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Conference on Trade and

Development (UNCTAD) agreeing to cooperate in promoting the time- ly development and implementa- tion of an international green- house gas emissions trading sys- tem, in accordance with the Kyoto

Protocol signed in December 1997.

The Protocol requires industri- alized countries to limit emissions, mainly carbon dioxide, through a variety of measures including emissions trading, which should be supplemental to domestic actions.

The role of a certification authority would be to validate the permits which would be traded internationally by either govern- ments or the private sector and verify actual emissions from par- ticipating bodies.

Digital Camera Technology

Updated

IMC Engineering Inc. has upgraded it's DICAMOS System (Digital Camera Monitoring

System) to run under WindowsNT 4.0 and has been awarded con- tracts covering the installation and delivery of several Digital

Camera

Monitoring Systems to Exxtor

Group Shipping Service Limited,

Sea-Ro Terminal in Zeebrugge and

HRS (Hoogewerf de Rijke Seaport bv) in Rotterdam .

Cobelfret Ferries, who is sailing to all these terminals, will be the first shipping line in the world to have all incoming and outgoing cargo monitored on damage by a

Digital Camera Monitoring

System. All claims will be central- ized in the claim department of

Cobelfret in Zeebrugge in a juke- box with 150 CD ROM's which can be accessed very easy to handle the claims.

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Grupo Libra Expands Sales

Team

Grupo Libra appointed Thomas

L. Sadowski as Regional Sales

Manager of its Mid-Atlantic terri- tory in the U.S., responsible for sales efforts for the carrier's South

America Service. He will oversee

Libra's activities in Pennsylvania,

Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,

West Virginia, and the District of

Columbia. Formerly known in

North America as Companhia

Maritima Nacional — or Nacional

Line — Grupo Libra provides weekly service between the U.S. and South America, calling

Atlantic and Gulf coast ports.

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Peterson Named

Ceanic's CEO

American Oilfield Divers Inc. (AOD) d/b/a Ceanic, announced that it named Kevin C. Peterson as its president and CEO. Mr.

Peterson has been with Ceanic for approximately one year, cur- rently serving as its COO and a director. Prior to joining Ceanic,

Mr. Peterson was president and

CEO of Coflexip Stena Offshore

Inc. and Perry Tritech Inc., a

Coflexip subsidiary. Mr. Peterson replaces Rod Stanley who resigned as an executive officer and director for personal reasons.

Ceanic is a provider of diving ser- vices, intervention technologies, subsea products, field develop- ment, general contracting and marine construction services to off- shore, governmental and industri- al customers in the U.S. and inter- nationally.

LR Signs Emissions Trading

Agreement With U.N.

Lloyd's Register (LR) signed a

Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations

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