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to signify the start of construction. The second ship is scheduled to be delivered in November 2004, with subsequent ships to be delivered in 2005 and 2006.

The four ships are being constructed sequentially in NASSCO's 1,000-foot graving dock.

The design of the 1.3-million-barrel- capacity tankers in the Alaska Class will allow maximum flexibility for oil deliv- eries to West Coast ports, including BP refineries in Los Angeles and Cherry

Point, WA.

ISPS Code for Ship

Repair Facilities?

Lloyd Werft's Werner Liiken may not be too sure as to whether ship repair yards constitute "port facilities" under the ISPS Code but others do not share his doubts. Speaking at the Shiprepair

Conference and Exhibition in London last month, he said he really didn't think that repair yards should be included under the Code's requirements and that newbuilding yards certainly shouldn't be. However, he admitted to being in ongoing discussions with the German authorities on the point and, as perhaps the world's most prominent cruiseship yard, there is a lot at stake. The argu- ments are complex and will keep lawyers busy for months. However, as

Peter Rowat of the London Shipping

Consultancy pointed out, whether or not repair facilities are covered by the

Code's requirements is not really the issue. Repair yards simply cannot risk not complying with the Code's require- ments. Shipowners will simply not risk their vessels being delayed or turned away from U.S. ports and will insist that repair yards have appropriate security arrangements in place. And John

Riding, MD of consultancy Marico

Marine, pointed out that Declarations of

Security, formal documents under the

ISPS Code, will be requested and legal- ly required by the masters of vessels in many instances. But to issue such a

Document, repair yards will themselves need to have the core components of the

ISPS Code in place. There was no posi- tive conclusion to the debate except an agreement that the whole issue needs to be clarified pretty damn quickly. 'Lean Manufacturing1

Program Launched $7.5 scheme aims to increase productivity over three years

The South East England Development

Agency (SEEDA) and program man- agers KPMG officially launched the 'SEEDA lean manufacturing' program with a reception at boatbuilder VT

Halmatic's Portchester headquar- ters recently. The program, which aims to increase the productivity of South East manufacturing companies by adapting processes to save time and reduce waste, is part of a three year scheme announced by SEEDA earlier this year.

VT Halmatic hosted the launch as it has been a frontrunner in the lean manufacturing program and has already experienced

News improved efficiency in the manufacture of its military and commercial boats.

The initiative was developed in con- junction with KPMG and its delivery partners to ensure sustainable step change improvement for the South

East's manufacturing companies.

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