Maritime Reporter, July, 1985

<BODY> <div> Navy Purchasing And NAVSEA Officials Address Marine Machinery Association Seminar Left to right, Jack Flannigan (Terry Corporation) newly elected president of the Associa- tion, and Jack Janetatos (Baker & McKenzie) past president of the Association. Daniel Marangiello (ORI, Inc.) MMA executive director. More than 80 key marketing and sales executives representing some 40 leading marine machinery manu- facturing companies currently sell- ing to the U.S. Navy attended a recent seminar in Washington, D.C. conducted by the Marine Machin- ery Association (MMA). Rear Adm. James Nunnelly, USN (Ret.), president of the Ameri- can Society of Naval Engineers, wel- comed attendees at the seminar and commented on the importance of the work of the MMA to the Navy and to the nation. He wished the association continued success. Organized specifically for the Navy market when it was founded more than a year ago, the non-profit MMA is the first and only organiza- tion of its type. It is a recognized, fully operational, and growing asso- ciation with notable successes al- ready to its credit. The main purpose of MMA, large- ly achieved in a surprisingly short period of time, is to establish a united presence in Washington to work more closely with the Navy to help solve problems, to more effi- ciently meet Navy requirements, and to increase cooperation and generally improve working relation- ships for the mutual benefit of both the Navy and the marine equipment suppliers. In his welcoming address, MMA executive director Daniel Maran- giello of ORI, Inc. told how MMA founders were particularly con- cerned with extensive, costly, and continuing problems created for both the Navy and the equipment manufacturers in the critical area of spare parts and service. He noted that there is a great need to close the communications gap between the users (the Fleet), Richard McFarland, executive director, Navy Ship Parts Control Center. Rados Converts Purse Seiner (continued) held at a temperature of —30 C. The vessel is capable of storing 513 tons of frozen, cartoned fish. The new liquid ammonia circulat- ing refrigeration system includes three 100-hp Mycom Compressors, Model N62B, with associated con- densers, receivers, ammonia pumps and accessories. Originally designed with engine room and machinery spaces in the Rear Adm. James Nunnelly, USN (Ret ), president, ASNE. the purchasers, and the technical community. He pointed out that it was the obligation of the technical community to exercise its integrity and to insist on requisite quality. If the technical community does not lead and demand quality parts and service, Fleet reliability will suffer and the maintenance burden of ships' personnel will increase, he stated. Mr. Marangiello concluded by warning that if the technical com- munity did not stand up for techni- cal excellence, the reputable manu- facturers will not be able to compete with suppliers who have no engi- neering, no quality assurance, no traceability, and no product liabili- ty. The end result will be 100 sup- pliers, each of whom can build a spark plug but none of whom can build an engine. Such a situation, Mr. Marangiello stated, could be catastrophic for the industry, the Navy, and the country. Jack Janetatos, then president of the MMA, spoke on ethics in business. Ethics, he noted, must be a requirement not only for the man- ufacturer but also for the govern- ment. Government personnel must feel a sense of obligation for their actions in dealing with manufactur- ers. He described how the government was issuing challenges to rights and data solely for the purpose of forc- ing manufacturers into a decision not to defend their rights because of the prohibitive cost and time in- volved in such legal actions. In the view of the association, this is im- proper conduct and not in the spirit of good, ethical business practice, he concluded. Richard McFarland, executive director of the Navy Ship Parts Control Center in Mechaniesberg, forward portion of the ship, the two forward fishwells both port and starboard, have been converted into a refrigeration machinery space and a hydraulic machinery space. The refrigeration machinery space hous- ing compressors, condensers, receiv- ers, chillers, pumps and accessories, is located on the port side while the hydraulic machinery space, housing the four Kawasaki/Japan 100 HP hydraulic pumps responsible for winch operations and hydraulic equipment through out the vessel, is located on the starboard side of the Pa., addressed the seminar on his operations. He stated that SPCC maintained good security of rights and data, and it is their commit- ment to do so. He admitted that the SPCC had no Quality Assurance per se, and that it depended totally upon NAVSEA for instructions and guidance in this regard. He noted that this was right, as it is the tech- nical community that has the knowledge, expertise, and responsi- bility in this area. Hon. Robert McClory, former member of Congress with 20 years of service in the House of Represen- tatives, gave a report on the legisla- vessel. This arrangement provided for increased space and mainte- nance area around each major piece of equipment. Extensive electronic ^instrumen- tation includes Furuno communica- tion, navigation and fishing equip- ment supplied by Honor Marine of San Diego. For ship's communica- tions, a new SSB radio-telephone and VHF/FM radio telephone were added. The new navigation equip- ment included two Model FR 1011 radar units, a Loran C, an electro- magnetic log, a direction finder, two tive efforts of the association during the past year, and noted the signifi- cant impact of the MMA on several pieces of legislation. He also out- lined plans for the coming year, including testimony before the House Armed Services Committee and its Subcommittees. Jack Flannigan of Terry Cor- poration was elected president of the association to succeed Mr. Ja- netatos. He thanked the board of directors for its confidence, Mr. Ja- natatos for his extraordinary ef- forts during the past year, and vowed to continue efforts to restore honest, fair, and true competition. echosounders and a facsimile receiv- er. Additional electronic fishing equipment included two net record- ers, a catch monitor, water tempera- ture indicators and a color video sounder, Model FCV-121-ET. The completed conversion was undertaken and directed by Marine Service Enterprise of Del Mar, Cal- if., and completed in May 1985. After successful sea trials, the Alas- ka I departed for Arctic fishing grounds and is reported to be suc- cessfully fishing the Arctic waters. The membership list of the MARINE MACHINERY ASSOCIATION is constantly growing. Current members of the Marine Machinery Asso- ciation include the following leading corporations: Allied Corporation Atlantis Services Inc. Bendex Electro Dynamic Division Buffalo Pumps, Div. of Buffalo Forge Byron Jackson Pump Elliott Company Gimpel Corporation Hale Fire Pump Hardie-Tynes Manufactur- ing Co. John Crane Ingersoll-Rand Engineered Pump Div. Ingersoll-Rand Compressor Div. Marotta Scientific Controls Leslie Co. Pacific Pump Sargent Industries Solar Turbines, Inc. Terry Corporation Transamerican Delaval, Inc. Treadwell Corporation Trubodyne Vacco Industries Waukesha Bearings Corporation Warren Pump Westinghouse Electric Corp., Turbine Division Worthington Pump Worthington Compressor Manufacturers interested in doing business with the U.S. Navy, as well as those now doing business with the U.S. Navy, can derive impor- nant benefits from a membership in the MARINE MACHINERY ASSOCIATION. Complete details regarding benefits and membership may be obtained by contacting: THE MARINE MACHINERY ASSOCIATION, Suite 903, 1700 K. St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, (202) 293-7169; or Jack Flannigan, Terry Corporation, Industrial Road, Niantic, CT 06357, (203) 739-6271. 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>