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Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, OCSLA, and LHWCA defense. He also a member of Blank Rome’s Maritime LOC Realigns Florida Of? ce

L.L.P. He concentrates his practice in has experience handling serious marine Emergency Response Team (MERT) to London Offshore Group Ltd (LOC) maritime and energy-related litigation incident investigations, and matters in- respond to pollution-related incidents opened an of? ce in Houston in 1985, matters, including state and federal cases volving oil and gas law and commercial and vessel casualties at a moment’s no- signaling the start of three decades of involving MARPOL violations, colli- transactions. tice, and manage the potential civil and involvement in U.S. marine warranty sions, cargo contamination, Jones Act, Additionally, Huffman will serve as criminal consequences involved. surveying and maritime consulting. An of? ce in Miami was established in 2002, thriving as it served a wide range of cli- ents, in conjunction with the Houston of- ? ce. Recently LOC relocated the Florida of? ce from to Fort Lauderdale to further align with the U.S. marine market.

“We are pleased to be in closer proximity to our clients. Fort Lauderdale is a major shipping hub, with Port Everglades serv- ing as a terminal for extensive shipping,” said Paul Voisin, Master Mariner, Asso- ciate Director and the Manager of LOC’s

Fort Lauderdale of? ce. “Being closer to the port aligns us more strategically with our customers and their needs. Our of- ? ce supports shipping activity along the

US East Coast, South America and the

Caribbean.”

The new of? ce details are:

London Offshore Consultants Inc 1550 S.E. 17th Street,

Suite 200.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316

USCG Authorizes KR for BWM Tests

Korean Register (KR) - an IACS member classi? cation society – has been accepted by the United States

Coast Guard (USCG) as an Indepen- dent Laboratory (IL) to undertake tests, inspections and evaluations for ballast water management systems.

Commenting on the approval, Dr.

B. S. Park, Chairman and CEO of KR said, “We are honored and delighted to be the ? rst Asian classi? cation society to be selected by the USCG as an in- ternationally renowned facility quali- ? ed to deliver high quality testing and evaluation for ballast water manage- ment systems to the world’s maritime community. This achievement is a further example of KR’s growing sta- tus on the international stage and an endorsement of our technical abilities.

We are committed to the development of all relevant technologies and will continue to contribute to the imple- mentation of U.S. Coast Guard regu- lations.” 104 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • APRIL 2015

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