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DURA-SONIC IS NOISE UNDER CONTROL Duracote Corporation 350 North Diamond Street, Ravenna, Ohio 44266 Toll Free 1-800-321-2252 In Ohio 1-800-362-0588 For as many noise problems as a vessel - luxury or work - can have, Dura-Sonic noise attenuation materials can cover them. These high-density mass constructions help you meet sound regulations. Yet, they're flexible for easy cutting and wrapping. Use Dura-Sonic to retain noise or reflect it from an area. For engine and generator enclosures. Pipe and air ducts. Wall panels, bulkhead areas. Deck insulation. In new construction and retrofit. Choose from a range of weights. Reinforced or non- reinforced. With or without foam backing. All non-lead. And Available Now. Contact Duracote, the source for protective fabrics since 1947. Ask for our new Dura-Sonic Brochure. Circle 271 on Reader Service Card MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS ON THE COVER Shiplift/Drydocking Systems Review PAGE 16 Expoship Riomar PAGE 24 Navy Update PAGE 30 Northwest Marine Awarded $12.3-Million Navy Contract To Overhaul Destroyer Northwest Marine Iron Works of Portland, Ore., has been awarded a $12,351,551 fixed-price-incentive Navy contract for the regular over- haul of the destroyer USS Cushing (DD-985). Work is expected to be completed by July 17, 1986. Con- tract funds would have expired at the end of the current fiscal'year. Seven bids were solicited and four offers were received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-R-8523). Ground Broken For New Siemens-Allis Headquarters Building In Georgia Siemens-Allis Inc. recently held a ground-breaking ceremony for its new national headquarters building in Alpharetta, Ga., about 25 miles north of downtown Atlanta. Presid- ing over the event was Harry S. Burker Jr., Siemens-Allis presi- dent and chief executive officer, who was welcomed to the Alpharet- ta community by Mayor Jimmy Phillips. Occupancy of the five- story, 120,000-square-foot building is scheduled for the fall of 1986. Siemens-Allis, a manufacturer of electrical and electronic equipment and systems, has been based in At- lanta since 1978. Jointly owned by Siemens and Allis-Chalmers, the company has facilities throughout the U.S. and its products are mar- keted worldwide. Circle 99 on Reader Service Card MARITIME REPORTER and Engineering News Editorial and Executive Offices 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 (212) 477-6700 • ITT Telex: 424768 MARINTI Publishers: Editorial Director: Editor: Senior Editor: Associate Editor: Editorial Coordinator: International Editor: Advertising Sales Director: Advertising Sales Manager: Production Manager: Circulation Manager: JOHN E. O'MALLEY CHARLES P. O'MALLEY CHARLES P. O'MALLEY ROBERT WARE THOMAS H. PHILLIPS JOHN R. SNYDER LILIAN IRVINE ROBIN F. BURNETT, MRINA, MNI, London, England JOHN C. O'MALLEY LINDA NIEPOKOJ ROGER S. STABIN M. SOTTILE Advertising Circulation and Sales Offices 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 Telephone (212) 477-6700 U.S.A. Houston. Texas Italy REPRESENTATIVES ROBERT HAWLEY GARY LINDENBERGER MIKE SULLIVAN 11777 Katy Freeway, Suite 155 Houston, TX 77079 Telephone (713) 870-0470 MR. VITTORIO F. NEGRONE Ediconsult Internazionale Piazza Fontane Marose, 3-16123 Genova, Italy Telephone: (010) 543.659-268.334-268.513 Telex: 211197 EDINT I Scandinavia MR. STEPHAN R G ORN AB Stephan R. G. Orn Box 184, S-271 00 Ystad, Sweden Telephone 0411-184 00 Telex: 33335 Orn S Germany MR. WOLF O. STORCK Schiffahrtswerbung Karl-Otto Storck Stahlwiete 7, 2000 Hamburg 50, Federal Republic of Germany Telephone 040/850 0071 United MR. MICHAEL J. DAMSELL Kingdom Euromedia, Ltd P.O. Box 122, Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1YF, England Telephone: 0444-416845 France MR. ROBERT BROEKMAN Netherlands American Publishers Representatives Inc. Belgium L'Avant Seine 4 Rue Robert De Flers 75015 Paris, France Telephone: 609.95.95 Telex: 270560 Korea MR. CHRIS MAENG IPR Int'l PR, INC. Yongsan P.O. Box 100 Seoul, Korea Telephone: 273-7765 Telex: MOCNDM K23231 Japan MR. TOSHIO EGUSA Publinetwork, Inc. Room No. 206 Pegasus Mansion 21-7, Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112 Japan Telephone: 03 (812) 2406 Telex: 02722469 EVERAD J "TTI •fiWn-|i-ii—n rn— 118 EAST 25th STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10010 (212) 477-6700 Telex: MARINTI 424768 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1st and 15th of each month except monthly in April, June, November and December by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Mailed at Second Class Postage Rates at Waterbury, CT 06701 and additional mailing offices. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliverable magazines to Maritime Reporter/ Engineering News, 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010. Member ISSN-0025-3448 VBPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. No. 15 Volume 47 ALL MATERIAL FOR EDITORIAL CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO ROBERT WARE, EDITOR. 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News