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South Korean Yard Orders

Boosted By 40 Percent

South Korean shipyard orders soared by more than 40 percent last year.

According to the Korea Ship- builders Association (KSA), foreign and domestic orders placed with the country's yards during 1990 in- creased by 42.4 percent to 4.94 mil- lion gross tons, while the value of contracts showed an increase of 18 percent at $4 billion compared with 3.39 billion last year.

Value of ships constructed last year increased 68.3 percent to $2.59 billion as the effect of increased shipbuilding prices began to be felt.

South Korean yards had a back- log of 7.26 million tons valued at $6.29 billion by the end of the year, up sharply from the previous year which stood at 5.89 million tons worth $4.83 billion.

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Novatech Designs Ltd. of Canada recently introduced the RF 700C/

OS200 Oil Spill Tracker. It is a unique instrument for tracking and predicting the position of marine oil spills.

The Oil Spill Tracker is a battery powered VHF radio transmitter in an aluminum case; fitted to the case is an oil spill tracking skirt.

The RF 700 C/OS 200 provides oil spill response teams with a simple and reliable method of keeping track of an oil spill. It is especially useful as a spill approaches the shore when little time is left for con- tainment and clean-up. Time lost looking for the spill during that crit- ical period can be greatly reduced simply by deploying several Nova- tech Oil Spill Trackers from aircraft or vessels. Once on the oil spill, the

Trackers drift with the oil. Aircraft or vessels then home in on the radio signal from up to 20 miles away, ensuring quick relocation of the oil spill.

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Ship Safety Achievement,

Jones F. Devlin Awards

Announced By AIMS

The American Institute of Mer- chant Shipping (AIMS) has an- nounced the 1991 kickoff for two contests designed to publicly recog- nize high schievements in safety at sea, the Ship Safety Achievement and the Jones F. Devlin Awards.

Announcements for each contest, which cover safety achievements in calendar year 1990, have been mailed to chief executives and safe- ty directors of U.S.-flag mechant shipping companies. The awards are sponsored by AIMS and the Marine

Section of the National Safety

February, 1991

Council (NSC). The Ship Safety

Achievement Awards are conferred on vessels representing all segments of the U.S.-flag merchant marine which have performed outstanding feats of rescue or seamanship illus- trative of the high safety standards in the nation's fleet. Such feats may include, but are not limited to: res- cue; assistance to distressed vessels; transfer of ill or injured persons under difficult sea conditions; and outstanding demonstrations of safe- ty and ship operation which contrib- uted to saving a life or a ship.

The Jones F. Devlin Awards are given to any self-propelled U.S.-flag vessel which operates for two conse- cutive years without a crew member losing a full turn at watch because of an occupational injury. Higher hon- ors are given to vessels completing four accident-free years, and special awards are given for vessels exceed- ing five years.

These awards have the endorse- ment of AIMS and NSC, and are supported by the U.S. maritime in- dustry and the federal agencies con- cerned with safety at sea.

Entries should be submitted as soon as possible, but not later than

March 31, 1991. All entries should be sent to: Renee H. Estep, Coor- dinator of Public Relations, Ameri- can Institute of Merchant Shipping, 1000 16th Street, N.W., Suite 511,

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