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NAPVO 1992 Annual Convention & Exhibition

January 11-14, 1992, New Orleans, La.

The Annual Convention & Ex-hibition of the National Asso-ciation of Passenger Vessel

Owners (NAPVO) will be held at the

Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in New

Orleans, La., from January 11-14, 1992. The yearly event represents a gathering of some of the top leader- ship in the small passenger vessel industry, one of the fastest growing sectors of the marine transporta- tion industry in the U.S.

The program of the convention will offer attendees the opportunity to hear some of the latest develop- ments impacting the passenger ves- sel industry during plenary sessions and seminars, while the exhibition will display some of the latest prod- ucts and services available to the marine market. Boatbuilders and vessel repairers, diesel engine manu- facturers, and suppliers of marine machinery, lifesaving equipment, safety products, and design services will be among the exhibitors at the show.

Some of the important industry topics that will be covered at the show presentations include devel- opments in the fast-growing gam- bling vessel sector, the implications of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,

Belle of St. Louis, built by Leevac

Shipyards for NAPVO member Gateway

Riverboat Cruises. marine safety, and passenger vessel construction trends, as well as tour and dinner cruise marketing ideas.

One of the plenary sessions, for ex- ample, on January 12, will focus on how new gaming laws are affecting vessel operations in American wa- terways. Dr. William Eadington, director, Institute for the Study of

Gambling & Commercial Gaming in

Reno, Nev., will present the plenary session "Gaming Developments on the Rivers and Coasts" from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Furthermore, that same day, Dr. Eadington will mod- erate an afternoon seminar, "ACloser

Look at the Gaming Industry: An

Expert Panel Provides Insight." The seminar will be an in-depth discus- sion of gaming on passenger ves- sels, together with developments in the casino industry. This session will review legal aspects, casino op- erations and economics, financing of gambling entities and review the current status of riverboat offshore gambling activities.

On Monday, January 13, Adm.

Eugene A. Henn, Chief, Office of

Marine Safety, Environmental Pro- tection, and Port Security, U.S. Coast

Guard, will provide an update on

NAPVO '92 Exhibitors

Avondale Shipyard Leevac Shipyard

Atlantic Marine Loomis & Lapann

Bender Shipyard Maritime Reporter

Bidco NAVATEK

Caterpillar Engines Nichols Bros. Boat Builders

Cummins Engine Rodney Lay & Associates

Custom Ship Interiors Service Marine

DeJong & Lebet Skipperliner Shipyard

Direction in Design Sysco

Eckland & Associates Taylor Tec

Envirovac Twin Disc

Freeport Shipyard Ultra Poly

Guido Perla & Associates Viking Life-Saving

Gulf Craft Equipment

Interior Design International Walport

Johnson & Higgins Whirley Industries

L.F. Gaubert Wooster Products marine safety at a one-hour plenary session beginning at 9 a.m.

Following the session by Admiral

Henn, a report will be provided by the Public Policy Committee, with invited guests including: Sen. John

Breaux, Louisiana, Chair, Senate

Subcommittee on Merchant Marine;

Con. Billy Tauzin,Louisiana, Chair,

House of Representatives; and Con.

Gene Taylor, Mississippi, Member,

House Committee on Merchant

Marine & Fisheries.

The National Association of Pas- senger Vessel Owners is a 20-year- old trade association consisting of more than 400 members, who repre- sent a $500 million industry that carries over 45 million passengers each year. NAPVO members, who operate 1,200 vessels throughout the

U.S., are key leaders in providing dinner cruises, tour and excursion services, car and passenger ferry operations, overnight cruises, gam- bling, entertainment, private luxury charters and other passenger vessel services. NAPVO members placed orders for about 20 new major ves- sels in 1990, with a total cost of more than $30 million.

For further information on the

National Association of Passenger

Vessel Owners, write: NAPVO, 808 17th Street, NW, Suite 200, Wash- ington, D.C. 20006; or telephone: (202) 785-0510. . . 38 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News