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GREAT SHIPS OF 1998 11 Marine Finance 18 Coatings & Corrosion Control 22 Propulsion Updates 56 People & Company News 68 Marine Literature Review 76 Advertisers Index 77 Buyer's Guide 78 Classifieds

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Pictured on this month's cover is P&O Nedlloyd Southampton, chosen as one of MR/EN's

Great Ships of 1998. The post-Panamax containership class, with a 140-ft. beam, is able to stow 17 rows of containers across the weatherdeck and hatches. The ship also incorporates record-breaking propulsive power, as the 6,690-TEU ship is powered with a force of 89,640- bhp. Great Ships coverage starts on page 26. 8 Taking the High Road

While Korea and Japan continue to gain market share, European builders, notably Dutch ship builders, have demonstrated a level of efficiency in small-vessel construction which stems not only from technical and design skills, but from orga- nizational methods. — by David Tinsley

Trailblazers

Maritrans has led the way with its unique instal- lation of a double hull on its superbarge

Maritrans 192 at Tampa Bay Shipbuilding.

Take Two

Daewoo has the distinction of providing two ships in this year's Great Ships edition, the 130,000-dwt shuttle tanker Loch Rannoch and the ice-strengthened containership Canmar

Pride (featured on page 50).

Sweet Home Alabama

Alabama Shipyard's delivery of the 16,000-dwt chemical tanker Amalienborg marked the first self-propelled oceangoing vessel built for export in the U.S. in more than 40 years. 4 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News