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Coasts and Oceans
Number 57
Australian Centre for Maritime Studies, April 1998
The Australian Maritime Digest is published monthly by the Australian Centre for Maritime Studies on behalf of the Kindred Maritime Organisations for the benefit of the Australian maritime community.
ADI Limited has proposed a major combat system enhancement rather than replacement, as the low risk, high performance solution to the estimated $1 billion upgrade of the Royal Australian Navy's six guided missile frigates (FFG).
A feature of ADI's proposal, submitted to the Department of Defence last month, is a substantially upgraded fire control system and its target indicating radar. The two vital elements of the combat system were designed by the ADI bid team to specifically meet the Navy's FFG performance requirements. The upgrade, centred on improving the FFG combat capability, is the biggest naval project since the minehunter contract won by ADI in 1994. A preferred tenderer is expected to be announced in the second half of this year.
ADI managing director, Mr Ken Harris, said the ADI solution would ensure that the Royal Australian Navy FFGs had unrivalled fighting capabilities for many years for ships of their size.
'There is no doubt that the gun and missile fire control system we have proposed for the FFG is superior to anything currently used by ships of similar size around the world,' he said. 'Importantly, as earlier versions of the system are being used by 63 ships from seven countries including the US, the RAN is assured of continuing interoperability and a wide base to underpin economical support for the remaining life of the FFGs. As well, there is a potential export market for our enhanced system.'
Mr Harris said highly experienced systems management was essential to the success of the upgrade. [continued on page 5]
The Federal Government has announced reforms to the administration of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) which it says will result in a more efficient and effective organisation.
Environment Minister, Senator Robert Hill, has confirmed that GBRMPA will remain a Commonwealth authority based in Townsville. Effective protection and management of one of Australia's greatest natural assets was among the Government's top priorities. To this end the Government aimed to produce an organisation with a greater focus on outcomes, and which was more responsive to all stakeholders.
The Authority will rationalise its consultative processes so that it is more responsive to the needs of the community and key stakeholders including tourist operators, the fishing industry, and indigenous groups.
It has adopted a new administrative structure based upon four critical issue groups reflecting the key challenges in protecting and managing the Great Barrier Reef:
A streamlined senior management team will provide leadership and will ensure strategic co-ordination across these critical issues.
The administrative reforms to be implemented by GBRMPA will help deliver savings of $1.2 million each year. These savings will offset the fall in revenue to the Authority resulting from the reduction in the EMC from $6 to $4.
In 1997-98, the savings of $1.2 million will be met through utilising the Authority's existing reserves. There will be no impact on staffing levels.
In 1998-99, the savings will be met through:
The Authority will be preparing a strategic plan to guide its activities over the next five years. This plan is to be released for public comment later. A key element in this plan will be a document setting out the major information needs to be addressed through monitoring activities and the purchase of research services.
For further information contact Matt Brown (Senator Hill's office), phone 0419 693515 or (02) 6277 7640.
Audit Report on Reef Authority
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has made a number of recommendations aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Commonwealth's management of the Great Barrier Reef.
The ANAO concluded that:
While there are features of the Authority's systems and procedures which limit its efficiency, the Authority has identified, and is taking steps to address, these limitations through an extensive review process.
The ANAO made recommendations to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority seeking to:
Objectives and scope of the audit
The objective of the audit was to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the Commonwealth's management of the Great Barrier Reef as implemented by the Authority with particular emphasis on issues related to the Authority's:
Field work for this audit was conducted between October 1996 and July 1997, and included examination of records and interviews at the Authority's Townsville and Canberra offices and at the QDoE office in Brisbane.
The Federal Government has stepped up its efforts to save the world's whale populations by listing two new species under Australia's endangered species legislation.
The Sei Whale and Fin Whale are now registered as nationally vulnerable species.
Former Ambassador for the Environment, Mr Howard Bamsey, has been appointed Australia's new Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission and will lead Australia's push at the IWC for a global whale sanctuary - a mechanism designed to bring about a permanent ban on commercial whaling.
The listing of the Sei and Fin Whales means the whales cannot be killed, traded, or moved. It also requires the Commonwealth to develop recovery plans for both species.
Advice from the Endangered Species Scientific Subcommittee confirms the need to act now to protect the Sei Whale and Fin Whale. Australia's populations of the Sei Whale have declined by 75 per cent in the past 40 years alone, and there are estimated to be only 25,000 of this species of whale remaining.
Populations of the Fin Whale have seen an even greater decline in numbers which were originally estimated at 500,000 prior to the 1960s and have been depleted to a mere 25,000.
Twenty-three species of whales occur in the oceans around Australia, all of which need to be monitored.
In conjunction with the listing of the Sei Whale and the Fin Whale the Government announced that the Humpback Whale will be moved from endangered to vulnerable.
Scientific evidence shows that Australia's humpback populations are steadily increasing by about 10 per cent each year.
Australia's efforts to conserve its own whales strengthen Australia's initiative to establish a global whale sanctuary. Only two whale species now remain listed as endangered, the Blue Whale and the Southern Right Whale.
For further information contact Matt Brown (Senator Hill's office), phone 0419 693515 or (02) 6277 7640, or Alex Rankin (Environment Australia), phone (02) 6250 0280.
Efforts to rid Port Phillip Bay of northern Pacific seastars will be stepped up following the allocation of $25,000 from the Federal Government's Natural Heritage Trust.
The Commonwealth and Victorian Governments are combining resources and expertise to counter this major threat to the Port Phillip Bay marine environment.
The funding boost reflects the seriousness of the threat posed by the northern Pacific seastar. Once established, the northern Pacific seastar can multiply rapidly and consume and destroy surrounding marine life, particularity shellfish, creating an underwater wasteland.
The new funding will assist the Victorian Government to conduct a comprehensive seastar survey and removal program in Port Phillip Bay. It will also support a public awareness campaign to encourage community involvement in detecting the invading seastars.
Over the next four months the program, involving scientific experts supported by community divers, will assess the extent and impact of the seastar incursion and remove seastars before they have the chance to spread and take over.
Shortly after the first seastars were detected, the Victorian Government took the first step to control the spread of this pest by conducting an exotic pest survey of Port Phillip Bay.
So far only a small number of juvenile seastars have been located in Port Phillip Bay. With the early action taken by the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments there is hope that the pest can be controlled and possibly eliminated before it does permanent damage.
Cooperative national arrangements for this emergency incursion response system have been developed between Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory Governments, the CSIRO, industry and community groups.
The Commonwealth funding comes from the Introduced Marine Pests Program of Coasts and Clean Seas, a key component of the Natural Heritage Trust.
For further information contact Matt Brown (Senator Hill's office), phone 0419 693515 or (02) 6277 7640.
The Royal Australian Navy has successfully apprehended another foreign fishing vessel in Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around remote Heard and McDonald Islands in the Southern Ocean.
With personnel deployed on operations to Papua New Guinea, Bougainville and the Gulf, the Defence Force was still deterring illegal activities in the Southern Ocean and enforcing Australia's sovereignty in the area.
The guided missile frigate HMAS NEWCASTLE apprehended a foreign fishing vessel, the Big Star, on 21 February fishing in the EEZ surrounding the Islands. The boat was registered in Honduras and was previously arrested by the French Navy around Kerguelan Island in January.
This latest operation sends another strong message to foreign fishing operators to halt the illegal poaching of the Patagonian Toothfish from Australian waters.
The Navy joined the Australian Fisheries Management Authority in this operation to protect the long-term viability of this fisheries resource.
The ability of the Navy to conduct such a successful operation in extremely severe weather conditions including sub-antarctic temperatures, high seas, rough winds and low visibility is testament to the high standards of training, as well as the calibre of our Naval personnel, Defence Minister, Mr Ian McLachlan, said.
With a crew of 38, the 60 metre fishing vessel has been escorted back to Fremantle.
Australia would continue its sovereignty protection activities around the Heard and McDonald Islands, the Minister said.
For further information contact Jim Bonner (Minister's office), phone 0419 438490, or Mignon Patterson (Department), phone (02) 6265 5170 or 0412 254399.
The Honduran fishing vessel Big Star, recently apprehended in Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone was allegedly fishing for the highly-prized Patagonian Toothfish.
Senator Ian MacDonald, Parliamentary Secretary for both the Antarctic and the Environment, said that illegal fishing threatens the environmental values of the Australian sub-Antarctic Territory.
Illegal fishing had the potential to greatly harm not only fish stocks in the area, but also threatened the environmental values of Heard and McDonald Islands which were included on the World Heritage List only late last year.
The apprehension of the vessel was a positive step towards ensuring the long term preservation of the environment in the Southern Ocean.
There were several avenues open to do this. One was the use of direct means, like the recent effort by the Royal Australian Navy. Another was through the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
Australia currently licenses two Australian companies to fish in this zone under strict environmental guidelines.
The Patagonian Toothfish and mackerel icefish were the main targets for illegal fishing. Both are considered a lucrative resource with ready markets in Japan, South East Asia and the United States.
For further information phone (02) 6277 3685 (Senator MacDonald's office).
The negotiations between Australia, Japan, and New Zealand on southern bluefin tuna (SBT) adjourned again in late February without setting a quota for 1998.
The three countries are the founding members of the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT), an international organisation that sets a total allowable catch and national allocations for its member countries.
In 1997, the total allowable catch (TAC) of SBT was 11,750 tonnes. A total of 5265 tonnes were allocated to Australia, 6065 tonnes to Japan, and 420 tonnes to New Zealand.
The Minister for Resources and Energy, Senator Parer, said he was extremely disappointed that no agreement could be reached on the SBT quotas for this year.
Japan has continued to press for a 3000 tonne increase in the global total allowable catch, as well as a 2010 tonne unilateral experimental fishing program above and beyond its current quota. Japan announced at the meeting that it was preparing to start experimental fishing in June.
Australia has said it cannot accept Japan's position. Our fisheries scientists believe that the stock is severely depleted, and that the proposed catch increase is unsustainable. In addition, the proposed experimental fishing program has major flaws, relating to its statistical validity, underlying logic, and scientific merit.
It was a matter of regret that Japan seemed determined to pursue an experimental fishing program while there was an agreed process of scientific review under way. Australia hoped that the process of scientific review would help narrow the differences about the future of the stock, and provide a sounder scientific basis to determine the TAC.
Australia would continue the process of negotiation with Japan and New Zealand.
Senator Parer said he would personally contact the Japanese Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Mr Shimamura, to see if the issue could be resolved at ministerial level.
He reiterated that the Australian Government would not be in a position to renew the Australia-Japan bilateral fishing agreement until the CCSBT has set agreed quotas. Japanese fishing vessels would not be allowed to operate in Australia's exclusive economic zone until that time.
Australia and Japan have negotiated annual fishing agreements since 1979. The last agreement, which expired in October 1997, allowed Japanese tuna longliners to operate in our waters under strict management controls, in return for an access fee of $3.4 million.
Southern bluefin tuna is a highly migratory fish that spawns in the Indian Ocean. The Australia SBT industry is valued at about $100 million per year.
For further information contact Bill McKinley (Senator Parer's office), phone (02) 6277 7440 or 0419 607487. Internet http://www.dpie.gov.au/dpie/pr/ media_releases/parer/index.html.
The recently-opened Australian Fisheries Academy will be a key provider of fishing industry training, Federal Resources Minister, Senator Parer, said recently.
Opening the Academy in Adelaide, in conjunction with the South Australian Government, he said today's fishing industry was increasingly market driven. A growing number of companies were focusing on post-harvest processing and quality management to ensure that their product reached their customers in the best possible condition.
The industry's new direction meant that companies increasingly needed well-trained employees.
The Australian Fisheries Academy has developed from the South Australian Fishing and Seafood Industry Skills Centre, which has almost 7000 graduates.
The Academy's courses will eventually cover all aspects of the industry, from the catching sector through to seafood retailing.
For further information contact Bill McKinley (Senator Parer's office), phone 0419 607487, or Lara Damiani (Fisheries Academy), phone 0411 628895. Internet www.dpie.gov.au/dpie/pr/media_releases/parer/index.html.
The Federal and Northern Territory Governments have announced the names of the successful bidders for seven new petroleum exploration permits in the Timor Sea.
During the next six years, an estimated $88 million will be spent on exploration in these areas including at least 13 exploration wells. Four areas in the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands are in the general vicinity of the existing Jabiru and Challis oil producing fields. Three areas off the coast of the Northern Territory are to the south-east of the Australia-Indonesia Timor Gap Zone of Co-operation which has seen a number of new oil and gas discoveries in recent years and highlights the potential for these new permits.
There was keen interest shown in these blocks with competitive bids being received for each of the seven areas.
Permits are being awarded to the following consortia and companies:
| Area NT97-1 | to a consortium led by Santos Offshore Pty Ltd |
|---|---|
| Area NT97-2 | to a consortium led by Shell Development (Australia) Proprietary Limited |
| Area NT97-3 | to a consortium led by Oryx NW Shelf Australia Energy Pty Limited |
| Area AC97-1 | to a consortium led by Cultus Timor Sea Ltd |
| Area AC97-2 | to Flare Petroleum NL |
| Area AC97-3 | to a consortium led by Mosaic Oil NL |
| Area AC97-4 | to a consortium led by ARC Energy NL |
The continuing high level of interest in Australian exploration acreage came at a time of high competition around the world to attract exploration investment.
Both Governments commented on the high degree of interest in the areas on offer and that the areas attracted bids from a wide range of companies both foreign and Australian. The diversity of companies successful in this bidding round should bring new exploration ideas to the region and this augured well for the next phase of exploration.
For further information contact David Whitrow (Senator Parer's office), phone (02) 6277 7440, Geoff Furnell (DPIE), phone (02) 62724695, or Eric Nunn (NT Department of Mines and Energy), phone (08) 8999 5460. Internet www.dpie.gov.au/dpie/pr/media_releases/parer/index.html
Figures released by the Bureau of Resource Sciences (BRS) show the past year was one of the most successful for offshore and onshore oil and gas exploration in Australia.
The petroleum industry made a record number of oil and gas discoveries and achieved a record level of seismic survey activity and the second highest level of offshore exploration drilling.
During 1997 important petroleum discoveries off North West Australia resulted from increased exploration activity particularly in the Browse and Carnarvon Basins and in the Timor Sea area at Cornea, Athena, Keast, Woollybutt, Hingkip, Kelp Deep, Sunset and Tenacious.
The Cornea discovery, made in early 1997, resulted in strong exploration interest in that region of the Browse Basin. This will lead to additional new field wildcat drilling in the area this year.
The record number of discoveries follows recent and present record levels of seismic acquisition and the continuing high level of offshore exploration drilling - now at its second highest level ever recorded.
The high level of seismic survey acquisition and re-processing of older data by companies particularly in newly released acreage and in new areas considered for release by the Government will probably result in higher levels of exploration drilling and possible further discoveries.
Onshore exploration drilling also continued to increase in 1997 encouraged by the continuing number of small but important oil and gas discoveries in the Cooper, Eromanga, Bowen, Surat, Otway and other basins around Australia.
BRS, a scientific bureau within the Commonwealth Department of Primary Industries and Energy, compiles national petroleum information and statistics quarterly.
For further information: Dr Paul Williamson (BRS), phone (02) 6272 5342, Eugene Petrie (BRS), phone (02) 6272 483, or Bob Baudino (Senator Parer's office), phone 0419 438818.
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ADI, Australia's major defence company, was bidding as prime contractor with two teaming partners - Lockheed Martin as combat system design and integration subcontractor and Gibbs & Cox as platform design and integration subcontractor.
The on-schedule, within-budget progress of the $1 billion Huon Class minehunter construction program underlined ADI's track record in project and quality management, systems integration, development of sophisticated electronic systems and technology transfer.
Its software management included the highly successful development, supply and installation of a new air defence system for the Five Powers Defence Arrangement and the supply of its command support systems to all major defence headquarters in Australia.
Lockheed Martin had developed, manufactured, installed and tested at sea some 70 FFG-7 combat systems. Gibbs & Cox, US naval architects and marine engineers, was the US Navy's surface combatant ship designer and the designer of the FFG-7 class worldwide.
ADI's warship modernisation credentials would be further strengthened by Lockheed Martin's success in software and systems development and integration, particularly with the proposed fire control system. Similarly, the extensive design experience of Gibbs & Cox would provide further assurance in critical ship engineering aspects such as weight and moment management.
ADI would also have Thomson Marconi Sonar as the underwater warfare integration subcontractor, making an exceptionally strong team for the upgrade.
ADI was proposing the Mk 92 Mod 12 fire control system for the Navy's FFGs.
Developed by the bid team, it is markedly superior to the existing Mk 92 Mod 2 system which has been in continuous RAN service since the early eighties. As it is an enhancement of the Mk 92 Mod 6 fire control system currently aboard the US Navy's most modern FFGs, it is seen as a low risk development.
ADI says the Mk 92 Mod 12 system delivers quantum improvements in reliability, maintainability, availability and performance. Costly, hard-to-maintain equipment in the existing system has been replaced with modern, reliable hardware. Performance improvements have been designed in to ensure earliest detection and tracking of stealth size targets under stressing environmental conditions.
ADI's proposal also provides for:
Mr Harris said that as with the minehunter bid, the ADI team was well advanced in its planning for the upgrade, with a dedicated project team established three years ago and infrastructure in place.
The quality and quantity of Australian industry involvement would be maximised and additionally ADI and Lockheed Martin had committed to exploring sales of the Mk 92 Mod 12 system to navies using less advanced variants.
For more information contact Leigh Funston (General Manager, Corporate Relations, ADI Limited), phone (02) 9365 9334 or 0414 866697.
The Federal Government has signed a contract worth about $80 million with Kongsborg Defence and Aerospace AS of Norway to provide Penguin air-to-surface missiles for the Super Seasprite helicopters being acquired for the Royal Australian Navy's ANZAC class frigates.
The Penguin missile, with a range of more than 30 kms, will significantly enhance the helicopter's overall offensive capability, as well as providing long range protection for the helicopter's parent ANZAC ship.
The missile is also in service with the United States and Hellenic Navies, as well as the Norwegian, Swedish and Turkish Defence Forces.
The Minister for Defence, Mr Ian McLachlan, said acquisition of the Penguin missiles demonstrated the Government's commitment to ensuring the Australian Defence Force was equipped to exercise sea control of Australia's maritime approaches and other areas of interest.
He said he was pleased that Australian industry, and in particular ADI Ltd, would be involved in the program through development of an Australian in-country munitions production capability.
ADI will provide the warhead for the Penguin missile, and its involvement in the program will open the prospect of meeting other ADF and international weapon requirements, he said.
The Penguin missiles are planned to be available when the Super Seasprite Helicopters are introduced into service early in the next century, and the delivery of all the missiles is expected to be complete by early 2002.
For further information contact Jim Bonner (Minister's office), phone 0419 438490, or Captain Brian Rowe, RAN, phone (02) 6266 4980 or 0149 243592.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has begun operating the Omega navigation station at Woodside in Victoria for the Royal Australian Navy.
This follows the decision in late 1997 to close down simultaneously the eight Omega stations operating throughout the world. The system has been superseded by the greater accuracy provided by Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites.
The Navy has acquired the Woodside station, near Sale, for use as a Very Low Frequency (VLF) communications station for its submarines.
VLF transmissions are particularly suited to communicating with submerged submarines. Three full-time and several part-time AMSA staff will be employed in maintaining and operating the transmitter and its antenna under the direction of Navy's Maritime Headquarters in Sydney.
Appointments have been made and staff are working to overhaul and set up the existing equipment ready for the installation of new transmission equipment. The test operation and commissioning of the new equipment is planned for April/May 1998.
The Omega system was developed by the US Coast Guard in 1971 to provide navigation positions to ships and aircraft around the world. The Australian station was the last of the eight to go into service, in 1982, and operated continuously until 30 September 1997.
The Australian station antenna of high tensile steel lattice configuration and of four metre equilateral triangular cross section remains, at 427 metres, the fourth tallest man-made structure in the world. The outer guy wires are anchored on a 1.6 kilometre diameter circle.
Meanwhile the US Coast Guard has bestowed upon AMSA a Public Service Commendation in recognition of its role in the operation of the Omega Navigation System.
Article reproduced from AMSA's Safety Aboard publication, 1998 Summer edition.
The Australian Labor Party has pledged to stand by its commitment to order two new Collins Class submarines if elected to government.
Shadow Defence Minister, Mr Arch Bevis, urged the Federal Government to announce where it stands on the issue. He said the decision was now urgent and that the Government's 'delays and procrastination' were now putting pressure on the costs of the subs.
It was much cheaper to order them while the total skilled workforce was in place. Work on existing subs was reaching a point where some of those skills would be lost, leading to a need to retrain or import the skills - all at extra cost.
'In July 1996, Kim Beazley and I said that subs 7 & 8 were necessary because of their unique and critical contribution to our nation's security. They also contribute to a stronger indigenous defence and heavy engineering industry - so important to our self reliance as an island continent with long supply lines. And of course they are especially important for jobs and economic growth for South Australia,' Mr Bevis said.
It was now time for the Howard Government to 'demonstrate some leadership and make its decision.'
For further information contact John Crawford, phone 0419 685789 or (02) 6277 4505.
The RAAF is to be equipped with a new Advanced Flight Simulator for its P3C Orion long-range maritime patrol aircraft based at Edinburgh in South Australia.
The Federal Government has announced that FlightSafety International had been selected as the preferred supplier of a new simulator to replace the existing 14-year-old flight trainer at Edinburgh.
The old trainer was no longer economical to operate and the new simulator would mirror the updated P3 Orions coming on line in a few years.
The new simulator uses leading edge simulation technologies to achieve the highest level of realism. Once commissioned, it will allow flight training activities currently done on the aircraft to be done safely on the ground. Apart from providing more cost effective flight training it will also reduce the flying hours on the Orion fleet thus extending the life-span of the aircraft.
About half of the contract value would go to Australian companies. The local content will consist of software and system design, assembly, system integration, as well as testing and support in the operation and maintenance of the simulator.
British Aerospace Australia, based in Salisbury, South Australia, and Adacel, based in Brighton, Victoria, were also expected to participate as sub-contractors.
The new simulator is expected to be ready in 2000 as the upgraded Orions come on line.
For further information contact Jim Bonner (Minister's office), phone 0419 438490, or Wing Commander Geoff Northam (Department), phone (02) 6266 1898.
The Royal Australian Navy's Hydrographic Service has established a strong international reputation and is one of the 'quiet achievers' of our modern Navy.
Under a variety of international agreements, Australia currently has the charting responsibility for an area of around 40 million square kilometres of seas and oceans.
The area includes Papua New Guinea and extends from the mid-Indian Ocean to mid-Tasman Sea and from Antarctica to north of PNG.
The mammoth task of surveying Australian and Papua New Guinea waters includes surveying 30,000 km of coastline to enable safe navigation for all mariners using Australian waters.
This has resulted in new, shorter and safer shipping routes being opened up, improved protection of fishing, shipping and tourism industries and prevention of major environmental disasters, as well as increased safety for deep-diving submarines.
The RAN Hydrographic Service:
The RAN Hydrographic Service is at the forefront of technological innovation with:
Hydroscheme promulgates the RAN Hydrographic Service's program of surveying and charting for a three-year period, and is endorsed by the Geographic Requirements Committee.
The surveying program is developed following consultation with national and international defence, commercial and environmental authorities, including various maritime organisations.
Under a Memorandum of Understanding, Australia is responsible for surveying and charting in PNG. The PNG Hydrographer inputs requirements on behalf of his nation to Hydroscheme and endorses any other proposals for surveys.
For further information contact Commodore Willis (Hydrographer RAN), phone
Conferences and Seminars
16-17 April 1998
'The Directions of GPS': the 1998 GPS Lecture Series
Sydney
Topics include: Technological Challenges for RTK Positioning; GPS-GLONASS Surveying; The Challenges of Ambiguity Resolution for Medium and Long-Range Positioning; Introduction to Quality Control Algorithms for GPS Positioning; Probability and Covariance Characteristics of GPS Input and Output Data; Implementation Aspects of the DIA Procedure.
Registration forms and further information: School of Geomatic Engineering, The University of NSW, Sydney NSW 2052, phone (02) 9385 4182, fax (02) 9313 7493, e-mail c.rizos@unsw.edu.au
18-19 May 1998
Conference: 'Oceans, Governance and Maritime Strategy'
Canberra
Jointly sponsored by the RAN Maritime Studies Program and the Centre for Maritime Policy , University of Wollongong.
Contact: Commander Dick Sherwood, Maritime Studies Program, Department of Defence, Canberra, phone (02) 6266 6114.
15-16 June
Workshop: 'Wise up to Ekranoplan GEMs'
University of NSW, Sydney
Organised and sponsored by the Institute of Marine Engineers (Sydney Branch), the University of NSW (Department of Naval Architecture) and Australian Maritime Engineering CRC Ltd.
Contact: L.J. Prandolini, Hon. Secretary, Sydney Branch, IMarE, 58 Melba Drive, East Ryde NSW 2113, phone (02) 9878 1914, fax (02) 9878 4669, e-mail sbimare@msn.com.
18-20 August 1998
Spillcon '98 - 7th International Oil Spill Conference: 'Oil Spills: Causes and Cures'
Cairns Convention Centre
Organised by the Australian Institute of Petroleum Ltd (AIP) and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). Endorsed by International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA), International Maritime Organization (IMO), Maritime Safety Authority of New Zealand (MSANZ).
The conference will cover the following themes: Causes and Prevention; Preparedness; Response Management; Post Spill Issues of Recent Incidents; Case Studies; Public Perception. An on-water demonstration of the latest in oil spill response equipment will be held.
Contact: Conference Secretariat, c/- The Meeting Planners, 108 Church Street, Hawthorn VIC 3122, phone (03) 9819 3700, fax (03) 9819 5978, e-mail spillcon@meetingplanners.com.au.
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