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1993 International Oil

Spill Conference Issues

Call For Papers

The 13th biennial International

Oil Spill Conference on the preven- tion, behavior, control and cleanup of oil spills will be held March 29 to

April 1,1993 at the Tampa Conven- tion Center in Tampa, Florida. The conference will be sponsored by the

U.S. Coast Guard, the American

Petroleum Institute and the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency.

The conference committee is in- viting interested parties to submit technical, scientific, socio-economic and legal papers as well as poster presentations for the 1993 confer- ence. As in the past, previously unpublished papers will be accepted for oral presentation at technical sessions and publication in the pro- ceedings. Papers are particularly sought in: case histories of specific spills; cleanup operations; contin- gency planning; spill cleanup coop- eratives; dispersants, bioremedia- tion and in-situ burning; disposal methods/policies; extreme weather response; fate and effects of oil/dis- persed oil; IMO's International Con- vention on Oil Pollution (1990); in- ternational agreements and re- sponses; leak detection and under- ground storage tank spills; natural resource damage assessment; natu- ral resource trustee issues; imple- mentation of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990; and many more issues. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is

May 15, 1992.

For further information, mail in- quiries to 1993 International Oil

Spill Conference, 655 15th Street,

NW Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20005.

Cruise Ship Christened

For Chandris Cruises

At Meyer Werft

The cruise ship Zenith

The cruise vessel, Zenith, was recently christened by Chandris

Celebrity Cruises in the covered building hall of Meyer Werft,

Papenberg, Germany. At the end of the ceremony the vessel was towed to the outfitting dock.

The Zenith is 681 feet long, 95 feet wide, and has a draft of 23.7 feet. She is powered by a "father and son" plant consisting of two MAN

B&W 9 L 40/54 "father" engines, with an output of 5994 kw, and two

MAN B&W 6 L 40/54 "son" engines, each developing 3996 kw.

Beginning in early April the ship will start seven-night cruises from

Ft. Lauderdale to the Caribbean.

The Zenith's sister ship, Horizon, has been in service since May 1990.

For further information about the services offered by Meyer Werft,

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New Reefer Vessel

Design Could Double

Carrying Capacities

R.K. Johns & Associates is designing a refrigerated cargo ship that report- edly could double the carrying capacity of the largest reefer ships. The design is said to provide up to 1.5 million cubic feet of carrying space. Presently, reefer vessels have a 400,000 cubic-foot to 700,000 cubic- foot carrying capacity.

In order to be built and be opera- tional, the ship would need a shoreside facility extensive enough to keep large amounts of cargo on hand at all times. If the design proves to be a success then refrigerated warehouses could prove to be a major marine growth area in the next decade.

The design work is almost complete and a formal announcement will be made when the ship is financed.

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