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Blount Lands Oyster Boat

Contract

Tallmadge Brothers, Inc., a

South Norwalk, Conn.-based oys- ter grower, has signed a contract with Blount Shipyard in Warren,

R.I., to design and construct a 104- ft. (31.7-m), 6,000-bushel, welded steel oyster dredge vessel. At this bushel capacity, the vessel could reportedly be the largest oyster dredger ever built in the U.S., and is reportedly the first new oyster boat built in the U.S. in the last 10 years. The vessel is scheduled to be completed by November 1996.

It will be the 25th oyster boat in the Tallmadge fleet; the 6th built by Blount. Contract price is listed at $1,200,000, which includes com- plex machinery and specialized equipment. The new vessel will have 1,835 sq. ft. of working deck space served by hydraulic convey- ors and a loader on deck. The 104 x 34 x 9-ft. (31.7 x 10.4 x 2.7-m) dredger will be propelled by a

Caterpillar 3408 DITA diesel engine. It will have a pair of CAT 3306 engines for hydraulics and deck washdown pump, as well as a

Northern Lights generator.

For more information on Blount

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IMO Adopts Hazardous

Substance Convention

An international convention on liability and compensation for damage in connection with the car- riage of hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) by sea was adopted on May 3 at the end of a three-week conference held at the

London headquarters of the

International Maritime Organi- zation (IMO) The conference was attended by delegates from 73 countries and representatives of inter-governmental and non-gov- ernmental organizations. Profes- sor W. Miiller of Switzerland was elected president of the conference.

The adoption of this convention will make it possible for the equiv- alent of up to $375 million to be paid out in compensation to vic- tims of accidents involving HNS.

In principle, compensation will be paid from the HNS fund when shipowner liability is insufficient to provide full compensation, or when no liability rises under the first tier. Contributions to the sec- ond tier will be levied on persons in the Contracting Parties who receive a certain minimum quanti- ty of HNS cargo during a calendar year.

The tier will consist of one gener- al account and three separate accounts for oil, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). This system with sepa- rate accounts has been seen as a way of avoiding cross-subsidiza- tion between different HNS sub- stances.

STN Atlas Receives Italian

And French NACOS Orders

STN Atlas Elektronik has received orders for 14 NACOS inte- grated navigation command sys- tems for major newbuildings by

Fincantieri in Italy and Ateliers et

Chantiers du Havre in France. Of the 11 systems ordered by

Fincantieri, two 45-2 units have been commissioned for 100,000-gt cruise liners being built for

Carnival Cruise Lines and

Princess Cruises.

In addition, 25-2 and 35-2 sys- tems are to be fitted to a series of nine RoRos for delivery to Grinaldi during 1997-1998.

Three 25-2 systems are also to be installed on 25,000-gt chemical products tankers being built by the

French yard on behalf of Stolt-

Nielsen for delivery in 1997-1998.

The systems will form part of new

STN Atlas Ship Control Centers which combine all basic naviga- tion, communications, engine con- trol and ship management func- tions.

For more information on

STN Atlas Elektronik

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