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Shipboard Computer Survey (continued) communications system is in service transmitting ships' performance data, accounts, reports and rou- tine mail from IBM PC to PC via satellite. This has more than halved costs compared with telex. Three Quays will convert current paper- based reports and analysis forms to a computer format and integrate with performance monitoring and communications. The hull, propel- ler and machinery performance of 100 ships is being monitored by a Three Quays program which ana- lyzes routine log book data. This software provides a continuous as- sessment of vessel performance and the ability to predict future per- formance using alternative hull maintenance options. Hitherto, this has been done ashore, but the avail- ability of onboard micros allows data to be inputted onboard and only the condensed results trans- mitted to shore. Monitoring the per- formance of diesel engines has also received Three Quays attention. DECAMS is a computer based sys- tem using a custom-made computer as a data acquisition and the ship- board micro as the analysis unit. This enables the combustion pa- rameters of all engines onboard to be measured, recorded and com- pared with a calculated standard for the current operating conditions. This allows the engine to be kept to the peak of fuel efficiency while avoiding damage due to burning fuels of variable ignition and com- bustion quality. The key is to be able to compare performance fully, correcting for current service power, ambient conditions and fuel charac- teristics. Production systems lor ships, barges ana offshore structures. DWB ship transfer system. Beam line. Panel line at Bath Iron Works. If you Ve looking for productivity, you should talktoTTS. TTS specializes in solutions that offer immediate increases in productivity for your yard. Shotblast and paint lines. Panel lines. Beam lines for N/C cutting and marking of stiffeners. Heavy lift and ship transfer sys- tems. Material handling systems. Proven, flexible, custom-designed to suit any size shipyard, any existing facility Give us your particular production prob- lems. Let us propose how to reduce material handling costs, mechanize production and increase productivity We are just a phone call away SYSTEMS INC. 813 Forrest Dnve P.O. Box 6127 Newport News, Virginia 23606 Telephone: (804) 595-5153 TWX 710-880-0003. NEWPORT NEWS • LONDON • BERGEN • OSLO • HALIFAX TIMSCO, INC. Circle 18 on Reader Service Card TIMSCO, Inc., of Mobile, Alaba- ma, offers shipboard computer ap- plications for any type and size of vessel using IBM PC XT/AT or 100 % compatible computers. Pack- age currently available includes the Fleet Management System for shoreside users, Spare Parts Inven- tory Control System, Stores & Pro- visions Inventory/Requisitioning System, Planned/Preventive Main- tenance System, Regulatory Body Inspection System, Transport Anal- ysis System and Rig Management System. Through a cooperative marketing agreement with Marine Computer Management, Inc., of Martinez, California, TIMSCO of- fers the additional software pack- ages, including vessel administra- tion and payroll, cargo management and hull loading, voyage planning and navigation system. As a repre- sentative of Palomar Technology International, TIMSCO provides hardware, software and field ser- vices for vibration monitoring and vibration analysis of rotating ma- chinery. VESON, INC. Circle 19 on Reader Service Card Veson, Inc., showed a wide variety of shipping computer programs at the recent International Maritime Exposition at the New York Hilton. Veson has pioneered the develop- ment of super-microcomputer ap- plications for the shipping industry. The company combines the current hardware and software technologies with extensive business manage- ment experience to create what is termed "The Shipping Office of the Future." The company's systems reach well beyond the era of the per- sonal computers. They are multi- user, modular, expandable systems accommodating from one to 120 us- ers. Installations have been made in companies ranging from four-per- son offices to Fortune 100 corpora- tions. On display at the SNAME exposition were applications relat- ing to operations planning and con- trol, charter management and voyage estimating, accounting, crew information and payroll, vessel spares and maintenance manage- ment, information analysis for deci- sion support, telexing and word pro- cessing, connection to data base net- works and international office com- munications. Circle 150 on Reader Service Card 68 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
