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USS Crommelin—Todd Seattle U.S. NAVY OVERHAUL MARKET James R. McCaul President, International Maritime Associates This article is an excerpt from IMA's recent quarterly update on the Navy ship maintenance and overhaul market. Information is current as of 1 July, except where noted. ANALYSIS OF FUTURE CONTRACTING Navy has issued a new ship main- tenance planning schedule covering FY 1985-1986. We have analyzed this schedule to see how Navy will manage future contracting with ship repair yards. Number of Contracts As shown in Exhibit 1, a drastic reduction in the number of regular overhauls will occur next year. Only ten regular overhauls are planned in FY 1986 for commercial yards on the East Coast. This compares with 20 in FY 1985 and 18 in FY 1984. A similar decline is planned on the West Coast. Five regular overhauls are scheduled for West Coast com- mercial yards in FY 1986. This com- pares with 11 in FY 1985 and nine in FY 1984. SRA's and PMA's will continue to increase on the East Coast, reflect- ing the need for short maintenance periods as Navy extends ship over- haul intervals. In FY 1986 Navy plans 62 SRA or PMA job starts on the East Coast. This compares with 38 SRA/PMA job starts in FY 1985 and 30 in FY 1984. A similar increase in SRA/PMA job starts will not occur on the West Coast. In fact the number of West Coast SRA/PMA's in FY 1986 will decline to 35 job starts from 44 in FY 1985. The number of jobs (overhauls, DSRA's, DPMA's) requiring dry- docking will increase on the East Coast, fall on the West Coast. In FY 1986,34 drydocking jobs are planned for commercial yards on the East Coast. This compares with 30 dry- docking jobs in FY 1985 and 24 in FY 1984. On the West Coast there will be 16 commercial drydocking jobs in FY 1986, compared with 28 in FY 1985 and 17 in FY 1984. In all, it's bad news for West Coast shipyards and most East Coast yards. The only good news seems limited to a few yards in major East Coast homeport areas— where captive SRA/PMA work is increasing. 24 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
