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SEAaT Welcomes

International Paint

SEAaT (Shipping Emissions

Abatement and Trading) announced that International Paint Ltd. has joined the group as an associate member. SEAaT and its members call for a reduction in emissions from shipping using technological as well as operational methods facilitated by an emissions trading scheme.

New York State Canal Corp. on

Hudson River PCB Project

The Canal Corporation commends

General Electric’s decision to contin- ue their participation in the impor- tant environmental clean-up of the

Upper Hudson River and Champlain

Canal. Unfortunately the project still does not address the navigational needs of the canal, which could not be dredged for the past 30 years due to the contamination in the water- way. If the work plan does not change, at the end of the project in five to seven years the navigation channel will still be clogged with about 80% of the PCBs that are in place today. The Canal Corporation and nearly all of the municipalities bordering the waterway believe now is the most cost-effective time to address navigational needs. 110-Year-Old Ship to Become

Floating Health Clinic

Christina DeSimone, President and

CEO of Future Care, Inc. and the founder of the People Reaching Out

Foundation announced support of

The Chauncy Maples Project, Lake

Malawi’s first mobile health clinic.

Through this support and that of other organizations, the M/V

Chauncy Maples, a 110 year old ship and the oldest floating ship in Africa, will be used to treat Malawians living around this 350 mile lake.

SNAME announced its call for papers for its 2011 annual meeting

November 16 – 18, 2011 in

Houston, Texas. Papers are welcome which aim to advance the art, science and practice of: • Naval architecture and marine engineering • Ship construction and operation • Ocean engineering • Offshore technology • Other marine-related fields

Other general areas of interest include: • Environmental considerations • Human factors • Lifecycle engineering • Marine economics • Material technology • Pipelines and risers • Regulatory issues • Renewable ocean energy • Safety and stability • Structures and hydrodynamics • Subsea technology • Transportation systems

SNAME Annual Meeting & Expo

Extended abstracts due: Jan 31, 2011

Abstracts accepted: March 1, 2011

Submit to: [email protected]

Ship Production Symposium

Extended abstracts due: March 1, 2011

Abstracts accepted: June 1, 2011

Submit to: [email protected] 2011 Annual SNAME Meeting & Call for Papers