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arise onboard the corporation's vessel," said Mr. Dahlan.

Bunga Pelangi Dua is MISC's twenty-ninth vessel, of a 60-vessel fleet, to be entered in SERS.

MISC has also developed an emergency response structure which is designed to provide rapid and effective assistance to any of its vessels in need of assistance.

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Omnes Achieves ISO 9002

Certification

Omnes, a joint venture of

Schlumberger Limited and Cable & Wireless pic, announced that its

Service Management Center (SMC) in Houston, Texas, has achieved ISO 9002 certification.

The SMC provides global telecom- munications customer support, including HelpDesk, Network

Management and Fault

Management services.

Certification was granted by

FLOATING PRODUCTION

SYSTEMS

IMA's new series of four quarterly business reports analyzing construction and conversion requirements for FPSO vessels, TLPs, production spars and production semisubmersibles over the next five years

Price $1,200 for four reports • forecast of required new floating production units over the next five years — and analysis of the outlook beyond 2000

Projected Contract Value of Installation Work for New

Floating Production Systems Forecast Over the Next Three Years (data shown below indicate contract values in millions of $) • forecast of contract value for hull construction, machinery and installation work invol- ving floating production sys- tems • overview of 50 key players active in floating production systems — including the 20 major developers, owners and operators • list of 130 publicized new floater projects • description of 65 current and planned floating production projects — involving 40 FPSO vessels 10 production semisubmersibles 8 tension leg platforms 3 production spars 2 production and storage barges 1 MST tanker 1 FSO vessel • assessment of business conditions in the FPSO vessel fabricator base — including a summary analysis of the current business situation of each of 15 FPSO vessel builders • list of floating production systems currently on order — with estimated contract costs • analysis of technology changes likely to shape future system requirements

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Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA).

Omnes maintains a range of com- munications facilities worldwide, and the quality management sys- tem developed during the certifica- tion process will reportedly have immediate impact in Omnes opera- tions across the globe.

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HSV Seminar Plays Host To

Maritime Speakers

The second High Speed Vessel (HSV) seminar was reportedly another big success for the

Vancouver Island Branch of the

Canadian Institute of Marine

Engineering, attracting more than 160 persons to the event. The sem- inar was held June 7-8, at Laurel

Point Inn on Victoria's Inner

Harbor.

Speakers from Germany,

Sweden, Norway, England, Ottawa and Washington, D.C., as well as the Pacific Northwest came tc deliver eight papers on a range ol topics pertaining to the building powering and operation of higl speed vessels. Among the speakers was Bo Svenson of the Swedisl firm ABB Stal, who delivered i presentation on Swedish industria gas turbines for marine use, an

Volker Yost of the German firr

MTU.

The Stolcraft, presented by Jel

Kellman of Art Anderson <

Associates of Seattle, and tli

SWATH vessel, recently construc ed by Nichols Shipbuilding, pr sented by Dick Holcomb reportedly gathered much atte: tion and emphasized the role these vessels in the future.

Coming in October...

The October 1996 edition o

Maritime Reporter &

Engineering News will offe a comprehensive look at Tt

Environment, and ways in which industry and govern- ment can work together to achieve compliance.

Featured in this edition will be equipment and systems designed to keep I waters clean. 92

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