[ Gerhard E. Kurz Wins the 1997 McGuire Safety Award ]

Gerhard E. Kurz, President of Mobil Shipping and Transportation Compan
y has been awarded the 1997 McGuire Safety Award in recognition of his
leadership, and that of his company, in promoting marine safety and p
rotection of the marine environment. Recipients of the award are sele
cted each year by a representative group of members of IACS(Internatio
nal Society of Classification Societies), the winner being announced d
uring the annual meeting of the Classification Society Consultative Co
mmittee(CSCC) at the headquarters of International Registries Inc.(IRI
), at Reston, Virgina. IRI is the administrator of the maritime and c
orporate programmes for the Republic of Liberia and the Republic of th
e Marshall Islands.