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TWO MARINE MARKET STUDIES

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FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK FOR

U.S. SHIPBUILDING (Report No. 7124 — $610 per copy)

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GENERAL BUSINESS SETTING

Analysts' Views on Future Ship Construction

The Competitive Situation

Future Market Role for U.S. Shipbuilding

INTERNATIONAL MARKET

Outlook for Four Tanker Sectors

Future Cruise Ship Construction

Containership Outlook

Demand for Floating Plants

Forecast of Available Construction Revenues

Openness of Competition

DOMESTIC MARKET

Future Coastal Tanker Requirements

Outlook for Offshore Support Vessels

Demand for Ferries

Role for Escort Tugs

Potential for Floating Prisons

U.S. NAVY MARKET

Reduced Navy Force Plans

Outlook for Combatant Ships

Demand for Sealift Ships

FUTURE PRODUCT TANKER

CONSTRUCTION (Report No. 7125 — $720per copy)

This new 200+ page report • assesses the underlying requirements driving future petrol- eum product flows • translates these flows to future tanker requirements • analyzes impact of

OPA 90 and MARPOL 73/78 regulations on ship replacement • projects product tanker con- struction demand through the remainder of the decade • examines competition for future orders • and describes new designs and tech- nologies for product tankers.

BUSINESS DRIVERS

Impact of Producers Moving Downstream

Impact of Rising U.S. Product Imports

Impact of OPA 90 and MARPOL 73/78

Replacement of Aging Ships

CONSTRUCTION FORECAST

How Many Ships?

Timing of the Orders

KEY PLAYERS

Who are the Likely Customers?

What Drives Their Decisions?

Role of the Oil Companies

Who are the Likely Builders?

What is the potential U.S. Role?

NEW DESIGNS AND TECHNOLOGY

Available Product Tanker Designs

New Design Concepts Under Development

Mechanical or Diesel-Electric Propulsion?

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Concepts for System Redundancy

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