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Caterpillar Launches New Engine Line

Caterpillar Engine Products Division introduces the

Cat 3000 Family, a new line of compact, fuel-efficient marine propulsion engines based on an environmental- ly friendly, in-line six-cylinder, four-stroke cycle diesel design. The new engines feature heavy duty compo- nents, long service intervals and an easy to service design to increase reliability and reduce operating costs in a variety of small commercial vessel applications.

The initial offering available worldwide, includes three ratings for both keel cooled and heat exchanger cooled configuration: Cat 3056 TA (turbocharged, after cooled) 205 bhp (153 bkW) at 2,500 rpm; Cat 3056 TA (turbocharged, after cooled) 185 bhp (138 bkW) at 2,100 rpm; and Cat 3056 NA (naturally aspirated) 125 bhp (93 bkW) at 2,600 rpm. Both the 3056 TA and 3056 NA feature a high-tech rotary fuel injection pump and low inertia injection system that use less engine energy to move fuel to the injectors.

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Teekay Appoints New Board Member

Teekay Shipping Corp. has elected Eileen A. Merci- er to join its Board to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Steve G. K. Hsu, effective Dec. 6, 2000.

Hsu has served on Teekay's Board since June 1993.

Mercier has over 30 years of experience in a wide vari- ety of financial and strategic planning positions includ- ing senior vice president and chief financial officer for

Abitibi-Price Inc. She has also served as president of

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ASNE Offers Scholarships

The American Society of Naval Engi- neers (ASNE) is offering scholarships to encourage college students to enter the field of naval engineering and to provide support to naval engineers seeking advanced education in the field.

ASNE has awarded 287 scholarships to students inter- ested in careers in naval engineering. Scholarship awards are currently $2,500 per school year for under- graduate students and $3,500 graduates. The next awards will be for the college year starting in the fall of 2001. The recipients will be selected in March/April and announced in May 2001. Applications and sup- porting documentation must be received by Feb. 15, 2001. For further information and application forms contact Dennis A. Pignotti, ASNE Scholarship Com- mittee, 1452 Duke Street, Alexandria, Va., 22314- 3458; Phone (703) 836-6727; or visit the ASNE web- site at http://navalengineers.org/.

NORSHIPCO Receives Enviro Honor

The Elizabeth River Project recently recognized

NORSHIPCO as a top River Star for environmental contributions to improve the health of the Elizabeth 71 Countries Make IMO's Initial STCW White List

The 73rd session of the Organization's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), formally endorsed the find- ings of a working group established to examine a report made by the secretary-general to the MSC, which revealed that 71 countries and one associate member of IMO has met the criteria for inclusion on the list.

The 1995 amendments to STCW (The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and

Watchkeeping for Seafarers) which entered into force on Feb. 1, 1997 revised and updated the original 1978

Convention, setting out clearly defined minimum competency requirements for all seafarers and taking into account developments in technology since the 1978 Convention was adopted. A position on the White List entitles other Parties to accept, in principle that certificates issued by or on behalf of the parties on the list in compliance with the Convention.

It is expected that Port State Control inspectors will increasingly target ships flying flags of countries that are not on the White List. A Flag state Party that is on the White List may as a matter of policy elect not to accept seafarers with certificates issued by non White List countries for service on its ships. If it does accept such seafarers, they will be required by Feb. 1, 2002 also to have an endorsement, issued by the flag state, to show that their certificate is recognized by the flag state. By Feb. 1, 2002, masters and officers should hold

STCW 95 certificates or endorsements issued by the flag state. Certificates issued and endorsed under the provisions of the 1978 STCW Convention will be valid until their expiry date.

The fact that a Party is not listed on the White List does not invalidate certificates or endorsements issued by that Party. Nothing in the STCW Convention prevents the employment of any seafarer who holds a valid certificate or endorsement issued by a Party of the Convention. Nevertheless, the White List will become one of several criteria, including the inspection of facilities and procedures that can be applied in the selec- tion of properly trained and qualified seafarers. Countries not initially included in the White List will be able to continue with the assessment process with a view to inclusion on the list at a later stage.

The publication of the lists marks the end of the first stage of a groundbreaking verification procedure in which, for the first time, IMO has been given a direct role in the implement of one of its instruments. Panels of experts have spent much of the past two years engaged in rigorous assessment of information presented to them by Parties to the Convention concerning their ability to meet the standards enshrined in SCTW 95.

Panel members were selected, as far as possible, to give a wide geographical spread and a broad coverage of the different facets of the Convention. These panels submitted their findings to IMO secretary-general

William O'Neil.

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The Ehz- ^^^^ [email protected] abeth River X©^ www.wortelboer.nl Project granted

River Star recognition to local businesses for their environmental achievements in creating and preserving more than 40 acres of wildlife habitat and elimi- nating more than three million lbs. of pollu- tion in 1999-2000 alone. Only a handful of orga- nizations have earned Model Level recognition since the inception of the program, and NORSHIPCO was the only shipyard to receive this level of recognition, the highest level possible in the River Stars Program.

Model Level recognition acknowledges leaders in environmental stewardship with documented excep- tional pollution prevention and wildlife habitat results.

The Ford Motor Company, Naval Station Norfolk and

NOVA Chemicals are among the other recipients of the honor. NORSHIPCO's environmental contributions include solving an international challenge for ship- yards involving TBT, an additive in marine antifoulant paints. NORSHIPCO pioneered technology by form- ing a business/research consortium, the Center for

Advanced Ship Repair and Maintenance (CASRM), in cooperation with Old Dominion University and two other local shipyards. The consortium has developed treatment technologies for removing up to 99 percent of TBT (tributyltin) from shipyard wash water.

NORSHIPCO's additional contributions to environ- mental protection include: Expenditures of about $2.5 million for site improvements, including paving more than 46 acres and curbing 2.3 miles of roads and park- ing lots to reduce pollution from storm water runoff; development and implementation of alternative benefi- cial re-uses for various waste streams, previously sent to landfills for disposal. One of these uses pertains to spent abrasives. The material is mixed with soil and used locally as landfill day cover and road construction material; NORSHIPCO also sends paint wastes to facility where it is used as fuel for cement kilns;

Employment involvement in 1998 in creating a wet- land along a 400-foot section of the Elizabeth River

Shoreline, lying within the shipyard facility.

SOSA Earns Quality Certification

Hvide Marine reported that its Switzerland-based subsidiary, Seabulk Offshore, S.A (SOSA), has suc- cessfully met the requirements for certification under the International Safety Management (ISM) Code and

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