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terminal. Crowley is no stranger to the

San Francisco Bay area. The company was founded there in 1892 and provided ship assist services from the early 1900's until 1996 with its red stack fleet of tugs.

Panama Canal to Build

Barges

The Panama Canal Authority's (ACP)

Industrial Shipyard Division will build a

SHIP SECURITY • 1 JULY • CALL ABS

Crowley Back in Oakland

Crowley Marine Services tugs, once a fixture in San Francisco Bay from the early 1900s to 1996. have returned.

Crowley re-launched its ship assist and escort service in the Port of Oakland with two high horsepower tugs, the 4,400 hp. Z-Drive Tioga and the 5.000 hp twin screw Sea Robin. It's Oakland operation is located at the 9th Avenue

ABS can: • Review and approve ship security plans • Perform verification audits • Issue International Ship Security Certificates www. eagle. org/shipsecu ri ty new barge on-site in Panama. This investment is part of the Canal's

Permanent Modernization Program, the

ACP's long-term strategic business plan.

The barge will support four drilling rigs, and equipment that will be used to carry out work and maintenance in different locations of the Canal.

Cross Maritime

Completes Barge Project

Cross Maritime of Houma, La. com- pleted a contract for its multi-purpose barge to set two jumpers in the Garden

Banks area in water depths of 3000 ft.

Mobilization took place at the Cross

Group dockside facilities located in

Houma. They were placed onboard the

Cross Mar 14, sea fastened, and trans- ported to the Garden Banks locations.

Cross Mar 14 is a 250 x 72 x 16-ft. multi-purpose barge with accommoda- tions for 60 people, 300 ton crane, and a specialized mooring system which allows the vessel to maneuver within tight operating tolerances.

Port Everglades Names

New Chief Harbormaster

Conrad Strong, an 18-year veteran at

Broward County's

Port Everglades, has been named Chief

Harbormaster begin- ning May 23.

Starting his Port

Everglades career in 1986 as a Linehandler, Strong became a

Duty Harbormaster in 1996 and was promoted to Assistant Harbormaster in 2001.

Columbia Coastal

Security Plan Approved

Columbia Coastal Transport, an East

Coast container barge operator, said that its Vessel Security Plan was approved by the US Coast Guard.. This approval remains valid for five years, and insures the company's compliance with the final

Maritime security requirements mandat- ed by the Maritime Transportation

Security Act (MTSA) of 2002.

SOCP to Meet in

Puerto Rico

The Ship Operations Cooperative

Program (SOCP), sponsored by the

Maritime Administration, will meet in

San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 22-24.

Topics on the agenda include shipboard and port security plans; bridge technolo- gies; mariner credentialing; and ballast water technology. For more information visit http://www.socp.org/main.shtml 20

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