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MMS Brochures Detail Cost-Cutting Ship And Shore Management Systems Marine Management Systems (MMS), a leader in providing com- puterized management information systems for the shipping industry, is offering a free set of brochures de- scribing these systems, as well as various services offered by the com- pany. "MMS—An Overview," one of the brochures included in the litera- ture, points out that MMS deals exclusively with the shipping indus- try to provide services in the areas of shipboard and shoreside applica- tions systems and management con- sulting; that MMS has chosen as its microcomputer the IBM® PC (per- sonal computer) which offers the power, speed and versatility to meet all shipboard and shoreside require- ments; and that MMS can offer clients a full range of hardware, software and support, all from a sin- gle source. Other brochures offered discuss the MMS "Planned Maintenance System" (PMS), which is described as an efficient, orderly and compre- hensive system to help reduce ship repair and downtime costs; the MMS "Spare Parts Inventory Man- agement System" (SPIM) which of- fers vessel operators the ability to exercise precise control over spare parts inventory; and the MMS "Condition Monitoring System" which, according to MMS, provides an easy-to-use shipboard predictive maintenance capability by offering the ability to detect problems in equipment before failures occur. Also included is a brochure on the Cargomax load, stability and stress calculation system. The heart of Cargomax is a multipurpose IBM PC Microcomputer that uses a ves- sel loading program specially de- signed to reflect the physical char- acteristics of a ship. MMS says that with Cargomax, ship stability and stress calculations are performed quickly and precisely so that cargo is distributed in a way that maxi- mizes the capacity of a ship while guaranteeing its safety. With regard to hardware, MMS systems operate on MS DOS per- sonal computers. With MMS' posi- tion as a full-service dealer for IBM, Zenith, Epson and others, they offer clients a full range of hardware, software and support, all from a sin- gle source. For further information and free copies of the brochures on systems and services offered by MMS, Circle 98 on Reader Service Card The Catalina Flyer, built by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Whidbey Island, Wash., is pow- ered by two specially lightened Catapillar 3516TA diesel engines. Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Delivers 500-Passenger Catamaran Reportedly Largest Passenger Catamaran Built In U.S. Clipper Navigation Names Don Auburn Port Engineer Clipper Navigation, Inc. has se- lected Don Auburn as its port engineer. Mr. Auburn has 40 years of marine engineering experience. Mr. Auburn will be responsible for all aspects relative to the main- tenance of the Victoria Clipper and its mechanical and electrical sys- tems. Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Whidbey Island, Wash., have deliv- ered what is said to be the largest high-speed passenger catamaran built in the U.S. to Catalina Passen- ger Service, for service between Newport Harbor and Catalina Is- land in southern California. The 118-foot, 500-passenger fer- ry, the Catalina Flyer, is the 10th of a series of passenger catamarans built by Nichols Brothers. Like the Abex Defense Systems Action Threaded Products AERCO Intl Alco Power Ameron Aurora Pump Bendix Electrodynamics Buffalo Pumps Butterworth Tank Cleaning Byron Jackson ClaVal Coast Marine Deutsch Dresser Pump Dresser-Rand Compressor Dresser-Rand Services Dresser-Rand Steam Turbine EG&G Sealol Elliott Fairbanks Morse Engine Fairbanks Morse Pump Falk Corp. Fluid Power Components Gaylord Industries Gimpel Goulds Pumps Hale Fire Pump Hardie-Tynes Henschel /^A THESE COMPANIES HAVE FOUND MMA TO BE AN INDISPENSABLE AID TO THEIR EFFORTS TO SUPPLY THE SHIPBOARD MACHINERY TO THE NAVY. SHOULDNTYOU BE PART OF THE GROUP. JOIN MMA NOW AND TAKE PART IN THE UPCOMING OCTOBER MEETING "THE CHANGING CLIMATE FOR SPARE PARTS AND REPAIRS." MARINE MACHINERY ASSN. SUITE 1700 K ST. N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 (202)293-7169 Imo Delaval Industrial Analyzing Ingersoll-Rand Co. IngersolFRand Pump John Crane-Houdaille Kingsbury Lake Shore Leslie Controls Lidgerwood Lubriquip-Houdaille Marotta Scientific Masoneilan North American Mechanical Equipment Co. Nelson Electric Rexnord Rix Industries Roots Sargent Controls Solar Turbines Tate Andale TODD Combustion Treadwell Tri Tool Vacco Ward Machinery Warren Pumps Washington Engineering Co. Westinghouse Electric Woodward Governor other vessels in the series, the Cata- lina Flyer is a Catamarans Interna- tional-designed boat. Nichols Brothers and Gladding-Hearn Ship- building, Somerset, Mass., are the only U.S. yards licensed to build the Australian-designed boats. Nichols Brothers believes that the Catalina Flyer could be the largest high- speed catamaran built to date in terms of both size and passenger capacity. The Catalina Flyer, which re- places the Catalina Holiday on the Newport-to-Catalina route for Cat- alina Passenger Service, is powered by two specially lightened 2,000-hp Caterpillar 3516 TA diesel engines coupled to Reintjes WVS-1023 2.538:1 reduction gears and fitted with Lips three-bladed Cunial- bronze propellers. She can reach speeds of about 30 knots, but will travel on her route at about 27 knots. Systems Engineering of Bo- thell, Wash., supplied her propul- sion system controls. Hough Marine of Seattle engineered her electrohy- draulic steering system. The Catali- na Flyer's auxiliary power is sup- plied by two 40-kw generators driven by two John Deere engines. With a beam of 40 feet and a draft of 8 feet, the vessel will carry a max- imum fuel load of 3,000 gallons. Fresh water tankage is 400 gallons. The electronics equipment aboard the Catalina Flyer was pro- vided by Northern Marine Elec- tronics of Seattle. Equipment in- cludes a Ross DR600D flasher, two ICOM VHF radios, Furuno 1510D and 8030D radars, a Sperry 8T auto- pilot and a Furuno LC-90 loran. The Catalina Flyer offers snack and refreshment bar service with small dinettes in two enclosed cab- Open air seating is provided ins. Circle 234 on Reader Service Card (continued on page 49) 28 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
