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The Maestro ship automation system from Merlin Gerin

Merlin Gerin Introduces

New Ship Automation System

Merlin Gerin has introduced its new ship automation system called

Maestro™. The system was made to be integrated on ships in order to provide greater security and operat- ing comfort; higher performance and installation availability; and to re- duce personnel and maintenance costs.

The system was designed in coop- eration with Telemechanique, its sister company of the Schneider

Group. It is based on process sta- tions, LAN and supervisors from

Telemechanique.

Merlin Gerin implemented and marketed all of the system's hard- ware and software components for

Maestro.

Some of the reported advantages of the system include: quick control and display provided by multipur- pose work stations suited to marine constraints; dedicated keyboard with an integrated tracker-ball; high resolution VDU; accurate mimic dia- grams; user friendly access from any work station; LAN redundancy; and the possibility of "fall back" operat- ing mode.

Some of the functions which can be performed by Maestro are alarm and measurement monitoring; power management; main engines monitoring and control; generator sets monitoring and control; auxil- iaries management; and fluids man- agement.

Any of the functions can be imple- mented at the customer's discretion, are connected to the same network and can be operated from different points on the ship, usually from the engine room and the bridge.

The system is customized to meet the client's needs by parameter-set- ting in the plant or aboard the ship.

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Maestro ship automation system,

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Alan C. McClure

Associates Names

Scott McClure President

Scott McClure has been named president of Alan C. McClure Asso- ciates, Inc. at a recent board of direc- tors meeting.

Mr. McClure joined the firm in 1985 as a naval architect where he was involved with several SWATH designs, FSO and FPSO conversions, and jackup rig conversions to off- shore production units. In 1987 he was elected to the board of directors.

He has been an active member of SNAME for over 11 years and has served as arrangements coor- dinator, treasurer, vice chairman and chairman of the Texas Sec- tion of SNAME.

Alan C. McClure will remain as chairman of the board and will continue daily involvement with the firm.

Foreign Vessel Granted

Permission To Offer Spill

Services In San Diego

A waiver of federal maritime law has been approved by the

House of Representatives to per- mit a foreign-built vessel to offer oil spill clean-up services in San

Diego harbor.

Under maritime law foreign- owned vessels are prohibited from commerce in U.S. coastal waters according to the Jones Act. The

Malaysian-built vessel, the Deliv- erer, will be equipped with oil spill clean-up equipment.

Ira Richman of San Diego, a licensed captain and a member of the Seafarers International Union, owns the vessel.

The waiver was approved as an amendment to the Maritime Ad- ministration Authorization bill which was offered by Randy

Cunningham (R-San Diego).

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