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People & Company News International gppgMk —— Maritime Training International Maritime Training Inc. Presents U.S.C.G. COURSES Basic S.T.C.W. '95 Safety Training Bridge Resource Management G.M.D.S.S. Radar A.R.P.A. 500 & 1600 Ton Prep. Immediate Reservations Available At the Ft. Lauderdale Facility Call (954) 779-7764 Or Email: info@imtfl.com Circle 222 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com MARITIME PHOTOGRAPHY Walter Garschagen specializes in maritime and industri- al photography, and travels worldwide photographing vessels and operations for the maritime industry. For information on assignment work or stock images for your next advertisement, contact him at: Walter Garschagen Photography 22 Division Street Cold Spring. New York 10516 (800) 333 - 8385 WWW.GARSCHAGEN.COM Circle 253 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com NASSCO Lays Keel On First Of Two Trailerships For TOTE Robert R McGee (at left), president and CEO of Totem Trailer Ocean Express (TOTE), and Richard Vortmann, president of NASSCO, at the keel laying ceremony for Midnight Sun, the first of two ORCA-class RoRo trailerships being built for TOTE's Tacoma to Anchorage service. The vessels, which will feature the latest in envi- ronmental protection technology, are scheduled for delivery in October 2002 and April 2003. Circle 19 on Reader Service Card www.maritimereporterinfo.com V. Ships To Manage Seven Primorsk Ships Primorsk Shipping Corporation of Nakhodka, the Russian-based shipowner and operator has appointed V.Ships. Singapore as technical manag- er to seven crude/product and product/chemical carriers. Stolt-Nielsen, Vopak And John T. Essberger Combine European Chem Tanker Fleets Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen S.A.; Vopak Chemical Tankers B.V.: and John T. Ess- berger GmbH & Co, subject to regulatory approval by the European commission, intend to establish a joint venture to combine their respective European chemical tanker coastal fleets commencing December 1, 2001 under the name of Vopak Ess- berger Stolt ChemPool. SNTG's European chemical tanker fleet has operated under the name of Stolt-Nielsen Inter European Service (SNIES) and comprises 11 chemical tankers totaling 56.000 dwt. Since July 2000, Vopak Chemical Tankers B.V. and John T. Essberger GmbH & Co have operated under the name Vopak Essberger ChemPool, and consist of 24 chemical tankers totaling close to 96.000 dwt. With the addition of the SNIES fleet, the Vopak Essberger Stolt ChemPool fleet will comprise 35 modern double hull chemical tankers with a total capacity of approximately 150,000 dwt. The new combined fleet will be managed from ChemPool offices located in Hamburg, Germany and Dordrecht, the Netherlands. SNIES will trans- fer its marketing and operational personnel to Hamburg and Dordrecht. Ensolve Earns Type Approval EnSolve Biosystems has received U.S. Coast Guard and International Maritime Organization (IMO) type approval for its new PetroLiminator® 100 Oil Water Separator. The PetroLiminator 100 uses a patented biotechnology process to remove oil and other hydrocarbon wastes from ships' bilge water, so it can be safely discharged overboard in environmentally sensitive waters. The system contains safe, non-pathogenic bacteria that actual- ly "eat" the oil, grease, transmission fluid and other hydrocarbons in the bilge water. The U.S. Coast Guard type approval certifies that the system meets U.S. and international clean- water regulatory standards for overboard dis- charge. "The PetroLiminator 100 type approval tests revealed that the highest oil concentration in the effluent was 1.36 parts per million (ppm), well below the 15 ppm level required for legal dis- charge," said Dr. Jason Caplan, president of EnSolve Biosystems. Circle 56 on Reader Service Card www.maritimereporterinfo.com Gladding-Hearn Gets Pilot Boat Orders Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding is building a new class of pilot boats. The Virginia, Maryland, and Tampa pilots will be the first to operate the ship- yard's new Chesapeake class of 53-ft. (16.1-m) launches. The first two boats will be delivered to the Vir- ginia Pilot Boat Corporation and Association of Maryland Pilots next October. The Tampa Pilots' boat and a sister ship for the Maryland pilots will be delivered in 2003. The Chesapeake class repre- sents some subtle changes to the hull of the ship- yard's popular "St. Johns" class of pilot boats, said Winn Willard of C. Raymond Hunt Associates, the designer. The new all-aluminum boat measures approxi- mately 52.5 ft. (16 m), with a 17-ft. (5.1-m) beam and a 4.8-ft. (1.4 m) draft. It is six inches longer, and wider on deck than the St. Johns class. Circle 57 on Reader Service Card www.maritimereporterinfo.com ABS Announces Executive Appointments The ABS Board of Directors announces execu- tive appointments. Effective January 1, 2002 the following staff will assume new leadership posi- tions: Robert J. Bauerle, Senior Vice President & CFO: Gary A. Latin, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer; Dr. Donald Liu, Exec- utive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer; and Vincent F. Roth, Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff; ABS promoted James C. Card to Senior Vice President, Technology. Card will assume the overall management responsibilities of ABS' global technology and research team. The Board also approved the election of William J. Sember to a new corporate officer position of Vice President. Offshore Development. Sember is currently serving as Vice President Technology & Business Development, ABS Europe. He will relocate to ABS Worldwide Head- quarters in Houston,Texas. 44 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News
