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ROLLA SP PROPELLERS SA VIA SILVA 5 • P.O. BOX 251 • 6828 BALERNA SWITZERLAND TEL 091/439361 - FAX 091/430653 • TLX 842448 PROP CH ROLLA SP PROPELLERS USA INC. 4030 MUSTANG ROAD. MELBOURNE. FLORIDA 32934 USA TEL. 407/242-7552 • FAX 407/242-7771 Circle 262 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER The MV R.J. Pfeiffer containership constructed by National Steel & Shipbuilding Company (NAASCO) of San Diego for Matson Navigatio is to be used on the shipowner's Pacific Coast-Hawaii route. For more details on the R.J. Pfeiffer see page 91. INSIDE: Spanish Maritime Industry Review 21 Marine Propulsion Update 33 Preview of SMM'92 Hamburg, Germany 47 German Maritime Industry Review 53 Naval Technology & Shipbuilding: Sealift Update 68 Two More Seismic Survey Vessels Ordered From Ulstein Two more seismic survey vessels were recently ordered by Litton, Inc. for its Western Atlas oil field subsidiary based in Hous- ton, Texas. Both ships will be built by Ulstein Verft AS, Ulsteinvik, Nor- way. They will be 255 feet long ad cost a total of about $60 million. Both ships will be used for oil and gas exploration projects through- out the world. The Ulstein Group also built four other ships for Litton last year. 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: Managing Editor: News Editor: Technical Editor: Editorial Consultant: Production Manager: Asst. Production Manager: Circulation Manager: Regional Sales Manager: Regional Sales Manager: RegionalSales Manager: CHARLES P. O'MALLEY JOHN E. O'MALLEY JOHN C. O'MALLEY CHARLES P. O'MALLEY JOHN SNYDER GREG TRAUTHWEIN MELANIE A. QUICK M. JAMES SINGLETON III JAMES R. McCAUL CHRISTINE T. MISKIEWICZ HELEN CANAVAN DALE L. BARNETT DANIEL A. ARNOLD LUCIA ANNUNZIATA JOANNE GAMBERT 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-27100 Ystad, Sweden Telephone: 46 411-18400 Telefax: 46 411 10531 United MR.MICHAEL J. DAMSELL Kingdom Euromedia Ltd. P.O. Box 122 Hayward's Heath West Sussex RH16 1YF, ENGLAND Telephone:0444 417360 Telefax:0444 417360 Italy MR. VITTORIO F. NEGRONE Ediconsult Internazionale Piazza Fontane Marose, 3-16123 Genova, Italy Telephone: (010) 583520 Telefax: (010) 566578 Telex: 211197 EDINTI Germany MR.THEO ANTHONY AM Lerchenber 22 D-2112 Jestenberg bei Hamburg, Germany Telephone: 4183-5541 Fax: 4183-5543 Korea MR.C.H. PARK Far East Marketing Inc. Rm. 508, Chungmu Building 10, 2-ka, Pil-dong, Chung ku. Seoul, Korea Telephone: 146-05-63-77 Fax: 14603-33-21 MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS ISSN-0025-3448 118 EAST 25th STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10010 (212) 477-6700 ESTABLISHED 1939 No. 9 Volume 54 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. 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
