Maritime Reporter, April 1976

<BODY> <div> N.Y. SNAME To Hold Tanker Symposium At Kings Pt. April 23 The New York Metropolitan Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) will hold an all-day Tanker Symposium at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, Long Island, N.Y., April 23, 1976. The highlights of the sympo- sium will be a dinner address by Robert J. BlackwelJ, Assistant Secretary for Maritime Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce, and preview tours of the Com- puter Aided Operation Research Facility (CAORF) at Kings Point, which is to be dedicated in May of this year. The theme of the symposium is "Future Considerations for Tankers." This was prompted after considering the number of years that large tanker construc- tion programs have been under- way. It is now appropriate to consider what problems have arisen due to these ships. In ad- dition, the current depression in the tanker market has raised the question of using tankers for other than their originally in- tended mission. The agenda will include four papers: "Naval Use of Commer- cial Tankers" by T.G. Connors, Office of Ship Construction, Mari- time Administration (9:30 a.m.) ; "Tanker Safety" by Rear Adm. L.S. McCready, USMS (ret.), L.S. McCready Engineering Enter- prises, and Capt. H.M. Stephens, Certified Safety Professional, president, Ships' Operational Safety, Inc. (10:30 a.m.); "An Introduction to the Cutaway Hull" by S.J. Dwyer and M.D. Comens, Gulf Oil Corp., Marine Department (11:30 a.m.), and "Port Issues" by Comdr. C.F. CO. is a distributor for (W) WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. Marine steam turbine renewal parts, electrical equipment and renewal parts, welders and accessories. universe UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Electric motors ILG INDUSTRIES/DIVISION OF CARRIER CORPORATION —Fans and blowers Hunter DIVISION/ROBBINS & MEYERS, INC. 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Luncheon and dinner will be served in the Officers Club. Din- ner will include a sponsored cocktail hour. The cost of the symposium is $12 per person, which includes luncheon and dinner. Nonmembers of the Society are welcome. For more information, contact Eric E. Lithen (212) 466-2393. The Computer Aided Operation Research Facility (CAORF) at Kings Point is a large maritime research simulator consisting of a full ship's bridge outfitted with appropriate control and display equipment connected to a com- puter. With this system, re- sponses to bridge commands can be generated and converted to in- strument display and an out-of- the-window visual picture that extends over 240 degrees. The four papers span several different subjects. The paper "Na- val Use of Commercial Tankers" by T.G. Connors looks at charac- teristics of commercial tankers and the corresponding character- istics of Navy fleet oilers for their similarities and differences and how and to what extent commer- cial ships can perform as fleet oilers for fueling at sea opera- tions and underway replenish- ment. The subject of National Defense Features (NDF), speeds and vessel conversion times in the event that subsidized vessels must be utilized by the Navy are addressed for both conventional tankers and LNG carriers. Suc- cessful fueling at sea exercises involving merchant tankers with civilian crews will also be de- scribed. "Tanker Safety" by Rear Adm. L.S. McCready and Capt. H.M. Stephens describes the formal structure and operation of a Pro- fessional Safety Program as re- lated to the operation of tankers. The elaborate and growing struc- ture of legal and administrative safety rules and regulations is described, along with the work- ings of the laws and courts. Emerging from a sometimes per- functory or hidden status, ma- rine safety is shown as a factor of truly compelling importance from the standpoints of: The public interest in safer tanker operations, and increasing mone- tary impact of accidents via benefit/cost relationship. An "Introduction to The Cut- away Hull" by S.J. Dwyer and M.D. Comens describes the Cut- away Hull Form which could be used for tankers that are re- quired to operate about half of the time in a ballast condition. The principle is defined in terms of decrease in hull volume below the ballast draft that is replaced between the ballast draft and load draft, by an increase in either draft, beam or length, or by a combination increase of any of these dimensions. The results of this shift of buoyancy is looked at from the standpoint of change in speed and in both ballast and loaded condition. An economic analysis addresses operational costs and building costs. "Port Issues" by Comdr. C.F. Viveiros Jr. reviews the events that occurred necessitating Con- gress to enact legislation author- izing the construction and oper- ation of facilities which could handle supertankers. The various design alternatives and their advantages for deepwater ports is reviewed, along with the major problems and unknowns associ- ated with the design and oper- ation of deepwater ports. The two applications for a license to construct and operate deepwater ports that have been submitted to the Coast Guard will be briefly summarized. The primary fea- tures of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, the regulations and the role of the Coast Guard in con- nection with deepwater ports will be presented. Mitsui (USA) President To Address Conference At Sacramento, Calif. Tatsuro Goto Tatsuro Goto, president of Mit- sui & Co., (U.S.A.), Inc., New York City, will be the featured dinner speaker at the First Inter- national Dry Bulk Cargo Han- dling Conference to be held at the Sacramento Convention Center, April 20 and 21. Mr. Goto, the distinguished chief executive for the United States of a major in- ternational firm, will relate oppor- tunities for bulk cargoes handling, and he will tell of his firm's in- novative activities in the field. The conference will bring to- gether transportation officials, government representatives and shippers from around the world to focus attention on the needs and opportunities in the rapidly expanding bulk commodities han- dling industry. Conference general chairman is Melvin Shore, and the sponsoring organization is the Port of Sac- ramento, World Trade Center, West Sacramento, Calif. 95691. 32 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>