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Shipbuilders Council Announces 1991 Legislative Agenda The 1991 legislative agenda of the Shipbuilders Council of America will emphasize the following, in ad- dition to supporting a strong Navy shipbuilding and repair budget in FY 1992: CEO • Passage of a trade bill to disci- pline international shipbuilding subsidy practices—The SCA will urge the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees to hold hearings early in the year on the status of the trade negotiations to end foreign ship construction and repair subsidy practices. • Implementation of a sealift pro- gram—The SCA will urge Congress to keep pressure on the Administra- Circle 267 on Reader Service Card tion to respond to the nation's sea- lift shortfall by providing additional sealift monies in the fiscal year 1992 budget. • Provision of government-sup- ported export financing for com- mercial ships—The Council will urge Congress to explore with the Export Import Bank the possibility of a comparable ship export finance program for U.S. yards to match the government programs available to shipyards in Europe, Japan, and Korea. • Revival of the U.S. cruise ship industry—Congressman Gene Taylor of Mississippi intends to reintroduce legislation in the 102nd Congress to amend current law to allow gambling on U.S. ships. Boni New Director Of Maritrans GP Inc. Robert E. Boni was recently elected a director of Maritrans GP Inc., an operator of tugs and tank barges on the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coasts. Mr. Boni was the former director of Armco Inc. He retired from that post in November 1990 after 34 years with the company. Subsidized Shipowners Use Foreign-Flag Bulkers Under MarAd Waiver Special waivers have been granted by the Maritime Adminis- tration so that nine U.S. companies being paid operating-differential subsidies (ODS) by the U.S. Gov- ernment to operate U.S.-flag ships in foreign commerce can use for- eign-flag bulk vessels as well. The approvals by MarAd do not include the right to divert ODS pay- ments to operate the foreign-flag ships. Esso international Installs AMOS-D On Board Tanker Fleet John Avila, president of Spec- Tec General, Inc., recently an- nounced that the AMOS mainte- nance software system will be used for all ships in the Esso Internation- al Shipping fleet. The contract was awarded to SpecTec General's Ben- elux (economic union comprising Belgium, the Netherlands, and Lux- embourg) allied company, SpecTec Consult B.V. Mr. Avila stated, "The Esso In- ternational Shipping (Bahamas) Co. Ltd., operating out of their Schie- dam, Netherlands, office, selected AMOS-D from a number of interna- tional competitors for spare part control and administration of main- tenance history on board their ships. AMOS-D will be installed on all 27 Esso crude oil tankers ranging from 25,000 dwt to more than 300,000 dwt. The construction and installation of all databases for the six different classes of ships will take 22 months and will be per- formed by Esso engineers under su- pervision of SpecTec Consult B.V. More than 60 engineers and super- intendents will be trained in the use of PCs and AMOS-D. 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