SHIPBOARD MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SYSTEM

This is a final report on the design and development of a prototype shipboard maintenance and repair system to meet the needs of industry and the requirements of the U.S. Coast Guard. Based on inputs from operators, a basic system design was developed and an initial prototype system for a diesel engineering plant was produced and installed aboard the MV SUGAR ISLANDER (unattended engine room). The diesel plant prototype was evaluated over a one year period, following which the system documentation and procedures were expanded to total ship applicability to include hotel service equipment, ship control and navigation equipment, electronics, and items associated with the hull, tanks, and cargo stowage. System design includes documentation for scheduling and recording accomplishment of required preventive maintenance items, corrective maintenance actions, spare parts usage and requisitioning, and ADP produced Machinery History and Spare Parts Inventory. Systems users appraised the system as beneficial in avoiding breakdown maintenance, maintaining maintenance program continuity, and in providing effective methods for both ship and shore management of M&R. Preliminary cost and manhour analysis indicate positive trends toward cost reduction in the areas of shoreside maintenance, spare parts, and overtime, and a beneficial reorientation of management manhour requirements. Continuing data acquisition is recommended to validate the effects of the system on the costs cited and to develop methods for identification of failure rates, spare parts usage rates, and other management and budget forecasting information. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)

• Corporate Authors:

  Pacific Gulf Marine, Incorporated

  4450 General De Gaulle Drive
  New Orleans, LA  United States  70114

  Stanray Corporation

  3661 East Virginia Beach Boulevard
  Norfolk, VA  United States  23502

  TIMSCO, Incorporated

  951 Government Street
  Mobile, AL  United States  36604

  Maritime Administration

  Office of Commercial Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Johnson, P F
  • Kelly, R E
  • Pohle, C G
• Publication Date: 1978-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 198 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Data logging; Deployment; Diesel engines; Engine rooms; Equipment maintenance; Information processing; Instrumentation; Labor market; Logistics; Machinery; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Management; Monitoring; Planning; Preventive maintenance; Schedules; Scheduling; Ships; Ships by motive power; Spare parts; Standards; Vehicle maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Condition monitoring; Shipboard maintenance
• Old TRIS Terms: Computer aided monitoring; Diesel maintenance; Diesel monitoring; Engine room instrumentation; Maintenance data systems; Maintenance standards; Management planning; Unmanned engine rooms
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00186653
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MA-RD-930-78069 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: MA-7-38014
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 27 1979 12:00AM