Page 4: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (August 15, 1981)

Dr. P.J. McCabe Named

Product Line Coordinator

For Butterworth Systems

Dr. Peter J. McCabe

Dr. Peter J. McCabe has been appointed product line coordina- tor of shore tank cleaning sys- tems for Butterworth Systems

Inc., the international company that manufactures equipment for tank cleaning, underwater hull cleaning, oil/water separation and high-pressure water jetting.

Prior to joining Butterworth

Systems, Dr. McCabe was a proj- ect engineer with Exxon Research & Engineering, in their Engineer- ing Technology Department. He started with Exxon in March 1979, after having worked as an envi- ronmental consultant.

Dr. McCabe graduated from the

University of Notre Dame with a

B.S. degree in aerospace and me- chanical engineering, and an M.S. and Ph.D degree in environmen- tal engineering. $70.8-Million Conversion

Contract Awarded AMSHIP

A $70.8-million contract for the conversion of four Moore McCor- mack Lines, Inc., general cargo ships into self-sustaining cargo/ container vessels has been ap- proved by the U.S. Maritime Ad- ministration.

The reconstruction work, to be financed in part under the Mar Ad construction-differential subsidy (CDS) program, will be done by

The American Ship Building Co. at Tampa, Fla., and Lorain, Ohio.

The C-4, Constellation-class ships are the Mormaclynx, Mor- maccargo, Mormacvega, and Mor- macrigel. They were built at In- galls Shipbuilding Corp., Pasca- goula, Miss., and delivered in 1964-65. Each presently is 550- feet 9 inches long and has a car- go-carrying capacity of 12,666 dwt, including 200 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers.

The conversion calls for inser- tion of 115-foot midbodies and the installation of three 40-ton cranes in each vessel. This will increase their overall length to 665 feet 9 inches, dwt to 15,726, and their container capacity to 628 TEUs.

American Ship Building's ne- gotiated fixed price for the recon- struction of each ship is $17,477,- 995, the amount eligible for sub- sidy consideration. The CDS por- tion approved for each is $7,527,- 995, or 43.07 percent of the total.

This represents the difference be- tween the fixed price and the es- timated foreign cost of $9.95 mil- lion for each vessel. In a final or- der and opinion recently, the Mar- itime Subsidy Board approved

Japan as the fair and represent- ative foreign shipbuilding center.

In addition to CDS, totaling some $30 million, the federal gov- ernment will pay approximately $200,000 for each of the four- vessels for national defense fea- tures. Moore McCormack, on its own account, will pay the ship- yard some $2 million additionally for maintenance and repair items on the four ships.

The reconstructed vessels will be designated MA Design C6-S- 60c class ships.

Addition of the three 40-ton cranes on each will give them self-cargo handling capability, one of the national defense features approved by MarAd and the De- partment of the Navy. The ro- tating cranes, with an outreach of 25 feet, would enhance the ves- sels suitability for wartime use.

Another defense feature to be in- corporated will provide for carry- ing two 20-foot containers in tan- dem where 40-foot containers are to be stowed. Both features will be put to commercial use by

Moore McCormack and, for that reason, their cost will be jointly shared as subsidized items.

We speak softly because

There's been a lot of flag waving lately about who makes the best marine diesels, but the facts speak for themselves. Nothing comes even close to Colt-Pielstick¥ marine diesel engines manufactured by Fairbanks Morse.

No one comes close in experience. There are more than 2,200 Pielstick PC Series diesels in marine applications with a total of more than 73 million hours of operating experience.

No one beats us in heavy fuels. There are more than 1,700 Pielstick PC Series marine diesels for operation on heavy fuel with more than 55 million hours of operation. In today's economy, that kind of experience can't be overlooked.

We're American-made. Fairbanks Morse builds

Colt-Pielstick PC-2 Series marine diesels in Beloit, Wisconsin, with 100% American labor and components. Yet due to the internationality of the Pielstick license group, they can be serviced anywhere in the world by other engine builders.

No one offers more flexibility in horsepower ratings. Fairbanks Morse offers you heavy duty Pielstick 4-cycle marine diesels with a 6,000 to 27,000 bhp rating range. Our