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SEA Introduces Complete GMDSS System

FONASBA Introduces New

Commission Contract

The Federation of National

Associations of Ship Brokers and

Agents (FONASBA) has introduced a standard International Brokers

Commission Contract to help allevi- ate the problem faced by shipbro- kers when chasing payment of their commission from recalcitrant shipowners. FONASBA's solution is a simple, one-page contract which the broker invites the owner to sign.

The contract lays out the terms under which commission is payable, and establishes where, should a dis- pute arise, arbitration proceedings should be held.

For more information on FONASBA

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MarAd OKs Sale Of Tanker

Western Overseas, Inc. has received approval to sell the 36,061- dwt tanker Neches to Ruby

Enterprises, Inc., a British Virgin

Islands corporation. The vessel, built in 1958 in San Francisco, will be transferred to St. Vincent and

The Grenadines registry.

USCG Proposes Changes To

Training Standards For

Seafarers

To comply with the 1995 amend- ments to the 1978 International

Convention on Standards of

Training, Certification and

Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has published a proposed rulemaking and will hold three pub- lic hearings during the comment period to discuss it.

According to the USCG, changes to the STCW could impact virtually all phases of the system used in the

U.S. to train, test, evaluate, docu- ment and license merchant mariners. The proposed regula- tions, which would take effect

February 1, 1997, apply to mariners aboard U.S. vessels sailing beyond the U.S. boundary line on ocean and coastwise voyages. The public hear- ings are scheduled for May 8 in New

Orleans, May 14 in Seattle and May 25 in Washington, D.C. Written comments on the proposed rulemak- ing must be received by July 24, 1996.

For additional information on the proposed rulemaking, contact

Christopher Young, project man- ager, tel: (202) 267-0216.

SEA Inc. has introduced its newest prod- uct, the SEA 400-A3 GMDSS Console, which integrates the basic carriage requirements for Sea Area 3. The unit, available for the first time last month, is designed to allow the end user to purchase the system already assembled for instant installation onboard.

This turnkey GMDSS communications sys- tem is indicative of SEA's growing promi- nence in providing marine communications equipment. SEA's manufactures a full line of products which has been FCC type-accept- ed for GMDSS. SEA has been selling VHF and HF/SSB communications products to the high seas, workboat/fishboat and large yacht marketplace for more than 20 years.

For more information on SEA Inc.

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