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ON THE COVER New York Harbor becomes the focal point once again for the Annual Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Conference and the 10th International Maritime Exposition. INSIDE Preview of the SNAME Annual Meeting & International Maritime Exposition 21 Portfolio of Outstanding Workboats of 1991 46 Preview of the Annual Int'l WorkBoat Show 58 Improving Current Strategic Sealift 64 Petrobras To Purchase Dow Chemical Rig For $75 Million Petrobras, the Brazilian state- owned oil company, is set to pur- chase the third-generation rig Sov- ereign Explorer from Dow Chemical for around $75 million. The Sovereign Explorer is to be- come a production unit for the Marlim or Albacore fields in the deep waters of the Campos Basin. The semisubmersible rig will probably start as a drilling unit on the fields prior to undergoing conversion to a production unit capable of handling between 80,000 and 100,000 barrels per day at a Brazilian shipyard. The Sovereign Explorer, a GVA4000 design built in 1984 by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead and completed in Sweden, is considered one of the best third generation rigs in the North Sea. 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: Production Editor: Editorial Consultant-Marine Industry: Production Manager: Circulation Manager: Regional Sales Manager: Regional Sales Manager: CHARLES P. O'MALLEY JOHN E. O'MALLEY JOHN C. O'MALLEY CHARLES P. O'MALLEY JOHN R. SNYDER THOMAS H. PHILLIPS ALAN SCOTT JAMES R. McCAUL MAY LOUIE DALE L. BARNETT LUCIA ANNUNZIATA DANIEL A. ARNOLD Advertising Circulation and Sales Offices 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 Telephone (212) 477-6700 REPRESENTATIVES U.S. MR. JAMES N. McCLINTOCK Gulf States Wheelhouse One Building 634 Village Lane North, Suite 205 Mandeville, LA 70448 Telephone: (504) 626-7990 Telefax: (504) 624-5163 Scandinavia MR. STEPHAN R. G. ORN AB Stephan R. G. Orn Box 184, S-271 24 Ystad, Sweden Telephone 0411-184 00 Telefax: 411 10531 United Kingdom Italy MR. MICHAEL J. DAMSELL Euromedia, Ltd. Tern House, Upper West St. Reigate, Surrey RH2 9HX, England Telephone: 07372 242558 Telefax: 0737 223235 Telex: 932699 KENPUB G. MR. VITTORIO F. NEGRONE Ediconsult Internazionale Piazza Fontane Marose, 3-16123 Genova, Italy Telephone: (010) 583520 Telefax: (010) 566578 Telex: 211197 EDINT I MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS I55N-0025-3448 No. 11 Volume 53 118 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. Circle 92 on Reader Service Card 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. Kahlenberg Triton Model S-120 Mark II Kahlenberg Model KB-20 KMILEI1BERG BROS. [0. 19S6 Monroe St. I Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 54S41 U.S.A. I | | | «31g-793-
