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Coming In August ... U.S. Ship ^ Boatbuilding Annual Nautronix Wins Order Nautronix Ltd. was awarded a contract from Factorias Vulcano of Vigo, Spain, to supply of hydro- graphic and oceanographic equip- ment. The equipment will reportedly be used to outfit a pair of 164-ft. (50- m hydrographic/oceanographic vessels to be built by Factorias Vulcano for the Philippines National Mapping and Resource Information Authority. TMM To Invest $22 Million In Acapulco Port Transportacion Maritima Mexicana (TMM) will invest $22 million in the second phase of an improvement at the Port of Acapulco. The first phase of the Acapulco port improvement, also awarded to TMM, was completed at a cost of $7.4 million. The second phase of the project aims to upgrade the passenger terminal, as the Port is used mostly for tourism rather than shipping. Daedong Wins ORders Worth $184 Million Daedong Shipbuilding won orders worth $184 million from two European shipping companies. A $130 million order for four 45,000-ton chemical carriers was reportedly awarded by Italy's D'Amico and a $54 million order for two 72,700-ton bulk carriers came from Swiss shipping firm Suisse Atlantique. New Malaysian Shipyard Proposed PSC Industries Bhd has submit- ted a proposal to the Malaysian government to build a shipyard with a 200,000-dwt capacity. It is proposed that the new facility be owned by all of the shipyard com- panies in Malaysia. One aim for the shipyard would be to reported- ly help reduce Malaysia's trade deficit. OMI, Marine Transport Lines To Merge OMI Corp. and Marine Transport Lines have reached an agreement in principle to merge. The deal calls for OMI to acquire Marine Transport Lines, a private- July, 1997 ly owned company specializing in marine and transportation ser- vices. The company's respective boards have approved the merger in prin- ciple and the transaction is expect- ed to be completed in January 1998. LIFE EXTENSION • REFURBISHMENT • SUPERINTENDENCE • SURVEYING • DOCKING • MAINTENANCE ShipRepair & Conversion 97 OLYMPIA 2 LONDON 4-5 NOVEMBER 1997 Recognised internationally as the industry's annual meeting place, the Shiprepair & Conversion Conference and Exhibition will be held at Olympia 2, London on November 4th and 5th. The current list of companies taking part in the exhibition is shown below. Companies who wish to join the exhibition should contact the Secretariat as soon as possible because exhibition space is now at a premium for the November event. Adjacent is the preliminary programme for the conference, which shows the high degree of owner/operator involvement on some of the key issues of the repair industry. The full programme is currently being finalised, and proposals for papers of special interest related to the sessions listed should be submitted to the Secretariat now. The Shiprepair & Conversion 97 Official Evening Reception on November 4 will be hosted by the A&P Group. EXHIBITORS AS AT MAY 1997 A&P Group Gemak Shipyard Posford Duvivier A1 Mulla Marine Gemsan-Net Shipyard R.C.L. Profiles Maintenance GMD Shipyard Saint John Shipbuilding Allweiler Pumps GoltensOslo San Francisco Drydock Ameron International Gryfia Shipyard ScanMarine Group Aqua Blast Halifax Shipyard Senior Thermal ArnoDunkerque Hamworthy Marine Engineering Asmar Harland& Wolff Ship Sesmarine Astican Repair SHIPDOCK Amsterdam Astilleros de Santander Harris Pye Marine Ship Repairers & Astilleros Espanoles Hellenic Shipyards Shipbuilders Atlantic Drydock Hempel Marine Paints Ship Services Atlantic Marine HJM Marine Shipcare Atlantis Shipyard HongKong United Sigma Coatings Babcock International Dockyards Singapore Technical (FMD) Ian-Conrad Bergan Shipbuilding & Engineer' Bazan IMAC Sobrena Shipyard Belzona J Kirkaldy & Sons Southwest Marine Blohm+Voss K C Engineering SpecTec Braswell Shipyard KaMeWa Starweld Britannia Heat Transfer Keller Bryant Stone Manganese Marine British Flowplant Kolfor Plant Stork Services Manufacturing Kwang-Youn-Gi Sub Marine Services Brown Brothers Engineering Sword (Aberdeen) Bureau Veritas Lisnave Temple Oil Seal Services Calvey Marine Lloyd Werf t Bremerhaven Terneuzen Port Services Cambiaso Risso Lloyd's Maritime Testbank Ship Repair Cammell Laird Information Services Thames Diesel Injection CARENA Lloyds Beal Parts Carlden Marine MacGREGOR Group The Skagerak Company Cascade General Malta Drydocks Thomas Gunn Navigation Cedervall & Soner MAN B&W Diesel Services China Shipbuilding Corp Marine Management TradeWinds (CSBC) Systems Turbo Technik Chidambaram Shipcare Marine Marketing Turbo UK Chris-Marine International Turkter Shipyard CNIC Metalock Industrial Turner & Hickman Conoship International Services Tuzla Shipyard Diesel Marine International MIL Davie Tyne Dock Engineering Dorbyl Marine Mivan Marine UE Systems Dry Air Technology MMC (Europe) UniThai Shipyard & Dufferin Boiler Descaling & Neorion Shipyards Engineering Cleaning Nico International Unitor Electrocatalytic Nicol and Andrew Van Brink Elgin Brown & Hamer Niehuis & Van den Berg Viktor Lenac Shipyard EBENederland Norshipco VT Blast Essex Governor Services Odessos Shiprepair Yard Wartsila NSD Furmanite International Oresundsvarvet Western Shiprepair Yard GC Ridley Paul Hammelmann Wilmot Marine Services G & G Technical Services Maschinenfabrik Wiselow Commercial Gdansk Shiprepair Yard Penzance Dry Dock Interiors Remontowa Pickup Bellows World Shipping Services CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SESSIONS IACS Recommendations on Bulk Carrier Safety Speakers: Bob Somerville, President, American Bureau of Shipping Robert Tustin, Chief Surveyor, Class Ship Structures Approval Group, Construction Services Department, Lloyd's Register Iver Langley, Manager, Ship Management Department, Furness Withy (Shipping) Ltd Panel Members: James Bell, Permanent Secretary, IACS Hamish Cubitt, Technical Director, Denholm Shipmanagement Legal Workshop Speakers: A panel of lawyers will address the recurring key questions on legal aspects of the shiprepair industry The panel will be headed by Alistair Mackie of Holman Fenwick & Willan Shiprepair from the owning and management viewpoint Speakers: Vaughan Griffith, Manager, Vessel Operations, Mobil Shipping John Dunne, Technical Director, Papachristidis John Alcindor, Fleet Technical Manager, P&O European Ferries Acomarit - Speaker to be announced Developments in the paints and corrosion industry Waterjetting - is it making progress? Hammelmann The effect of the new SOLAS regulations on ballast tanks and cargo holds Ole Borring-Soerensen, J C Hempel Marine Paints Surveys ISM Code - is sufficient progress being made? Speaker to be announced Marine Safety Agency Speaker to be announced Conversions Proposals for papers concerning current or future conversions of special interest are invited for consideration by the Secretariat Final Debate Main theme - Technical Superintendents (are there sufficient numbers available with the necessary qualifications?) FOR CONFERENCE OR EXHIBITION INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE SHIPREPAIR & CONVERSION SECRETARIAT: Fax: +44 1923 777206 Tel: +44 1923 776363 Circle 330 on Reader Service Card 99