Page 42: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (October 2000)

Legal Beat of positive assertions of right are insuf- ficient to establish such abandonment."

H.R. Rep. No. 100-514(11), at 13 (1988).

Since the United States never intended to abandon its claims to its warships in foreign waters, a different standard would not be applied to those of another nation albeit located in U.S. waters. In this instance, Spain had maintained the two vessels on its national naval registry and never intentionally abandoned its ownership interests in any treaties Spain had entered into with the U.S or U.K.

Conclusions

Both the Brother Jonathan and Sea

Hunt decisions are major rulings affect- ing and in many ways limiting the intended reach of the ASA. Although it is likely the parties will appeal the Sea

Hunt decision, it is in many ways more defensible than the Brother Jonathan decision. The ASA was never intended to wrest ownership of warships away

V

UKAS

QUALITY

MANAGEMENT 001 from sovereign nations. On the other hand, it was intended to give states greater, if not exclusive, jurisdiction over other abandoned wrecks in state waters. The implications of the Brother

Jonathan case are that states will either have to spend more of their own resources to locate wrecks of impor- tance to them or enter into early arrangements with treasure salvors that give those salvors a greater share of the salvage in exchange for allowing the states greater access to information about their historic provenance.

The preceding was authored by Joan M.

Bondareff, of Dyer Ellis & Joseph, P.C.

Bondareff was senior counsel to the

House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries at the time of passage of the Abandoned Shipwreck Act.

Austal USA Appoints Senior

Management Team

Austal USA has appointed two senior members of Austal Ships to Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. to join Bill Pfister, vice president of Marketing and Administra- tion.

In order to manage the production of vessels in the shortly to be completed 360 x 93 x 72-ft. (109.7 x 28.3 x 21.9 m) high fully enclosed construction hall,

Simon Thornton has been appointed vice president of Operations. Simon, who has been with the company since 1998, has extensive experience in alu- minium shipbuilding and project man- agement spanning 25 years.

Chris Pemberton joins the team as vice president of Sales and Marketing.

Prior to joining Austal Ships in 1994,

Pemberton worked in technical sales and marketing for Saab Aircraft and

British Aerospace.

Circle 9 on Reader Service Card

NASSCO Granted Drydocking

Of USS Mobile Bay

NASSCO has received a contract val- ued at up to $23 million for the eight- month extended drydocking and repair availability of USS Mobile Bay.

On September 1, the U.S. Navy awarded NASSCO a $1 million contract to commence the advance planning for

Mobile Bay's maintenance, repair and alteration work package.

Actual work on the vessel, which is expected to reach a value of $23 million, encompasses drydocking plus alter- ations to convert the cruiser to all-elec- tric auxiliaries and to install the Navy "Smart Ship" electronic control and automation systems.

Circle 55 on Reader Service Card

Smith Berger Marine, Inc.

The leader in deck hardware for over 60 years.

Fairleads and Deck Sheaves are IN STOCK at the following locations:

PACIFIC

NORTHWEST

CALIFORNIA and TEXAS

GULF

COAST

Rasmussen Equipment Co. - Seattle, WA 1 -800-227-7920 FAX 1 -206-762-5003

Waterman Supply Co., Inc. - Wilmington, CA 1 -800-322-3131 FAX 1 -310-522-1043

Rasmussen Equipment Co. - Belle Chasse, LA 1 -504-392-0442 FAX 1 -504-392-0107

Call for competitive prices and immediate delivery on Smith Berger

Fairleads and Deck Sheaves. Also call for: • Pedestal Roller Fairleads • Four Roller Fairleads • Flag Blocks • Chain Stoppers • Towing Pins Stern Rollers • Custom-engineered equipment to your specifications

Smith Berger Marine, Inc. 7915 10th Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98108 1-888-726-1688 206-764-4650 Fax:206-764-4653

E-mail: [email protected] BALANCED HEAD FAIRLEADS MODELS MD-610, MC-622 AND MD-665

Circle 311 on Reader Service Card

Motor-Services Hugo Stamp, Inc. •oil nnno lull 9UUZ

Motor-Services Hugo Stamp, Inc. (MSHS) is proud to announce that it has received ISO 9002 certification from Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance. This achievement is once again proof of our commitment to excellent service and quality products.

MSHS is an authorized distributor and service center for most of the world's major diesel engine and turbocharger manufacturers. We maintain an extensive inventory of new spare parts and reconditioned exchanges and our service engineers and parts department are available 24-hours worldwide.

For more information, call 1-800-622-6747 or e-mail [email protected] mnmn (*T ^HS MOTOR-SERVICES HUGO STAMP, INC. \ COMPANIES Z 1 AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS & SERVICE CENTER 3190 S.W. 4th Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315 • (954) 763-3660 • Fax (954) 763-2872 • http://www.mshs.com 40 Circle 280 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News