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China Asks Foreign Bids

For China Sea Exploration

East China Offshore Oil Corp. of

Hong Kong is now asking for foreign bids for exploration of the East China

Sea. The two areas up for bid en- compass 28,000 square miles in the northern and southern part of the

East China Sea, and represents the last offshore area to be opened.

Oil and gas produced in the East

China Sea area will be supplied to the company's headquarters in

Shanghai, said Ma Qifu, general manager. As a part of the deal, the company is promising to provide good telecommunications, as well as office and living facilities for work- ers.

Earlier in 1992, Amoco Corp.'s

Orient Petroleum Co. unit signed a 30-year deal with China National

Oil Development Corp. for explora- tion and development rights in the onshore, central Anhui province. It has been acknowledged by senior oil industry officials that no one coun- try could develop the sphere alone.

Japan Ministry Calls For

Added Shipbuilding Funds

Japan's Ministry of Transport is pushing for additional funds for the government's shipbuilding loan pro- gram, and shipping executives esti- mate an additional $160 million of subsidies in the form of low-interest loans would be needed from the Ja-

ShipRepair OO & C6nv€rsion7 z. 10-11 NOVEMBER OLYMPIA 2 LONDON

CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION

DAY ONE -November 10

SESSION 1 • THE FUTURE OF THE

SHIPREPAIR MARKET

Singapore - a perspective on the next decade

C N Watson, Director (Europe), Keppel Corporation,

London

Middle East - an alternative to Singapore

E Ware, Chief Executive, Dubai Drydocks Co, UAE

Expansion of facilities in the Middle East

H Frisk, General Manager, ASRY, Bahrain

The Northern European scene

D MacLean, Chairman, A&P Appledore (Tyne), UK

Developments in the Eastern Baltic

K Juchniewicz, Marketing Director, Gdansk S/Y,

Poland

The foregoing papers will be debated by a panel of shipowners/ship managers

LUNCH FOR REGISTERED DELEGATES

SESSION 2 - BLOCK BOOKINGS

The Yards View

F Spranger, Commercial Director, Lisnave, Lisbon

The Operators/Owners View

Speaker to be confirmed

SESSION 3 - OPERATIONS

The Shipmanagers View

E Ulving, Managing Director, V Ships Norway AS

Operation of Older Tonnage

L Carlsson, President, Concordia Maritime AB,

Gothenburg

Structural problems on bulk carriers and some solutions

D Robinson, Principal Surveyor and B Purtle, Senior

Surveyor, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, London

Tankbottom Pitting

R Towers, Marketing Manager, Sigma Coatings,

Netherlands

SHIPREPAIR & CONVERSION 92 OFFICIAL

EVENING RECEPTION

DAY TWO-November 11

SESSION 4 - SURVEYS AND INSPECTIONS

The Classification Society's View

B Vienneau, Vice President Europe, American

Bureau of Shipping

The Owners/Charterers Requirements (The current multiplicity of surveys and inspections of bulk carriers - Who is benefitting? Moves to raise standards have to be based on international agreements)

K A Long, Assistant Director, Intercargo, London

Insurers Requirements

M Ellis, General Manager, The Salvage Association,

London

SESSION 5 - SPECIALISED SHIPREPAIR

LPG Carrier Life Extension

R Olschlager, Manager Marine, Noell-LGA

Gastechnik, Germany

Cruise Vessel Repair

W Liiken, Managing Director, Lloyd Werft,

Bremerhaven

Conversion of Existing Passenger Ferries to meet the new SOLAS Stability Requirements

C Lloyd, Managing Director, BMT Icons Ltd, UK

LUNCH FOR REGISTERED DELEGATES

SESSION 6 - THE CONVERSION INDUSTRY

The Benefits and Economics of Conversion of

Passenger Ferries

R Kjaer, Managing Director, S&C Marine, Norway

Converting without a Yard

M Powell, Divisional Director Marine Services,

MacGregor-Navire, UK

Tanker to Offshore Conversions

M Barraclough, Managing Director, Victoria Oil Field

Development Ltd, London

Updating machinery - problems and solutions

Speaker to be confirmed, MAN B&W Diesel AS,

Denmark

SESSION 7 - SHIPREPAIR AND THE

ENVIRONMENT

Tin-free anti-foulings and their application

Speaker to be confirmed, Courtaulds Coatings/

International Paint, UK

The EEC View on Shipyard Discharge

S Alewijn, AWES Environmental Committee,

Netherlands

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Circle 293 on Reader Service Card pan Development Bank.

Yoshinori Asami, director-gen- eral of the ministry's Maritime

Transport Bureau, said the new funding is needed in addition to the current fiscal-year budget amount of $360 million for new buildings and modernizing of the nation's merchant fleet.

Other officials claimed that the ministry, specifically, plans to in- crease its subsidies for construction of vessels designed to transport Japa- nese automobiles in the nation's coastal waters. The Maritime Credit

Corp. is expected to finance up to 80 percent of building costs for the ves- sels starting in the fiscal year 1993, versus its current 70 percent level of support. To help Maritime Credit achieve this goal, officials have said the corporation will receive larger subsidy allocations.

Lloyd Brasileiro Ship

Auction Blocked

Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd

Brasileiro, the Brazilian state- owned cargo carrier, can not auction four of its ships a judge in Rio de

Janeiro ruled. The injunction was the result of a petition by Roberto

Roque Viera, attorney for the na- tional maritime officers union, who claimed the sale would in effect liq- uidate Brazil's third largest public fleet. A transport ministry analysis which recommended the option to liquidate the fleet has been rejected, and the liner operator has been or- dered to present a reorganization and sale to public interests plan.

Currently the government holds 99.6 percent of the stock.

New Service Offered By

Inland River Logistics

A new transport service offered by Inland River Logistics Inc. of New

Orleans is the coordination of logis- tics for the transport of dry bulk and general cargo to inland destinations by contracting and selecting the best available barge and terminal. The company already offers shippers transport services including pack- age rates that include stevedoring and transport of bulk and general goods.

Humboldt To Manufacture

Mini Sport Boats

Humboldt Marine Services, Inc., a small boat-building and repair yard in northern California, has added to its combined service and product line the manufacture of small, quick, mini sport boats to capture a share of the personal watercraft market.

For more information on

Humboldt Marine Services, Inc.,

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