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fuel, and the engines are not work- ing quite so hard.

SFI has learned from this experi- ence that it is important to work closely with the operating staff of the shipowner in order for the ship- ping company to realize the full benefits of sail-assist. This is the main reason SFI has become affil- iated with a major shipowner/opera- tor in Greenwich, Conn.—Skaarup

Ship Management. Working with that company, Sail Freight Interna- tional can now offer all phases of sail-assist to the neophyte user: analysis, design, installation, and operation

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New Simulator Training Complex

For U.S. Navy—Literature Available

MarineSafety International, a professional maritime training or- ganization, has been awarded a con- tract to provide shiphandling train- ing services to the U.S. Navy in

Newport, R.I. The award calls for simulator training courses at vari- ous levels to be provided for up to 1,200 naval officers annually start- ing early next year.

Currently the training of naval officers to maneuver and dock their ships in harbors has been accom- plished "on-the-job" when opportu- nities presented themselves. The use of full-mission ship simulators permits better training at reduced risk to ships and personnel and sav- ings in vessel operation and fuel costs.

The training complex which will include full mission and part-task trainers, will be installed, operated and maintained by MarineSafety, a subsidiary of FlightSafety Interna- tional. Training service will be pro- vided to the Navy on an annual cost per-trainee basis for one year with an option for four additional years.

The training curriculum will be de- veloped in concert with the Navy over the next nine months. Training will begin at the simulator complex in January 1987. Courses will be designed for advanced level surface warfare and aviation officers and for intermediate level surface warfare and reserve officers.

The simulator complex will be housed in a new building on Marine-

Safety-owned property in Middle- town, R.I. within a 10-minute drive of the Navy Base. The building will be custom designed to accommo- date the 15-foot high vertical screens making up the dual visual simulation theaters.

It will house a unique full mission ship simulator which can be conned from the bridge or from a bridge wing. The simulator will permit

Navy officers to gain experience in handling any type of combat or sup- port ship in any body of water in the world under a variety of environ- mental conditions. The officers in training will experience stressful maneuvering or docking situations and control casualties without risk to their ship or other ships.

Training in the full mission bridge simulator will be supple- mented by controlled learning expe- riences in part-task simulator train- ers that respond with the same hy- drodynamics as the full mission si- mulator. They will be used to make time on the full mission simulator more efficient by teaching handling of specific ship types and facilitat- ing decision-making practice on a part-task basis.

The unique approach represented by this program will provide the

Navy with low-cost, high quality shiphandling training without re- quiring a major capital outlay by the

Navy for construction or for the purchase of sophisticated simula- tors.

A professional training organiza- tion with over 30 years of experi- ence, FlightSafety International presently owns and operates 26 training complexes, including the marine simulation center at La-

Guardia Airport in New York oper- ated by its MarineSafety subsidiary.

Along with training 300-400 mer- chant officers each year, Marine-

Safety has provided ship-handling training to Navy officers since July 1980.

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CCA Holds Meeting,

Appoints Officers

The Chemical Carriers' Associa- tion, Inc. (CCA), representing ma- rine chemical tanker owners and operators in the United States, held its eighth annual meeting recently at the new Paramus, N.J., head- quarters of the American Bureau of

Shipping.

The current officers, who were appointed to continue on for the coming year, are: president, Alfred

E. Schultz, Stolt, Nielsen Inc.; vice president, Ivo Brieven, Globe

Tanker Services, Inc.; secretary,

Mark F. Martecchini, Stolt-

Nielsen Inc.; and treasurer, L.

Stephen Willrich, Diamond

Shamrock Corp.

The primary focus of the meeting involved agenda items concerning the pending April 1987 implementa- tin of the IMO MARPOL Annex II pollution prevention requirements for bulk chemicals, and the related impact of the U.S. Resource Conser- vation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requirements for the manifest and disposal of hazardous wastes. The

CCA is looking to active participa- tion by its members at the upcom- ing U.S. Coast Guard Seminar on

Annex II in Washington, D.C.

At the meeting, a presentation by

Lt. Lutz Buesing of the U.S.

Coast Guard concerning the value of joint Coast Guard/industry training programs was well received. Lieu- tenant Buesing, formerly with the

Coast Guard's Hazardous Materials

Division, is currently participating in such a program for one year with

Stolt-Nielsen Inc.

The Chemical Carriers' Associa- tion, Inc. is the only industry asso- ciation that solely represents the interests of chemical tanker owners and operators in the United States.

Current CCA membership is com- posed of chemical manufacturers and shippers. Associate member- ship is open to all who have an inter- est in the construction, equipment, operations and employment of chemical tankers. Information on the Association can be obtained by writing to Chemical Carriers' Asso- ciation, Inc., 45 Eisenhower Drive,

Paramus, N.J. 07652-1401.

Artist's rendition of the shiphandling simulator training complex for the U.S. Navy, to be located at the Aquidneck Industrial Park in Newport, R.I. It will be owned and operated by

MarineSafety International.

May, 1986

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