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at. Representative Jolene isoeld (D-Wash.) is currently eparing the final draft of a bill, atatively dubbed the U.S. Passen- r Vessel Development Act, which geared to immediately bolster the askan cruise business out of Se- tle and in the long run provide uise ship business for U.S. ship- trds. According to Representative nsoeld's chief of staff, Jim Hoff, ancouver is experiencing a boom- ig cruise ship business, business hich very well could be U.S.-based. he key feature to the proposed bill, ccording to Mr. Hoff, is a provision rhich would provide for US.-flag essels to capture business on the oute. In the plan, foreign-flag ves- els would be offered an Interim

Jertificate of Documentation by the lecretary of Transportation, which rould in essence demand the vessel iperate as a U.S.-flag ship. The :ertificates would require the op- :rator to replace the vessel with a

J.S.-built ship, requiring construc- tion to begin within three years of ;he issuance of the certificate.

The highlight of the bill focuses an means to jump-start the U.S. shipbuilding industry; the guts of the bill includes a myriad of incen- tives for the owner/operators, in- cluding specifics on allocations from the Capitol Construction Fund, Title

XI Loan Guarantees and tax cred- its. The specifics are scheduled to be unveiled soon.

NSI Releases Version 2.1

Of SHIPHUL 2000

Northstar Software Inc. (NSI) released version 2.1 of SHIPHUL 2000 PC Stability Analysis Program.

Version 2.1 will replace the popular version 2.0 as the production ver- sion of SHIPHUL 2000 that will be available to the ship design, opera- tions and shipbuildling community.

The major focus of Version 2.1 has been a complete re-write of

SHIPHUL 2000's Stability Evalua- tion Routing, which analyzes calcu- lated stability data against criteria specified by various governmental bodies or regulatory agencies such as U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy,

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ASTM Committee Discusses

Future Marine Technology

ASTM F-25 recently held its semi- nar "Shipbuilding in the 21st Cen- tury." Topics discussed included

February, 1994 "Virtual Shipyard: A 21st-Century

Imperative;" "Open Top Container

Ships: A 21st Century Opportunity;" "Maritime Regulatory Reform: Com- pliance Options for the 21st Cen- tury, A Status Report;" and "ASTM

F-25/ISO TC-8 Standards Partner- ship: A 21st Century Necessity."

The concept of the Virtual Ship- yard was laid out, and it was dis- cussed how modular construction techniques, with subassemblies from a variety of sources, is a new way of doing business which could lead to the capturing of emerging markets and competing in a global economy.

The seminar "Shipbuilding in the 21st Century" is the third in a series of information exchanges sponsored by F-25 Committee on Ships and

Marine Technology.

The first was "ISO 9000 in the

Shipbuilding Industry," the second was "Protection of the Marine Envi- ronment: A Global Priority."

A fourth seminar is scheduled for the F-25 Montreal meeting on May 18, 1994, at the Queen Elizabeth II

Hotel. The theme is "Export Strat- egy and the Standards Contribu- tion."

For more information on this or future seminars, contact the ASTM at: 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19103-1187; tel: (215) 299-5400; fax: (215) 299-2630.

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