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Sterling Silver Ship Commemorating 20th Year of GAOCMAO Gulf Area Oil Companies<br>Mutual Aid Organization 240 grams. Ship itself is 235 grams, and the brackets<br>that hold it should be at least 5 grams. Without the case the ship measures 9.5"<br>long x 9.5" tall. Case protective case measures 13.25" tall x 12" wide x 8"<br>deep. I am 99% sure this is a one of a kind item that was produced to mark the<br>20 year anniversary of this extremely important occasion and was taken home<br>after retirement or given to a top executive of this organization upon<br>retirement. Fantastic cross collectible and work of art. Tested and guaranteed<br>solid silver. I found one 925 marking, no damage or issues.<br><br>In 1972, a group of oil companies operating in the western half of the Arabian<br>Gulf came together to form an organization for the purpose of improving their<br>capability to combat oil pollution. The companies sought to establish a joint<br>oil spill response capability, not by setting up a separate, operational<br>response group like other more conventional cooperatives, but instead by<br>utilizing the principle of mutual assistance in times of need. The resulting<br>organization, kown as the Gulf Area Oil Companies Mutual Aid Organisation<br>(GAOCMAO), has proved its effectiveness in several major oil pollution incidents<br>over its twelve years of existence and has gained recognition as a credible and<br>responsible representative of the oil industry's views on matters relating to<br>marine pollution in the Gulf region.<br>Subsequent to the establishment of GAOCMAO, environmental awareness in the Gulf<br>area generally has increased very significantly. Regional and state<br>organizations have been set up by the various Gulf states' governments to<br>monitor the environmental effects of industry of all kinds, including oil, and<br>to develop appropriate control measures. To some extent, these changes have been<br>reflected in an expansion of GAOCMAO's interests to areas outside those purely<br>of oil spill response, but the primary commitment to joint response capability<br>through mutual aid has not diminished.
