessels for its Turkey express container ser- vice from the East Coast to the Mediterranean. The ships, the MTV Izzet Incekara and M/V Cumhuriyet 75, are recently built cellular vessels with a capacity of 860 TEUs per ship. The Turkish flag vessels, which were built in Istanbul in 1996, will be deployed along with the M/V Bitlis to pro- vide sailings directly to Turkey. Gibbs & Cox Achieves ISO 9001 The Washington and New York offices of Gibbs & Cox, Inc. have been certified to ISO 9001:1994 — Quality Systems-Model for Quality Assurance in Design, Development, Production, Installation and Servicing — by ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. GE Marine Engines Appoints Manager GE Marine Engines has appointed Read Tuddenham as manager of Marine Applications and Ship Integration. Mr. Tuddenham will work on ship- board propulsion application development and evaluation for GE's naval propulsion programs as well as initiatives underway for GE's increased role in the cruise ship industry. Virginia Companies In Joint Venture Fuji Trading (America) of Newport News, Va. has announced the formation of a venture with Bay Diesel Corp. of Chesapeake, Va. to provide parts and service for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) large bore (UE) series marine engines and (MET) tur- bochargers. Whessoe Varec Supplying Korean LNG Carriers Whessoe Varec is supplying level gauging systems for two liq- uefied natural gas (LNG) carriers being built by Hyundai Heavy Industries. The instrumentation — to be delivered to Hull 1156 at the start of 1999 and Hull 1157 in June 1999 — is based on well- proven gauges which have been 54 Circle 223 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News