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OMNITHRUSTER® Thrust Is Forwards And Sideways And Backwards 360° Maneuvering, Slow-Speed Propulsion, Ice Management! Air/Water Hull Lubrication Waterfall Deluge Hull Lubrication Ice Dispersal Heeling Tank Transfer Ballasting/Deballasting and with the same thruster elements... Side Thrusting — Even Underway Emergency Propulsion and Steering No Protrusions... No Hull Change Low-Drag Nozzles — Saving Fuel No Reversing Impeller Sound Masking 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. MODULAR THRUSTER SYSTEM . 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 "Naval Architects: Robert Allan. Ltd.. for Gulf Canada Resources. Inc OMNITHRUSTER INC. PV JT1100. 1000HP MODULE THRUSTER •Covered by U.'S. Patents; Foreign Patents Pending 9515 Sorensen Avenue, Dept. 31-15 Santa Fe Springs, California 90670 213/802-1818 Telex 194265 OMNI SFES Cable Address Omnithrust Circle 197 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER Cover Photo: Aaron Tesney Outstanding Offshore/ Shallow-Draft Vessels Of 1984 PAGE 16 AWO Industry Report PAGE 8 Lindstrom Appointed Vice President For General Steamship Gary W. Lindstrom has been named vice president-southern dis- trict by General Steamship Corpo- ration, Ltd. of San Francisco. Dur- ing the past 15 years he has been involved with the full spectrum of liner shipping. Most recently he was director of marketing-trans-Pacific services for Kerr Steamship Compa- ny. Prior to that he held traffic, equipment, and marketing positions with Lykes Bros. Steamship Com- pany and States Steamship Compa- ny. He has traveled extensively in the Far East, and while employed by States Lines he lived in Tokyo for four years as owners representa- tive. U.S. Lines Gets $14-Million Navy Contract For Charter Of Breakbulk Freighter United States Lines Incorporated of Cranford, N.J., has been awarded a $14,178,060 Navy contract for the charter of the breakbulk cargo ves- sel American Trojan. Delivery port is Subic Bay, Republic of the Philip- pines. The charter period is 18 months beginning in December 1984. Twenty-five companies were solicited and two offers were re- ceived. The Military Sealift com- mand, Washington, D.C., is the con- tracting activity (N00033-85-C- 1001). 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 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 Eileen Krzeminski 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 R G Orn Ab Stephan R G Orn Box 184, S-271 00 Ystad, Sweden Telex: 33335 ORN S, Telephone: 0411-184 00 West Germany Wolf 0. Storck Schiffahrtswerbung Karl-Otto Storck Stahlwiete 7, 2000 Hamburg 50, Federal Republic of Germany Telephone: 040/850 0071 United Kingdom Michael J. Damsell Euromedia, Ltd. P.O. Box 122, Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1YF, England Telephone: 0444-416845 MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS (USPS) 016-750 107 EAST 31st STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10016 (212)689-3266 Telex: MARINTI 424768 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1st and 15th of each month by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Application to Mail at Second Class Postage Rates is Pend- ing at Waterbury, CT 06701 and additional mailing of- fices. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliverable magazines to Maritime Reporter/Engineering News, 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016. Member VBPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. No. 1 Volume 47 ALL MATERIAL FOR EDITORIAL CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO ROBERT WARE, EDITOR.
