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Advisory Committee Organized

To Develop Vessel Traffic

System For New York Harbor

Capt. K.C. Torrens (left) and Adm. John M. Will, USN (ret.), (right), two members of the committee, pose with Vice

Adm. B.F. Engel, Commander, Atlantic Area/3rd Coast

Guard Dist. at his headquarters on Governors Island, N.Y.

A major step to create a "vessel traffic sys- tem" for waterborne commerce in the waters of the Port Authority of New York and New

Jersey was taken on April 6, when 14 represen- tatives of Federal and state governments as well as local maritime interests met for the first time as an advisory committee to the U.S.

Coast Guard at. Governors Island, N.Y.

Showing a good cross section of maritime in- terests, the representatives will form the "New

York Harbor Vessel Traffic Advisory Commit- tee" and will work with the Coast Guard in •building a long-range vessel traffic system to promote safety in the port. Chairman of the committee is retired Navy Adm. John M. Will, who is on the Board of Commissioners of Pi- lots for New York State.

Other members of the committee include:

Capt. Thomas A. King from the Commerce

Department's Maritime Administration; Capt.

K.C. Torrens from the American Institute of

Merchant Shipping; Navy Capt. R.D. Sante from' the Military Seal if t Command; Capt.

Steven M. Seledee from the American Institute of Marine Underwriters; Army Col. Harry W.

Lombard, district engineer from the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers; Commodore Frank Lind- ner from the Long Island Sound Commodores'-

Association; Alfred Hammon from the Port

Authority of New York and New Jersey;

Howard Lamp'l from the Federal Environ- mental Protection Agency; Capt. Harry C.

Breitenfeld from the United New York Sandy

Hook Pilots' Association; Capt. William H.

Burrill from the Board of Commissioners of Pi- lots for New Jersey; Robert Sanders from the

New York Panel, Marine Towing and Trans- portation Industry; Capt. L.T. Earl from the

United New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots' Associ- ation, and Capt. James C. Stillwaggon from the

Interport Pilots' Association. "This first meeting served to get us all ac- quainted," Comdr. H.A. Pledger, chief of the

Third District's Readiness Division and pro- ject officer for the vessel traffic system said. "We are planning our first real 'working' session on June 20 on Governors Island," he continued, "where we'll get into the business of exploring just what kind of a traffic system the harbor really needs." Commander Pledger is also serving as coordinator of the commit- tee's activities.

Vessel traffic systems now operate in San

Francisco and Puget Sound, with others plan- ned for Houston and New Orleans as well as

New York. In both San Francisco and Puget

Sound, the system involves the use of radar and shipboard radiotelephones which channel ships' positions into a Coast Guard-manned "operations center." There, the ships' progress through the harbor is traced, and Coast Guard duty officers can alert the ships' masters and pilots to any danger. "Exactly what form the system will take in

New York Harbor will be developed by the committee," Commander Pledger said, adding that the committee was hopeful of getting some preliminary stages of the vessel traffic system in operation by late spring of 1974.

Camlock Develops

Quick Acting Couplings

A quick means of securing flanges and cover plates in piping circuits and chemical transfer systems has been developed by the Camlock

Flange Sales Corp., 449 Sheridan Boulevard, In- wood, N.Y. 11696.

The system uses a limited number of steel helical cams instead of bolts, and incorporates an already positioned "Q" ring gasket of a material selected to suit the nature and properties of the fluid to be handled. A standard ASA mating flange is faced to the Camlock Flange, which is self-locating, and a turn by hand of less than one revolution sets each cam and locks the two flanges in a leak-proof seal.

Camlock Couplings are hydrostatically tested to 450 pounds per square inch, and are supplied in the standard form for working pressures of 150

ASA.' Greater pressures can be accommodated by the use of heavier flanges and additional cams.

On transfer hose lines and similar applications, the average time required to secure an eight-inch hose connection is less than one minute, with break-away time considerably less.

The helical cam design provides an area contact of considerable efficiency, and the purchase area of three cams, typical for an eight or 10-inch flange, is greater than that given by standard bolting. The coupling can be supplied with studs to secure it permanently to an existing drilled flange, or with a welding or screw neck. Pipe bores in the standard form range from three to 28 inches. Cam units can also be supplied for welding to existing flange equipment and pressure chambers, where quick opening and closing are required.

Camlock Couplings have also increased safety and proved economical when used on extremely low temperature applications, combustible or in- flammable liquid petroleum and chemical products.

The cryogenic version or the standard Camlock

Coupling is constructed with materials that remain unaffected by extremes of temperature. Where flanged connections in conditions of severe frost build up are required, hydraulic actuators can be fitted to assist the operator and facilitate flange break-away. "THAT^ J63/-ALWAYS LOOK/rff AT

Halter Marine Delivers

New Tug/Supply Vessel

For Gulf Of Mexico Service

The 1 70-foot Jesse Mechem is providing supply and an- chor handling services to Shell Oil's operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf Overseas Marine Corporation has placed into service a new 170-foot tug/supply vessel, the

M/V Jesse Mechem, operating for Shell Oil

Company in Morgan City, La. The Mechem is powered by two GM 16-V-149 TI diesel engines providing a continuous rating in excess of 2,500 horsepower, driving through Lufkin RS 2512 re- duction gears equipped with shaft brakes and controlled with Mathers Air Controls.

Built by Halter Marine in Lockport, La., the vessel has in hull dry-bulk tanks, along with a large clear deck capacity. The vessel is equipped with a S MAT CO 225,000# line pull double-drum towing and anchor handling winch with stern roller and complete anchor handling gear. The size, horsepower, carrying capacities, and towing and anchor handling capabilities make the Mechem one of the most versatile vessels sailing in service to the offshore oil industry in the Gulf of Mexico today.

Gulf Overseas Marine will shortly be placing into service a sister ship of the Mechem, the

M/V Titusville.

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