38 - Sunday, October 7, 1990 - North Shore News in place?’ ’” Jim Cupit has got a paint. The owner of Northwest Navigation Ltd. and the North Vancouver-basesi founder of ERV Escort Response Vessels Inc. has responded to a widely recognized need. Spill prevention is the ac- cepted pre-emptive response to minimize the risk of hazardous goods spills on the ocean. Cupit hes two 52-metre-long boats available to work as oil or chemical tanker escort vessels along the B.C. coast to and from the Strait of Juan de Fuca. With the right equipment on board such as oil skimmers, booms and firefighting water pumps, the ships become spill containment and cleanup vessels. The 1989 Report of the Premier on Oil Transportation and Oil Spills supports the notion and goes as far as calling for the local implementation of an escort and emergency response vessel pro- gram similar to the one in Prince William Sound. On March 24, 1989 the oi] tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef and Michael Becker HIGH TECH dumped its black cargo into the sound. Aleyeska Pipeline Service Co., a consortium of oil companies ship- ping product from Alaska, put a prevention program in place fol- lowing the catastrophe and has four escort response vessels ONLY 20 GOLF COURSE BUILDING LOTS by beautiful Qualicum Beach $47,000 - $54,000 ® Ocean and golf course views © Fully serviced, underground wiring, curbs and gutters © Controlled development ® Flat, level building sites for one level homes © Location: Eaglecrest golf course by Qualicum Beach — Vancouver Island “setiatit of Geri’ EAGLECREST GOLF COURSE Village Way BB Golf Clubhouse HIGHLANDS ; at > EAGLECREST Eaglecrest Dr, Island Hew Parksville > For information please call BROCK STEtSNSON 248-2212 BUSINESS SPILL SKIL ““UNLESS SOMETHING happens shortly it will be the same situation, where something does happen and the cry will be, ‘Well, where was the equipment and why wasn’t it NEWS photo Terry Paters JiM CUPIT has got a good thing going with his Escort Response Vessels. The vessels fill a need for spill prevention and con- tainment in the case of hazardous gocds spills on the ocean. dedicated to Prince William Sound. Cupit has two of his own. He decided to provide the escort response service after he was call- ed up to Prince William Sound by Exxon to participate in the spill cleanup effort. His supply boat became an ad hoc command post for Exxon and the U.S. Navy Coast Guard in the sound. The magnitude of the spill and ‘ its oily aftermath made an im- pression. Said Cupit, ‘‘The B.C. coast is just as important or even more Vessels clean up ocean mishaps important to me. This (service) is something that I feel is necessary here. They have larger tankers than we have and a larger volume. (But) their coastline is the same as ours. [t’s beautiful country and in order to maintain that they feel something like this is necessary. We have a lot more coastline than they have in Prince William Sound.’”’ Last month he spread the word about his service to the oil in- dustry and government. Cupit says he has had a good response but no firm contracts have material- ized. RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER Make Friends with an Expert Make Cap Your First Choice Our faculty is among the most highly qualified in the provincial coliege system. But credentials alone don’t ensure that you're going to get the best instructors. Not only are our faculty members excellent instructors, but. many are also acknowledged as experts in their fields. Whether they publish poetry or papers in scientific the classroom. journals, lead expeditions to Papua New Guinea or to the jungles of the stock exchange, they're willing to share their knowledge with their students. At Capilano College our teachers care about the success of their students and take that extra time to help them both inside and outside For more information about Capilano College, please call the Advising Centre at 984-4990. @_em CAPILANO @ e® COLLEGE