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Equiport 95

May 16-19

LeHavre, France

Equiport 95, the third exhibition and confer- ence for shipping, port equipment and shipbuild- ing and repair, is scheduled to take place May 16- 19 in LeHavre, France.

Equiport 94 welcomed 302 exhibitors and 600 delegates from companies in Europe, Asia, and

North America. This year's event is divided into two parts: services and equipment.

Special events highlighting Asiatic ports will take place, featuring the participation of Asian keynote speakers and professionals.

The events at Equiport 95 will concentrate on six themes: • Asia: new port and logistic strategies • The teleport: an international opening factor • Port quality management • Risk control and hazardous cargo • Port handling • Shipbuilding and repair

For more information on Equiport 95, please contact: Edit Expo International, 12 rue

Vauvenargues - 75018 Paris, France, tel: 33 142 23 13 56, fax: 33 1 42 33 13 7.

Texaco Secures U.K.

Approval For North Field Development

Texaco has received Annex B approval from the U.K. Department of Trade and Industry to proceed with its development of the Captain

Field in the North Sea. Government approval follows a $500 million contract awarded in De- cember 1994 to a joint venture team of contrac- tors for the design, procurement, construction and installation of facilities for the field. The

Captain Field is located 90 miles northeast of

Aberdeen, Scotland. Field development is esti- mated to cost $800 million, and production is expected to begin in late 1996.

For more information on Texaco

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PPG Plans For South

Carolina Fiberglass Plant

PPG Industries has announced plans for a continuous-strand fiberglass manufacturing plant in Chester, S.C., to produce reinforcement products for composites applications. The com- pany reportedly approved a $50 million expendi- ture for the plant.

PPG has reached an agreement in principle to purchase the property, building and infrastruc- ture on the former site of Glass Fiber Technol- ogy, which ceased production in 1986. The operation is expected to be running by spring 1996.

For more information on PPG

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MHI Develops Propeller

Shaft Monitoring System

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has developed an on-board, real-time hp monitoring system which optically measures torsion of a ship's propeller shaft, and then optically trans- mits the measured data to a data processor for analysis. According to the manufacturer, the system displays both estimated data and real- time data such as horsepower and torsional vibration, and can be used for monitoring the safe operation of the propeller shaft and main engine.

For more information on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

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Delivery Of M.V. Federal Franklin

The Fednav Group has announced the comple- tion and delivery of the M.V. Federal Franklin.

The vessel was built by Daewoo Heavy Indus- tries Ltd., and was christened at Okpo Shipyard in Korea. The ice-class vessel at 43,700 tons is the highest ice-class bulk carrier built for commer- cial trading in the Canadian Arctic. The vessel is the first series of eight newbuilding vessels pres- ently on order for Fednav in Korea and China.

For more information on The Fednav Group

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Autronica Awarded $4.5M Order

Autronica of Norway has received a $4.5 mil- lion order for maritime instrumentation equip- ment from four Croatian yards. The yards are building 12 oil tankers for Russian shipowner

Novorossiysk Shipping Company. The Autronica equipment package comprises radar-based level gauges, cargo monitoring and control systems, overfill alarm systems, condition control equip- ment, temperature sensors, pressure transmit- ters and fixed fire detection systems.

For more information on Autronica

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Shipping 95

March 27-29

Sheraton Stamford Hotel & Towers

Stamford, Connecticut U.S.A.

Shipping 95, sponsored by the Connecticut

Maritime Association (CMA), is scheduled for

March 27-29, at the Sheraton Stamford Hotel &

Towers, Stamford, Conn. The theme of this year's conference is: "The Next Ten Years—

Emerging Challenges," focusing on the upcom- ing challenges facing all members of the mari- time community.

The CMA is an organization dedicated to the improvement and expansion of working rela- tionships among individuals in the maritime industry and those involved in international trade, and has designed Shipping 95 with these ideas in mind. The conference will be a test market for new products and services, an oppor- tunity to become informed, as well as a chance to network.

In 1994, more than 1,000 people attended the conference, including shipowners, operators, managers, government officials and maritime agents. In the eight years since the conference's inception, overall participation has increased annually by 25 percent.

For more information about the exhibition and conference, contact: CMA Conference Coor- dinator, International Marketing Strategies, Inc., 66 Field Point Rd., Greenwich, Conn. 06830, tel: (203) 622-4014; fax: (203) 622-1929.

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