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Bay Diesel & Generator Offers Training

Bay Diesel & Generator, in conjunction with Generac Power Systems, now hosts the Professional Development Seminar Series (PDSS) at its office on Granby Street in downtown Norfolk. The PDSS is a series of seminars for the engineering community based upon real world experiences to provide an understanding of generator capability, functionality, reliability and site-specific load requirements.

These 90-minute courses were developed for practicing design, sales and consulting engineers involved in supplying standby power to commercial, industrial, municipal and healthcare facilities. Each seminar, held every three weeks, is specifically designed to inform participants of current technologies, sizing, codes & standards, switching technologies and reliable design characteristics surrounding emergency power systems. Participants who successfully complete an individual course receive Continuing Education Units (CEU). In addition, Bay Diesel provides a breakfast at each seminar, turning the classroom into a social networking experience. Each class is taught by Rob Robins, Vice President of Sales for Bay Diesel. Mr. Robins is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is also a certified instructor through the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Bay Diesel & Generator is also a veteran-owned small business with offices in Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Richmond. The company specializes in diesel engine sales and repair for multiple national brands, parts sales, and generator sales, repair, and maintenance. The company is an Authorized Marine Dealer for Caterpillar through Carter Machinery and the regional distributor for Generac Power Systems generators.

Transas VTS Simulator Arrives in the UK

Transas VTS Simulator Arrives in the UK

Transas Marine (UK) Ltd and Blackpool and the Fylde College’s Fleetwood Nautical Campus have successfully added a VTS simulation suite to the Transas Navi-Trainer Professional Simulation centre.

The two Navi-Monitor workstations are able to monitor the developing traffic situation in any simulated exercise run on the main navigational bridges on site; a capability that is required for Fleetwood to deliver VTS Operator training to the IALA V103 standard. A projected visualization channel gives the view from the control tower and completes the full mission effect that this leading training establishment has always strived for.

This installation is a landmark for Transas as it is the first of its kind in the UK. Fleetwood is now one of only two British nautical schools to offer MCA accredited VTS operator training.

Fleetwood Nautical Campus is part of Blackpool and the Fylde College. The college has been designated as a National Beacon of Excellence and recently accredited for the Charter Mark in recognition of the excellent service it provides to all learners.

(www.transas.com)

Rig service

Rig service
Published: 06 March 2009 04:40 PM
Source: The Engineer Online

Global engineering and project management group, AMEC, has secured a contract for maintenance and services of BP’s Unity platform in the North Sea.

AMEC will provide management and technical resources to the platform over a period of four years.

The contract, which is already underway, includes planning, cost control and implementation of safety, health, environmental and quality management systems.

The Unity platform is located in Forties field, around 5km from the Apache-operated Forties Charlie platform and 170km east of Aberdeen.

The support team will be based in Aberdeen, with 20 people working on operations on the platform.

Sandy Clark, European operations director for AMEC's Natural Resources division, said: ‘We are delighted with this contract award from BP as we already have had a long and successful relationship with BP on the Forties Pipeline System.

‘Onshore, AMEC has supported the landline since 1995.

This additional offshore contract award enhances the strong working relationship AMEC has with BP and is recognition of our excellent safety record and 100 per cent system availability since 2001.

Having now secured the offshore element of the contract we will continue to deliver excellent service to support BP's North Sea business.'

CHIEF ENGINEER PLEADS GUILTY TO RECORD BOOK CHARGES

CHIEF ENGINEER PLEADS GUILTY TO RECORD BOOK CHARGES

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

THE former chief engineer on the Cypriot-flag chemical tanker Nautilus has, pleaded guilty today to using falsified records to conceal improper discharges of oil-contaminated bilge water

The US Justice Department says that Carmelo Oria, a Spanish citizen, faces up to 6 years imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.

An investigation began in March 2008, when US Coast Guard inspectors conducted an examination of the vessel, following the ship’s arrival in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, and subsequently in the Port of Boston. The Nautilus is operated by Spanish-based Consultores de Navegacion S.A. The USCG says that the inspections uncovered evidence that crew members aboard the ship had improperly handled and disposed of the ship’s oil-contaminated bilge water and falsified entries in the ship’s official oil record book to conceal these activities.

“Carmelo Oria ordered the ship’s crew members to bypass required environmental controls and pump oil-contaminated water from the ship’s bilge directly into the ocean. He then falsified the ship’s records in an attempt to conceal his actions,” said John Cruden, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. “As long as individuals and companies continue to bypass this nation’s environmental laws, the Justice Department will continue to bring cases and seek justice for those involved.”

ISO, IMSO Agree to Exchange Information on Maritime Safety, Navigation

ISO, IMSO Agree to Exchange Information on Maritime Safety, Navigation



The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) targeted at serving the interests of safety at sea, safe navigation and the promotion of safe and efficient maritime transport.

The two organizations agreed to establish and maintain cooperation plus to exchange information and documentation to keep each other fully informed of their activities and programs of work in fields of mutual interest.

These fields include maritime communications for maritime safety and efficiency of navigation.

IMSO said one of the factors that encouraged it to cooperate with ISO is the IMSO development of standards for various aspects of maritime security.

The MOU was approved at the Twentieth Session of the IMSO Assembly, which ended on Oct. 3, 2008.

Source: International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Maritime Communication

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International Maritime Organization

International Maritime Organization

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO), is a late 20th century creation. The Convention which established the IMCO was adopted in Geneva in 1948,[1] but it only came into force ten years later; and the new Organization met for the first time the following year in 1959. The IMCO name was changed to IMO in 1982.[2]

Headquartered in London, in the United Kingdom, the IMO is a specialized agency of the United Nations with 168 Member States and three Associate Members.[2] The IMO promotes cooperation among governments and the shipping industry to improve maritime safety and to prevent marine pollution. IMO is governed by an Assembly of members and is financially administered by a Council of members elected from the Assembly. The work of IMO is conducted through five committees and these are supported by technical subcommittees. Member organizations of the UN organizational family may observe the proceedings of the IMO. Observer status may be granted to qualified non-governmental organizations.

The IMO is supported by a permanent secretariat of employees who are representative of its members. The secretariat is composed of a Secretary-General who is periodically elected by the Assembly, and various divisions such as those for marine safety, environmental protection, and a conference section.

MO is the source of approximately 60 legal instruments that guide the regulatory development of its member states to improve safety at sea, facilitate trade among seafaring states and protect the maritime environment. The most well known is the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)

IMO Member States with year of joining


Albania 1993
Algeria 1963
Angola 1977
Antigua and Barbuda 1986
Argentina 1953
Australia 1952
Austria 1975
Azerbaijan 1995
Bahamas 1976
Bahrain 1976
Bangladesh 1976
Barbados 1970
Belgium 1951
Belize 1990
Benin 1980
Bolivia 1987
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993
Brazil 1963
Brunei Darussalam 1984
Bulgaria 1960
Cambodia 1961
Cameroon 1961
Canada 1948
Cape Verde 1976
Chile 1972
China 1973
Colombia 1974
Congo 1975
Cook Islands 2008
Costa Rica 1981
Côte d'Ivoire 1960
Croatia 1992
Cuba 1966
Cyprus 1973
Czech Republic 1993
Republic of Korea 1986
Republic of the Congo* 1973
Denmark 1959
Djibouti 1979
Dominica 1979
Dominican Republic 1953
Ecuador 1956
Egypt 1958
El Salvador 1981
Equatorial Guinea 1972
Eritrea 1993
Estonia 1992
Ethiopia 1975
Fiji 1983
Finland 1959
France 1952
Gabon 1976
Gambia 1979
Georgia 1993
Germany 1959
Ghana 1959
Greece 1958
Grenada 1998
Guatemala 1983
Guinea 1975
Guinea-Bissau 1977
Guyana 1980
Haiti 1953
Honduras 1954
Hungary 1970
Iceland 1960
India 1959
Indonesia 1961
Iran (Islamic Republic of)1958
Iraq 1973
Ireland 1951
Israel 1952
Italy 1957
Jamaica 1976
Japan 1958
Jordan 1973
Kazakhstan 1994
Kenya 1973
Kiribati 2003
Kuwait 1960
Latvia 1993
Lebanon 1966
Liberia 1959
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1970
Lithuania 1995
Luxembourg 1991
Madagascar 1961
Malawi 1989
Malaysia 1971
Maldives 1967
Malta 1966
Marshall Islands 1998
Mauritania 1961
Mauritius 1978
Mexico 1954
Moldova 2001
Monaco 1989
Mongolia 1996
Montenegro 2006
Morocco 1962
Mozambique 1979
Myanmar 1951
Namibia 1994
Nepal 1979
Netherlands 1949
New Zealand 1960
Nicaragua 1982
Nigeria 1962
Norway 1958
Oman 1974
Pakistan 1958
Panama 1958
Papua New Guinea 1976
Paraguay 1993
Peru 1968
Philippines 1964
Poland 1960
Portugal 1976
Qatar 1977
Republic of Korea 1962
Romania 1965
Russian Federation 1958
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2001
Saint Lucia 1980
Saint Vincent and the Grendines 1981
Samoa 1996
San Marino 2002
Saudi Arabia 1969
Senegal 1960
Serbia (Republic of) 2000
Seychelles 1978
Sierra Leone 1973
Singapore 1966
Slovakia 1993
Slovenia 1993
Solomon Islands 1988
Somalia 1978
South Africa 1995
Spain 1962
Sri Lanka 1972
Sudan 1974
Suriname 1976
Sweden 1959
Switzerland 1955
Syrian Arab Republic 1963
Thailand 1973
The former Yugoslav Republc of Macedonia 1993
Timor-Leste 2005
Togo 1983
Tonga 2000
Trinidad and Tobago 1965
Tunisia 1963
Turkey 1958
Turkmenistan 1993
Tuvalu 2004
Ukraine 1994
Union of Comoros 2001
United Arab Emirates 1980
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1949
United Republic of Tanzania 1974
United States of America 1950
Uruguay 1968
Vanuatu 1986
Venezuela 1975
Viet Nam 1984
Yemen 1979
Zimbabwe 2005

Associate Members:

Hong Kong, China 1967
Macao, China 1990
The Faroe Islands, Denmark 2002