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Bruce McAllister Named

Deputy To Assistant

Secretary Of Commerce

For Maritime Affairs

The appointment of Bruce A.

McAllister as Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Maritime Affairs has been announced by Samuel

B. Nemirow, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Af- fairs and head of the Maritime

Administration.

Mr. McAllister, formerly pres- ident and chief executive officer of McAllister Brothers, Inc., ma- rine towing and transportation company headquartered in New

York, fills the vacancy created when Mr. Nemirow moved up to succeed Robert J. Blackwell about a year ago. He also will serve on the three-member Maritime Sub- sidy Board, which Mr. Nemirow chairs.

Elected president of McAllister

Brothers in June 1976, Mr. Mc-

Allister previously had served the company as vice president, gen- eral counsel, and as a member of the board of directors. From 1964 until 1974 he was an associate and partner in the New York law firm of Healy and Baillie, where he handled major litigation and negotiation with a special focus on maritime commercial law.

The new Sperry ASM reduces your need for bunkers ana bankers.

If you're tired of all too frequent bunkering and borrowing, Sperry has a "savings plan" for you

The Adaptive Steering Module (ASM).

When used with our Universal Gyropilot," the ASM can provide an annual fuel savings of more than 1.5% when operating in sea states 4 and 5. Based on present fuel costs, this could save more than $50,000 annually.

It also will save time and effort. The ASM eliminates manual readjustments by automatically adapting the gyropilot as sea conditions change.

In fact, only two manual inputs are required: set the

ASM for light or loaded condition and open or confined waters. Then, simply activate the mode switch on the gyropilot, and the module takes over.

The ASM's dedicated microprocessor control system automatically adjusts weather and gain settings on a continual basis. These adjustments are based on ship speed and type, yaw and rudder angle deviations, and load conditions.

The ASM also executes controlled turns with virtually no overshoot. Audible and visual alarms warn the officer of loss of speed input, computer problems, and loss of power supply.

Yet, with all these practical features, you don't have to be a banker to buy the ASM.

For details, see your Marine Systems representative, or call or write: Sperry Division

Headquarters, Marine Systems, Great Neck.

New York 11020. (516)574-3088.

SPERRY

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The Adaptive Steering Module

Bruce A. McAllister

While with McAllister Brothers, he also served on the board of di- rectors of the American Mutual

Steamship Protection and Indem- nity Association, as vice chair- man of the New York area Ma- rine Transportation Employers'

Association, and as a director of the Maritime Association of the

Port of New York.

McAllister Brothers, a 116- year-old company, has operations in New York, Philadelphia, Nor- folk, Baltimore, the Gulf of Mex- ico, Puerto Rico, Panama, the

Netherlands Antilles, and Saudi

Arabia. The company operates more than 60 tugs and 40 barges in harbor docking and undocking operations, container feeder trans- portation, bulk liquid and dry car- go movements, and supply and crew vessels for offshore drilling.

Brochure Available On 'Sea Fence' Oil

Containment Boom

A full-color brochure on the Sea

Fence® oil containment boom, the newest environmental protection product developed by Seaward

International, Inc., is now avail- able from the Falls Church, Va. company.

The brochure describes the con- struction of the Sea Fence and details specifications of the boom, which is available in both Inner

Harbor and Outer Harbor sizes.

Floats on the boom are cut from blocks of flexible closed-cell foam.

Bottom tension for this fence- type boom is provided by a belt of lightweight Kelvar filaments.

A final coating of polyurethane elastomer covers the entire as- sembly, and is said to give the

Sea Fence outstanding resistance to oil, water, sunlight, and abra- sion.

Originally designed for the U.S.

Navy, the Sea Fence boom com- bines the light weight and ease of handling required for quick re- sponse with the toughness of a permanent type boom. Rapid de- ployment is made easy by its ability to be stored on and de- ployed from a reel.

For a free copy of the bro- chure, write to Gus Ruetenik,

Dept. MR, Seaward International,

Inc., 6269 Leesburg Pike, Falls

Church, Va. 22044. 26 ZIDELL Maritime Reporter/Engineering News