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MMS System Streamlines

CONOCO Tanker Operations

Ocean tanker scheduling and monitoring by

Continental Oil Company (.CONOCO) will soon foe streamlined through the installation of a newly developed computerized Voyage

Reporting System designed by Marine Man- agement Systems, Inc. (MMS).

Eugene D. Story, president of MMS, said his company designed the system to enable marine operators to replace long-used manual paper-work methods with efficient computer systems capable of providing up-to-the-min- ute vessel status reports on a worldwide basis.

Based in Stamford, Conn., MMS designs and implements computer systems exclusively for the international marine industry.

Mr. Story pointed out that the type of infor- mation used in vessel status reports is vital in problem-evaluation and decision-making, par- ticularly during periods of world energy short- ages and intensive tanker utilization.

He said the MMS contract with CONOCO marks the petroleum industry's first applica- tion of the new system for ocean tanker fleet status reporting. It will be employed by CON-

O.CO's subsidiary, World Wide Transport Inc., which operates 30 vessels transporting oil and oil products from Middle Eastern and North

African ports to refineries in Italy, the United

Kingdom, and the United States.

Initially, the system will foe installed at

CONGCO's headquarters offices in Stamford, and at their Eastern Hemisphere offices in

London, England. An input/output terminal at each location, Mr. Story explained, will be used to feed data pertaining to ship movements and performance to a central computer located in the Midwestern United States.

Both offices will also be able to retrieve in- stantly, in print-out form, a complete up-to-the- minute report reflecting the latest position of every active company vessel. In addition, his- torical data—unloading time and fuel con- sumption of vessels of various sizes, for in- stance—will also be available.

Plans call for extension of the system this fall to include company operations in Italy.

Additional installations are planned for next year.

The MiMS system—.believed to foe the only system of its kind that is commercially avail- able—utilizes the G.E. Worldwide Informa- tion Services Network, the heart of which is a giant (iMark III) computer located in 'Cleve- land, Ohio. Overseas access is via the commun- ications satellite.

Zapata Corporation Appoints

C.N. Seger And K.W. Waldorf

Christian N. Seger Kenneth W. Waldorf

Christian N. Seger has been named vice presidenNmarketing of Zapata Marine Serv- ice, Inc., a Houston, Texas-based subsidiary of Zapata Corporation. He had been vice president of Zapata Development Corporation since January 1972.

Mr. Seger will foe responsible for the world- wide sales and marketing efforts of Zapata

Marine, its subsidiaries and affiliates. Zapata

Marine operates a fleet of 37 vessels which carry crews, equipment and supplies to off- shore drilling rigs on locations, and which tow rigs on local moves. The company cur- rently has 10 new tug/supply vessels under construction.

In addition to his marketing management responsibilities at Zapata Development, Mr.

Seger's background in the field includes re- sponsibility of development of marketing, ad- vertising and public relations programs at

Cameron Iron Works, Inc., Houston, and real estate acquisition and marketing with Shind- ler/Cummins, Inc., Houston.

Mr. Seger is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, where he served as a diving and demolitions, officer. He holds an M.B.A. degree in mar- keting from Columbia University, and a bache- lor of Arts degree from Yale University.

In another appointment, Kenneth W. Wal- dorf was named manager of planning and financial analysis for Zapata Corporation. He will be responsible for 'the company's opera- tional auditing, new project analysis and long- range planning.

Before joining Zapata, Mr. Waldorf was as- sociated with Exxon Company U.S.A. for four years in various marine planning and opera- tions activities. Most recently, he served as engineering manager, directing the group re- sponsible for the design and construction of both tankers and inland marine equipment. Pre- viously, he served for six years in the U.S.

Navy as a submarine officer.

Mr. Waldorf has a bachelor of science de- gree from the U.S. Naval Academy, and an

M.B.A. degree from the University of Cali- fornia at Berkeley.

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