Keene Names Comet
East Coast Distributor
For New Pollution Control
A new system to remove oil and other con-
tamination from bilgewater is to be sold by
Comet Marine Supply Corp., 157 Perry Street,
New York, N.Y. The system is called the
Keene Marine Discharge Control System™.
Once installed, it process bilgewater and pre-
vents oil contamination from entering water-
ways, harbors or the open sea.
Beginning July 1, 1974, the Coast Guard is
to enforce stringent new Federal regulations
which prohibit discharge of fluids in naviga-
ble waters of the United States, "if such dis-
charge causes a film or sheen on the surface
of the water." Vessels using the new system
will not only be able to avoid violations, but
thanks to a special recorder and monitor sys-
tem, they can demonstrate compliance. The
system maintains a permanent record in the
form of a printed tape. The tape shows exactly
when the system was operated and keeps a
chart showing the quality of water discharged
overboard. This tape becomes a permanent
part of the captain's'log.
As the distributor for the new systems,
Comet 'Marine will, beginning immediately,
carry a stock of the systems for immediate
installation, as well as a complete stock of
parts and replacement elements for the filters
and oil separation portions of the system. John
Perez, president of Comet Marine Supply
Corp., will be in charge of all sales for the
new Keene system.
"One of the big advantages of this system
is that it is easily installed aboard just about
any vessel," Mr. Perez said. "It is built in
modules or building blocks. The largest of
these fits through a 24-inch by 36-inch hatch
or opening, and the system can be installed
as a single unit or placed into individual com-
ponents, depending on available space. It
starts and stops itself automatically. So extra
hands are not needed. Keene has been a sup-
plier of Keene/Bowser equipment to the ma-
rine industry for over 75 years. Their new
Marine Discharge Control System is a signifi-
cant contribution to pollution control, not on-
ly to vessel operators but also to the public
as well. We are very happy to be doing' our
part to help eliminate oil sheens through the
installation of these systems. We have found
that the vessel operator is just as concerned
about preventing pollution to the water en-
vironment as the public, and the Keene system
makes the elimination of oily wastes possible."
Comet Marine Supply Corp. is located at
157 Perry Street, (New York, 'N.Y. 10014.
SNAME Los Angeles Section
Hears Paper On Optimization
Of Artesanal Fishing Craft
Shown above during the March 14 meeting of the Los
Angeles Metropolitan Section of SNAME, left to right:
Peter Bowman, Section papers chairman; Hany Levy,
secretary-treasurer; TJ. Noland, author; Frank Nickels,
chairman of the Section, and Charles K. Pollock, vice
chairman.
The fifth meeting of the season for the Los
Angeles Metropolitan Section of The Society
of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
was held on March 14, 1974, at the Princess
Louise Restaurant in the Port of Los Angeles,
Calif. The meeting was preceded by a dinner
and social hour.
A very informative paper on an unusual
subject, entitled "Optimization of Artesanal
Fishing Craft," was presented by T.J. Nolan,
naval architect. The author described a com-
puter-aided scheme which optimizes speed,
hold capacity, length, beam, and block coeffi-
cient of a small fishing boat based on the re-
quirements of Cooperativa Las Palmas in Es-
meraldas, Ecuador. The design process con-
siders three alternative types of low-cost con-
struction, a comprehensive list of locally avail-
able motors, weight, and stability. Capital
recovery factor is the measure o'f merit deter-
mining the optimum vessel.
Braganca Appointed Director
Dravo Subsidiary hi Belgium
Philippe T. Braganca has been appointed
director of Dravo Europe, S.A., 'N.V., a Dravo
Corporation subsidiary headquartered in Brus-
sels, Belgium.
Mr. Braganca, who joined 'Dravo in 1969,
was born in. Austria and educated in Italy
and Brazil. He is a graduate of the Brazilian
Naval Academy in Rio de Janeiro.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., Dravo is
involved in heavy construction, towfboat and
barge building, process plants, mine develop-
ment, ore beneficiation, ferrous and nonfer-
rous metallurgy, heavy bulk materials hand-
ling, water and waste treatment and offshore
structure?.
Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
:
1
MONFABCONE a.
VENE3A U®VR1EST£
SE^ITRID TRIGOSO "-:».,
K> LASPEZIA®
. UVORNO« OANCONA
P
P
C
Br wk
aHOUM
'1 BUILDING CENTERS
• REPAIRING CENTERS
Fincantieri, a sector holding company of I.R.I. (Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale, the biggest
financial and industrial Group in Italy), is the largest shipbuilding and shiprepairing Group in the
Mediterraneans it controls the activity of 9 operating companies, with
• 8 shipbuilding centers with an annual production capacity of about 1 million grt for any kind of
ships, up to over 300,000 dwt;
• 9 shiprepairing centers which repaired in 1971 about 1,200 ships?
• a range of engineering products, such as main and auxiliary-Diesel engines, main and auxiliary
turbines, deck and E.R. machinery.
Fincantieri, moreover, has a 50/50 joint venture with FIAT in Grandi Motori Trieste - G.M.T., the new
large Diesel engine factory at Trieste, and with tips NV, Drunen, Holland, in « Ansaldo-Lips », a pro-
peller operation at Livomo.
Fincantieri employs about 30,000 people and represents more than 90% of the Italian shipbuilding
and shiprepairing capacity. The design and engineering team comprises one thousand staff, certainly
one of the largest in our industry.
Many companies of the I.R.I. Group are connected with shipbuilding, particularly steel, mechanical,
electrical engineering, electronics etc. The fine cooperation existing between these group firms al-
lows the quickest and most efficient answers to many shipbuilding, shiprepairing and financing
problems.
FINCANTIERI
Roma, via Sardegna 40
Phone 465231 - Telex 61180 FlNCANT
Cables FINCANTIERI ROMA
ITALCANTIERI/TRIESTE, Corso Cavour 1; Phone: 61441 - Telex: 46041 ITALCAtflj: O&te: '™-CANT . WOTIM NAVALI DEL
TIRRENO E RIUNITI - C.N.T.R./GENOVA. Via Cipro 11; Phone: 5995 - Telex:271
