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SASMEX International '95

The Safety At Sea And Marine Electronics Show

The Safety at Sea and Marine

Electronics Exhibition and Con- ference (SASMEX) is scheduled to take place on April 4-6, at the Hyatt

Regency Hotel in Baltimore, Md.

SASMEX '95 is a conference de- signed for those involved in as- pects of commercial marine safety.

It is also an opportunity to ex- change information, establish con- tacts, and discuss and view safety equipment with the international maritime community.

This year's program includes lec- ture topics such as: • Revising the standards of train- ing, certification and watchkeeping • Advances in marine electronics • Improving safety and survival

Specific discussions will focus on subjects such as the safety of

SASMEX International 1995

April 4-6, Hyatt Regency Hotel,

Baltimore, Md., U.S.A. integrated bridges, global naviga- tion satellite systems, shipboard fire- fighting training, identifying sub- standard ships through a risk ma- trix, improving fishing vessel safety and advances in offshore safety training. "The tragic sinking of the passen- ger ferry Estonia in the Baltic Sea last year, with the loss of over 900 lives, has focused public attention on the safety of roll-on/roll-off fer- ries," said Eric Beech, SASMEX '95 conference director. One of the conference sessions will address les- sons from the Estonia disaster.

A group of consultants, spon- sored by the IMO (International

Maritime Organization), will dis- cuss the proposed revisions to the

Convention on the Standards of

Training, Certification and

Watchkeeping (STCW), in re- sponse to the rapid changes to maritime operations in recent years.

The keynote speakers for

SASMEX '95 are Rear Admiral

James C. Card, Office of Marine

Safety & Environmental Protec- tion and Hon. Jim Hall, chair- man, National Transportation

Safety Board.

For more information, contact:

Gillian Jones, SASMEX Inter- national 95,2 Queensway, Redhill,

Surrey, RH1 1QD, U.K., tel: +44 1737 768611, fax: +441737 760564.

AMC Awarded Level E

Open-Ocean OSRO Class

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) finally confirmed that American Ma- rine Corporation (AMC) merits cer- tification to final Level E Oil Spill

Removal Organization (OSRO) clas- sification in the offshore/open ocean (O/O) environment, after granting it in December and suspending it in

January.

AMC was awarded Level E O/O classification from the U.S. Coast

Guard Dec. 23, 1994, adding to its final OSRO Level E inland/near shore (I/N) and rivers/canals (R/C) classifications.

On Jan. 27, the USCG suspended

AMC's status "pending a detailed review and reinspection of the company's resources."

The USCG said "possible discrep- ancies" had been found in their re- source listings.

On Feb. 1, AMC announced its interim reinstatement to the O/O (Continued on next page)

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