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MMS Brochures Detail

Cost-Cutting Ship And

Shore Management Systems

Marine Management Systems (MMS), a leader in providing com- puterized management information systems for the shipping industry, is offering a free set of brochures de- scribing these systems, as well as various services offered by the com- pany. "MMS—An Overview," one of the brochures included in the litera- ture, points out that MMS deals exclusively with the shipping indus- try to provide services in the areas of shipboard and shoreside applica- tions systems and management con- sulting; that MMS has chosen as its microcomputer the IBM® PC (per- sonal computer) which offers the power, speed and versatility to meet all shipboard and shoreside require- ments; and that MMS can offer clients a full range of hardware, software and support, all from a sin- gle source.

Other brochures offered discuss the MMS "Planned Maintenance

System" (PMS), which is described as an efficient, orderly and compre- hensive system to help reduce ship repair and downtime costs; the

MMS "Spare Parts Inventory Man- agement System" (SPIM) which of- fers vessel operators the ability to exercise precise control over spare parts inventory; and the MMS "Condition Monitoring System" which, according to MMS, provides an easy-to-use shipboard predictive maintenance capability by offering the ability to detect problems in equipment before failures occur.

Also included is a brochure on the

Cargomax load, stability and stress calculation system. The heart of

Cargomax is a multipurpose IBM

PC Microcomputer that uses a ves- sel loading program specially de- signed to reflect the physical char- acteristics of a ship. MMS says that with Cargomax, ship stability and stress calculations are performed quickly and precisely so that cargo is distributed in a way that maxi- mizes the capacity of a ship while guaranteeing its safety.

With regard to hardware, MMS systems operate on MS DOS per- sonal computers. With MMS' posi- tion as a full-service dealer for IBM,

Zenith, Epson and others, they offer clients a full range of hardware, software and support, all from a sin- gle source.

For further information and free copies of the brochures on systems and services offered by MMS,

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The Catalina Flyer, built by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Whidbey Island, Wash., is pow- ered by two specially lightened Catapillar 3516TA diesel engines.

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders

Delivers 500-Passenger Catamaran

Reportedly Largest Passenger Catamaran Built In U.S.

Clipper Navigation Names

Don Auburn Port Engineer

Clipper Navigation, Inc. has se- lected Don Auburn as its port engineer. Mr. Auburn has 40 years of marine engineering experience.

Mr. Auburn will be responsible for all aspects relative to the main- tenance of the Victoria Clipper and its mechanical and electrical sys- tems.

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders,

Whidbey Island, Wash., have deliv- ered what is said to be the largest high-speed passenger catamaran built in the U.S. to Catalina Passen- ger Service, for service between

Newport Harbor and Catalina Is- land in southern California.

The 118-foot, 500-passenger fer- ry, the Catalina Flyer, is the 10th of a series of passenger catamarans built by Nichols Brothers. Like the

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Woodward Governor other vessels in the series, the Cata- lina Flyer is a Catamarans Interna- tional-designed boat. Nichols

Brothers and Gladding-Hearn Ship- building, Somerset, Mass., are the only U.S. yards licensed to build the

Australian-designed boats. Nichols

Brothers believes that the Catalina

Flyer could be the largest high- speed catamaran built to date in terms of both size and passenger capacity.

The Catalina Flyer, which re- places the Catalina Holiday on the

Newport-to-Catalina route for Cat- alina Passenger Service, is powered by two specially lightened 2,000-hp

Caterpillar 3516 TA diesel engines coupled to Reintjes WVS-1023 2.538:1 reduction gears and fitted with Lips three-bladed Cunial- bronze propellers. She can reach speeds of about 30 knots, but will travel on her route at about 27 knots. Systems Engineering of Bo- thell, Wash., supplied her propul- sion system controls. Hough Marine of Seattle engineered her electrohy- draulic steering system. The Catali- na Flyer's auxiliary power is sup- plied by two 40-kw generators driven by two John Deere engines.

With a beam of 40 feet and a draft of 8 feet, the vessel will carry a max- imum fuel load of 3,000 gallons.

Fresh water tankage is 400 gallons.

The electronics equipment aboard the Catalina Flyer was pro- vided by Northern Marine Elec- tronics of Seattle. Equipment in- cludes a Ross DR600D flasher, two

ICOM VHF radios, Furuno 1510D and 8030D radars, a Sperry 8T auto- pilot and a Furuno LC-90 loran.

The Catalina Flyer offers snack and refreshment bar service with small dinettes in two enclosed cab-

Open air seating is provided ins.

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