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July 2003 - NC Marine TradeWinds Newsletter
SBTDC NC Marine Trades Services
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North Carolina Topics
· New NC Marine Trades Specialist – Jack Morrow
· ICW Dredging Problems? Share Your Concerns in Wilmington on July 30th
· BIG (Boating Infrastructure Grants) – New Round of Available Money
· Recreational Boating Concerns re USCG Rules on Maritime Security
· 2003 – 2004 NC Coastal Boating Guide Delayed – Should be Available at our IBEX-U Booth
· NC Company to Build Compact, Lightweight, High HP Marine Diesel Engine
· Hatteras Honored for Safety Record by NC OSHA and Brunswick Officials
· TAMPCO Stainless Steel Gains County and Town Incentives for Move
· OSHA - Boat Building Concerns: “Fall Protection” and “Personal Protective Equipment"
· Fuel Spills – Train Your Employees
New
NC Marine Trades Specialist – Jack Morrow
Jack Morrow has recently joined the NC Marine Trades Services and is based out of our UNCW office. He is a veteran business consultant with over 30 years of experience with corporations and growth companies, providing accounting, financial, and general management services. Jack is a CPA with a proven record raising debt and equity funding, “turn-around” business consulting, and a wide range of business management and assessment experience. He will be helping our marine businesses with marketing audits, strategic needs assessments, and strategic operations assessments. North Carolina marine business owners and managers can contact him at (910) 962-3351 or JMorrow@SBTDC.org.
ICW
Dredging Problems? Share Your
Concerns in Wilmington on July 30th
A
meeting July 30 in Wilmington NC, from
9:00-12:00 am, at the downtown Wilmington Hilton will allow participants to
voice concerns and have questions answered. Representatives from the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Coast Guard have been invited to speak and
answer questions. Sponsors are BoatU.S., Atlantic Intercostals Waterway
Association (AIWA), SBTDC Marine Trades Services, NC Sea Grant, and the North
Carolina Shore & Beach Preservation Association.
"The
ICW is at a crossroads," says BoatU.S. Assistant Vice President Ryck
Lydecker. "It's a vital artery for recreational and commercial vessel
traffic and many waterfront communities rely on it for their livelihood, yet
waterway maintenance falls further behind each year as budgets are cut for
dredging and repairs."
There
is no fee to attend and you can walk in the door, but we ask you to register by
going to the AIWA website www.atlintracoastal.org/
and clicking on the 2003 Town Meeting link at the top. For more information on the dredging issue, see related issues in
the BoatU.S. news, www.boatus.com/news/releases.asp.
Mike Bradley and Jack Morrow from the NC Marine Trades Services will attend and
record specific North Carolina concerns.
BIG
(Boating Infrastructure Grants) – New Round of Available Money
The BIG program provides states with funding for
mooring buoys, day-docks, transient slips, safe harbor facilities (including
temporary safe anchorage or a harbor of refuge during a storm), floating and
fixed piers and breakwaters, dinghy docks, restrooms, retaining walls,
bulkheads, dockside utilities, pumpout stations, trash collections and recycling
facilities, dockside electric, water and telephone capabilities, navigational
aids and marine fueling stations. Click: www.ncwaterways.com/BusinessAssistance/TradeWinds/2003TW/July2003-BIG-Release.htm
or go to http://www.boatus.com/gov/big.htm
to see the federal site information.
For information about grant availability in North
Carolina’s coastal waters, please contact Maury Wolff, North Carolina Division
of Marine Fisheries, by mail at P.O. Box 769, Morehead City, NC
28557; by phone at 252-726-7021 or 800-682-2632; or via e-mail at maury.wolff@ncmail.net.
The deadline for
applications is Sept. 15, 2003.
Recreational
Boating Interests have Concerns regarding Maritime Security
The NMMA has relayed concerns that the
recreational boating industry could be adversely affected if recreational
boating interests are not adequately represented when it comes to implementing
the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002. In particular are considerations on whether recreational boats
should be required to have AIS (Automatic Identification Systems) and the
potential for restricted access as port authorities draw up AMS (Area Maritime
Security) plans. Comments and related materials are due to USCG by July 31, 2003. To register your comments, submit them by only
one of the following means: (1) Electronically to the Docket
Management System at http://dms.dot.gov.
(2) By mail to the Docket Management Facility (USCG–2003–14792) at the U.S.
Department of Transportation, room PL–401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington,
DC 20590–0001. (3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at
202–493–2251.
Just
a reminder to NC boat building and restoration professionals, the September 23
– 24 event now has a registration form on the Internet. Go to http://66.155.126.9/ibexmain/ibexu2003/
and follow the registration details. Seminar registrations must be received
by AUGUST 25. Plan on visiting the NC Marine Trades Services /
NCwaterways.com booth along with dozens of NC marine product, materials, and
service exhibitors.
2003
– 2004 NC Coastal Boating Guide Delayed – Should be Available at our IBEX-U
Booth
NC
Marine Trades Services continues to work with DOT on the popular coastal map,
boating guide and marina / boatyard locator – based on our NCwaterways.com
data. The map is newly digitized with a new map layout and dimensions. You will
be able to order the free maps through our website as soon as they are
available.
NC
Company to Build Compact, Lightweight, High HP Marine Diesel Engine
A North Carolina engine manufacturer, Carolina Power and
Performance, will soon be producing a new line of marine diesel engines - the Buck
Engine. After more than two years of R&D, dynomometer testing, and
prototype design, the Buck engines will be offered in two distinct lines. One a
4-cylinder "Thunderbolt" line and the other the 6-cylinder "Lightning"
line. The first available for the market is the 4-cylinderThunderbolt MI
(mechanically injected) unit, which will weigh just under 995 lbs and develop
over 350 flywheel horsepower and 700 foot pounds of torque. The 6-cylinder
Lightning version will develop more than 500 HP and over 1,000 foot-pounds of
torque.
Both engine lines are turbo charged with after cooled engine,
offered with sleeved cylinders and are configured with 316 stainless steel
tubes, high capacity oil cooler, balanced rotating assembly, fresh
water-cooling, compact design, and a two year complete warranty The company
anticipates that the compact design of these engines will appeal to boat owners
and be an excellent replacement for 350 Chevy Mercruisers as well as other
comparable size engines – leaving engine room to spare. For more
information, visit www.carolinaspeed.com
or call 252-215-1252 and ask for Mike Buck.
Hatteras
Honored for Safety Record by NC OSHA and Brunswick Officials
Hatteras
Yachts of New Bern received Brunswick Corporation’s Chairman's Gold Award for
Safety from the company’s group president, Dusty McCoy and the Million Hour
Safety Award from the NC Department of Labor Commissioner, Cherie Berry. The
awards relate to the company’s million plus hours (and counting) of no-
lost-time injury dating back to September of 2002.
TAMPCO
Stainless Steel Gains County and Town Incentives for Move
One of NC major marine stainless steel tubing fabricators (bow rails and interior and exterior grab rails) will be building a new 78,000 sq. ft. facility on 11-acres of property thanks to help of both the Town of Elkin and Surry County. Working with our SBTDC Winston-Salem office, the company negotiated a set of substantial incentives needed to ensure increased productivity of the growing company. President (and on-the-road lead salesman) Ken Nicks, indicated that demand for the company’s boat products necessitated a larger site. The company sells to dozens of boat manufactures throughout the east coast. Contact Ken at (336) 835-1895.
OSHA
- Boat Building Concerns: “Fall Protection” and “Personal Protective
Equipment"
John
McKnight, NMMA’s Environmental
and Safety Compliance head, provided recent notice to members about new rule
considerations for manufacturers of
boats where workers are required to perform tasks at elevations greater than 4
feet and would likely require specific engineering controls such as guardrails
and lanyards. At issue is OSHA’s Notice of Reopening of the Rulemaking Record for Walking and
Working Surfaces; Personal Protective Equipment (Fall Protection Systems). The (29
CFR 1910) was published in the Federal
Register on Friday, May 2, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 23528). McKnight
is working closely with marine industry safety professionals to develop
alternative proposals that address the hazards and limitations unique to
recreational boat manufacturers. OSHA’s deadline for comment is July 31. For
more information, contact John McKnight at (202) 721-1604 or jmcknight@nmma.org.
Fuel
Spills – Train Your Employees
NC
is gaining dozens of new fueling locations along the coast and interior
waterways, and not all fuel dock employees know their responsibilities for
keeping USCG rules. There are a number of best management practices featured in
an article in the July/August issue of Marina Dock Age magazine by Paul Dodson.
Every fuel dock must have a spill-response plan with employees trained in the
response plan and in reporting criteria. There is a good on-line
course at https://www.marinatraining.com/training.cfm.
See the Spill
Prevention Plan on our site.
The Marine Trades Services is a program of the Small Business Technology Development Center (SBTDC). The SBTDC is a business development service of The University of North Carolina operated in partnership with the US Small Business Administration.