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Seaway Trade Mission Visits

European Ports

Industry executives from major

U.S. and Canadian Great Lakes ports, transportation companies and trade organizations took part in the

St. Lawrence Seaway Development

Corporation's Seaway Trade Mis- sion to Milan, Italy, and Casablanca,

Morocco, from March 24 to April 1.

This spring's bi-national Seaway trade mission is the fifteenth to be organized by the Corporation, and the city stops on the schedule repre- sent return visits. Milan is Italy's leading commercial center, with shipping averages of 500,000 tons annually. Morocco is the Seaway's third largest market for U.S. grain exports. The trade delegations in

Milan and Casablanca were also held in late March.

Seaman's Church Institute

Celebrates Anniversary Of

Floating Chapel

To mark the 150th anniversary of its first floating chapel, the

Seaman's Church Institute of New

York and New Jersey has published a 135-page, fully illustrated history book, Anchored Within the Vail: A

Pictoral History of the Seaman's

Church Institute.

The Seaman's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey is an advocate for the personal and pro- fessional well-being of merchant seafarers from around the world.

The Institute's Center for Seafar- ers' Services, Center for Maritime

Education and Center for Seafar- ers' Rights promote safety, dignity and improved working and living conditions for the men and women in the international workplace of the sea.

MRC Marine Opens North

American Office

Marine information group MRC, based in the U.K., has opened its first subsidiary office, located in

Stamford, Conn. The inauguration of MRC North America is a direct response to the needs of its existing

U.S. and Canadian clientbase. MRC is an independent source of marine company information in the inter- national marketplace, and has a presence in the oil industry, provid- ing researched information to a va- riety of companies.

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Shipping Federation Chair:

New Congress' Effect On

Shipping Will Be Minimal

The new U.S. Congress is pre- dicted to have little impact on inter- national shipping, according to some industry experts. Addressing an audience of the maritime and busi- ness community at a seminar in

London organized by International

Registries, Inc., Philip Loree, chairman of the Federation of Ameri- can Controlled Shipping, said that the new Congress is unlikely to re- vise OPA 90, despite oversight hear- ings on the legislation later this year. "There does not seem to be any evidence that the Clinton Admin- istration, the Secretary of Trans- portation, the Coast Guard or some powerful coalition of legislators is committed to seek meaningful changes in OPA 90. In fact, there are many in government who view

OPA 90 as a success, since the gen- eral consensus is that the law has raised safety and pollution preven- tion standards in U.S. waters."

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Newport News Places $6.3 M Aqua-Chem Order

Aqua-Chem, Inc., Water Technolo- gies Division, has announced that

Newport News Shipbuilding &

Drydock Co. has placed a $6.3 million order for four Aqua-Chem evapora- tors, and four large shell and tube heat exchangers. The equipment will be installed on the U.S. Navy's newest

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