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China Asks Foreign Bids For China Sea Exploration East China Offshore Oil Corp. of Hong Kong is now asking for foreign bids for exploration of the East China Sea. The two areas up for bid en- compass 28,000 square miles in the northern and southern part of the East China Sea, and represents the last offshore area to be opened. Oil and gas produced in the East China Sea area will be supplied to the company's headquarters in Shanghai, said Ma Qifu, general manager. As a part of the deal, the company is promising to provide good telecommunications, as well as office and living facilities for work- ers. Earlier in 1992, Amoco Corp.'s Orient Petroleum Co. unit signed a 30-year deal with China National Oil Development Corp. for explora- tion and development rights in the onshore, central Anhui province. It has been acknowledged by senior oil industry officials that no one coun- try could develop the sphere alone. Japan Ministry Calls For Added Shipbuilding Funds Japan's Ministry of Transport is pushing for additional funds for the government's shipbuilding loan pro- gram, and shipping executives esti- mate an additional $160 million of subsidies in the form of low-interest loans would be needed from the Ja- ShipRepair OO & C6nv€rsion7 z. 10-11 NOVEMBER OLYMPIA 2 LONDON CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION DAY ONE -November 10 SESSION 1 • THE FUTURE OF THE SHIPREPAIR MARKET Singapore - a perspective on the next decade C N Watson, Director (Europe), Keppel Corporation, London Middle East - an alternative to Singapore E Ware, Chief Executive, Dubai Drydocks Co, UAE Expansion of facilities in the Middle East H Frisk, General Manager, ASRY, Bahrain The Northern European scene D MacLean, Chairman, A&P Appledore (Tyne), UK Developments in the Eastern Baltic K Juchniewicz, Marketing Director, Gdansk S/Y, Poland The foregoing papers will be debated by a panel of shipowners/ship managers LUNCH FOR REGISTERED DELEGATES SESSION 2 - BLOCK BOOKINGS The Yards View F Spranger, Commercial Director, Lisnave, Lisbon The Operators/Owners View Speaker to be confirmed SESSION 3 - OPERATIONS The Shipmanagers View E Ulving, Managing Director, V Ships Norway AS Operation of Older Tonnage L Carlsson, President, Concordia Maritime AB, Gothenburg Structural problems on bulk carriers and some solutions D Robinson, Principal Surveyor and B Purtle, Senior Surveyor, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, London Tankbottom Pitting R Towers, Marketing Manager, Sigma Coatings, Netherlands SHIPREPAIR & CONVERSION 92 OFFICIAL EVENING RECEPTION DAY TWO-November 11 SESSION 4 - SURVEYS AND INSPECTIONS The Classification Society's View B Vienneau, Vice President Europe, American Bureau of Shipping The Owners/Charterers Requirements (The current multiplicity of surveys and inspections of bulk carriers - Who is benefitting? Moves to raise standards have to be based on international agreements) K A Long, Assistant Director, Intercargo, London Insurers Requirements M Ellis, General Manager, The Salvage Association, London SESSION 5 - SPECIALISED SHIPREPAIR LPG Carrier Life Extension R Olschlager, Manager Marine, Noell-LGA Gastechnik, Germany Cruise Vessel Repair W Liiken, Managing Director, Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven Conversion of Existing Passenger Ferries to meet the new SOLAS Stability Requirements C Lloyd, Managing Director, BMT Icons Ltd, UK LUNCH FOR REGISTERED DELEGATES SESSION 6 - THE CONVERSION INDUSTRY The Benefits and Economics of Conversion of Passenger Ferries R Kjaer, Managing Director, S&C Marine, Norway Converting without a Yard M Powell, Divisional Director Marine Services, MacGregor-Navire, UK Tanker to Offshore Conversions M Barraclough, Managing Director, Victoria Oil Field Development Ltd, London Updating machinery - problems and solutions Speaker to be confirmed, MAN B&W Diesel AS, Denmark SESSION 7 - SHIPREPAIR AND THE ENVIRONMENT Tin-free anti-foulings and their application Speaker to be confirmed, Courtaulds Coatings/ International Paint, UK The EEC View on Shipyard Discharge S Alewijn, AWES Environmental Committee, Netherlands The organisers reserve the right to amend this programme REGISTRATION We wish to make Conference Registration(s) for delegate(s) and enclose our cheque for made payable to BML Business Meetings Ltd. Conference fee of £385 plus £56 VAT on taxable element (payable by eac/7delegate) includes volume of conference papers, participants list, lunches, coffee breaks and an invitation to the evening reception. Delegates who will attend (please print) Name Title Name Title Company Tel I require details of hotels • Address . Fax . Complete this form and return with your remittance to: Shiprepair & Conversion Secretariat 2 Station Road Rickmansworth Herts WD3 1QP UK Tel: +44 923 776363 Fax:+44 923 777206 Tlx: 924312 MR Circle 293 on Reader Service Card pan Development Bank. Yoshinori Asami, director-gen- eral of the ministry's Maritime Transport Bureau, said the new funding is needed in addition to the current fiscal-year budget amount of $360 million for new buildings and modernizing of the nation's merchant fleet. Other officials claimed that the ministry, specifically, plans to in- crease its subsidies for construction of vessels designed to transport Japa- nese automobiles in the nation's coastal waters. The Maritime Credit Corp. is expected to finance up to 80 percent of building costs for the ves- sels starting in the fiscal year 1993, versus its current 70 percent level of support. To help Maritime Credit achieve this goal, officials have said the corporation will receive larger subsidy allocations. Lloyd Brasileiro Ship Auction Blocked Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro, the Brazilian state- owned cargo carrier, can not auction four of its ships a judge in Rio de Janeiro ruled. The injunction was the result of a petition by Roberto Roque Viera, attorney for the na- tional maritime officers union, who claimed the sale would in effect liq- uidate Brazil's third largest public fleet. A transport ministry analysis which recommended the option to liquidate the fleet has been rejected, and the liner operator has been or- dered to present a reorganization and sale to public interests plan. Currently the government holds 99.6 percent of the stock. New Service Offered By Inland River Logistics A new transport service offered by Inland River Logistics Inc. of New Orleans is the coordination of logis- tics for the transport of dry bulk and general cargo to inland destinations by contracting and selecting the best available barge and terminal. The company already offers shippers transport services including pack- age rates that include stevedoring and transport of bulk and general goods. Humboldt To Manufacture Mini Sport Boats Humboldt Marine Services, Inc., a small boat-building and repair yard in northern California, has added to its combined service and product line the manufacture of small, quick, mini sport boats to capture a share of the personal watercraft market. For more information on Humboldt Marine Services, Inc., Circle 39 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
