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To find out more about John Deere diesel engines for marine applications, contact one of our authorized distributors listed below. Major Lines And Vessels Honored For Safety And Heroism Two sets of awards honoring maritime safety achievement, the Jones F. Devlin Awards and Ship Safety Achievement Awards, were presented at the Doubletree Hotel, Houston. The purpose of the awards, jointly presented by the American Institute of Merchant Shipping (AIMS) and the Ma- rine Section of the National Safety Council (NSC), is to publicly recognize and encour- age accident reduction efforts by the various maritime industry segments. Jones F. Devlin Awards, sponsored by AIMS, are conferred on self-propelled U.S.- flag vessels which, at the end of any calendar year, have operated for two full years or more with a full crew without a crew mem- ber losing a full turn at watch because of an occupational injury. The different catego- ries recognized are for two years, four years, and annually after five years of accident-free operation. The 1993 Jones F. Devlin awards were presented to 114 U.S.-flag vessels, repre- senting 25 U.S. shipping companies. Of particular note were the awards to theExxon Bayou State and the Exxon Brownsville, both honored for 18 consecutive years of accident-free operation. Other Devlin recipients included: American Commercial Barge Lines Coastwise Trading (of Amoco Transport) B&H Towing Brent Transportation Canal Barge Chevron Shipping Cleveland Tankers Ship Management Dixie Carriers Gulfcoast Transit (of Teco Transport and Trade) Interocean Management Keystone Shipping Matson Navigation Maritrans Operating Partners L.P. Mid-South Towing (of Teco Transport and Trade) Mobil Oil Moran Towing of Maryland Moran Towing & Transportation Ole Man River Transportation Sabine Transportation Scott Paper SeaRiver Maritime Sun Transport Texaco Marine Services Western Kentucky Navigation Western Towing Ship Safety Awards are cosponsored by AIMS and the Maritime Section of NSC, and are conferred to vessels that have performed outstanding feats of heroism, rescue at sea, or seamanship illustrative of the high safety standards of the U.S. fleet. Recipients of Top Honors for 1993 were: Company Scott Paper Scott Paper Scott Paper Scott Paper Vessel M/V Scott Pride M/V Mate M/VJudson Silver Streak The vessels receiving citations of merit were: Company /Org. American Commercial Barge Lines American President Lines Chevron Shipping Coastal Tankships USA Coastwise Trading Crowley Marine Services Dixie Carriers Gulfcoast Transit Interlake Steamship Co. Matson Navigation Mid-South Towing Military Sealift Command Morania Oil Tanker Corp. Penn Maritime Sea-Land Service SeaRiver Maritime Sun Transport Texaco Refining and Marketing Vessel M/V Rusty Flowers SS President Jefferson Chevron Louisiana SS Coastal Manatee Tallahassee Bay Tug Sea Viking/Barge 101 Dixie Avenger M/V Gulfcoast SS Herbert C. Jackson SS Manulani M/V Anne PetersM/V Anne B USNS Powhatan T-ATF 166 Morania No. 2/ Morania No. 450 Tarpon/ Potomac Sea-Land Quality S/Rs Bayou State, Nashville, Memphis, Wilmington S/T Texas Sun Star Massachusetts AIMS is a national trade association rep- resenting 23 U.S-flag carriers which own or operate approximately 11 million dwt of tank- ers, dry bulk carriers, containerships and other oceangoing vessels engaged in the do- mestic and international trades of the U.S. The NSC Marine Section is one of 28 sepa- rate industrial components comprising the NSC. Portland, Vancouver & Army Corps Place Mooring Buoys In Columbia River An intergovernmental cost-sharing agree- ment between the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers and the ports of Portland and Vancouver has resulted in the placement of two mooring anchorage buoys this week in the Columbia River near Hayden Island. The anchor buoys enhance navigation safety, particularly in inclement weather, by per- mitting large, oceangoing vessels to anchor their sterns to one of the buoys. Ships using only bow anchors to keep them in place while temporarily moored in the river sometimes move in ways that cre- ate a risk of collision with other ships or inadvertent grounding. The three partners' cooperation makes this the first bi-state, cost-sharing agreement in the nation under the 1986 Water Resource Development Act. Initial funding for the approximately $360,000 project was approved by the two participating ports in December 1993, and 12 by the Corps the following month. Under the cost-sharing provisions of the Act, the two sponsoring ports were required to share 35 percent of the project's cost, or $126,000. The Corps' share was 65 percent, or $234,000. The Corps has estimated that installing the two buoys will save the shipping commu- nity about $380,000 a year in costs associ- ated with standby tugs, anchor barges and lay berthing. The project can also be consid- ered a precedent-setting step toward shar- ing the nonfederal cost of the channel deep- ening feasibility study among the lower river's ports. The five-year, $6.1 million feasibility study officially kicked off last week at an event attended by more than 200 Oregon and Washington business, govern- ment and trade leaders. Senators Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.) and Slade Gorton (R- Wash.), together with congressional repre- sentatives Elizabeth Furse (D-Ore.) and Jolene Unsoeld (D-Wash.) were among those who spoke for the project's benefits to the region. 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