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Pittsburgh Meeting to be Webcast Live on June 3 via TVWorldwide.com’s
Maritime TV Channel
Positive Response from Past Meeting Webcasts Continues to
Drive Sponsorship for Web Coverage of Ship Operations Cooperative
Program (SOCP)Meetings at www.maritimetv.com
Webcast Sponsors Include MARAD,
Maersk Lines Ltd and Horizon Lines, LLC
NEWS
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ship Operations Cooperative Program
April 15, 2003 Contact: Patricia M. Randall, 202/366-4125
SOCP Meets in Pittsburgh, PA, June 3-4, 2003
The first day’s agenda will focus on Inland Water
Issues and conclude with Capt. Fink, USCG, providing an
update on MMD & MLD Reorganization; On the second day
the meeting will focus on discussions on the status and
direction of SOCP projects and initiatives.
The
Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) invites maritime
industry representatives to attend the SOCP's June 3-4,
2003, meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. On the first day of the
meeting hear presentations and a discussion panel with an
inland water focus. The first day will conclude with a presentation
from Captain Ernest Fink, USCG, who will provide an update
on the Merchant Mariner Documentation (MMD) & the Mariner
Licensing and Documentation (MLD) reorganization. Day two
of the meeting will focus on SOCP projects and initiatives,
and provide a forum to discuss their status and direction.
The SOCP Mariner Administrative Card Project, Ballast Water
Technology Testing Program and the ISO Third Party Audit
pool among others will be discussed. Full agenda and detailed
information regarding logistics and no-fee registration
can be viewed at www.socp.org.
If
you are interested in attending please contact Kim-Anh Rester
at your earliest by email at kim.rester@marad.dot.gov or
by voice at (202) 366-0364 to confirm your attendance; provide
your name, position title, organization, address, phone,
fax, and email address.
If
you can’t be present, join SOCP via live webcast starting
at 9:00 a.m. EST, Tuesday, June 3, 2003 at www.maritimetv.com.
SOCP also offers opportunities to be a webcast sponsor.
Contact Mr. Dave Gardy, TVWorldwide.com for additional sponsor
information or technical questions regarding the webcast
by phone at 703-961-9250 x221 or email at dgardy@tvworldwide.com.
SOCP
is private/public partnership formed in 1993 to share resources
and the application of technology to improve profitability,
ship safety, training, and quality of operations, equipment
reliability, productivity and competitiveness for its members.
All
maritime industry representatives are welcomed.
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