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COVER 1992 World Yearbook

Annually incorporating in- sightful articles and reports exam- ining the latest trends, forecasts for the future, and vital statistics in the marine industry, this 1992 version of MARITIME REPORTER'S

World Yearbook is one of the most comprehensive to date. Addition- ally, tables and graphs detail the latest vessel construction levels in both the shallow-draft and ocean- going market, as well as the U.S.

Naval and worldwide rig construc- tion sectors. The most up-to-date listings of the U.S.-flag and U.S.- owned foreign-flag fleets are in- cluded as well.

Cover photos, from top: The P&O luxury cruise ship Regal Princess, built by Fincantieri of Italy; an

Ingram Barge pushboat; the USS Kearsage (LHD- 3) recently christened at Ingalls Shipbuilding; and the Edison Chouest icebreaking research vessel

Nathanial B. Palmer, delivered this year by North

American Shipbuilding.

INSIDE: 1992 WORLD YEARBOOK

World Shipbuilding 25

Cruise Shipping 28

Offshore Rig Construction 30

U.S. Shipbuilding 33

Annual Survey of Vessel

Construction in U.S. 35

Canadian Shipbuilding 44

U.S. Navy Shipbuilding 45

Inland, Harbor &

Coastal Waterways 48

U.S.-Flag Oceangoing Fleet 50

U.S.-Owned

Foreign-Flag Fleet 60

Crisis in the Parcel

Tanker Fleet 90

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