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Circle 210 on Reader Service Card 45 December, 1989 ON THE MARITIME REPORTER Your one source for COVER and Engineering News COMMANDER® Editorial and Executive Offices Photos: Cover—Clockwise from logo: Star 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 bearings Princess, Joseph and Clara Smallwood, Del (212) 477-6700 • ITT Telex: 424768 MARINTI Monte Planter, Hummel, Henry Larsen, Telefax: (212) 254-6271 (center) Isabella. Page 25—The USNS Rigel (foreground) and the U.S.S. Canopus in the large building basin of Bethlehem Steel Cor- also has poration's Baltimore Marine Division ship- yard. the nickel- Publishers: JOHN E. O'MALLEY Forecast 2000 CHARLES P. O'MALLEY chrome-boron Forecast 2000 is a comprehensive Editorial Director: CHARLES P. O'MALLEY series of articles authored by lead- Editor: JOHN R. SNYDER ing marine industry professionals Senior Editor: THOMAS H. PHILLIPS shaft sleeves offering their outlook for the final Consulting Editor: ROBERT WARE decade of the 20th century. 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ISSN-0025-3448 ESTABLISHED 1939 No. 12 Volume 51 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Client satisfaction VESSEL DATA OWNER VESSEL TYPE SIZE UNITS Del Monte Reefer 370.000 cu ft 4 In shipbuilding, as in almost any kind of Reefer 580.000 cu ft 5 business, satisfied clients represent one of Tanker Knutsen 112.500 DWT 3 your most valuable assets. Chemical carrier 12.500 DWT 2 Chemical carrier 14.625 DWT 1 But how do you measure just how C.N.N. Tanker 140.000 OWT 2 satisfied a client actually is? Seatankers Phosphoric acid carrier 25.000 DWT 2 Tanker 140.000 DWT 2 There are many ways, but one of the Phiasud Trawler 33,0 m. Lbp 5 most obvious (and reassuring) indications Trawler 33,0 m. Lbp 9 is the number of clients who return to Albacora Tuna purse seiner 91,0 m. Lbp 1 Tuna purse seiner 66,6 m. Lbp 1 place orders for further newbuildings. ASTILLEROS At Astilleros we are proud of all our ESPANOLES clients, but,we take a special pride in those clients who come back to us time For further information: Astilleros Espanoles, S.A. Padilla, 17 and again. 2800B Madrid Tel. 13411 435 78 40 And of course, that's particularly Telex. 27648 ASTIL-E satisfying for us. Fax. 13411 276 29 56 Circle 153 on Reader Service Card The Shipbuilders of Spain This artist's impression portrays the vital electrical systems and circuitry on which the ship's mission depends. The Power Behind the Power Behind every advanced weapons system is an Matching the electrical system to the weapons equally advanced electrical system. Consider today's system is where MagneTek comes in. fighting ship — and tomorrow's. In battle its every action Every AEGIS cruiser and destroyer in the U.S. and reaction will depend on clean, uninterruptible, sur- Navy fleet receives controlled 400-Hertz power from vivable electric power. MagneTek frequency converters. 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