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MARINE FINANCE the purchase and installation of advanced tech- nological equipment, valued at $5 million, at its

Port Weller division. Major components of the new equipment to be installed over the next six to nine months include a numerically controlled plasma arc steel-cutting machine, robotic-oper- ated steel profile cutting and welding equip- ment and semi-automated panel fabricating production line. 3.MAJ Exercises Options For Two

Vessels 3.MAJ has enforced the contract for two optional vessels — 70,000 dwt product tankers — with Monte Carlo-based company Scorpio

Ship Management.

The tankers are scheduled for delivery in

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February and December 2000. The existing order book at 3.MAJ now consists of two 22,200 dwt multipurpose vessels for Chinese Polish

Joint Stock Shipping Company and four 70,000 dwt product tankers for Scorpio Ship

Management.

For more information on 3.MAJ

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Lloyd's Register Receives U.S.

Authorization

Lloyd's Register (LR) has become the first non-U.S. classification society to be authorized to carry out surveys on behalf of the U.S. Coast

Guard (USCG). Under this agreement, LR will carry out plan approval surveys and issue statutory certificates for load-line, safety con- struction and tonnage for both new and existing ships.

This move follows a change in the Code of

Federal Regulations which previously stated until the passage of the 1996 Coast Guard

Authorization Act, the USCG could delegate marine safety functions related to vessel plan review and inspection to only the American

Bureau of Shipping (ABS) or similar U.S. clas- sification societies. This situation has now been amended to allow delegation of these func- tions to a classification society based outside the U.S., giving American shipbuilders and owners a choice of classification societies.

An anticipated cost benefit is reduced vessel downtime, as it will no longer be necessary for a U.S. flag ship to undergo separate USCG inspections for certification and classification surveys.

Under the new regulations, the USCG can issue a certificate of inspection based on the reports by a recognized, authorized non-U.S. classification society that a vessel complies with the International Convention for the

Safety of Life at Sea, the International

Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from

Ships, other applicable international conven- tions, classification society rules and other spe- cific requirements. This new procedure will reportedly reduce the burden on the vessel own- ers and operators by establishing an alterna- tive to the current USCG inspection system that results in plan review and inspections by the vessel's classification society as well as by the USCG.

The terms of the agreement of the delegation include reciprocity towards ABS in the U.K. — although ABS has been able to carry out work on British flag vessels on behalf of the Marine

Safety Agency previously.

For more information on Lloyd's Register

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A.P. Moller Selects Thordon for Anchor

Handling Tugs

A.P Moller recently chose Thordon axial and thrust bearings for the stern rollers of anchor handling tugs Maesk Battler and Maesk

Provider.

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News