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Costa Atlantica First To Earn

RINA's Green Star

Italian classification society RINA has launched Green Star, which it is dub- bing the new environmental standard for shipping. The recently delivered Costa

Atlantic from Kvaerner Masa-Yards for

Costa Crociere is the first ship to meet the green standard, earning both the

Clean Sea and Clean air voluntary nota-

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CLEAN SEAfl CLEAN AIR tions from RINA.

The Clean Sea notation means that bunker tanks must be installed over dou- ble bottoms to prevent accidental dis- charge of oil in a low-speed accident.

Ships must also be fitted with holding tanks for all black and gray water waste, and must meet the standards set down in the voluntary IMO Marpol Annex IV.

Special requirements ensure garbage is disposed of safely, and ships must not use TBT-based anti-foulings.

The Clean Air notation sets limits on

SOx and NOx emissions from the engines, and requires compliance with the voluntary standards of Annex VI to

Marpol. There is a three percent limit on sulfur content in fuel that can be burnt, and RINA also sets requirements for refrigeration gases and their contain- ment in the case of an accident.

Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise line, has applied for the Green

Star logo for three sisterships currently under construction at KMY.

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NOL Elects Deputy Chair And

New Directors

NOL has named Cheng Wai Keung as deputy chairman, and has further expanded by appointing Marvin J.

Girouard and Dr. Friedbert Malt as non-executive directors.

He has been with NOL since 1992 and has further developed his working knowledge of the company as a member of the executive committee since 1997, while Girouard, the current chairman and CEO of Pier One Imports, and Dr.

Malt, a prominent German banker, both bring a wealth of knowledge to NOL's board.

The Ash Shihr terminal deals with crude originating inland, which is piped to the terminal storage tanks from where it is then pumped to loading tankers at the single point mooring buoy (SPM) — three miles offshore. The SPM can han- dle the largest tankers and regularly receives vessels of 300,000-dwt.

Wijsmuller Granted Major

SPM Job

Through its subsidiary, Cory Towage

Limited, The Wijsmuller Group has been awarded a contract for marine ser- vices at the Ash Shihr oil export termi- nal in Yemen for Canadian Occidental

Petroleum Yemen, which is familiarly known as CanOxy Yemen.

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