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U.S. Ship ^ Boatbuilding

Annual

Nautronix Wins Order

Nautronix Ltd. was awarded a contract from Factorias Vulcano of

Vigo, Spain, to supply of hydro- graphic and oceanographic equip- ment.

The equipment will reportedly be used to outfit a pair of 164-ft. (50- m hydrographic/oceanographic vessels to be built by Factorias

Vulcano for the Philippines

National Mapping and Resource

Information Authority.

TMM To Invest $22 Million

In Acapulco Port

Transportacion Maritima

Mexicana (TMM) will invest $22 million in the second phase of an improvement at the Port of

Acapulco.

The first phase of the Acapulco port improvement, also awarded to

TMM, was completed at a cost of $7.4 million. The second phase of the project aims to upgrade the passenger terminal, as the Port is used mostly for tourism rather than shipping.

Daedong Wins ORders

Worth $184 Million

Daedong Shipbuilding won orders worth $184 million from two European shipping companies.

A $130 million order for four 45,000-ton chemical carriers was reportedly awarded by Italy's

D'Amico and a $54 million order for two 72,700-ton bulk carriers came from Swiss shipping firm

Suisse Atlantique.

New Malaysian Shipyard

Proposed

PSC Industries Bhd has submit- ted a proposal to the Malaysian government to build a shipyard with a 200,000-dwt capacity. It is proposed that the new facility be owned by all of the shipyard com- panies in Malaysia. One aim for the shipyard would be to reported- ly help reduce Malaysia's trade deficit.

OMI, Marine Transport Lines

To Merge

OMI Corp. and Marine Transport

Lines have reached an agreement in principle to merge.

The deal calls for OMI to acquire

Marine Transport Lines, a private-

July, 1997 ly owned company specializing in marine and transportation ser- vices.

The company's respective boards have approved the merger in prin- ciple and the transaction is expect- ed to be completed in January 1998.

LIFE EXTENSION • REFURBISHMENT • SUPERINTENDENCE • SURVEYING • DOCKING • MAINTENANCE

ShipRepair & Conversion 97

OLYMPIA 2 LONDON 4-5 NOVEMBER 1997

Recognised internationally as the industry's annual meeting place, the Shiprepair &

Conversion Conference and Exhibition will be held at Olympia 2, London on

November 4th and 5th. The current list of companies taking part in the exhibition is shown below. Companies who wish to join the exhibition should contact the

Secretariat as soon as possible because exhibition space is now at a premium for the

November event. Adjacent is the preliminary programme for the conference, which shows the high degree of owner/operator involvement on some of the key issues of the repair industry. The full programme is currently being finalised, and proposals for papers of special interest related to the sessions listed should be submitted to the

Secretariat now. The Shiprepair & Conversion 97 Official Evening Reception on

November 4 will be hosted by the A&P Group.

EXHIBITORS AS AT MAY 1997

A&P Group Gemak Shipyard Posford Duvivier

A1 Mulla Marine Gemsan-Net Shipyard R.C.L. Profiles

Maintenance GMD Shipyard Saint John Shipbuilding

Allweiler Pumps GoltensOslo San Francisco Drydock

Ameron International Gryfia Shipyard ScanMarine Group

Aqua Blast Halifax Shipyard Senior Thermal

ArnoDunkerque Hamworthy Marine Engineering

Asmar Harland& Wolff Ship Sesmarine

Astican Repair SHIPDOCK Amsterdam

Astilleros de Santander Harris Pye Marine Ship Repairers &

Astilleros Espanoles Hellenic Shipyards Shipbuilders

Atlantic Drydock Hempel Marine Paints Ship Services

Atlantic Marine HJM Marine Shipcare

Atlantis Shipyard HongKong United Sigma Coatings

Babcock International Dockyards Singapore Technical (FMD) Ian-Conrad Bergan Shipbuilding & Engineer'

Bazan IMAC Sobrena Shipyard

Belzona J Kirkaldy & Sons Southwest Marine

Blohm+Voss K C Engineering SpecTec

Braswell Shipyard KaMeWa Starweld

Britannia Heat Transfer Keller Bryant Stone Manganese Marine

British Flowplant Kolfor Plant Stork Services

Manufacturing Kwang-Youn-Gi Sub Marine Services

Brown Brothers Engineering Sword (Aberdeen)

Bureau Veritas Lisnave Temple Oil Seal Services

Calvey Marine Lloyd Werf t Bremerhaven Terneuzen Port Services

Cambiaso Risso Lloyd's Maritime Testbank Ship Repair

Cammell Laird Information Services Thames Diesel Injection

CARENA Lloyds Beal Parts

Carlden Marine MacGREGOR Group The Skagerak Company

Cascade General Malta Drydocks Thomas Gunn Navigation

Cedervall & Soner MAN B&W Diesel Services

China Shipbuilding Corp Marine Management TradeWinds (CSBC) Systems Turbo Technik

Chidambaram Shipcare Marine Marketing Turbo UK

Chris-Marine International Turkter Shipyard

CNIC Metalock Industrial Turner & Hickman

Conoship International Services Tuzla Shipyard

Diesel Marine International MIL Davie Tyne Dock Engineering

Dorbyl Marine Mivan Marine UE Systems

Dry Air Technology MMC (Europe) UniThai Shipyard &

Dufferin Boiler Descaling & Neorion Shipyards Engineering

Cleaning Nico International Unitor

Electrocatalytic Nicol and Andrew Van Brink

Elgin Brown & Hamer Niehuis & Van den Berg Viktor Lenac Shipyard

EBENederland Norshipco VT Blast

Essex Governor Services Odessos Shiprepair Yard Wartsila NSD

Furmanite International Oresundsvarvet Western Shiprepair Yard

GC Ridley Paul Hammelmann Wilmot Marine Services

G & G Technical Services Maschinenfabrik Wiselow Commercial

Gdansk Shiprepair Yard Penzance Dry Dock Interiors

Remontowa Pickup Bellows World Shipping Services

CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SESSIONS

IACS Recommendations on Bulk Carrier

Safety

Speakers:

Bob Somerville, President, American Bureau of Shipping

Robert Tustin, Chief Surveyor, Class Ship

Structures Approval Group, Construction

Services Department, Lloyd's Register

Iver Langley, Manager, Ship Management

Department, Furness Withy (Shipping) Ltd

Panel Members:

James Bell, Permanent Secretary, IACS

Hamish Cubitt, Technical Director, Denholm

Shipmanagement

Legal Workshop

Speakers: A panel of lawyers will address the recurring key questions on legal aspects of the shiprepair industry

The panel will be headed by Alistair Mackie of

Holman Fenwick & Willan

Shiprepair from the owning and management viewpoint

Speakers:

Vaughan Griffith, Manager, Vessel

Operations, Mobil Shipping

John Dunne, Technical Director,

Papachristidis

John Alcindor, Fleet Technical Manager, P&O

European Ferries

Acomarit - Speaker to be announced

Developments in the paints and corrosion industry

Waterjetting - is it making progress?

Hammelmann

The effect of the new SOLAS regulations on ballast tanks and cargo holds

Ole Borring-Soerensen, J C Hempel Marine

Paints

Surveys

ISM Code - is sufficient progress being made?

Speaker to be announced

Marine Safety Agency

Speaker to be announced

Conversions

Proposals for papers concerning current or future conversions of special interest are invited for consideration by the

Secretariat

Final Debate

Main theme - Technical Superintendents (are there sufficient numbers available with the necessary qualifications?)

FOR CONFERENCE OR EXHIBITION INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT

THE SHIPREPAIR & CONVERSION SECRETARIAT: Fax: +44 1923 777206 Tel: +44 1923 776363

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