Research Contracts To Combustion Engineering And Mortada International
The Maritime Administration has awarded two research and development contracts concerning marine fuels. The first is a $172,000, nine-month contract to Combustion Engineering, Incorporated, Windsor, Conn., to develop and test a device to measure the effectiveness of various marine burners in atomizing residual fuel oils. When completed, the device will be installed in Combustion Engineering's Fuel Burning Test Facility and used to evaluate atomization improvements on marine burners.
The second contract, for $102,- 000 and one year, was awarded to Mortada International, Dallas, Texas, to study the pricing of marine bunker fuels. The study will analyze elements that determine the cost of marine bunkers, such as production, refining, transportation, tariffs, duties, and taxes, and the impact of various domestic, social, environmental, and industrial factors on No. 6 bunker "C" fuel and marine diesel fuel.
The firm will also evaluate the influence which fuel prices have on freight rates and the effects of capital cost improvements in reducing fuel costs. Ultimately, a mathematical model will be developed to permit shipowners and operators to evaluate available options for reducing fuel costs while maintaining a reasonable degree of service.
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- Sixth LNG/LPG Meeting Gastech 78 To Be Held Nov. 7-10 In Monte Car page: 4
- Nichols/Pittman/Choate Purchase Cox Interest In Mississippi Marine page: 6
- Japanese Shipbuilders Association Elects Dr. Shinto President page: 6
- Bethlehem To Reconstruct Four PFEL Ships At Cost Of $5 Million Each page: 8
- Federal Barge Lines Names David Ruffner Manager Eastern Region page: 8
- McAllister Adds 4,290-HP Tug To Hampton Roads Fleet page: 9
- Model Of National Monument Honoring American Seamen Unveiled On Maritime Day page: 11
- New GE MST-21 9,000-19,000 SHP Steam Turbine Available page: 11
- Research Contracts To Combustion Engineering And Mortada International page: 11
- LNG-5 . . . Dusseldorf page: 12
- N.Y. Propeller Club Elects Hart President page: 19
- Pacific N.W. Section Hears Paper On Marine Cathodic Protection page: 28
- Union Mechling Forms Water Analytics Division page: 30
- U.S. Steel Orders Colt-Pielstick Engines For Huge Ore Carrier page: 33
- Raytheon Adopts New Warranty Program page: 38
- Lloyd's Register Pioneers Vibration Monitoring Techniques page: 40
- ABS Forms Republic Of China Technical Committee page: 42
- Propulsion Systems, Inc. To Supply Bow Thrusters For Two Ro/Ro Vessels page: 44
- Dry Dock Association Elects Massa President page: 50
- Hansen And Tidemann, Inc. Names Mitchell To Head First West Coast Office page: 50
- New Register Shows Ro-Ro Fleet Much Larger page: 51
- Advanced Marine Vehicles Conference Issues Call For Papers page: 52
- ITT Decca Marine Introduces Two New Navigation Aids page: 53
- Electro-Nav Names Woolf General Manager San Francisco Office page: 56
- SNAME Los Angeles Section Discusses Use Of Concrete For Marine LNG Tankage page: 56
- Bethlehem Beaumont To Build Self-Setting Production-Storage Platform For Phillips Petroleum page: 57
- Prudential Installs Fleetwide Preventive Maintenance Program page: 58
- National Cargo Bureau Appoints Captain Gates page: 59
- Maryland Police And United Nations Order Boats From Uniflite page: 60
- Mitsubishi To Convert Sea-Land Containerships page: 61
- Marine Electronics Dealers Establish Reciprocal Service page: 61
