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Interim USCG Acceptance

Of Perko Navigation Lights

For Ships Over 20 Meters

Perko, Inc. has just been grant- ed interim acceptance of over 100 of its navigation light models for vessels over 20 meters (65.7 feet) and for vessels over 50 meters (164.1 feet). This acceptance, granted on September 2, 1977, enables naval architects, builders and owners to comply with the new international navigation light regulations in effect for all new vessels sailing on international waters over 20 meters whose keels were laid after 1200 hours, zone time on July 15, 1977.

The basis for the regulations in effect now occurred on March 31, 1977, when the Coast Guard pub- lished an amendment to the Fed- eral Register that added a new subchapter DD (33CFR 87) to the navigation and navigable water regulations. This new subchapter defines rules for implementing and interpreting the International

Regulations for Preventing Colli- sions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS) that replaced the 1960 interna- tional regulations. The primary

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Houston • Galveston • Corpus Christi • Freeport • Texas City impact of the new regulations is on all new U.S. vessels sailing the high seas whose construction be- gan on or after 1200 hours, zone time, on July 15, 1977. The instal- lation of accepted Perko lights enables compliance with these regulations.

The interim acceptance was granted on the basis of test data showing that the lights meet the detailed technical requirements of the 72 COLREGS.

All Coast Guard District Offices have received copies of the ac- ceptance letter, which lists all

Perko lights complying with the new regulations. This will sim- plify obtaining acceptance for vessels fitted with these Perko navigation lights.

Details on the new Coast Guard

Accepted lights are presented in the 1978 Perko Catalog Section B, entitled "Navigation Lights for

Vessels Over 20 Meters." Write

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Gotaas Larsen Names

Andersen And Clausen

Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp., a subsidiary of IU International, has appointed Oscar D. Andersen executive vice president and named Alf Clausen vice president and technical director, it was an- nounced by Kenneth A.B. Trippe, president.

Mr. Andersen joined the world- wide shipping company in 1957.

He was elected a vice president in 1970 and a senior vice presi- dent in 1975. In his new position, he will assume a greater role in policy decisions and the direction of the company, in addition to re- taining overall responsibility for fleet operations and technical ac- tivities.

Mr. Clausen joined Gotaas-

Larsen in 1973 from Det norske

Veritas, one of the leading inter- national ship classification socie- ties. He was appointed assistant vice president earlier this year.

In his new position, he will head

Gotaas-Larsen's Technical De- partment in Oslo and be respon- sible for all technical matters for the company's oceangoing fleet and shore facilities. He reports to Mr. Andersen.

Gotaas-Larsen is a diversified shipping company whose activi- ties include transportation of liq- uefied natural gas (LNG), crude and refined petroleum products, coal, chemicals and grain. The company also operates semisub- mersible drilling rigs and has in- terests in cruise ships, primarily serving Caribbean ports. Its prin- cipal offices are in New York and

Oslo.

IU International is a diversi- fied company serving worldwide ocean shipping, trucking, distri- bution, utilities, agribusiness and industrial markets. 34 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News