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New Monitoring System

Can Reduce Fuel Costs —Literature Available

A hardware/software package used to monitor ship fuel con- sumption and propulsion engine efficiency, was announced recently by Marine Management Systems,

Inc. (MMS), Stamford, Conn., and

Seaworthy Engine Systems, Inc. (SES) of Essex, Conn.

Albert C. Song, vice president/ mini-micro systems at MMS, de- scribed the package—designated

Comet (Computerized Onboard

Monitoring of Energy and

Trends)—as "an easy-to-use sys- tem which provides operating en- gineers and shoreside manage- ment with a daily analysis of actual machinery performance conditions compared against standards. The data is not only useful for main- taining fuel economy but facili- tates maintenance needs as well.

Mr. Song said the system in- cludes a Hewlett-Packard HP-86 microcomputer and special soft- ware which facilitates the entry of significant data on machinery and hull performance.

He explained that the computer calculates the information en- tered, applying standards against very detailed operating data. A printout details the operating con-

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In describing the hardware, Mr.

Song said the basic computer fea- tures a memory capacity of 192K two 256K floppy disk drives, printer, a serial port, and a monochrome crt display. A larger capacity hard disk, starting at 10MB, can be added as the user's needs grow.

He added that the computer is designed so that it may be linked to other microcomputers via data communication network systems to provide fast, low-cost transmis- sion of information.

Comet was developed by Sea- worthy Engine Systems, Inc., (SES), Essex, Conn., in coopera- tion with MMS. SES has been in- volved in providing Marine Engi- neering Services for the last 10 years, specializing in plant moni- toring and fuel conservation.

Headquartered in Stamford, Conn.,

MMS has been the leader in the development and implementation of Management Information Sys- tems in the maritime industry since 1969.

For complete literature describ- ing the cost reducing advantages of COMET,

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Smit International

Appoints J.J. Driscoll

Vice President Sales

John J. Driscoll Jr.

John J. Driscoll Jr. has been appointed vice president sales of

Smit International (Americas) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the

Rotterdam based ocean towage and salvage firm, Smit International.

The announcement was made by

J. Willem Heldring, executive vice president of Smit Interna- tional (Americas) Inc. in Houston.

Mr. Driscoll has been with the

Smit organization since 1977, and prior to that time he was associ- ated with Lykes Bros. Steamship

Company.

Mr. Driscoll has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Texas and a law degree from South Texas

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