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MARITIME REPORTER and Engineering News Editorial and Executive Offices 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016 (212) 689-3266 • ITT Telex: 424768 MARINTI PUBLISHERS John E. O'Malley Charles P. O'Malley EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Charles P. O'Malley EDITOR Robert Ware SENIOR EDITOR Thomas H. Phillips ASSOCIATE EDITOR Kathleen Reagan EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Lilian Irvine TECHNICAL EDITOR L Parke Adair. BSNA, PE INTERNATIONAL EDITOR Robin F. Burnett, MRINA, MNI, London, England BUSINESS MANAGER John E. O'Malley ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR John C. O'Malley ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Linda Niepokoj PRODUCTION MANAGER Katherine St. Onge ART DIRECTOR Ellen Hemmer CIRCULATION MANAGER M. Sottile SALES OFFICES New York, New York Maritime Reporter & Engineering News 107 East 31st Street, New York, NY 10016 Telephone: (212) 689-3266 Houston, Texas Robert Hawley Gary Lindenberger Mike Sullivan 11777 Katy Freeway, Suite 155, Houston. TX 77079 Telephone: (713) 870-0470 Italy Mr. Vittorio F. Negrone Ediconsult Internazionale Piazza Fontane Marose, 3-16123 Genova, Italy Telex: 211197 EDINT 1 Telephone: (010) 543.659-268.334-268.513 Scandinavia Mr. Stephan RGOrn Ab Stephan R G Orn Box 184, S-271 00 Ystad, Sweden Telex: 33335 ORN S, Telephone: 0411-184 00 West Germany Wolf O. Storck Schiffahrtswerbung Karl-Otto Storck Stahlwiete 7, 2000 Hamburg 50, Federal Republic of Germany Telephone:040/850 0071 MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS (USPS) 016-750 No. 8 Volume 46 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News OMNITHRUSTER® Thrust Is Forwards And Sideways And Backwards 360° Maneuvering, Slow-Speed Propulsion, Ice Management! • Thrusts Underway • Thrusts While Pitching • No Reversing Impeller to Change Directions » Minimum Buoyancy Loss » Smaller Hull Penetration » Fuel Savings OMNITHRUSTER DOES IT ALL! • Thrusts with nozzles out of water in rough seas: vertical systems only. • No protrusions ... no change in hull shape. I Small nozzles reduce drag . . . save fuel and passage time. • Easily retrofitted. Visit us at RO/RO 84 - Booth 67. Micro-Processor Control System, Model 1200A with gyro input . holds vessel's heading. System also accepts compatible NAV/AIDS fore aft and slow speed propulsion and positioning. PV/JT1100. 1OOOHP MODULAR THRUSTER SYSTEM . .. module thruster OMNITHRUSTER ship control systems* utilize individual module thrusters of up to 3000 HP in any combination to produce desired forward or lateral net thrust. Prime movers for the Modular Thruster System may be electric, hydraulic or diesel powered in conjunction with manual/automatic or integrated control networks. ADVANTAGES FOR LARGE VESSELS ... • Incremental Thrust Capability • Multiple Module Reliability • Easily Retrofitted or Installed in New Construction • Minimum Maintenance •Covered by U. S Patents; Foreign Patents Pending OMNITHRUSTER INC. 9515 Sorensen Avenue, Dept. 31-244 Santa Fe Springs, California 90670 213/802-1818 Telex 194265 OMNI SFES Cable Address Omnithrust Circle 236 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER Swiftships Delivers Three Patrol Boats PAGE 32 API Tanker Conference PAGE 16 RO/RO '84 PAGE 34 Survival At Sea A Review PAGE 22 FMC Receives $280-Million Increase For 491 LVT7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles FMC Corporation, Ordnance Di- vision, San Jose, Calif., is being awarded a $280,914,514 face-value- increase to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive contract for 491 LVT7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. C$9-Million Conversion Contract Award To Burrard Yarrows The British Columbia Ferry Corporation has awarded Burrard Yarrows Corporation a contract for the heightening of the 140-me- ter-long truck ferry Queen of Al- berni for the introduction of a new vehicle deck that will increase the carrying capacity by 150 passen- ger cars. An appropriate increase in passenger seating capacity is also envisaged. Heightening will be achieved by jacking up 800 tons of superstruc- ture using 68 hydraulic jacks. The C$9-million conversion that began at the end of February at Burrard Yarrows Corporation's Victoria Division is scheduled for completion on June 11, 1984. Burrard Yarrows has, in the past, carried out similar capacity increases on the British Columbia Ferry Corporation vessels Queen of Vancouver, Queen of Victoria, Queen of Esquimalt, and Queen of Saanich. 107 EAST 31st STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10016 (212)689-3266 Telex: MARINTI 424768 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1st and 15th of each month by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Controlled Circu- lation postage paid at Waterbury, Connecticut 06701. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliverable magazines to Maritime Reporter/Engineering News, 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016. Member ESTABLISHED 1939 ALL MATERIAL FOR EDITORIAL CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO ROBERT WARE, EDITOR. VBPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc.
