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ertanko Commences luttle Tanker Committee

The International Association of dependent Tanker Owners atertanko) have initiated a luttle Tanker Committee, a move hich was reportedly made at the ;quest of shuttle tanker owners, perators and end users after pre- minary meetings to discuss train- ng, regulation and incidents of huttle tanker operations.

DOCL Orders Four 5,500

TEU Containerships

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) ordered four new ships for delivery in 2000. The company has ordered two of the ships at

Taiwan's China Shipbuilding Corp. and two at Samsung Heavy

Industries. The ships would join the Grand Alliance shipping sched- ules between Asia and Europe, giv- ing the consortium of lines 12 ships of roughly the same size.

Turkey Plans High-Tech VTS

Turkey plans to introduce a radar-based traffic management system for its crowded Bosphorus straits in 1999. The system, using radar stations along the length of the narrow waterway, would help captains negotiate the straits, notorious for treacherous currents and poor visibility. Turkey is reportedly evaluating a number of tenders to provide the necessary equipment for the project. Officials earlier put the cost of the system at $110 million.

Piraeus Bank To Buy Credit

Lyonnais' Ship Finance

Specialist Subsidiary

Greece's Piraeus Bank reached an agreement to buy Credit

Lyonnais Group's Greek sub- sidiary which specializes in ship- ping and corporate banking. No financial details were released con- cerning the agreement which is still subject to approval by the

French and the Greek authorities.

Peter Doukas of Capital Partners advised Credit Lyonnais for this transaction, it said.

Negros Navigation, Aboitiz

Parkview Merge Ferry Ops

Negros Navigation Company

Inc. (Nenaco) and Aboitiz

Parkview Transport Holdings Inc. agreed to merge their fast ferry operations in the Philippines.

Nenaco and Aboitiz Parkview will apparently have equal ownership in the new firm which is to operate a fleet of 12 vessels valued at 1.7 billion pesos. Nenaco is a unit of

Metro Pacific Corp., while Aboitiz

Parkview is a joint venture between the local Aboitiz

Transport Systems Inc and the

Hong Kong Parkview Group Ltd.

New Switchboard Line

Atlas Energy Systems has recently introduced its latest ver- sion of marine switchboards,

TecPOWER.

The system incorporates state- of-the-art construction and con- temporary styling, while being designed to manage all aspects of a yacht's electrical system.

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