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Lafarge Ballast Installed On Six APL Container Ships Lafarge, formerly Redland Genstar, Inc., was awarded a con- tract from APL (Neptune Orient Line) to install more than 21,000 metric tons of its Ballast-Crete fixed ballast in six container ships. The contract was completed during July and August 1998, working around the sailing schedules of the ships. With ballast installed dur- ing cargo operations, there was lit- tle interruption to the ship's sched- ule or disruption to ongoing nor- mal terminal operations. Circle 61 on Reader Service Card Paratherm Opens U.K. Branch Paratherm Corporation, a U.S.- based manufacturer of heat trans- fer fluids for general industry, has opened a new full service facility in the U.K. to serve customers in western Europe. The new facility, located near London, is a partner- ship between Paratherm and Golfray Ltd., and will stock several types of Paratherm heat transfer fluids. Circle 62 on Reader Service Card Autoship Wins Contract, Receives DNV Approval Autoship Systems Corp. of Vancouver, Canada has recently received Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Type Approval for its loading instrument software, Autoload. The company has announced that it has won an international compe- tition for the contract to provide customized software to Wilhelmsen Lines AS of Oslo, Norway. The project will include the development of state of the art computerized stowage planning and cargo management system to be used company-wide onboard 28 RoRo ships and in 19 regional offices of Wilhelmsen Lines. Circle 1 on Reader Service Card NNS Announces New Directors Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) has promoted several employees to director positions within the organization. John Lilley, promoted to director of Carrier Overhauls, will lead the effort to plan and conduct over- hauls of aircraft carriers at NNS. A 26-year employee of NNS, Harold Paxton has been appointed to director of Carrier Construction. Mr. Paxton will be responsible for January, 1999 19 Circle 239 on Reader Service Card MAN B&W Diesel A/S • Teglholmsgade 41 • DK-2450 Copenhagen SV E-mail: manbw@manbw.dk • http://www.manbw.dk Diesel Engines From 500 kW to 68640 kW engineering design and analysis support to the U.S. Navy customer and represent NNS with the Navy and other Department of Defense customers. Mike Wynn has been appointed director of CVN New Construction/Design, responsible for the non-nuclear design of the Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), as well as CVN 77 and future aircraft car- John Lilley riers. Harold Paxton Mike Wynn all carrier construction activities to include ship progress, schedules and performance. Tim Thomassy has been appointed to director of Business Development. Mr. Thomassy will identify and evaluate new business opportuni- ties for NNS, as well as provide aircraft carrier and submarine Tim Thomassy