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Cruise Ship Inspection

Fees Increased

User-fees that cruise lines must pay for the periodic inspection of their vessels calling at U.S. ports have been increased by an average of 9 percent.

The Centers for Disease Control vessel sanitation program fees valid through 1992 are: $6,000 for ships of more that 60,000 grt; $4,500 for those of 30,001-60,000 grt; $3,000 for ships of $15,001-$30,000 grt; $1,500 for those 3,001-15,000 grt, and $750 for vessels smaller than 3,000 grt.

The fees will be charged again for reinspections of vessels failing to meet standards. The gross tonnage scale to be used is based on sizes shown in Lloyd's Register of Ship- ping.

Port of Portland May

Break Tonnage Record

The Port of Portland on the U.S.

West Coast is close to achieving its best cargo tonnage year ever, break- ing the 1989 record of 5.05 million tons (exclusive of grain).

Marine activities at the port cre- ate an estimated $1.1 billion annu- ally in economic benefits for the re- gion, according to the port.

The movement of refrigerated container barges on the Columbia

River between the upriver ports of

Pasco, Washington and Umatilla,

Oregon and terminal 6 at the Port of

Portland has expanded.

The sales for the Portland Ship

Yard, reached $250 million in 1991, making it the busiest and most pro- ductive ship repair facility on the

West Coast.

The ship yard made 111 repairs, with 82 of these involving the use of the port's dry docks. Tankers ac- counted for 51 percent of the repair sales, which denoted 77 percent of all West Coast tanker work.

Agreement Made Between

MARAD And Farrell Lines

In a recent agreement, the Mari- time Administration forgave about $20 million in loans that Farrell

Lines Inc. owes. In exchange, the company consented to shortening a government subsidy contract by three years. This contract, covering four vessels in the Mediterranean trade will now expire at the end of 1997. Its other government con- tract expires December 31, 1995.

Farrell received subsidies total- ing $14.6 million in 1990 and $15.1 million in 1991.

Included in the $20 million debt is a 1987 default on a $6 million loan guarantee made under the MARAD's

Title XI program for construction of

LASH barges and several loans the agency made to Farrell in the early 1980s.

Recently a Lykes' Lines subsidy contract was shortened by one year in exchange for a three-year exten- sion on the subsidizable life of five aging vessels.

New Prison Barge

For New York City

A $165 million prison barge was recently completed at Avondale

Shipyards for the City of New York.

The barge, which will hold me- dium and maximum-security pris- oners awaiting trial, is scheduled to arrive in New York the last week in

January.

This 800-bed barge will be the fourth vessel of this type built for

New York's expanding prison popu- lation.

Advisory Panel Starts

Work On Rules For Spill

Response

An advisory panel, which includes

Coast Guard personnel, is helping to write oil spill response rules for tanker operators.The primary issues it will discuss over the next few months will include what the basic definitions of "adverse weather" and "worst case" spills are and to deter- mine the amount and kinds of spill response equipment tankers must carry.

Under the 1990 Oil Pollution Act, tanker operators sailing in U.S. waters must have Coast Guard-ap- proved spill contingency plans in place by August 1993. They also must have personnel and equipment available to handle a "worst case" spill of their vessel's entire cargo in adverse weather conditions.

Final regulations must be com- pleted by August 18 1992, and op- erators must submit response plans for approval by February 18, 1993.

HDW Delivers Frigate "Corte-Real" To Portugal

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft

AG recently delivered the frigate, "Corte-Real", NATO Designation "F332", to NATO partner Portugal.

At the same time, the Portuguese

Navy officially put the ship into ser- vice. HDW previously delivered the sister ship "Alvares Cabral."

The two frigates are part of an order for three vessels the MEKO consortium received from the Portu- guese Navy in 1986. The MEKO consortium is comprised of the com- panies Blohm & Voss, Ferrostaal,

Thyssen Rheinstahl Technik, and

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG.

The Hamburg yard, Blohm & Voss, delivered the first frigate, "Vasco da

Gama," in January 1991. For HDW, the order represents about 1.75 mil- lion manufacturing and construc- tion hours.

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Hermann Amrein Named As

Vice President Of MTU

Hermann Amrein was recently named vice president at the meet- ing of the supervisory board of MTU

Friedrichshafen, a subsidiary of

Deutsche Aerospace. He will be responsible for the sales division as of January, 1992.

Deutz MWM Announces

Marketing Staff Changes

Change in its marketing staff were announced recently by Deutz

MWM. Dirk Muller, previously head of marketing services (includ- ing PR and advertising) within the

Deutz MWM division of the KHD group in Mannheim, recently went to Deutz Service International

GmbH in Cologne. His new position includes the responsibility for sales promotion - also including PR and advertising - of the service company for the trademarks Deutz and Deutz

MWM.

Carl-Ulrich Huhn, will succeed

Dirk Muller in Mannheim. He has worked for the company for six year s and has been responsible for infor- mation and sales training within the marketing sector.

Dr. Ottar Holm was also recently appointed as head of Deutz MWM marketing; he had previously worked with Suddeutsche

Kuhlerfabrik Julius Fr. Behr GmbH & Co. KG.

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