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RIGHJWAY WINCHES Manufactured to Your Exact Requirements from Interchangeable Standard Components • Totally Enclosed Motor • All-Weather Use • Safety Brake • All-Steel Fabricated Winch Base • Precision Gearing • Electric Motor Brake Optional • Free-Spooling Drum • Torque Limiter Clutch Optional Tell Us Your Needs.. We'll Send Appropriate Catalog! DESIGNERS & MANUFACTURERS OF MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT TANSPEC CORP. 13600 DEISE AVENUE • CLEVELAND. OH 44110 • PHONE: <216) 451-9100 (Outside Ohio: 1-100-321-3236) Write 761 on Reader Service Card FULL SERVICE ASHORE AND AFLOA T of your REFRIGERATION and AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT • DESIGN SERVICES • Full scope of HVAC engineering services from surveys, design, U.S.C.G./A.B.S./Navy submittals to as built drawings, • SUPPLIES/PARTS • Inventory of refrigerants, controls and 0.E.M, compressor parts. Accounts with nationwide manufacturers for prompt delivery of any item. • EMERGENCY REPAIRS • Specially trained engineers on call 24 hours a day for quick response - anywhere • SURVEYS • Remedial repair, long range up-grading repairs & correc- tive work of your shipboard plant & equipment. Emphasis on systems know-how and breakdown/malfunction pre- vention • EXPERIENCED MANPOWER • Licensed marine, stationary and refrigeration engineers with years of problem solving experience Quality work- manship and on-time performance is our guarantee for your satisfaction Call Bill Bryant at (201) 652-1723 (night) (201) 653-0982 MECHANICAL RESOURCES, INC. 191 Cambridge Ave., Jersey City, N.J. 07307 Service and Facilities in Jersey City and Jacksonville, Fla. Write 530 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER Bender Delivers Fourth Tuna Boat PAGE 8 1983 RTCM Assembly — A Preview — PAGE 12 Preview SNAME Spring Meeting/ STAR Symposium PAGE 18 MarAd Approves Charter Of APL Ship To MSC The Maritime Administration has approved an application by American President Lines, Ltd., to charter the 22,000-dwt Presi- dent Adams to the Military Sea- lift Command (MSC) for one year. The partial-container vessel's operating-differential subsidy (ODS) payments will be sus- pended at the termination of the voyage preceding the charter. ODS will not be resumed until the ship is redelivered from the MSC. The vessel may not be sub- chartered or operated in the do- mestic trade without MarAd's permission. Navy Awards Purifier Repair Contract To E. Elliott E. Elliott and Associates, Inc., of Martinez, Calif., a firm special- izing in marine engineering and repair services, has been awarded a three-year contract (contract No. N00228-82-D-6310) by the Naval Supply Center, Oakland, to repair and overhaul centrifu- gal fuel and lube oil purifiers on Navy ships in the San Francisco Bay area. Elliott and Associates have complete overhaul and test facil- ities for centrifugal purifiers, in- cluding dynamic balancing and in-house testing. Joining the firm as the consultant on purifier re- pairs is Victor Larson. Mr. Lar- son has long been recognized as one of the Bay area's top experts on purifier repairs. MARITIME REPORTER and Engineering News Editorial and Executive Offices 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016 (212) 689-3266 ITT Telex: 424768 MARINTI PUBLISHERS John E. O'Malley Charles P. O'Malley VICE PRESIDENT John C. O'Malley EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Charles P. O'Malley EDITOR Edward J. Quigley SENIOR EDITOR Thomas H. Phillips ASSOCIATE EDITOR Kathleen Reagan EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Lillian Irvine TECHNICAL EDITOR L. Parke Adair, BSNA, PE INTERNATIONAL EDITOR Robin F. Burnett, MRINA, MNI, London, England BUSINESS MANAGER John E. O'Malley ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR John C. O'Malley ADVERTISING PRODUCTION MANAGER Katherine St. Onge ART DIRECTOR Ellen Hemmer CIRCULATION MANAGER M. Sottile SALES OFFICES New York, New York Maritime Reporter & Engineering News 107 East 31st Street New York, NY 10016 Telephone: (212) 689-3266 Houston, Texas Robert Hawley Gary Lindenberger Mike Sullivan 11777 Katy Freeway, Suite 155 Houston, TX 77079 Telephone: (713) 870-0470 Italy Mr. Vittorio F. Negrone Ediconsult Internazionale Piazza Fontane Marose 3 -16123 Genova, Italy Telex: 211197 EDINT 1 Scandinavia Mr. Stephan R G Orn Ab Stephan R G Orn Box 106, S-271 00 Ystad, Sweden Telex: 33335 ORN S MARITIME REPORTER AND . ENGINEERING NEWS (USPS 016-750) 107 EAST 31st STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10016 (212) 689-3266 Telex: MARINTI 424768 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1st and 15th of each month by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Controlled Circulation postage paid at Waterbury, Connecticut 06701. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliver- oble magazines to Maritime Reporter/Engineering News, 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016. Member VBPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. No. 6 Volume 45 Standard and Custom-Built Units Capacities: 500 to 50,000 Lbs. Available ELECTRIC • AIR • GASOLINE HYDRAULIC 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News