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SNAME Analyzes

Shipyard Cost

Reporting Systems

Who or what is responsible if con- struction costs of a new ship end up more than the original estimate? To answer this question, you need an efficient cost reporting and control system in your shipbuilding organiza- tion. Over the years, there has been difficulty in implementing such a sys- tem that is truly effective. In an ef- fort to remedy this situation, The

Society of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers called upon its Tech- nical and Research (T&R) Program to conduct a study, the results of which are reported in Bulletin 6-1, "Analy- sis of Shipyard Cost Reporting Sys- tems." The study and publication was accomplished by Panel SP-4 (Cost Reporting) with the approval of the ship production committee.

Bulletin 6-1 summarizes investiga- tions into cost reporting systems cur- rently in use in American shipyards and presents the panel's recommenda- tion of a direct labor cost reporting system in which a well-defined work package is utilized for reporting and control. The compatibility of this system with requirements outlined in

Department of Defense Instructions 7000.2 is discussed.

The method employed in the prepa- ration of this bulletin was a ques- tionnaire sent to shipyards concerning their present cost reporting and con-

For Japan. rankers. All with nickel-alloy tanks.

The LNG tanker Gadinia. Built by Les Chartier de L'Atlantique at St. Nazaire,

France. She went into service December, 1972. She has the low silhouette characteristic of membrane tankers.

The Gadinia, now in service be- tween Malaysia and Japan, is the first of her class. Chartered by Coldgas Trading, the Gadinia and six new nickel stainless tank- ers will deliver 1,300,000,000 bbls. of LNG in 20 years. From the Shell Petroleum Company gas fields of Brunei, Malaysia, to

Japan, 2500 miles away.

The other six will be in ser- vice by 1975. Four with flexible membrane tanks of 304L nickel stainless based on Gazocean de- sign. The other two LNG tankers, based on Gaz-Transport's flat- membrane design, will be made with Invar*3 6 % nickel-iron alloy. *A Registered trademark of

Soci6te Creusot-Loire (1MPHY)

Cold facts on 304L nickel stainless. 304L has outstanding ductility at room temperature and at -160C (-256F). Plus the tough- ness essential for the flexible waffle membrane design. 304L- provides demonstrated safety and service. 304L nickel stain- less has proven itself in corrosive marine atmosphere, aboard ship, and in shipyards. It is readily available, produced by a large number of companies.

High tightness welds. 304L is easy to weld. And the critical high tightness of the

Gadinia's primary barrier dem- onstrates this excellent weldabil- ity. No gas concentrations in the inner barrier space could be de- tected by highly sensitive moni- toring devices after trials.

Not just the tanks are nickel alloy.

Like many of today's mammoth

LNG tankers, the Gadinia has cryogenic piping, pumps, and valves of nickel-containing alloys. Alloys designed and proved to be tough and ductile at cryogenic temperatures. Like the inner tanks, they are highly resistant to corrosion, easily fab- ricated and welded.

Nickel alloys, right for cryo- genics. For your own LNG tank- er, of course, you also could choose 9% nickel steel. It all de- pends on your design require- ments. INCO will be happy to supply you with more informa- tion on nickel-containing alloys for cryogenic service. Simply write Department #14-73, The

International Nickel Company,

Inc., One New York Plaza, New

York, New York 10004. inco

THE INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY. INC..

NEW YORK.

In Canada, The International Nickel Company of Canada, Limited/In England, International

Nickel Limited, Thames House, Millbank, Lon- don SW1 P4QF, England. trol systems. The answers to the questionnaire received from 16 major shipyards were tabulated and ana- lyzed, and the results indicated a "package" cost reporting system was most desirable. The panel then con- ducted an in-depth study of one such system that has been in operation since 1967 on both commercial and naval construction.

T&R Bulletin 6-1, "Analysis of

Shipyard Cost Reporting Systems," is available through The Society of Na- val Architects and Marine Engineers, 74 Trinity Place, New York, N.Y. 10006, at $6 per copy. Members of the Society may obtain this bulletin at a price of $4 per copy. The price includes postage, if payment is in- cluded with order, via third class mail in the United States, and as "Printed

Matter" in all other countries. Ship- ments will be insured or sent air mail at additional cost only if requested.

Lulkin Industries

Promotes Ben Queen

Ben M. Queen

Lufkin Industries, Inc., P.O. Box 849, Lufkin, Texas 75901, has an- nounced the promotion of 'Ben M.

Queen to the position of acting sales manager of the Machinery Di- vision. He replaces C.D. Richards, who is retiring.

Last fall, Mr. Queen was trans- ferred from the Tulsa office, where he was district sales manager of the Mid-continent Division, to be assistant sales manager of the Ma- chinery Division.

With Lufkin since 1958, he join- ed the company as a sales engineer in the Machinery Division in the

Corpus 'Christi office.

Mr. Queen graduated from the

University of Arkansas with a B.S. degree in geology.

Lufkin Industries' Machinery Di- vision manufactures oil field pump- ing units and industrial and marine gears.

James C. Buckley, Inc.

Appoints Associate —James R. Cass Jr.

James R. Cass Jr. has been named associate by James C. Buck- ley, Inc., transportation consul- tants, 1250 Connecticut Avenue

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, with responsibilities in the area of ports and harbors.

Mr. Cass was formerly port en- gineer with the Massachusetts Port

Authority for several years. More recently, he was with San-Vel Con- crete Corporation, Littleton, Mass.

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