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SAVE 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. KHHIEIIBERG BROS. [0. 1986 Monroe St. I Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 54241 U.S.A. I 414-793-45D7 I Circle 304 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER Photos, clockwise, from left of logo: Wartsi- la Diesel-powered Railship III, built by Schi- chau Seebeckwerft, FRG; Hamburg-based Blohm + Voss shipyard; aerial view of Lis- nave's Margueira yard in Portugal; ship under construction at Italy's Fincantieri; the Astano shipyard of Astilleros Espanoles; and (center) the excursion/dinner boat Spirit of Boston being launched at Blount Marine Corporation, Warren, R.I, INSIDE EUROPEAN SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR 12 NAVAL TECHNOLOGY & SHIPBUILDING 25 POSIDONIA 38 RO-RO '90 44 Daewoo Receives $400-Million Order To Build Four VLCCs South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuild- ing & Heavy Machinery Ltd. recent- ly received a $400-million contract to construct four Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) for Gotaas-Lars- en Shipping Corporation. The 300,000-dwt vessels will be of double-hull design and will be built at the company's Okpo shipyard. The vessels are scheduled for de- livery in 1992 and 1993. Tracor Wins $4.5-Million Contract For Navy Surface Ship Programs Tracor Applied Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of Tracor, has received a contract from the Naval Underwa- ter Systems Center (NUSC) to pro- vide engineering and technical ser- vices to its antisubmarine warfare advanced development programs. This three-year contract has a total value of $4.5 million. K.B. Hamilton, group vice pres- ident for Tracor, said the company will provide engineering and techni- cal support services involving de- sign, installation, and test of low- frequency hull-mounted and towed sources, and multiline towed arrays. The work will also include efforts associated with the Navy's USS Glover initiative which provides a test platform for sonar development programs. 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: Regional Sales Manager: Production Manager: Circulation Manager: JOHN E. O'MALLEY CHARLES P. O'MALLEY CHARLES P. O'MALLEY JOHN R. SNYDER THOMAS H. PHILLIPS ROBERT WARE JOHN C. O'MALLEY JUDITH A. LEE LUCIA ANNUNZIATA SHELLY M. RECCHIO DALE L. BARNETT 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 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. Publishers are not responsible for the safekeeping or return of edi- torial material. Member VBPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. No. 5 Volume 52 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News