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S.rf --''Tl;--.iSrJJTS- " *Y T-.-Si. alARiN DES-ARTTissU s' j-YOtOM COMPANY, U.-.A. Volume 17, Number 14 August 18, 1975 Ships Using Gulf Stream Data Able To Improve Performance, Save Fuel ON THE JOB OFFTHE JOBTAKE SAFETY WITH YOU. ON THE DATE & HOUR INDICATED. CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-231-6071 FOR ASSIGNMENT. IN TEXAS. CALL COLLECT (AREA CODE) 713 221-2794 Watch for this green postcard! New Postcard Call-In Procedure More Convenient For Unlicensed Personnel Unlicensed personnel who have Baytown or Baton Rouge the branch offices. as their base port, and whose The new phone-in method paid leaves end September 14 will provide a more conveni and after, will soon be receiv ent way for unlicensed per ing a green portcard contain sonnel to obtain assignment ing the time, date, and toll- orders than the current one free phone number to call for of reporting to the base port their new assignment orders. in person to get the orders. These will be the first base Employees reporting to other base ports should con ports to adopt a new central- tinue to follow reporting-in t;d operation in which all un- procedures sent to them on ensed personnel will even the buff-colored postcards tually be assigned to vessels which they will receive until by the Fleet Manning Section their base port is incorporated in Houston, instead of through into the new system. The The Marine Department em barked upon an experimental program late last year to learn the answer to the question: "Given more detailed ocean ographic data, supplied by the National Oceanic and Atmos pheric Administration (NOAA), can ship's officers take better advantage of the Gulf Stream to improve vessel performance and fuel savings?" The answer is "Yes." Data compiled and evalu ated after six full months of operation in the experimental program, in which 10 ships were involved, show that the five vessels furnished NOAA Gulf Stream Western Wall in formation were able to realize significant fuel savings over the five that were not given the information. "When we calculated the average number of barrels saved by ships taking advan tage of NOAA data and ex tended these to include all ships in East Coast trade, we found that we could save change will be made for the East Coast ports later in the year. Under the new system, the employee will receive a green card about 8 days prior to the end of his paid leave notifying him of the telephone number to call to reach the Houston office. Employees living in the Houston area may call direct; those living in Texas, but out side the Houston area, may call collect; and those living in other states will be given a toll-free telephone number. about $400,000 to $500,000 per year on our fuel bill," said Timothy R. Leitzell, Marine Department Operations port staff member who is coordi nating the program. "In addition to the money saved, the reduction in fuel would also make a valuable contribution to the Marine De partment's energy conserva tion program, which, in turn, helps reduce the severity of (see GULF STREAM, page 3) Ocean Fleet Completes July With 0 Injuries Congratulations to person nel in the ocean fleet. They worked all of July with 0 dis abling injuries. The seagoing employees also worked the months of March and May with 0 Dl's. Their total through July is 8, compared to 10 for this period last year. "On this basis, there are two employees in the ocean fleet who have successfully avoided the pain and incon venience of disabling injuries because they performed their jobs safely," said Safety Co ordinator Gene Crawford. "Obviously, we don't know who they are, but we are pleased that the number of disabling injuries is coming down." The inland fleet reported 1 disabling injury in July, bring ing its total to 11 since Jan uary, 1 more than for all of last year. I-::i|UuI >' -J.uj {; ~u ir ,, c -> t-C f- C-1u>31 Sj uI; Ui ^ u EXX-MOR-007887 30-Year Service Awards Captain Robert J. Boxwell, left, master in the Exxon Philadelphia, re ceives 30-year watch and service emblem presented by General Manager O. R. Menton during service awards ceremony in Houston re cently. Samuel E. Charlton, left, Northeast Region marketing manager, ad mires Boston Branch inland waterways three-year safety plaque which Jack W. Bennett, center, presented to Captain Gene Crocker at Mar keting Department safety jamboree recently. Robert J. Olsen, chief mate in the Exxon Phil adelphia, receives 8-day key-wound clock from Mr. Menton who also presented him with 30year service emblem. Marketers See Marine Safety Presentation You might well wonder what an official in the company's Marketing Department is doing with a Marine Department safety award plaque (above). The story is this: The com pany's Northeast Marketing Region, with headquarters in Pelham, New York, held its first annual safety jamboree recently to recognize market ing employees in the region for their outstanding driving, in-plant, and off-the-job safety records. The jamboree was held at Danvers, Massachu setts, and Samuel E. Charlton, Eastern Region marketing manager, contacted Boston Branch Manager J. W. Bennett inviting him and others in the branch to participate as out standing contributors to the company's safety operations in the area. Although Mr. Bennett had already presented the plaque to employees in his branch, he took the opportunity to "reenact" the presentation at the jamboree where others could see that inland water ways employees set outstand ing safety records, too. (He had received the plaque from company officials earlier this year during the annual Branch Managers conference in Hous ton.) He presented the award to Gene Crocker, captain of the Exxon Bay State, who publically accepted it on behalf of the crew. The plaque now hangs beside two others on the vessel, representing three consecutive years of work without a lost-time personnel injury. The Boston Branch has had no disabling injuries since June, 1971. 20-Year Service Award John Vieira, pumpman, is shown at left receiv ing 20-year service em blem presented to him by Captain Bertram O. Christensen during re cent voyage north in Exxon New Orleans. tfjfJ Free Market Approach Is Best/ M. A. Wright Tells Group One of the most important steps the U.S. can take to reduce its dependence on foreign energy sources is to decontrol the prices of all domestic oil and natural gas, M. A. Wright, chairman and chief executive of Exxon USA, said recently. Speaking in New Orleans at the annual meeting of the American Petroleum Land men, Mr. Wright said "a free market approach, by permit ting oil prices to rise, would provide the double advantage of reducing oil demand while stimulating development of domestic energy supplies." He suggested several other measures that should be taken: Phase out or put on a standby basis mandatory al locations, 9 Relax statutory emission standards for 1978 automo biles, 9 Improve automobile gaso line mileage 40 percent by 1980, 9 Improve insulation stand ards for buildings and appli ances, 9 Make available federal offshore oil and gas leases as rapidly as industry can prudently develop them. He also stressed the im portance of creating an eco nomic and political climate that will encourage formation of needed investment capital. "The cumulative effect of these measures would be to reduce our dependence on imported oil," he declared. "We believe that the growth in imports could be halted by 1980 and that thereafter im ports would actually begin to decline. By 1985, imports could be about 9 million bar rels a day, compared to the 12 million barrels a day im port level that is projected without a positive domestic energy development pro gram." Mr. Wright said the pros pect of a steady increase in our dependence on foreign supplies is not a pleasant one. "In fact," he said, "it pos^ one of the most serious ci^h lenges our nation has ev^ faced, having both economic and national security implica tions." Page 2 Exxon Fleet News EXX-MOR-007888 CORFU FI)OM THE COLLECTIONS IN THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN H THP I IN! VPUSITV nCTCIV AC a t At tr-rtu GULF STREAM.......................................... continued from page 1 This May Not Settle The Rivalry, the problem nationwide." All Exxon USA vessels in st Coast trade have been uested to begin using the ulf Stream Western Wall pre dictions supplied by NOAA and a procedure list has been sent to them. Several "refinements" have come out of the experimental program. A major one con cerns the set of the ship. Masters who allow their ships to set with the current, until they reach a point where it is no longer beneficial, tend to have a better transit record than those who keep vessels constantly on a projected course line. NOAA compiles boundary line data supplied by satellite, ships, and planes and relays it to RCA Global Communica tions for radio transmission via WPA (Port Arthur) to the vessels. The data is the most recent available on the day of the request by the ship's radio officer. S/S EXXON NEW ORLEANS AT I447GMT 12/04/74 NR I SAN FRANCISCO CALIF CK 17 04 I444GMT MASTER EXXON NEW ORLEANS WPA GSWB 1203 A69I B735 C748 0752 E765 F779 G792 1802 J800 K799 L799 -__ How it works: From NOAA information in radiogram, above, Master of Exxon New Orleans was able to plot the optimum route, north bound, for his vessel. Although the distance between the Gulf Stream Western Boundary and the Optimum Route Course seems small on But It Makes A Point There has long been a friendly rivalry carried on between the Deck and Engine departments aboard marine vessels. There's a story making the rounds that may fail to settle the argument, but it does make a point. A certain sea captain and his chief engineer were having an argument as to which one of them was more important to the ship. Failing to agree, they hit upon a plan that might settle the dispute. They agreed to swap places for a day. So, with each man's heart full of glee at the prospect of showing the other just how "easy" the job was, the chief ascended to the bridge while the master headed for the engine room. Several hours went by and the ship failed to move. Suddenly, the captain appeared on deck, covered from head to toe in grime and sweat, and offering up enough oaths to make Satan himself blanch. "Chief!" he yelled up at the bridge, wildly waving a monkey wrench. "You'll have to come down here; I can't make her go!" At this, the chief stepped out on the bridge wing, tip ping the ash from his cigar. "Of course you can't," he replied. "I've run her aground." Obituary h: Robert D. Cain, 59, died on July 28 at Brooklyn, New York. Mr. Cain was chief engineer in the fleet when he retired on July 1, 1971, with 31 years of service that began in 1938 when he joined the fleet as fireman in the A. C. Bedford. He advanced to oiler that same year. After a hitch in the Army, he returned to the com pany in October, 1942, as 3rd assistant engineer in the C. A. Canfield and served in numerous ships in WWII. He advanced through the engine room ranks and retired as chief engineer in the Esso Dallas. He is survived by his widow and 5 children, two of whom are at home. Manuel P. Casais, 78, died on July 26 at Bayonne, New Jersey. He retired in 1962 as fireman/ watertender. Mr. Casais was born in Spain and after years at sea as a fisherman and with other com panies, he joined the Marine De partment in June, 1932, as OS. He sailed in the engine room of numerous ships, finishing in the Esso Gettysburg. He is survived by his widow. John Hnath, retired tug mate in the New York Branch, died on July 25 at age 76. Mr. Hnath worked for Socony in New York Harbor from 1922 to 1946 when the equipment was acquired by Exxon. He continued to serve on New York tugs as mate and cap tain until his retirement in Octo ber, 1963, with more than 41 years of service. He is survived by two daughters. Mr. Hnath lived in Massapequa, Long Island. William A. Houseman, 72, died on July 19 in Houston. He began his career with the company in 1946 when he sailed as purser/phar macist's mate in the Esso Provi dence. He served in this position in various ships until 1949 when he came ashore to work as as signment processing clerk in the seagoing personnel section in New York. He later became claims adjuster in the Annuity & Benefits section in New York where he remained until 1961 when he transferred to Houston. He retired as senior claims ad juster in January, 1964. Howard Stroebel, transportation allocator in the New York Branch, died May 25. He lived in Jersey City, New Jersey. Mr. Stroebel started his career with Butterworth Systems in New York in 1942. He was an employee in the Marine Repair Section from 1945 to 1955 when he became trans portation allocator, the position he held at the time of his death. He is survived by his widow and eight children. August 18, 1975 Page 3 EXX-MOR-007889 Retirements Saving Energy Shipmates Give Kelly Big Sendoff Superheat Steam Temperatures u< u] ifOC Ic. LL. < b Z. uUJ LU X THP UNIVERSITY hUTCVAC Edward F. Kelly, chief steward, retired on August 1. He is shown here with shipmates in the Exxon Boston who met on deck to wish him well and present him an envelope full of money to help meet retirement "expenses." From the left are Leonard J. Scholato chief cook; Millard E. Stanford, 2nd cook; Mr. Kelly; Charles D. Amyett, OS; James A. Roach, 2nd pumpman; James Reinninger, AB; Captain William L. Straley; Julio R. Rodriguez, pumpman; Joy C. McHenry, messperson; Nello Leavins, chief engineer; James E. Rob said. Mr. Aliison joined the Marine Department in Octo ber, 1951, as messman in the Esso New Haven. He resigned in July, 1965, and rejoined the fleet as messman in August, 1968. He later sailed as OS, the rating he held at retire ment. inson, utilityman; and Louis D. Smith, 1st assistant engineer. Mr. Kelly was employed as messman in the Fred R. Kel logg, in Feb. 1936, and sailed in various Panama Transport Company vessels. He became 2nd cook in the George H. Jones in August, 1938, and Andenes Plans To Enjoy Grandchildren Johnny Andenes, barge cap tain in the New York Branch, retired on July 1. "My wife and I intend 's!jPr' to enjoy our j. grandchildren sailed as chief cook for the first time in the Esso New Haven in August, 1947. His first assignment as chief stew ard came in the Esso Bayonne in February, 1952. He served in this capacity in various company vessels until retire ment. r. " /" as much as . j possible and when the op portunity oc curs, we would like to do some traveling around our beautiful United States," Mr. Andenes said. He began his career in the inland fleet in March, Warren J. Allison 1957, as a deckhand. He sailed in various deck depart To Take Life Easy ment ratings in the New York "I'm going to take life easy fleet, later becoming barge and spend a lot more time captain in Exxon Barge 24. with my wife," said Warren J. '' ' Allison who re Prusich Retires As tired July 1. Inland Fleet Steward "We plan to Anthony Prusich retired June _ take a few 1. He was employed in April, .^***' short trips and 1947, as tug steward in the ' will visit some New York inland fleet. He of the sh i p served in this capacity in '* mates I sailed inland waterways vessels - '' with during my throughout his career. Mr. career in the fleet. It's the Prusich lives in Brooklyn, New best fleet in the world," he York. Below-normal super heat steam temperatures (like below-normal su perheat steam pressures, as indicated in the July 14 Fleet News} will in crease a ship's daily fuel consumption, as shown by the chart above. As an example, steam tem peratures 20 F. below normal would increase the daily fuel consump tion and the annual fuel cost of each ship in our fleet as shown at right. (Assumes vessel is at sea 60% of time and fuel price is $11.73 per bar rel.) Add up the ad ditional costs per year and the bill comes to over $100,000--a sizable expenditure that can be avoided, or at least greatly reduced, if en gine room personnel will be sure to check the su perheater outlet tem perature every time they make their rounds to catch any abnormal changes. Vessel Exxon San Francisco Exxon Baton Rouge 2.59 Exxon Philadelphia Exxon Houston Exxon New Orleans 2.68 Exxon Baltimore Exxon Boston 2.44 Exxon Gettysburg Exxon Jamestown Exxon Lexington Exxon Washington Exxon Seattle 3.30 Exxon Bangor Exxon Chester Exxon Florence Exxon Huntington Exxon Newark 1.87 $6,662 $6,892 $6,271 $8,475 $4,809 JULY EQUITY UNITS $9.76 The Thrift Fund trustee has advised that the value of each unit in the equity portfolio as of the last business day in July 1975 is $9.76. Hi' FISH DINNER: James E. (Jim) Fowler, 1st assistant engineer in the Exxon Philadelphia, shows a string of 4- and 5- pound black bass he caught while on a fishing trip during paid leave recently. He hooked the beauties in Toledo Bend Reservoir located on the Northeast Texas-Louisiana border. Of course, Jim may be a little more experienced at catching fish than many of us because during his paid leaves he occasionally serves as a fishing guide. "If you haven't fished Sam Rayburn or Toledo Bend, you have missed some good times," he said. EXXON FLEET NEWS is publish! every other Monday for active a? retired employees of the Marine De partment, Exxon Company, U.S.A. (a division of Exxon Corporation); O. R. Menton, General Manager. GENE LEGLER ............................. Editor Page 4 Exxon Fleet News GU) U! EXX-MOR-007890