Chemical Waste Incinerator Ships
Discussed At SNAME Chesapeake Section
Fairbanks Morse-powered M/V Charles Haun.
HUDSHIP Delivers The M/V Charles Haun
To Parker Towing Company
Hudson Shipbuilders, Inc.
(HUDSHIP) recently delivered
the M/V Charles Haun to Parker
Towing Company, Inc. of Tusca-
loosa, Ala.
The Charles Haun is an 85-foot
by 34-foot by 10-foot 6-inch twin
screw towboat. The vessel is pow-
ered by twin Fairbanks Morse
38D8 Vs six-cylinder diesel en-
gines driving through MGI LST
reverse/reduction gears. Auxil-
iary power is provided by Detroit
Diesel 6-71N, 1,200-rpm genera-
tor sets rated at 75 kw each.
The boat can carry 34,000 gal-
lons of fuel, 800 gallons of lube
oil and 5,100 gallons of potable
water, making it ideally suited for
the rough conditions of harbor
work and the economical opera-
tion of the long tow. Maneuver-
ability for the Charles Haun is
provided through two 84-inch
stainless-steel four-blade propel-
lers, two steering rudders and
four flanking rudders. The steer-
ing system was furnished by
Skipper Hydraulics, Inc.
Deck machinery consists of two
Beebe electric barge winches mod-
els 35RRC and 35LRC equipped
Study Notes Upsurge In
Offshore Rig Orders
—U.S. Yards In Lead
Worldwide orders for offshore
mobile and fixed rigs for explo-
ration and drilling for oil and
natural gas have increased con-
siderably during the 12 months
ending in July 1981, according
to a study just released by the
Bremen Institute for Shipping
Economics.
At the beginning of July there
were 224 units on order in 21
countries — 163 jackup rigs, 57
submersibles and semisubmers-
November 15, 1981
with 130 feet of 7/s-inch, 6 by 37
galvanized wire rope, and two
Skipper Hydraulics electric cap-
stans. The living accommodations
are designed for maximum crew
comfort. Staterooms are arranged
to provide three two-man and two
one-man facilities.
Parker Towing operates tow-
boats and open hopper barges in
the Warrior-Tombigbee, Coosa
and the Alabama River areas and
through the Gulf Intracoastal
Waterway System. Capt. Tim
Parker Sr., president, and Tim
Parker Jr., vice president, ac-
cepted delivery of the Charles
Haun, which is named after their
operations manager. The Charles
Haun was designed by Townsend
Marine Consultants of George-
town, Conn., and will be operating
on the Black Warrior and Tom-
bigbee Rivers in Alabama.
In their wide range of vessels
offered, HUDSHIP produces a
standard design 85-foot towboat
similar to the Charles Haun, as
well as 112-foot and 120-foot util-
ity vessels and 165-foot, 185-foot,
and 203-foot offshore supply ves-
sels.
ibles, and four drillships and drill
barges.
At the same date in 1980, ac-
cording to the institute's director,
Dr. Hans Ludwig Beth, there
were 129 units on orderbooks —
109 jackups, 16 submersibles and
semisubmersibles, and four drill-
ships and barges.
Dr. Beth said this sector was
in the doldrums at the beginning
of 1978 when there were only 33
units on order worldwide. With
the pressure on to find new
sources of oil and natural gas,
there has been a continuous, dra-
matic growth in the number of
orders.
The U.S. leads the field with
A paper entitled "Chemical
Waste Incinerator Ships — The
Interagency Program to Develop
a Capability in the United States"
was presented at a recent Chesa-
peake Section of SNAME meet-
ing held at the Washington Navy
Yard Officer's Club. The paper's
authors were Daniel Leubecker
and Lissa Martinez of the Mari-
time Administration; Gerald
Chapman and Donald Oberacker
of the Environmental Protection
Agency; Rosalie Matthews of the
National Bureau of Standards,
and Fritz Wybenga of the Coast
Guard.
John Nachtsheim, president of
the Society, delivered an intro-
ductory statement for the panel
of authors, stressing the need
for such vessels. Mr. Nachtsheim
had been a contributing member
of the interagency work group.
The authors noted that the
U.S. currently confronts a serious
and massive hazardous materials
disposal problem. It is estimated
that tens of millions of tons of
contracts for 79 offshore units,
followed by Japan with 33, Sing-
apore with 29, France with 12,
South Korea with nine and Can-
ada with eight.
Home Brothers Awarded
$5-Million Navy Contract
Home Brothers Incorporated,
Newport News, Va., has been
awarded a $5,519,962 formerly
advertised firm-fixed price con-
tract for the regularly scheduled
overhaul of USS Fairfax County
(LST 1193). Work will be per-
formed in Newport News. (N62-
678-73-C-0031)
hazardous waste are generated
annually across the nation. Fur-
thermore, there are thousands of
disposal sites throughout the
country being improperly main-
tained and may pose significant
health problems.
The authors detailed the orga-
nization, responsibilities, and
areas of concern of an inter-
agency ad hoc work group that
studied at-sea incineration. The
principal agencies were the En-
vironmental Protection Agency,
MarAd, the U.S. Coast Guard, and
the National Bureau of Stand-
ards. The alternatives available
to the Federal Government, as
defined by the ad hoc group, for
encouraging the design, construc-
tion, and operation of a U.S.-flag
incinerator vessel were also de-
scribed by the authors.
The paper illustrated the work
of each agency, as well as de-
scribed vessel design considera-
tions and the projected need for,
and type of waterfront facilities.
Vessel prototypes were also dis-
cussed.
$110-Million Navy Contract
Modification Awarded
To General Electric
General Electric Company, Ma-
chinery Apparatus Operation,
Schenectady, N.Y., has been
awarded a $110,170,000 modifi-
cation to a previously awarded
cost plus fixed fee contract for
naval nuclear propulsion compo-
nents. Work will be performed at
various locations. The Naval Sea
Systems Command is the con-
tracting activity. (N00024-74-C-
5009)
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Participants in the presentation of a paper on "Chemical Waste Incinerator Ships"
were, left to right: Gerald O. Chapman, Environmental Protection Agency, author;
Daniel W. Leubecker, Maritime Administration, author; Ms. Lissa A. Martinez, Mar-
itime Administration, author; Frits Wybenga, Coast Guard, author; Donald A.
Oberacker, Environmental Protection Agency, author; Frank J. Slyker, Bethlehem
Steel Corporation, Sparrows Point, chairman, Chesapeake Section, SNAME, and
Capt. J. Richard Gauthey, Naval Sea Systems Command, vice chairman. (Not
pictured: Ms. Rosalie T. Matthews, National Bureau of Standards, author.)
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