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TY AT SEA lement. ; value of the simulator is g personnel in situations they have to react, and they by communicating to some- else what they are doing,"

Mr. Godbey. "Seventy to j percent of all marine acci- are caused by human error, that's what we're trying to iss by using the simulator for ing in that kind of interaction een different crews." ilCO's Frank Lee pointed to additional advantage of using llator training to reinforce •ational issues such as the >er way to steer when a tug is le up astern and other assist es are being applied. "Not only our people learn in a situation are there is no risk of hurting rone or the environment," said . Lee, continuing, "But also, we 1 accelerate the learning in time ;ause we can end an exercise lere it has its most impact and jve on to the next learning point something we can't do when g're conducting an exercise on a lip." "The overarching mission is ifety at sea, including safety of le ships and of the people, as well s safety of the environment," said ulm. Ramsey. "What we have

Maritrans To Buy Sun

Transport For $30 Million

Maritrans Inc. agreed to buy the remaining assets of Sun Co.

Inc.'s Sun Transport for $30 mil- lion, said Stephen A. Van

Dyck, Chairman and CEO.

Under the agreement,

Maritrans said it will buy six vessels, which are: • The MT New York Sun, a 34,000-dwt petroleum tanker currently on charter to the Military Sealift

Command;

The MT Philadelphia Sun, which will continue to be employed by Sun Company in its lube oil trade; • Two tug and barge units, the Puerto Rico

Sun/Borinquen Sun and the Seminole Sun/Caribe Sun, which will remain in service to Sun's Puerto Rico oper- ations.

Mr. Van Dyck said, "We are extremely pleased with this logi- cal expansion of our fleet and service capability. We expect these acquisitions will con- tribute positively to our net income and cash flow both in the short and long term."

August, 1997 done with the specific scenarios is to provide in a benign situation an opportunity for companies, pilots, tanker people and tug people to flesh out any sort of misunder- standing that might occur either in communications systems or in the company policies that govern pro- cedures. In addition, the training allows for a better understanding of the interaction of the units in order to achieve safe passage."

MSI's San Diego simulator facil- ity is one of several the company operates. Other MSI simulators are located at Newport, R.I.;

Vallejo, Calif; and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. A new complex is being built in Norfolk, Va. MSI in

San Diego provides approximately 2,500 hours of training annually for the U.S. Navy, in addition to its commitment to ARCO Marine, Inc. and Crowley Marine Services. ^^^ An i&Bk ctaulic

An 9001 certified company

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