Page 35: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (February 1991)

Thomas E. Moran Retires;

MacLeod Appointed New

CEO Of Moran Towing typical, newly built U.S.-flag vessel today averages 20 to 24. Some high- ly automated foreign ships operate with as few an eight to 12 crew members on board.

A "measurable and substantial reduction in vessel casualties and personnel injuries" have been wit- nessed over the past 20 years while crew size was declining.

The following recommendations were offered at the conclusion of the study by the Marine Board:

Congress should modernize man- ning laws to allow innovation with- out degrading safety;

The U.S. maritime industry, with the aid of the Department of Trans- portation, should implement a pro- gram to demonstrate the conditions under which reduced crew size can be considered safe;

The industry, with the aid of

DOT, should undertake a research program to determine how human factors such as fatigue and stress affect maritime safety;

DOT should gather, standardize, evaluate and disseminate maritime safety data; and

The Coast Guard should use formal analytical methods to make manning decisions. The goal should be to develop an internationally ac- cepted method for establishing min- imum safe manning levels. 1 m s mmBm D a. - ^Klll

Malcolm W. MacLeod

Thomas E. Moran, chairman and CEO of Moran Towing Corpo- ration has announced his retirement from the corporation, remaining as chairman of the board of directors.

Malcolm W. MacLeod, presi- dent of Moran Towing Corporation, has been appointed by Mr. Moran to assume the additional duties of

CEO.

Mr. Moran is a veteran executive with some 45 years' experience in the maritime industry. He is the great-grandson of the company's founder, Michael Moran, and the fourth-generation Moran to head the 130-year-old family firm. He has been a director of the corporation since 1954 and was elected chairman in 1980.

MarAd Approves Two

Requests By Lykes Bros.

To Terminate Voyages

The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has approved two separate requests by Lykes Bros. Steamship

Co., Inc. to terminate the current voyages of the Nancy Lykes and

Ruth Lykes in a North European port before beginning a time charter with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) for three to four weeks, with the MSC's option for two further round trips.

MarAd noted that this does not constitute a precedent for action in any similar case.

Study Finds No Causal

Link Between Crew Size

And Maritime Safety

A two-year study of the effect of crew sizes on maritime safety, re- cently completed by the Marine

Board of the National Research

Council, was unable to identify a causal link between manning levels and safety. The study was commis- sioned by the U.S. Coast Guard in light of the worldwide trend toward reduced crews and concerns about the impact on vessel and personnel safety.

Compared to a level of about 45 seafarers 30 years ago, the crew of a

Circle 216 on Reader Service Card

Produced by licensees in:

Rep. of Korea/Brazil/Yugoslavia/

People's Rep. of China

The World Leader in HFO-operated Marine GenSets

MAN B&W Diesel / 50 Broadway / New York, N.Y. 10004 / Telephone (212) 269-0980 / Telecopy (212) 363-2469 / Telex: 421374 mancorp

MAN B&W Diesel A/S / Ostervej 2 / DK-4960 Holeby / Denmark / Telephone +45 3 90 60 26 / Telecopy +45 3 90 66 76 / Telex: 40646 hodiel dk

February, 1991 73