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LR: Fewer Class Societies Needed

Lloyd's Register (LR) has called for industry restructuring to create fewer but stronger organiza- tions surveying ships' standards. Speaking at

Shipping '98 in Stamford, Conn, last month, Lloyds

Register chairman Patrick OFerrall said: "The way forward is a program of streamlining, resulting in fewer, but stronger and ultimately more effective, classification societies." Mr. OFerrall said class soci- eties have played a part in improving safety stan- dards over the past 20 years but that improvement is still necessary. He noted that the average age of the world fleet has increased by two thirds over the past 20 years but the loss rate has decreased by the same amount over the period.

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Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor:

Hi, first let me say that we (my co- workers and I) enjoy the Maritime

Reporter and Engineering News\

Each and every issue is thorough- ly read from cover to cover and then filed for reference material.

The reason that I am writing to you is in response to the article in the

February issue. On page 65, the article , "NNS: Working to increase performance and decrease cost of 21 st century car- riers" states that carriers have always included space for a heavy, expensive machine to bread chicken patties.

Now, I have been involved with the US Navy for over 20 years and directly involved with carriers for over 5 years. I have been onboard every Navy Carrier in service in the U.S. Pacific Fleet and two from the Atlantic Fleet and have never seen the equip- ment that you describe. Have I missed it or was your article just using journalistic license in the description? Our company works closely with the Navy in the area of Galley maintenance and instal- lation. Please clarify this if you would.

Thank-you very much

Patrick S. Conley

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Dear Mr. Conley:

Thank you for your recent letter regarding our February 1998 edi- tion. As I, personally, have never laid eyes on the referenced chick- en breading machine, I put the question to our contact at Newport

News Shipbuilding.

With her usual expediency and expertise, my contact sent the photo of the machine to me almost immediately. Thank you for your interest. — Editor

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