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National Association Of Passenger Vessel Owners

Annual Convention And Exhibition

Honolulu, Hawaii, January 16-21, 1991

The Annual Convention of the

National Association of Passenger

Vessel Owners (NAPVO) will be held on January 16-21, 1991 at the

Sheraton Waikiki Hotel in Honolu- lu, Hawaii. A post-convention meet- ing will occur on Maui Island on

January 21-23.

Last year's convention in Boston drew more than 400 people. "There was definitely an upbeat feeling to the event," declared Holly Agra,

NAPVO's president. Ms. Agra, vice president of Mercury Sightse- eing Boats in Chicago, 111., was elected the organization's president at the 1990 convention.

Vessel owners and their suppliers flocked to sessions dealing with business and regulatory issues. The 55 exhibit booths at the 1990 An- nual Convention was the largest in

NAPVO's history.

Twelve workshops led by knowl- edgeable NAPVO members and in- dustry specialists informed the membership on the key issues in such areas as vessel maintenance,

Photo: The American Hawaii Cruises' U.S. flag liner Constitution off the Hawaiian coast. drug testing, Coast Guard inspec- tions, and new business opportuni- ties.

This year's convention is ex- pected to be just as informative.

NAPVO has invited three special guest speakers to address the con- ference. Rear Adm. Joel D. Sipes,

Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Se- curity and Environmental Protec- tion, Washington, D.C., Frederick

Muldoon, Marsh & McLennan, and Dr. Suzanne Cook, executive director of the U.S. Travel Data

Center, a national nonprofit center for travel and tourism research, are all scheduled to speak.

Admiral Sipes directs a coordi- nated federal port safety and securi- ty program; an active marine envi- ronmental protection program; a program for the construction, in- spection and certification of mer- chant vessels; the development of comprehensive marine safety stand- ards; the licensing and certificating of U.S. Merchant Marine personnel; and represents the U.S. in various related international maritime fo- rums.

Mr. Muldoon joined Marsh &

McLennan in 1986. His particular area of expertise is in loss preven- tion, occupational health and fire protection, with specific emphasis on food processing, chemical opera- tions, beverage manufacturing, and comprehensive risk studies.

Dr. Cook supervised the design of a computerized model to forecast vacation travel and frequently speaks at industry conference spe- cializing in consumer marketing re- search related to travel and tour- ism.

This year's convention is ex- pected to draw as many as 350 attendees representing the leader- ship of the small passenger vessel market in the U.S. Among the topics listed on the convention's program are: "How the Jones Act Applies to

Passenger Vessels"; "Vessel Main- tenance: Tips for Keeping the Ship

Ship-Shape"; "Assessing the Impact of Gambling on the Passenger Ves- sel Industry"; and "Passenger Fer- ries: A Growth Segment of the Pas- senger Vessel Industry."

On Saturday, January 19, atten- dees will be able to take a special

NAPVO Convention

Major Exhibitors

Company Booth Company Booth

Caterpillar/Caterpillar Financial Loomis & LaPann 31

Services 1 Custom Interiors/

Johnson & Higgins 3 Directions in Design 32

Nichols Bros Boat Builders 5 Rodney Lay & Associates 35

Leevac Shipyards 13 Blount Marine 36

Eckland & Associates 14 Envirovac 41 & 42

Wooster Products 16 Viking Life-Saving

Dejong & Lebet 17 Equipment 43

Cummins Engine 18 Atlantic Marine 44

Ultra Poly 21 Marsh & McLennan 47/48

Trinity Marine Group 22 Walport USA 49

Pacific Coast Marine Multicom 50

Industries 27 J. Fisker-Andersen 66

Freeport Shipbuilding 28 Eastern Shipyards 69/70 48 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News