Maritime Reporter, February 1996

<BODY> <div> capable of carrying all of the com- pany's petroleum orders in double hulls," said Tidewater official Ray Hickey. The terminal renovation is ex- pected to be completed June 1, well in advance of the state of Washington's Clean Air require- ments, which go into effect in the late summer. Installation of a three-bay service bottom load rack, a terminal automation system and a new administration building highlight the facility improve- ments. STN Atlas To Provide VTS To Bombay STN Atlas Elektronik has been awarded a contract by the Port of Bombay Trust, the supervisory authority for India's largest port, for design and installation of a pro- prietary Atlas 9730 radar-based vessel traffic management system (VTS), which is expected to com- mence service early in 1997. Providing extensive 24-hour monitoring and control of all cargo and oil terminal traffic within the main port area and channel approaches, the system will com- prise three strategically located Atlas X-band radar sites with dual transceivers and track processing facilities at Colaba, Jawahar Dweep and near the adjoining Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust con- trol center on the eastern side of the port. The sites will be various- ly connected to two main control centers using a combination of microwave and fiber optic links. The Bombay contract follows recent orders for similar STN Atlas Elektronik VTS systems from the Ports of Guangzhou and Yantai in mainland China, in projects sup- ported by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). For more information on STN Atlas Elektronik Circle 100 on Reader Service Card P&O Containers North America Plans Expansion P&O Containers North America is in the middle of an aggressive expansion project, which it says will double the size of the compa- ny's U.S. business by the end of 1998 with the introduction of a new trans-Pacific service. Since September 1995, P&O Containers North America has announced 31 new management positions in sales, customer ser- vice, pricing and intermodal opera- tions. Twenty-one were promo- tions from within the company's existing management ranks, and 10 were from outside — including one from outside the shipping industry altogether — all part of a plan to make the expansion a suc- cess with an increased emphasis February, 1996 on customer satisfaction. The company has even instituted what it calls a "customer-focused culture" called POSH, for the P&O Service Habit, which encourages company efforts directed toward building long-term relationships, and rewards employee efforts to that end. Christopher Rankin, president of P&O Containers North America, said the company was increasing its ability to react quickly to the marketplace. "As an industry, we can no longer afford to be looking at the business solely from the ocean carrier's viewpoint," he said. "P&O's global customers are inter- ested in vendors who understand supply chain management. They have new logistics and sourcing requirements and we see ourselves as an integral part of that supply chain." Circle 267 on Reader Service Card Kepphil Shipyard Delivers First Of Two Tankers Kepphil Shipyard Incorporated, a subsidiary of Keppel Philippines Holdings, Inc., recently completed and delivered its largest clean product tanker. 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