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Foreign Vessel Targeting Criteria (Point System)

COLUMN I - OWNER - MAX 7 pts. 5 pts. if owner/operator targeted and/or 2 pts. if ship en route to facility identified by COTP as frequently receiving substandard ships

COLUMN II-FLAG-MAX7pts. 7 pts. if ship's flag state targeted or 7 pts. if no flag state performance record available

COLUMN III - CLASS SOCIETY - MAX 5 pts. 5 pts. if unlisted as recognized class society or class unknown, or 3 pts. if class intervention ratio above mean

COLUMN IV - BOARDING HISTORY - UNUMITED pts. 1 pt. each ship violation reported in past 12 months, and/or 1 pt. each time ship subject to operational control, intervention or detention in past 12 months, and/ or 1 pt. each time ship involved in marine casualty or oil/hazardous materials incident in past 12 months, and/or 1 pt. if ship has not been boarded in last six months

COLUMN V - VESSEL TYPE - MAX 2 pts. 1 pt. if Bulk Chemical Tanker, or 1 pt. if Bulk Freighter 10+ yrs. old, or 1 pt. if Oil Tanker, or 1 pt. if Passenger Ship, and/or 1 pt. if Gas Carrier, or pt. if ship carries low value commodities (tallow, scrap metal, asphalt, paper, etc.)

Points from all columns are then totaled to determine ship's point score. higher priorities, and score be- tween zero and three on the target- ng matrix. They will not be tar- geted for boarding except at the discretion of the OCMI/COTP.

Implementation

The targeting matrix has been distributed to USCG field units for immediate implementation. Sys- tematic identification of targeted en- tities commenced in the first quar- ter of FY '94 and will be completed by the third quarter of FY '94. Full implementation, including the de- velopment of guidance and training of personnel, will be achieved by the completion of FY '95.

At press time, targeted entities were being notified of their status as a precursor to making their names and status public knowledge, a step taken in accordance with the words of RAdm. A.E. Henn of the USCG, who wrote in the October 1994 issue of Maritime Reporter I Engineering

News that "from now on, the bad guys will be posted."

Uni-Safe Expands Activities

Dansk Radio AS, owned by Terma

Elektronik AS, has assigned the worldwide sales and marketing of its Salinometer program to Uni-Safe

Electronics. Uni-Safe has also taken over the sales in Denmark of Jotron's total product program, consisting of three principal groups: flight ra- dios; emergency radios; and their light program. The company's new address is: Uni-Safe Electronics

ApS, Amager Strandvej 124, DK- 2300 Copenhagen S., Denmark; tel: +45 3158 16 15; fax: +45 3158 13 30.

Uni-Safe's main product is the

Terma Elektronik-manufactured

Salinometer program, which in- cludes two widely distributed sali- nometers, type SL3005 and SL3000, with accessories. For free informa- tion on Uni-Safe's line of products,

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Perry Tritech Gets "Gator" Order

General Offshore Corp. placed an order with Perry Tritech for the design and construction of a shal- low water trencher for burial of sub- marine telecommunication and power cables. The system, dubbed "Gator," will become a part of Gen- eral Offshore's telecommunications operations based in the U.S.,

Singapore, the U.K. and Germany.

The Gator is a modular, light- weight subsea tractor system, desiged to bury submarine cables and pipes from dry land to 164 ft. (50 m) of water depth without the use of sophisticated support vessels. Perry

Tritech is a supplier of Remotely

Operated Vehicles for the offshore industry.

For more information on the company's products or services,

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Overview

Even then, RAdm. Henn spoke out against "tinker-toy" classifica- tion societies "that consist of two men and a dog in a room with a telephone ... that would 'stamp a ham sandwich' if they could make a dollar doing so." Referring to owner/operators, classification so- cieties and flag states as "safety nets," he lamented that the U.S. control verification program finds too many deficient vessels that have passed through the first safety nets undetected. In 1992, according to

RAdm. Henn, 36 percent of 6,600 foreign vessel boardings were found to exhibit violations. "Port states can no longer allow owners, opera- tors, classification societies and flag state to ignore substandard ships," wrote RAdm. Henn. Living up to those words, the USCG has created what many are calling the most stringent port state control system in the world, an outgrowth of the increasing trend toward quality shipping.

Archon Offers Lines Of

Observation Equipment,

Piping Accessories

Archon Industries, Inc. manu- factures a complete line of tank and vessel observation equipment, in- cluding light/sightglasses, liquid level gauges and sight flow indica- tors.

The company also offers piping accessories, including metallic and rubber pipe expansion joints. Me- tallic expansion joints are available with fixed or vanstone flanges and with weld end connections. Multi- ple exhaust expansion joints for the marine industry are part of the prod- uct line. Rubber expansion joints are available in single and double sphere, with NPT connections and flanged spool type.

For free product literature on the complete Archon line,

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ABB Turbocharger Opens

New Service Center

ABB Turbocharger Inc. an- nounced the opening of its new ser- vice center, located in the Houston area. The facility's address is: ABB

Turbocharger, Inc., 4111 Cedar

Blvd., Baytown, Texas 77520; tel: (713) 383-7145; fax: (713) 383-7142.

The new center offers complete repairs, shop and 24-hour field ser- vice for ships calling on the Houston area. Services include computer- ized rotor balancing, blast cleaning, machining and shaft repairs, and are all performed by factory-trained service technicians. Original new and reconditioned ABB parts are available, many on an exchange ba- sis. For more information,

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EFFECTIVE OIL SPILL RESPONSE VESSELS

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