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Philadelphia Sections Discuss

Prevention Of Water Pollution

At SNAME/IEEE Joint Meeting

New information is fed, via four remote input terminals (display stations) strategically located at each yard, to a large central computer at Mat- son headquarters in San Francisco. For approxi- mately 20 hours daily, the display stations are in constant contact with the central computer.

The containers are recorded in and out of each yard by identification number. Additional infor- mation about status, position in yard, etc. may be entered by any of the stations, any of which may also obtain all the latest information from the central computer within seconds.

Information is available in both summary form and detail form for each of the more than 100 different types of containers currently being handled in the container terminals by writing

C.E. Regal, Public Relations Department, 100 Mission Street, San Francisco, Calif. Tele- phone (415) 982-7700.

Twin City Barge Receives 'Helpers Of The Court' Award

The "Helpers of the Court" award has been presented to Twin City Barge & Towing Com- pany, St. Paul, Minn., by the St. Paul Judges of

Municipal Court for the firm's role in hiring and helping rehabilitate alcoholics.

John Mathews, director of personnel at

Twin City Barge, received a special plaque from the judicial group. Last year, Twin City Barge hired alcoholics, who were undergoing treatment at Hastings State Hospital, for work at the firm's Prescott, Wis. barge-cleaning facilities.

The plaque is inscribed: "In recognition of

Twin City Barge & Towing Company's humane and prudent program for the rehabilitation of alcoholics and for its successful efforts in con- serving and restoring them to gainful employ- ment and useful citizenship."

Shown above at the joint meeting in Philadelphia, left to right, are Fred Praiseman, PSNY, chairman IEEE and co- ordinator; George Johnson, U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers, SNAME chairman; Cmdr. R.J. Hanson, USCG, author, and B.B. Cook Jr., De Laval Turbine, Inc.,

SNAME vice chairman.

The Annual Joint Meeting of the Philadel- phia Section of The Society of Naval Archi- tects and Marine Engineers and the Philadel- phia Section of the Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers (IEEE) was held Feb- ruary 19, 1971, at the Philadelphia Engineers

Club. Sixty-five members and guests were in attendance. The topic of the paper presented was water pollution prevention and detection.

The title of the paper presented was "Com- bating Oil Pollution a Coast Guard Mission," written by Comdr. R.J. Hanson, USCG, Chief

Intelligence and Law Enforcement Branch,

Third Coast Guard District, Governors Island,

N.Y. The author discussed water pollution, what it is, where it comes from, its causes, and the tools available to combat it. Emphasis is on prevention, but the presentation includes regulations, inspection, navigation, equipment, training and enforcement.

The status of detection and its future de- velopment were discussed, with some views on containment and cleanup. The U.S. Coast

Guard's responsibilities in the field of water pollution, and what each citizen can expect from this organization was covered.

Coordinator for the meeting was Fredrick

Praiseman, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Pub- lic Works Division.

Matson Installs System

To Check Location, Status

And Condition Of Containers

The computer age has combined with the con- tainer age to provide faster and more efficient freight service between Hawaii and the mainland via Pacific Coast ports.

A computer-controlled container information system has been installed by Matson Navigation

Company at its Oakland and Los Angeles harbor container terminals. Matson, which pioneered containerization to Hawaii 13 years ago, operates a 42-acre facility in the Port of Oakland's 7th

Street complex, and a new 50-acre yard on

Terminal Island at the Port of Los Angeles.

The computer hookup enables Matson to main- tain up-to-the-minute information on container yard activities in both regions, including the whereabouts, status (whether loaded or empty) and condition of each of the thousands of con- tainers in the area at any time. The system also provides overall reports of container yard opera- tions at a glance, a great asset in cargo planning and expediting the intermodal movement of freight to and from Hawaii, according to Matson

Terminals operations representatives at both yards.

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