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Viking Conforms to U.S. Coast Guard & Solas 1983 Regulations - NEW - 35 Person Conventional & Davit Launchable Liferafts THE WORLD'S LEADING SUPPLIER IN MARINE EQUIPMENT SAFETY OFFERING ... Musk Ox Immersion & Work Suits • Musk Ox Fire Suits, All Types Single & Dual Track Marine Escape Slides Write or call for FREE Literature 10 & 20 Person Self-righting Liferafts 20, 45 & 50 person buoyant apparatus inflatable type VIKING LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT (AMERICA) INC. PHONE: 305 / 374-5115 1625 N. Miami Ave. TELEFAX: 305 / 374-1535 Miami, Florida 33136 TELEX: 522899 SAFETY MIA Circle 254 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER Photos: Cover—The cruise ship. Song of Norway off St. Maarten (Royal Caribbean Cruise Line photo). Page 23—The USS Phil- ippine Sea (CG-58) under construction at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME (BIW photo). Page 25—The North Atlantic Treaty Organi- zation Fleet at sunset (Navy photo). Diesel Power Review PAGE 18 Marine Lubricants Review PAGE 36 NAVAL TECHNOLOGY & Shipbuilding PAGE 23 General Crane Receives $5.4-Million Navy Pact General Crane & Hoist, Rich- mond Hill, Ga., was recently awarded a $5.4-million U.S. Navy contract for electromechanical trav- eling cranes for the submarine ten- ders USS Simon Lake (AS-33) and USS Canopus (AS-34). The contract (N00024-89-C-4000) was awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C. Sealift Awarded $17.2-Million Contract Sealift, Dover, Del., was recently awarded a $17.2-million firm-fixed- price plus reimbursables contract (including options) by the Military Sealift Command for the charter of the Bravado, a U.S.-flag tanker. St. Paul Navigation Buys Florida Shipyard Stewart F. Sumpton, presi- dent, recently announced St. Paul Navigation's purchase of Marine In- land Fabricators. Marine Inland Fabricators manu- factures workboats and barges at its Panama City, Fla., shipyard on Fan- nin Bayou. The principal owners of the facili- ty are Stewart Sumpton and James A. Dye. For more information and free lit- erature, Circle 7 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 Telefax: (212) 254-6271 Publishers: Editorial Director: Editor: Senior Editor: Consulting Editor: Advertising Sales Director: Regional Sales Manager: Production Manager: Circulation Manager: JOHN E. O'MALLEY CHARLES P. O'MALLEY CHARLES P. O'MALLEY JOHN SNYDER THOMAS H. PHILLIPS ROBERT WARE JOHN C. O'MALLEY LUCIA ANNUNZIATA LILIAN IRVINE M. SOTTILE Advertising Circulation and Sales Offices 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 Telephone (212) 477-6700 REPRESENTATIVES U.S. Gulf States MR. JAMES N. McCLINTOCK Wheelhouse One Building 634 Village Lane North, Suite 205 Mandeville, LA 70448 Telephone: (504) 626-7990 Telefax: (504) 624-5163 Italy 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 Editorial Consultant: DR. VICTORIA MUNSEY Munsey Consultants Strada Del Nobile 59 10131 Torino, Italy Telephone: 11-68-3639 Fax: 11-650-3478 Scandinavia MR. STEPHAN R. G. ORN AB Stephan R. G. Orn Box 184, S-271 24 Ystad, Sweden Telephone 0411-184 00 Telex: 33335 Orn S Telefax: 411 10531 United MR. MICHAEL J. DAMSELL Kingdom Euromedia, Ltd. Tern House, Upper West St., Reigate, Surrey RH2 9HX, England Telephone: 07372 42558 Telefax: 0737 223235 Telex: 932699 KENPUB G. 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. C407. 2-22-6, Tsukuda, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104 Japan Telephone: (03) 459-9618 Fax: 436-1931 Telex: 2425280 BESNA J Singapore MR. VICTOR CHIA Market Trends Pvt. Ltd. 122 Middle Road, #07-08 Midlink Plaza, Singapore 0718 Telex: HENSAL RS20006 MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS Member ISSN-0025-3448 118 EAST 25th STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10010 (212) 477-6700 Telex: MARINTI 424768 Telefax: (212) 254-6271 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published monthly by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Mailed at Second Class Postage Rates at Waterbury, CT 06701 and additional mail- ing offices. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliverable magazines to Maritime Reporter/Engineering News, 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010. VBPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. No. 7 Volume 49 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
