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U.S. Coast Guard Publishes Interim Voluntary Guidelines for MODUs The Federal Register last month published the Coast Guard?s notice of recommended interim voluntary guidelines concerning  re and explo- sion analyses for mobile offshore drill- ing units (MODUs) and manned  xed and  oating offshore facilities engaged in activities on the U.S. outer continen-tal shelf. This notice is part of the Coast Guard?s continuing response to the ex- plosion,  re and sinking of the MODU Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico April 20, 2010. Access the notice at https://www.federalregister. gov/articles/2014/05/02/2014-10010/ outer-continental-shelf-units- re-and- explosion-analyses. Avista Capital Partners and SEACOR Tankers Form Jones Act Vessel Joint Venture Avista Capital Partners has an- nounced an investment in a newly formed joint venture with SEACOR Tankers Inc. Under the terms of the joint venture, ACP III Tankers LLC, a wholly owned entity of Avista, will fund a portion of the equity required for the design and construction of three 50,000 deadweight ton prod- uct carriers, each with 330,000 barrel cargo capacity, which SEACOR has contracted to build at General Dy- namic?s National Steel and Shipbuild- ing Company shipyard in San Diego, California, with vessel delivery dates of mid 2016, late 2016 and early 2017. ISRJoyceDNVPEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS www.marinelink.com MN 55MN June14 Layout 50-59.indd 55MN June14 Layout 50-59.indd 555/20/2014 10:16:46 AM5/20/2014 10:16:46 AM