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Newport Ship Yard

Opens New Addition

Newport Ship Yard, Inc., New- port, R.I., officials have announced the official opening of a new 12,000 - square - foot Administra- tive Production annex at the com- pany's One Washington Street,

Newport location. The new two- story wing provides space accom- modating the company's electri- cal, pipefitting, and boiler shops on the first floor level, with the second floor housing corporate ad- ministrative and business offices.

Construction on the annex be- gan in the late summer of 1980.

Reconstruction of the firm's pro- duction and planning offices dam- aged by fire last October began in April, with reoccupancy sched- uled for the fall of 1981. The an- nouncement was made by Neil C.

Peirson, president, and Michael

E. Collins Sr., vice president and treasurer of the shipyard.

Guidelines For Tanker

Requirements Available

From U.S. Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard has just published guidelines for the en- forcement of the equipment and construction standards mandated by the Port and Tanker Safety

Act (PTSA) of 1978. These re- quirements include segregated ballast tanks, dedicated clean bal- last tanks, crude oil washing sys- tems, inert gas systems, improved steering gear standards, and nav- igation equipment for U.S. tank vessels and foreign-flag tank ves- sels that enter U.S. waters for commercial service after June 1, 1981.

Titled "Navigation and Vessel

Inspection Circular No. 1-81,

Guidance for Enforcement of the

Requirements of the Port and

Tanker Safety Act of 1978 (PTSA)

Pertaining to SBT, CBT, COW,

IGS, Steering Gear, and Naviga- tion Equipment for Tank Ves- sels," the guidelines are intended to facilitate implementation of the

PTSA requirements by providing both a uniform procedure for ob- taining approval of these require- ments and uniform policy regard- ing enforcement of these require- ments.

Free copies may be obtained by requesting NVC 1-81; write: Com- mandant (G-MP-4/14), USCG,

Washington, D.C. 20593.

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