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The International

WorkBoat

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If you're buying or selling products and services for shallowdraft and deepdraft operations, you'll find the technology you need from more than 650 companies in 1000 booths at the 18th annual International WorkBoat Show®. • Tug & Towboats • Passenger & Cruise Vessels • Tankers & Freighters • Oil Supply Vessels • Military & Patrol Craft • Port/Shoreside Services • Utility Vessels • Marine Contractors

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Australian Plans Protect Great

Barrier Reef

As detailed in a recent ABS report, in late May, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) published an updated contingency plan for the

Great Barrier Reef. The oil spill contingency plan for the Great Barrier Reef — better known as the

REEF PLAN — updates an 1987 accord, taking into account changes in Australia's national con- tingency plan following recommendations by the

Australian Transport Council in June 1993.

The REEF PLAN has four major sections: an introduction to the scope of the plan, including statutory arrangements and information regard- ing the threat of oil spills; a strategic plan, with information on administrative and response arrangements; an environmental protection sec- tion, with information on the reef world heritage area; and appendices, with maps and instructions concerning response techniques for oil spill response.

AMSA has also contracted with the Australian

Institute of Marine Science to conduct a two-year research program on the use of bioremediation for oil spill cleanup. The study will focus on whether the method can be used to clean mangrove and salt marsh habitats in the northern part of the country. Funding for the project is also being pro- vided by the Australian Energy Research and

Development Corp.; the Australian Institute of

Petroleum through the Australian Marine Spill

Centre; and the Australian Environmental

Protection Agency.

ABB Fits Swedish

Icebreaker With NOx

Central Equipment

ABB Flakt Marine AB of Gothenburg has been awarded a contract to supply 10 catalytic con- verters for the first in a series of three, diesel- powered Swedish icebreakers owned by the

Swedish National Maritime Administration.

The vessel — with five Pielstick main engines, four Wartsila auxiliary engines and an emer- gency/harbor engine — produces a total installed power of 21 MW. Part of the Atle class, the icebreaker is manned by the Swedish Royal

Navy. The NOx emissions from all 10 engines will be reportedly reduced by 90 percent or more with the installation of ABB's SCR (selective catalytic reduction) converters. Vessel silencers and spark arrestors will be replaced by the con- verters, which will reduce HC and CO by 70 per- cent, in addition to NOx reduction. High NOx emissions from ships in regional and local areas where the land mass is very sensitive to acidic deposition prompted the Swedish government to introduce stringent marine NOx limits to sub- stantially reduce the environmental impact of ships. This recent order follows a performance and cost evaluation of the ABB SCR converter installed aboard Administration supply vessel

Scandica in 1994.

For more information on ABB Flakt Marine AB

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