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Future Of Marine Emergency Services Now Under Scrutiny
Three separate investigations into the future of emergency response services at sea are now under way. The International Salvage Union (ISU), representing 38 marine salvors in 26 countries, is participating in each study. The primary aim, in all cases,
The NewiIMdlTreaty to Ban TBT
The Diplomatic Conference held (October 1-5, 2001) by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London adopted the Draft Convention prepared by The Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) of IMO for the "Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems for Ships.
RORO 92
The 11 th International Conference & Exhibition For The Roll-on/Roll-off Marine Transportation Industry, SVENSKA MASSAN GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN 20-22 May 1992 From May 20 to 22, the Svenska Massan Conference Center and Sara Gothia Hotel in Gothenburg,
National Cargo Bureau Appoints Captain Gates
The National Cargo Bureau has announced the appointment of Capt. Donald W. Gates as vice president and chief surveyor. Captain Gates had been serving as chief surveyor since July 1974. He is a graduate of the State of New York Maritime College
Maritime Industry Mourns Congressman Bateman
Virginia Republican Rep. Herbert Bateman, 72, a nine-term congressman and strong military supporter who planned to retire at the end the year, died in his sleep, reportedly of natural casues on Monday, September 11. according to a spokesman. He
Congressman Mario Biaggi Will Address First N.Y.C. Diving-Insurance Symposium
An unprecedented two-day New York symposium designed to provide a common international forum for diving and insurance industry views will be addressed by Congressman Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.) on November 15, 1977, at the Statler Hilton Hotel, New York City.
Needed — A Long-Range National Shipbuilding Policy
At close range, against the background of recent events, one could reasonably conclude that the shipbuilding industry of the United States is being sacrificed on the altar of illogical expediency. In the climate of uncertainty and confusion created by official inertia over the recent past,
First Wove Marine Files Reorganization Plan
First Wave Marine, Inc. has filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, a Plan of Reorganization in the Company's Chapter 11 proceeding. The filing of the Plan should pave the way for the company's emergence from bankruptcy
Guralnick Designs Seven Vessels For Mariana Islands Service
The office of the High Commissioner, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Saipan, Mariana Islands, has signed a contract for the construction of seven vessels to be used in the Trust Territory. Hajimu Namura, president of the Namura Shipbuilding Co.
Richard Daschbach Named Federal Maritime Commission Chairman
Richard J. Daschbach of Walpole, N.H., and Great Falls, Va., was sworn in as Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) August 29 in a public ceremony at Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Honorable Norma Holloway Johnson, a