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ABASCO Introduces New

Emergency Response

Oil Spill Kits

American Boat and Skimmer

Company (ABASCO), manufacturer of oil spill response equipment since 1960, has introduced a new line of emergency oil spill response kits.

These response kits were designed for the marine industry, and will allow towboat and tug boat opera- tors, barge companies and other oil transporters to respond immediately to a small oil spill. The kits are available in four different models and configurations designed to re- spond to spills involving between five and 2,500 gallons of oil.

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Ten Oil Companies Agree

To Stay 50 Miles Offshore

On Alaska-California Route

Ten oil shipping companies have reportedly entered into a voluntary agreement to stay at least 50 nauti- cal miles from the mainland of Cali- fornia when loaded with Alaskan crude and sailing between Alaska and California.

Reports state that the agreement is intended to provide added protec- tion against oil spills.

The companies complying with this agreement are Arco Marine,

Exxon Shipping Co., Phillips Petro- leum Co., BP Oil Shipping Co., West

Coast Shipping Co., Unocal, Chev- ron Shipping Co., Shell Oil Co.,

Texaco Inc., and Mobil Oil Corp.

Captains of the vessels involved in the Alaska-California route have reportedly changed their voyage plans to comply with the new 50- mile limit.

Intermarine USA Plans

To Triple Savannah

Yard Capacity

Intermarine USA recently an- nounced that they have plans to triple the shipbuilding capacity of their Savannah shipyard. The ex- pansion project is now in progress and will reportedly allow

Intermarine USA to build three or more ship hulls per year, beginning in the spring of 1993.

According to Intermarine USA they started planning the expan- sion project in November of 1991 and completed engineering design following the award of a contract for three U.S. Navy minehunters in

April of 1992.

As the facility nears completion,

Intermarine will reportedly start to hire outfitting workers to complete the minehunters. At the peak of the

U.S. Navy program, Intermarine claims that employment at the yard could increase to as much as 1,000.

Intermarine USA specializes in the application of fiberglass lami- nates in large marine vessels and assemblies. Minehunters built by

Intermarine are reported to be ex- tremely shock resistant and have been ordered by the United States,

Italian, Nigerian and Malaysian navies. Intermarine also builds fi- berglass patrol and utility vessels and is presently examining the ap- plication of their composite technol- ogy to commercial marine applica- tions.

For more information about the services and facilities provided by

Intermarine USA,

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Avondale Awarded $5 Million Contract

To Build Towboat

Viking Maritec Inc.of Oakdale,

Pa., recently awarded Avondale In- dustries Inc. a contract worth about $5 million to build the fourth in a series of 168-foot towboats.

Avondale completed the third tow- boat in the Viking 2000 design last year. This was the final delivery of a $20 million contract to Avondale.

That contract is reported to be the first major towboat construction in the U.S. since 1962.

The new contact is expected to be completed with the vessel delivered by the middle of 1993. This vessel will also be of the Viking 2000 de- sign.

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