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Tuesday, August 15
2000
NASSCO and machinists
reach agreement
According to the San Diego Daily Transcript, National
Steel and Shipbuilding Co. and the International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have reached tentative
agreement on a new seven-year labor contract . Reportedly, the
deal, which is subject to a ratification vote nexrt week, would
extend NASSCO's profit sharing plan for machinists through 2007.
Negotiations with five unions representing other NASSCOworkers
commenced last month.
New CFO for Tidewater
Tidewater Inc. announced today that Ken C. Tamblyn, its executive
vice president and chief financial officer will retire effective
August 31, 2000, for personal and family reasons.
Succeeding Tamblyn as Tidewater's chief
financial officer is J. Keith Lousteau, a senior vice president
and the company's treasurer. He has been with Tidewater for 23
years
Tidewater also announced the promotion
of Joseph M. Bennett, the company controller, to the additional
position of vice-president.
Offshore jacking systems alliance
OSL Offshore Systems & Deck Machinery, LLC has announced
a business alliance with Philadelphia Gear Corporation to
manufacture and supply turnkey rack and pinion electric driven
jacking systems for offshore drilling and production rigs.
Offshore Systems & Deck Machinery,
LLC is a Dallas, Texas-based company owned one-third each by
The Oilgear Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Superior Fabricators,
Inc. of Baldwin, Louisiana; and Lantec Industries of Langley,
British Columbia.
The designs developed by the partners use
proven technology that is claimed to be technically superior
to any system available today. The system continuously monitors
the operational state of each of the pinions as well as the overall
system in real time.
It is designed to meet all the latest certification requirements
ie ABS, DNV, LR etc, while reducing the total installed cost
of the system as compared to previous technology.OSL
Doug Hines, OSL president, said: "By
combining our new load sharing electric drive subsystem with
the large capacity pre-design mechanical gear equipment of Philadelphia
Gear we bring to the industry a capability that has not yet been
available."
"Our new 1000 kip per pinion system."
he continued "will offer an alternative to the older designs
of jacking systems that have not made improvements in the last
10-15 years. This becomes even more important with the addition
of loads for combination drilling / production type jacking rig
designs."
Celebrity ships get LR "green"
notation
Celebrity Cruises' 76,000gt sisterships
Galaxy and Mercury, and 70,000gt Century
are the first vessels to be awarded the Lloyd's Register (LR)
Environmental Protection descriptive note.
The notation recognizes Celebrity Cruises'
compliance with LR's Provisional Rules for Environmental Protection
and confirms Celebrity's commitment to ensure its ships operate
to a high environmental standard.
At a presentation attended by senior executives
from Celebrity Cruises and LR, John Stansfeld, president of Lloyd's
Register Americas, Inc., congratulated the company on being the
first to achieve this standard for three of its existing vessels
and on its foresight in pursuing environmental certification
for its entire cruise ship fleet.
To achieve this award, all vessels underwent
a comprehensive process of plan appraisal and survey and audit
to demonstrate compliance with requirements for:
- NOx and SOx emission levels
- ozone depleting refrigerant gases and
fire fighting agents
- oil pollution prevention
- sewage treatment
- hull anti-fouling systems
- ballast water.
In addition to the core requirements, Celebrity
opted to satisfy the enhanced requirements for anti-fouling systems
and accordingly, the supplementary character, A, has been assigned
to both Century and Galaxy in recognition of their
use of tin free anti-fouling coatings.
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