Major manufacturers' representatives at the Todd-sponsored seminar were, left to right: W.T. Hailey, Colt;
John T. Gilbride Jr., Todd-Seattle; Harry Falck, Allis-Chalmers; Harry Linssen, M.A.N.; Claus Windelev, B & W;
Gerhard Laach, M.A.N.; Hans Peter Fedderson, M.A.N.; Vince Lane, Colt; Jack Jacox, Sulzer; John Balderston,
Colt; Ernst Jung, Sulzer; H. Roffler, Sulzer; and Dan McDonnell, Todd-Seattle.
Todd-Seattle Sponsors Marine Diesel Seminar
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle Division,
recently sponsored the first international
marine diesel engine seminar to be held on
the West Coast. Four major diesel manu-
facturers made half-day presentations at the
two-day conference that was attended by
more than 150 persons representing more
than 40 organizations. The seminar was held
at Longacres Racetrack near Seattle, Wash.
Major representers were: M.A.N., Ger-
many ; Sulzer Brothers, Switzerland; B & W,
Denmark; and Colt Industries, U.S. The
technical presentations were designed to
share state-of-the-art technology and prog-
ress in marine diesels with the prestigious
audience, a who's who of marine interests in
The Todd diesel seminar featured top representatives
from the diesel field including, left to right: Harry
Linssen, sales representative, M.A.N. (U.S.); Claus
Windelev, president B & W (U.S.); Gerhard Laach,
vice president and technical manager, M.A.N. (U.S.);
and Hans Peter Fedderson, manager, West Coast
M.A.N. (U.S.).
Over 150 persons had the opportunity to meet diesel
experts such as, (L to R): Jack Jacox, vice president,
Sulzer (U.S.); Ernst Jung, technical manager (U.S.);
and H. Roffler, service manager, (U.S.).
the Northwest. In addition to the Coast
Guard and Navy, other government agencies
represented included the Military Sea-Lift
Command, National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, Washington and
Alaska State Ferries. Major commercial in-
terests that attended included Sea-Land,
Inc., American President Lines, Crowley
Maritime, Lykes Brothers Steamship Co.,
and Chevron Shipping as well as represent-
atives of the American Bureau of Shipping
and of marine engineering firms. Four di-
visions of Todd Shipyards Corporation and
the Todd corporate office were represented
along with more than 20 persons from the
Seattle Division.
The consensus of the presenters was that
a trend is developing toward diesel power
plants as major shipping firms take an ex-
tremely close look at vessel fuel consump-
tion. Prior to 1973, fuel efficiency was not
a major concern with fuel amounting to 40
percent or less of operating costs. With fuel
expenditures amounting to more than 60
percent of the operating budget and con-
tinuing to climb, shipowners are looking for
ways to curtail costs. Recent studies show
that of 72 ships ordered from U.S. yards
in 1980, fifty-two are diesel powered. Ap-
proximately 70 U.S. ships are presently
being considered for conversion to diesel
power. One example that was given during
the seminar was a tanker that converted to
medium-speed diesels in 1978 achieved a
$927,000 fuel savings in the first year.
According to the participants, diesel en-
gines have exacting maintenance require-
ments that not all ship crews will be pre-
Taking a picture break at the diesel seminar were,
left to right: W.T. Hailey, vice president, marketing,
Colt; Vince Lane, marketing manager, Colt; and John
Balderston, vice president, engineering, Colt.
pared to handle. With the increase in diesel-
powered ships and required service for
them, Todd announced it is preparing to
meet these requirements.
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle Division,
is forming a diesel department, and recently
agreements were signed with Sulzer Broth-
ers and M.A.N./B & W Diesel authorizing
Todd Seattle as their Northwest service
representatives.
Todd has a highly trained team with
specialized equipment to service and repair
these engines. Key personnel have com-
pleted training at Sulzer Brothers, Inc., B &
W, and at the U.S. Merchant Marine Acad-
emy.
Todd is running a continuing in-house
diesel training school for classes of 20 ma-
chinists. Todd has organized a traveling
team that is ready to handle any problem
that may require repairs in transit to other
countries. This traveling crew recently com-
pleted a large emergency repair job at
Ketchikan, Alaska. Eighteen men and all
necessary tools were on the job within one
day.
Todd to date has serviced and repaired
both B & W and Sulzer slow-speed diesel
engines for ships of German, British, Chi-
nese, Singapore, and Liberian registry.
Norcontrol To Install
$3-Million Vessel Traffic System
—Literature Available
A $3-million vessel traffic control system
covering the 12-mile harbor approach at
Gothenburg, Sweden, will be installed by
Norcontrol of Norway, one of the A.S.
Kongsberg Vapenfabrikk group of compa-
nies. It is anticipated the system will be in
service by the fall of 1982.
Similar systems have been installed by
Norcontrol in the Bay of Campeche, Gulf
of Mexico; Magnus Field, North Sea; and
in Teesport, U.K.
All vessel traffic in the area will be mon-
itored by the three radar units of the sys-
tem and the data will be forwarded to
Gothenburg harbor control and communica-
tion center, where the vessels will appear
as pictures on four-color screens. The duty
officer in the center will receive a constant
overall impression of the entire traffic pat-
tern, including chart data and information
on the vessels' course, speed, and position.
The raw radar data being transmitted to
the control center by a newly designed band
compression link, made by L.M. Ericsson
of Sweden, will be overlayed with synthet-
ically generated traffic and cartographic data
such as actual fairways/navigation chan-
nels, submarine cables, buoys, speed, and
course vectors of the vessels.
The system incorporates a digital scan
converter which, as the name suggests, con-
verts raw radar data from analogue into a
digital format. This enables the system's
computer to very accurately plot and dis-
play target data almost instantaneously. The
raw radar picture and the synthetically pro-
duced chart data are displayed on high res-
olution color monitors that permit full day-
light viewing. In addition, data from each
radar will be processed and displayed on
three dedicated display consoles.
Based on information on the screens, the
communications center will be able to advise
the vessels' masters of impending problems
and advise them of necessary steps to avoid
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