AND ENGINEERING NEWS Pemex 652 First Of Two New Design Fireships For Pemex (SEE PAGE 4) (SEE PAGE 4) 9S. sales department sees your problems from this angle. Solving marine transportation problems is not an ivory- tower, three-piece suit type of job. You need to be close to the water, close to your boats and people, if you intend to solve customer problems instead of creating them. So, we don't just have salespeople. What we do have are reliable, experienced Customer Service personnel. Professionals who know what you need, and know how to deliver. Flexible people who understand budgets — yours as well as ours — and can help cut your costs. People who sweat the tough jobs out from start to finish. To make sure our operations solve your problems. We specialize in offshore tank barging and towing operations. We solve problems in tanker lightering, bunker deliveries, gathering from offshore platforms, and the offshore transportation of bulk petroleum. We can save you money in these and other marine-related services, designed to meet your changing needs. At LEEVAC Marine, we don't just make a sales pitch. Our Customer Service problem solvers can provide solutions — / • EETllAf* on the phone, or in your office. m^LCCVMw K y MARINE TRANSPORTATION And, if you like, they'll even wear ties, -y*^-' P.O. Box 2528 Morgan City, Louisiana 70381 (504) 384-8000 TELEX: 58 6343 LEE VAC MGCY 2404 Yorktown, Suite 140 Houston, Texas 77056 (713) 871-1102 A Division of LEEVAC Corporation Write 409 on Reader Service Card SERVICE WITH ENERGY A . Painting courtesy Norman Kjeldsen, Esq. Bear a hand for the Wavertree. In 1895, the Wavertree arrived at New York under sail. This painting by Oswald Brett depicts the historic event. While we cannot say for certain, the Wavertree may have been met by one of the McAllister tugs which have served New York Harbor since 1864. Legends are made of such moments. The Wavertree and her sister ships, in their day, were our responsibility. We at McAllister take pride in being part of the history and lore of New York Harbor. The Wavertree is now at the South Street Seaport Museum and we support her restoration in order to keep maritime and nautical traditions alive for future generations. Bear a hana. Send your donation to: Ship Trust, c/o National Maritime Historical Society, 15 State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004. McAllister Brothers, Inc. Towing and Transportation 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004 (212) 269-3200 Baltimore (301) 547-8678 • Norfolk (804) 627-3651 Philadelphia (215) 922-6200 • San Juan (809) 721-8888 McAllister £ Write 243 on Reader Service Card Polar Sea (WAGB 11) Future Requirements Of Coast Guard Vessels by Admiral James S. Gracey Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard "The problem is change and how are the major changes affecting any institution that understands tracted, fought in every armed to cope with it. I have learned that the Coast Guard, (2) what will be the meaning of the word, it is the conflict of this nation, changed de- 90 percent of problem solving is the impact of these changes on Coast Guard. Over the years, we partments and coped with a num- realizing that you have a prob- marine engineering, and (3) what have grown from a single-mission ber of considerably different polit- lem," stated Adm. James S. Gra- are the likely Coast Guard re- service, the revenue cutter service ical philosophies along the way." cey, Commandant, U.S. Coast quirements for the U.S. marine in- created back in 1790 to enforce the Referring to the economy and Guard, at the 1983 Society of Na- dustries over the next 10 years. revenue against smugglers bent the federal budget, Admiral Gra- val Architects and Marine Engi- The speaker found these ques- on avoiding taxes, into a multi- cey spoke of the effect of inflation, neers' Spring Meeting/STAR Sym- tions to be most apropos for the mission armed force of the United the cost of people (wages) and the posium in Washington, D.C. Coast Guard, stating: "With the States with tasks ranging from procurement of equipment. While The Steering Committee for the Coast Guard, you have certainly search and rescue to military cutting personnel expenditures is Spring Meeting had asked Admi- come to the right organization to readiness to environmental protec- a major problem, according to the ral Gracey to speak on: (1) what talk about 'change' ... if there is tion. We have expanded and con- Admiral, he feels that the Coast 6 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News means quality construction; it We already have two Bell-Halter ity and maintainability. To meet means people-oriented vessels that SES's operating in the Caribbean this expectation, the Admiral said: are safe and comfortable. And that and a third will be delivered later "It has to be built-in at the design is why we are looking at innova- this year. Also, we are designing a stage and requires quality con- tive hull designs such as SWATH mid-size cutter, somewhere be- struction. We generally build for a and SES—ships that will operate tween our 210-foot cutters and the ship life of 30 years. But experi- at good speed, comfortably, in all 82/95-foot patrol boats that will be ence shows our cutters have to last kinds of weather. Not only must a SWATH vessel." much longer. We are currently our ships have the legs to go the The speaker pointed out that doing a ship-life extension pro- distance but our people must be the government expects the Coast gram on our 180-foot buoy tenders able to man them at peak effi- Guard to keep its ships operating (built in the '40s) to carry them on ciency when the going gets rough. forever and this requires reliabil- (continued on page 10) CHOCKTITE New SAVE FUEL Adm. James S. Gracey With Fluidyne's Helix® Guard is being funded reasonably POURABLE MARINE well to procure equipment. Fuel Oil Flowmeters His solution to these problems CHOCKING COMPOUND is: "One way we can compensate for that lack of people is to take full advantage of state-of-the-art technology—computers, electron- ics and sensors—the whole range of ways to work smarter, not harder. Fortunately, the high technological industries are rap- idly increasing in both availability and capability, while at the same time costs are going down. We have to implant that technological innovation in our ship design and Eliminates Metal operation. The COMDAC equip- ment on our 270-foot Bear Class Blocks and Shims also: cutters is a good example. We I Approved by: ABS, Lloyds, DnV, N.K.K. have probably reduced the crew of Maintains Alignment • Exact Fit • Durable these ships by one-third through • Non-Fretting • Self-extinguishing computerizing navigation, com- High Compressive Strength Install Fluidyne's Helix munications, engineering and weapons control capability." PALJV1ER PROOUCTTS, IIMC. Marine Fuel Consumption Admiral Gracey pointed out that Worcester, Pa 19490 • (800) 341-4408 increasing the use of technology TWX (TLX) 510-660-7736 Measurement System does not necessarily increase ca- Write 493 on Reader Service Card pability but it does increase effi- Fluidyne Helix fuel flowmeters have become ciency. When you reduce crew size, the standard of the marine industry for energy he advised, every component on conservation programs because they provide: the ship can be reduced—evapora- JUDGE US BY THE tors, galley, berthing, heating—re- sulting in savings in raw mate- COMPANIES WE KEEP [U ±0.25% accuracy with bunker C rials for initial construction and SI Simple, low-cost installation energy savings during operation. r BEHGEN DIESEL These savings can compensate for SI Freedom from mechanical failures being "people-poor" in the future. The Coast Guard's aim, accord- MaK SI U.S. Coast Guard approval ing to Admiral Gracey, is to as- sure its officers and enlisted men Si Real-time flow rate information that they "will be operating the SJ Temperature-compensated data best equipment—the best boats ztftf <& GMT and best cutters available. That Ef Remote flow rate and total data AKAHAKA DIESELS Computer-compatible data outputs Adm. James S. Gracey has been Comman- dant of the U.S. Coast Guard since May WARTS I LA KOBE DIESEL 27, 1982. He was nominated for this po- Fluidyne marine fuel consumption measuring sition by President Reagan while serving in systems are the choice of Matson, Delta Lines, the dual role of Commander, Atlantic Area, GOTAVERKEN Exxon Marine, Texaco and many other fleet and Commander, Third Coast Guard Dis- operators. For full technical data, contact: trict, in New York City. He was graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT, in 1949, and received a Mas- GOLTENS ter of Business Administration degree from THE DIESEL Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1956. During his career REPAIR EXPERTS. with the Coast Guard he has served in in- GOLTEN MARINE CO. INC. Pluidyne creasingly responsible posts onboard ves- HEADQUARTERS: 160 Van Brunt St., sels and shore stations on the West Coast, Brooklyn, NY 11231 Phone: (212) 855-7200 A DIVISION OF ELECTRODATA INC. Great Lakes and the East Coast and at Telex: 22-2916 Cable: GOLTENS P.O. BOX 11366 Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, BRANCHES: Wilmington, Calif. • Miami, Fla. SANTA ROSA, CA D.C. Fairhaven, Mass. • Rotterdam, Holland • Kowloon, Hong Kong fi 707-527-0410 TELEX 176713 Oslo, Norway • Telemark, Norway • Singapore July 15, 1983 Write 804 on Reader Service Card Write 693 on Reader Service Card 7 m Soon we'll be the toast of the East Coast.