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Saudi Company Selects

MMS's Management System

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has awarded a contract to Marine Man- agement Systems (MMS), Inc., of

Stamford, Ct., for an integrated fleet management system that will allow

NSCSA to control its vessels opera- tions and maintenance management worldwide. The MMS package in- cludes software, computer hard- ware, engineering data services, training and ongoing support.

NSCSA operates a cargo liner service between ports in North

America, Europe, Far East and

Middle Eastern countries. MMS is currently installing its system onboard eight RoRo multi-purpose vessels owned by NSCSA as well as the company's head office in Riyadh,

Saudi Arabia, and its two represen- tative offices located in New York and Tokyo. The offices will also be equipped with Local Area Networks (LANs).

MMS will support the NSCSA system from its Stamford office, which maintains a department of trained technicians dedicated to full- service customer support. MMS is an international leader in the ma- rine software industry and has in- stalled over 500 active systems worldwide at more than 250 ship- board and shoreside locations.

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NOAA Begins $1.4 Billion

Fleet Replacement Program

Congress recently appropriated $33.2 million for the National Oce- anic and Atmospheric

Administration's (NOAA) 15-year, $1.4 billion program to replace and modernize its entire fleet of 22 re- search vessels.

Ray Kammer, NOAA's deputy under secretary for oceans and at- mosphere, said that the money is being used to develop ship require- ments, begin design work on replace- ment ships, develop specifications to extend the lives of 13 existing ships, charter commercial ships in the interim and pay for maintenance work. NOAA has already acquired 5 new ships, with 4 more in the acqui- sition process.

Mostly built in the 1960s, the agency's ships range from 86 feet to 300 feet long and support NOAA missions such as chartering, ocean floor mapping, resource assessment and fisheries and atmospheric re- search.

In a closely related issue, Rep.

Dennis Hertel (D-Mich.), chairman of the House subcommittee oversee- ing NOAA, spoke on behalf of U.S. shipyards by calling for a "buy-

American" amendment to the NOAA legislation. Mr. Kammer replied that by not opening the shipbuild-

June, 1992 127 ing project to international competi- tion, the U.S.'s position in interna- tional trade negotiations could be jeapordized.

Card Honors Mariners

On National Maritime Day

The SS John W. Brown, the refur- bished Liberty Ship that symbolizes the U.S. merchant marine's tremen- dous contribution to World War II, was the site of the recent National

Maritime Day 1992 tribute to the nation's merchant mariners. The ceremony served to honor those who fell and the veterans of World Wars

I & II, Korea, Vietnam and the mari- ners currently sailing who partici- pated in the Desert Shield and

Desert Storm operations.

Keynote speaker at the event was the Secretary of Transportation,

Andrew H. Card, Jr., in Alexandria,

Va., where the SS John W. Brown was moored. Secretary Card offered fond remembrances of the merchant marine's mighty past and asked for a moment of silence to honor the dead.

In his remarks, the Secretary touched on the current cabinet level review of U.S. maritime policy de- scribing it as a challenge and admit- ting that all expectations cannot be met. To those he was there to honor,

Secretary Card promised to work "very, very hard" towards strength- ening the U.S. merchant marine.

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