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iral. Never before has a series of 10Vs been built in Norway to such in extent, and this positions Hitec subsea in the premier league of

ROV manufacturers," said Hitec

Managing Director J0rn

Haugvaldstad.

CECo To Acquire Smatco

Continental Emsco Company (CECo) has acquired all outstand- ing stock of Smatco Industries,

Inc. Smatco will combine with the

Skagit division of CECo, and the new division will operate as CE

Marine Products. Bobby

Thompson Sr., president of

Smatco, will be president of the new company. Emery Panosh has signed on as vice president of

Sales and Marketing, and

Edward Mangold will serve as executive vice president of the new company. "No jobs will be lost during the merger," said Mr. Thompson. "In fact, CE Marine Products may hire additional employees to meet the growing demand for our products."

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Hyde Offers New HIB

Skimmer

Hyde Products Inc. offers HIB submersion plane skimmer tech- nology to ensure effectiveness in responding to open ocean spills.

The new Webster Barnes Model

HIB-20 skimmer features a hydro- dynamic induction bow design and oil/water separation to increase the range of operating speed and to provide high recovery efficiency.

With a minimum operating speed of .5 knots and a maximum operat- ing speed of five knots, an HIB-20 was recently delivered to Alaska

Chadux for diesel oil recovery operations in Western Alaska.

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ISM Extension Not In The

Cards

William O'Neil, Secretary

General of the U.N.'s International

Maritime Organization (IMO), said there was no likelihood of extension of the deadline for the implementation of the

September, 1997

International Safety Management (ISM) Code, and with less than a year before the ISM Code becomes mandatory, O'Neil warned ship- ping companies that missing the

July 1, 1998 deadline could have disastrous consequences for their business. "The shipping industry must realize that the Code cannot be stopped, delayed or avoided.

Instead of wasting time praying for an extension to the July 1 dead- line, shipowners should simply start the compliance process now and make sure that they meet it,"

O'Neil said.

The ISM Code is an amendment to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) adopted by IMO members in 1994.

It will enter into force next July for passenger ships, oil and chemical tankers, bulk carriers, gas carriers and cargo high speed craft of 500 gt-

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