HVIDE MARINE NAMES FITZGERALD CHAIRMAN

HVIDE MARINE NAMES FITZGERALD CHAIRMAN

   Hvide Marine Inc. has named Jean Fitzgerald to succeed J. Erik Hvide as
the company’s chairman, president, and CEO.
   Fitzgerald, 73, who has been a Hvide director since 1994 and is widely
known in the maritime industry, takes up his new duties immediately. Hvide,
50, resigned for personal reasons. He will remain a director of the company
founded by his father, Hans, in 1958.
   Hvide Marine, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is a leading provider of
marine support and transportation services.