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SAV I up to 300 barrels of oil per year! ELIMINATE THAT OLD STEAM HORN The Kahlenberg TRITON Piston Horn is a unique sound producing unit because it requires no compressed air and no diaphragms yet utilizes air vibrations in a tuned sound column. The unit consists of an electric motor driving a pis- ton with a cylinder similar in appearance to an air compres- sor. Very economical to operate and install Write for bulle- tin. 92C. The KB-20 electric horn is available in 110 volt, A C. or 24 volt. D C. for vessels up to 246' in length. KDHLEnBERC BROS. (0. 1986 Monroe St. j Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 54241 U.S.A. I I 414-793-4507 I Circle 179 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER Cover photos: clockwise from logo- Homeric; Stolt Sap- phire; Rio Gas; Birka Princess; Henry J Kaiser; Lawrence H. Gianella; (center) Skuptor Tomskij. Outstanding Oceangoing Vessels of 1986 PAGE 10 Naval Technology & Shipbuilding Supplement PAGE 29 Navigation/Communications Review PAGE 54 $40-Million Containership To Be Built By Samsung Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. of South Korea has signed a contract with Compag- nie Generale Maritime in France for the construction of a 41,000-dwt containership. The vessel, which will cost around $40 million, will be the first built in Korea in accordance with Bureau Veritas rules and regulations. It will be able to load a total of 2,525 TEU containers (404 TEUs in the hold for insulated containers, and 2,121 TEUs in holds and on deck for oth- ers) at 20.5 knots of service speed powered by a Sulzer 7RTA84 type main engine with maximum contin- uous rating of 31,500 bhp at 90 rpm. A large refrigerating plant and 60 air ducts are to be arranged for cool- ing containers in the hold. The refrigerating plant and temperature control/monitoring system, as well as all valve control, can be operated from the computerized remote con- trol center. The vessel will be approximately 751 feet in overall length, with a breadth of 105 Vi feet and design draft of 34 V2 feet. It is scheduled to be delivered in the middle of 1988. For further information and free literature on Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries, Circle 65 on Reader Service Card Bergen Diesel Inc. Moves U.S. Office Bergen Diesel Inc. recently an- nounced the relocation of their Louisiana office. Formerly located at Suite 203, 2110 1-10 Service Road, Kenner, La. 70065. Bergen Diesel Inc.'s new address is 2701 Delaware Avenue, Kenner, La. 70062. Their new telephone number is (504) 464-4561, telefax: (504) 464- 4565, and telex: 784980. 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