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8 Tech File SEALEGS: The Amphibious Rescue Craft10 Insights Ken Wells, President, OMSA12 Boat of the Month Gemini: WETA’s Eco-friendly Ferry16 Lock Project: The Time is Now

18 Offshore: Navigating the Mariner Credentialing SystemTips to increase your odds of success in getting a license expeditiously • By Richard Wells, VP, OMSA

20 Insurance: Surviving Operation Big Tow’s Turbulent Wake Ptotection when disaster strikes • By Randy O’Neill, SVP, Lancer Insurance

22 Finance: Get Rational about Financial RatiosThe “ABC’s” of getting more favorable terms • By Richard J. Paine Sr.

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2266 OOffffsshhoorree:: WWhhiicchh WWaayy UUpp??With oil prices plummeting and credit markets in disarray, MN spoke withindustry veterans to lend some insight and experience to surviving, and pros-pering, in a rollercoaster market. By Matt Gresham

2299 DDeeeeppwwaatteerr:: $$2277BB SSppeennddThe “World Deepwater Market Report 2009-2013” forecasts the deepwateroil and gas sector will spend $27 billion per year.

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editorialHappy New Year and welcome to the offshore

exploration and production edition of

MarineNews. We've filled these pages with

information and leading opinions on the offshore indus-

try to offers some perspective during uncertain economic

times and an historic transition in the White House. For

this edition I spoke at length with Ken Wells, President of

the Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA), about

his organization's work to ensure enforcement of the

Jones Act, including creating and filling the Jones Act

Compliance Manager position. Get his take on the

importance of the Act in today's economy in our Insights

section on page 10.

I was lucky enough to catch Ken again after a presenta-

tion he gave at the December 2008 Workboat Show. I

have to send him my thanks for making room for

MarineNews in his extremely busy schedule.

In addition, Matt Gresham has given us a great overview

of the offshore industry, highlighting opinions from oper-

ators, researchers and others, on page 26.

The economy may be a big question mark, but there's

still plenty of good news out there. Offshore Inland

received special praise for an unusual crane swap out

onboard an operating oil rig off West Africa, noted on

page 30. There's good news beyond the offshore industry

as well, including California's environmentally friendly

ferry, the Gemini, only the first in a series of three. The

recently christened Gemini is featured as our Boat of the

Month on page 12.

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much fun sculpting the pages of MarineNews as they'll let

me. There are few new offerings in the works-I'll give you

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tech fileNew Zealand based Sealegs International Ltd., offers a

unique line of rescue, commercial and recreational craftsthat can be driven in and out of the water. The amphibi-ous craft system consists of motorized, retractable andsteerable wheels fitted to specially designed boats. Onwheels, the craft is powered by an on-board 16 hp Hondadriven hydraulic power-pack and can travel at 0 - 6 mphin forward and reverse. A Sealegs boat can be driven froma storage location, down a boat ramp or beach and intothe water, while occupants remain in the boat. Once inthe water, the wheels are retracted into the up position,completely out of the water. When approaching land, thewheels are lowered into the down position while still mov-ing in the water. When the motorized wheels touch bot-tom the boat drives up onto land, where the occupantscan disembark, dry and safe. The Sealegs system uses allsubmersible components, is salt water ready and canclimb a slope up to 25 degrees.

Sealegs rescue craft are purpose-built for flood rescueand civil defense-type applications. The Sealegs D-Tubeand RIBs are designed to carry significant payloads andprovide on-demand power in a range of environmentsfrom the open ocean to riverines and estuaries.

The aircraft-type wheel set allows the aluminum-hulledworking craft to be launched at any access point where a

4X4 vehicle would have capability. The craft can also belowered by deck hoist from larger waterborne vessels.

In many flood rescue response situations with variableor unknown water depth and murky waters, the alu-minum-hulled Sealegs amphibious rescue craft, can benavigated with wheels down. Variable propulsion fromboth the wheels and propeller allow seamless water-land-water transition, including navigating between and oversandbanks to the next section of open water.

Sealegs offers three different models of its commercialand rescue craft: the 20 ft. general purpose RIB, the 20 ft.aluminum D-tube for tough environments, and the 23.7ft. in high capacity RIB.

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Main Particulars: High Capacity Amphibious Rescue CraftLength, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23.7 ft.Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.4 ft.Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.3 ft.Weight (dry) . . . . . . . . . . . .2,690 lbs with 150 hp E-TEC outboard and fuelDeadrise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 degreesPayload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,543 lbs, 8 adults on land and seaRecommended HP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115hpTop Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .At sea 48 mph, Land 6 mph

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insightsWhat’s the importance of the Jones Act to the membersof the Offshore Marine Service Association?Ken Wells Our association represents owners of U.S.flagged offshore support vessels. Protection of the U.S.flag is a fundamental part of our mission. The Jones act isthe body of law that says you can only carry merchandisebetween U.S. points on a vessel that was built byAmericans, is owned by Americans and is crewed byAmericans. That's a law that goes back to the founding ofour nation. The First Continental Congress in 1789 dealtwith taxes on foreign vessels that worked in our waters. Atthe beginning the laws were to form a healthy maritimeindustry so that we would not be at the mercy of othercountries for maritime services. In the 1920's, as in thelast few years, a large part of the Act's importance becamenational security. If foreign vessels are able to move freelyin the offshore world without background checks on thecrews, without having to report what they're up to, thatwould be problematic. Yet this is what we find going onmore and more. From our perspective, the Jones Act is ourlivelihood. If you are an American operator or builder andmust pay an American workforce, comply with Americanenvironmental, safety and security laws, you need to knowthat your government is also going to make it possible foryou to compete. It's expensive to fly the U.S. flag and theJones Act is there to make sure these operators andbuilders are able to stay in the market. What's more, aU.S. flagged vessel in offshore oil and gas has its base ofoperation on the U.S. coast. They come back to the coastfor their repairs, maintenance and supplies. Foreign ves-sels generally won't do that. When a foreign vessel isallowed to work in our offshore industry, it is takingwealth from this country.

What was the catalyst that created the new Jones ActCompliance Manager position?Several years ago we found that the Jones Act was beingencroached upon. Worse than that, we found that therewas less and less interest in enforcing the law. In ourminds there was a danger that this law, which is absolute-

ly critical to our mem-bers, was going tobecome like jay walk-ing. We found moreand more cases wherewe felt foreign vesselswere violating the lawand we found moreand more cases whereour members' cus-tomers didn't under-stand the law. Maybe most disturbing, after Sept. 11,2001, we found that the agencies responsible for enforc-ing the law, in some cases, didn't even know they weretasked with this. Before Sept. 11, 2001, the old CustomsBureau, then part of the Treasury, was responsible forenforcing the Jones Act. However, when the Departmentof Homeland Security was created, Customs and theCoast Guard were organized underneath it. Customs wasshaken up. Fewer and fewer people had the backgroundon the Jones Act and it was no longer a priority withimmigration and other security issues.OMSA launched an initiative to raise the profile of theJones Act. We talked to Congress a lot. Congress respond-ed by passing legislation that strengthened enforcement.Customs, in Washington D.C., sent down an expert totrain field units on the Act, bringing the Coast Guard intothose training sessions as well. Over the past four years,we have met separately, on the local level, with Customsand Border Patrol (CBP) and with the Coast Guard. Theclear indication we got from the meetings was that thoseagencies wanted to enforce the Jones Act - They were nottrying to shirk a responsibility. But resources and thepecking order of priorities was an obstacle to enforce-ment. On the other hand, we also found that the twoagencies wanted to show that they could work together aspart of the newly created Department of HomelandSecurity. Enforcement of the Jones Act was a way theycould do this.The Coast Guard and CBP were looking to us to bring

Ken Wells, President, OMSA

MN talks to Ken Wells to discuss OMSA’s new Jones Act Compliance Manager position

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them cases that they could pursue. With that in mind, theofficers of the board at OMSA decided it was time to hirean individual who would work full-time to track theseforeign vessels, make some of the very complex interpre-tations of when a foreign vessel is here legally or not, puttogether the evidence and work with the Coast Guard andCBP to get the Act enforced.

How did you go about hiring someonefor the Jones Act ComplianceManager position?We started looking for someone duringsummer 2008 and found an individualthat is perfectly suited for the job. Joe Kavanaugh was recommended byan employee of one of our memberswho is very active in the security world.We had interviewed a number of verytop notch candidates. But when Joecalled us out of the blue and said "so-and-so recommended I call you aboutthis," and he told me a little about hisbackground, it was kind of hard tobelieve how well it matched up. Joe has a background in investigationswith the Coast Guard. He was also withthe legacy Customs Bureau and thenshifted over to the Immigration andCustoms Enforcement (ICE) whenthey reorganized. He has a fairly exten-sive background operating vessels aswell. It's important in the maritimeindustry that people who have to relateto mariners know what mariners gothrough and how mariners think aboutthe world. I think Joe brings that. He isreally one of the few individuals aroundwho can bring together these threeareas of expertise: maritime operations,Coast Guard and Customs. From Joe's perspective, he was reachingthe point where could retire from theDepartment of Homeland Security andI think he was ready for new adventure.We intend to give him all the adventurehe can stand!

What do you think is going to be themost difficult part of the Compliance

Manager's job?It's a very complex area. A foreign vessel can work legallyin the U.S. doing things like construction work, seismicwork and dive support. We're not on a witch hunt, tryingforce out vessels who can work here legally. There's goingto be a good deal of shoe leather work just sorting outwhat a vessel is doing, how it's doing it, then interpreting

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On Dec. 12, the San Francisco Bay Area WaterEmergency Transportation Authority (WETA) christenedthe first of its fleet of ferries, the Gemini, to enhance theregion's emergency response capability and water transitnetwork. Representative Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) andWETA Board Chair Charlene Haught Johnson per-formed the christening ceremony. Gemini's exhaust is85% cleaner than EPA emission standards for Tier II(2007) marine engines, and is 10 times cleaner than exist-ing Bay Area ferries. In 2004, state legislation approvedWETA's strict air emissions standard and its RegionalFerry Plan following completion of required environmen-tal documents. Significant emissions reductions areachieved by incorporating selective catalytic reduction anda blend of biodiesel and ultra low sulfur diesel fuel. Twosolar panels installed on the bridge deck will gauge the fea-sibility of solar power in the Bay's foggy conditions. Thecatamaran's sleek hull design reduces fuel consumptionand minimizes shoreline response to wake impacts.

Other innovative measures include sonar for avoidingwhale strikes and floating debris. Additionally, the U.S.Geological Service completed a three-year rafting birdstudy to enable WETA to operate the vessels with mini-

mal impact on water birds for safety and security, thebridge was raised and eight-foot wide windows wereinstalled to give the operator a 360-degree view.

WETA's 149-passenger vessel will be put into service onthe Alameda/Oakland Ferry and Tiburon routes inJanuary 2009 after modifications to the Alameda andOakland docks. Gemini has room for 34 bicycles, 20%more capacity than similar size ferries on the Bay. A spig-ot and hose was installed for cyclists to wash off sea sprayoff their bikes. Gemini's interior design responds to BayArea commuters' desire for convenience and comfort.Restrooms are ADA compliant and passengers will haveWiFi access. The design and construction of Gemini wasmanaged by a woman engineer, Mary Frances Culnane,WETA's Manager of Marine Engineering. She previouslysupervised tanker construction projects for ChevronShipping Company and sailed as Chief Engineer forExxon. She is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant MarineAcademy, Kings Point, NY (1980).

Two Washington state boat builders - Ice Floe, Inc. dbaNichols Brothers Boat Builders and Kvichak MarineIndustries built Gemini. Pacific Power, also of

boat monthGemini: WETA's Eco-Friendly Ferry

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Washington State provided the propulsion system. BayShip and Yacht Company of Alameda performed a haulout for hull cleaning and final survey. WETA entered intoan agreement with the City of Alameda to place Geminiinto the Alameda/Oakland Ferry Service. This service isoperated by the Blue and Gold Fleet under a contract withthe City of Alameda. Gemini and her future sister vessel,Pisces, were constructed with $16m of funding from BayBridge tolls (Regional Measure 2) approved by Bay Areavoters in 2004. WETA is expecting delivery of Pisces inMarch 2009. In late 2009, two other vessels are scheduledfor delivery. WETA's four new vessels will launch theSouth San Francisco-Oakland service in late 2010 and/orthe Berkeley/Albany to San Francisco route. They will alsobe used as spare vessels for emergency response.Environmental and design studies are underway for newferry routes to Berkeley, Redwood City, Hercules,Richmond, Antioch and Martinez. WETA is a regionalagency created by the State of California to develop andoperate an environmentally responsible regional ferry sys-tem that connects communities, reduces congestion, andprovides an emergency response capability. A board of fivemembers appointed by the Governor and Legislature gov-erns WETA.

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that in the framework of the Jones Act. We have legalcounsel retained, so Joe will have the tools he needs. Butthe work is going to be making cases the agencies are com-pelled to act upon. We may not find anything right away.It's going to take some time to develop a network of theright relationships with the agencies. But if foreign vesselsthat might have violated the Jones Act see this new posi-tion and decide it's not worth breaking U.S. law, we willstill count ourselves successful.

How does the current economic situation impact this?I don't have a clue what's going to happen in the next fewmonths. We're a boom and bust industry. We could seevessels out of work and drilling projects put off. Ironically,some, or most of those Jones Act violations could disap-pear because the rates would be so low foreign vesselswon't stand to make much of a profit. However, in the bigpicture, the world is using more oil and gas than we're

finding and so prices will not remain low. There are somany projects in the Gulf of Mexico waiting to be greenlighted that we expect a good deal of demand and utiliza-tion behind our vessels for some time. More importantly,Congress let the moratorium on offshore drilling expireand that opens the possibility for drilling on the East andWest Coast and maybe additional areas of the Gulf, andoff Alaska. The bottom line is that there is going to bemore demand for sophisticated high-dollar vessels in theoffshore sector. There's a lot of disagreement in Congressabout what opening offshore areas mean, in terms of whatareas and when we open them. However, Congress isabsolutely sure that when we do open those areas it will befor Americans. We are not going to open up that bountyfor foreign entities to come in and take the wealth from itand leave. That is perfectly in line with OMSA's message.We want those to be American vessels and we want thevalue to go to American communities.

(“Insights with Ken Wells” • Continued on page 11)

(“GEMINI: WETA’s ECO-friendly Ferry” • Continued from page 14)

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Burger Boat Company of Manitowoc, Wisc., has com-menced construction of Hull 508, a 140 by 29 ft. tri-deckmotor yacht. Hull 508 is being built using modular con-struction processes. Each module is built to increase accessto the various components while providing the ability tostart outfitting each module earlier in the constructionprocess. Scheduled for a spring 2010 launch, Hull 508features accommodations for 10. Designed to be fullyaccessible, Hull 508 features a glass enclosed circular ele-vator servicing all decks. The main deck consists of a full

beam master suite, large formal salon, formal dining roomand a teak aft deck with a large dining area. The bridgedeck consists of an owner's office situated aft of the wheelhouse, a butler's pantry and a large sky lounge which leadsto an inviting open deck area complete with a centerlinedining table. The sun deck includes a large hot tub withsun pads, a built-in barbeque, multiple dining areas, aport side powder room and an air conditioned all glassexercise room accessible by way of the glass enclosed ele-vator.

Burger Boat Commences Hull 508

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Quality ShipyardsLaunches a Mountain

On Dec. 11 Quality Shipyards launched its hull1269, M/V Mountain State, the fourth in aseries of five towboats the shipyard is buildingfor operator AEP River Operations. The M/VMountain State a 166 x 48 x 11.3 ft. RiverTowboat designed by CT Marine.

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Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, DuclosCorporation, delivered its fifth high-speedwater taxi, Gene Flatow, to New York City-based New York Water Taxi. Like the four sis-ters before her, the bright yellow, all-aluminumcatamaran, designed by Incat Crowther, meas-ures 72 ft. long and 27.3 ft. abeam, and drawsfive ft. The water taxi is USCG-certified to carry149 passengers but limited to only 99 passen-gers when operating at the City's "water taxi"designated docks. The vessel is powered bytwin Cummins QSK 19-M diesel engines, eachrated at 800 bhp at 2100 rpm. The EPA Tier IIcompliant engines drive 5-bladed Ni-BR-AlBruntons propellers via Twin Disc MGX 5145SC"Quick Shift" gearboxes and EC-300 control sys-tems. The generator is an Alaska DieselNorthern Light M944T 38kW unit.

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Congress is considering funding ofthe construction of a new lock atSault Ste. Marie, Mich., a half-billiondollar undertaking that would rank asthe largest navigation infrastructureproject on the Great Lakes in a gener-ation. Construction of a new lock at"the Soo" would bring up to 250 jobsannually to northern Michigan andcontinue for a decade. Estimated costof the lock is about $475m. Fundingcould come either through a massivestimulus bill or appropriations billsthat will be considered by Congress asearly as January. The new lock hasbeen in the planning stage for twodecades, but now is ready to moveforward once funding is secured.

"The need for a second Poe-sizedlock is critical," said Patrick J.O'Hern, President of Great LakesMaritime Task Force (GLMTF), andVice President and General Managerof Bay Shipbuilding Company. "TheU.S. Army Corps of Engineers con-siders the Soo Locks the single pointof failure that could bring GreatLakes shipping to a standstill. The

new lock was first authorized morethan 20 years ago. America has wait-ed too long for this project to moveforward. The time is now."

The Soo Locks connect LakeSuperior to the lower four GreatLakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. Thelocks handle more than 80 milliontons of iron ore, coal, grain, and othercargos each year.

"The reason the need is so critical isvessels that are restricted to the PoeLock represent nearly 70 percent ofU.S.-Flag carrying capacity on theGreat Lakes," said Donald Cree, FirstVice President of GLMTF andNational Vice President, Great Lakes,for American Maritime Officers. "Ifthe Poe Lock is incapacitated for alengthy period of time, America'ssteel mills won't have access toMinnesota and Michigan iron ore.Great Lakes power plants won't beable to receive clean-burning, low-sulfur coal. The entire Americaneconomy is at risk."

The new lock has been authorizedat full Federal expense.

Potential Great Lakes ProjectLargest in a Generation

$3.5m for Eco-Friendly Ship Clean-Up On December 1, 2008, U.S. MarAd Sean T.Connaughton announced a contract with Certified Coatings Company of Concord, Calif.,to remove and contain exfoliating paint from ships in the National Defense ReserveFleet at Suisun Bay, Calif. The contract is potentially worth $3.5m over five years.Similar contracts are being prepared for the two fleet sites in Beaumont, Texas, andFort Eustis, Va., overseen by the Maritime Administration. The contract is part of theMaritime Administration's Environmental Excellence Initiative which focuses on strength-ening environmental protections and implementing green procedures.

New Ferry Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Ferries Division hasawarded a contract to Todd Pacific Shipyards to build one 64-auto ferry. Todd Shipyardssubmitted its $65.5m bid in November 2008. With the contract award, the new ferry ison an 18-month construction timeline.

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Cummins has upgraded the QSK60 marine engine forpropulsion and auxiliary applications to meet U.S. EPATier II and European Union Stage IIIA emissions regula-tions. With propulsion ratings from 1492 - 1864 kW(2100 - 2500 bhp) and auxiliary ratings from 1563 - 1900kW (2095 - 2547 bhp), the QSK60 Tier II is designed forhigh-hour demanding applications such as offshore sup-port, towing, cargo and passenger transport, as well asship's service power. Early in the product design phase,Cummins consulted with the International Association ofClassification Societies (IACS) to ensure the engine meetsagency requirements and is fully SOLAS compliant. TheQSK60 will be built and marinized at Cummins EngineCo., Ltd. in Daventry, UK.

The 60 liter, V-16 engine uses the Cummins ModularCommon Rail fuel system (MCRS), a design that allowsfor multiple injection events to precisely control the com-bustion process. The MCRS provides constant high injec-tion pressure regardless of engine speed or load condi-

tions, which improves idle stability while reducing enginenoise and vibration for quiet operation. Cummins has uti-lized an advanced in-cylinder solution to meet Tier II andStage IIIA emissions standards without increasing dis-placement or making significant configuration changes,thus reducing the impact to installation.

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There are some tasks in life that layman undertake with-out professional assistance at significant risk. Three thatcome to mind are surgery, federal income tax preparation,and applying for a USCG mariner credential.

I am unqualified to discuss the first two, but hope toshed some light on how to minimize delays and rejectionswhen applying for a USCG mariner credential, such as alicense, merchant mariner's document (MMD or z-card),or STCW certificate.

Why is this risky? Because nearly everyone would agreethat the regulations and policies for applying for amariner's credential are incredibly complex, often changeduring the five-year period between renewals, and canoften seem illogical and inconsistent to a layman. Onestatistic says it all — the Coast Guard reports that 80% ofapplications are filled out incompletely or incorrectly,resulting in frustration and delays for the mariner.

So what is a prospective mariner to do? An applicantcould seek assistance from one of the many mariner train-ing schools, seek assistance from your marine employer,purchase the services of a license consultant or contact thelocal USCG Regional Examination Center for help.

Many mariner training schools not only provide USCG-required training courses, but often also review or assist incompleting a credential application. Some charge a mod-est fee, others provide this service at no cost for their stu-dents. But you should consider whether it is reasonable toexpect a school that is an expert on deck officer licenses toalso be an expert on an engineers' credential that is notpart of their normal customer base.

Many marine employers try to assist applicants in creat-ing a complete and accurate application. If they regularlydo this they are more likely to know the normal pitfallsand any recent USCG changes in policy or procedures.Smaller companies may find it hard to keep up with the

frequent changes in procedures.For applicants with non-traditional sea service or seek-

ing to use the "equivalent service" provisions in the regu-lations, finding the right license consultant may be theright route to take. These consultants are more familiarwith some of the alternate routes to a credential and aremore likely to have the time and ability to research regu-lations and draft explanations of why your non-tradition-al service should be accepted or appeals of unfavorableUSCG decisions. While generally more expensive thanother routes, it may be more likely to resolve your appli-cation quickly and in a satisfactory manner.

If you choose to try to navigate this process without pro-fessional assistance, you should call or email the localUSCG Regional Examination Center (REC) or theNational Maritime Center (NMC) at [email protected] study their web site at www.uscg.mil/nmc to reducethe probability of having your application denied ordelayed. The web site menu tabs labeled "Info Packages"and "Checklists" are good starting points for yourresearch.

Tips that can increase the odds of success.

1.Make sure that every block on every USCG form that yousubmit as part of your application is complete and legible.Do NOT leave any blocks blank. If the informationrequested is not applicable or none, then put "N/A" or"none" in that block. All of the required and optionalforms can be downloaded fromwww.uscg.mil/nmc/downloads.asp and completed onyour computer or on a typewriter to improve legibility.

2.Use the check lists on the NMC web site to ensure you aresubmitting all the required documents your credentialrequires and keep a copy of your complete application incase the original is "lost."

3.If you also need an STCW certificate along with your

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Richard Wells is VP of the OffshoreMarine Service Association (OMSA)which represents more than 100 U.S.companies that operate vessels in sup-port of offshore oil and gas operationson the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.

columnsNavigating the Mariner Credentialing System

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license or MMD, you need to know that the requirements for the STCW aresimilar to but different from the requirements for the license and MMD.Research the STCW policies at www.uscg.mil/nmc/stcw_help.asp# to ensureyou have met the STCW requirements.

4.Don't wait too long to check on an application. Too many applicants worrythat if they "bother" the USCG it could delay their application. Actually toooften if an application is unduly delayed, the USCG needs more informationfrom you. They may not be able to contact you because they can't read youraddress or phone number on your application or you changed youraddress/phone number after you applied for a credential. When you submityour application to the local REC, they will tell you when you should expectto receive your credential or a letter requesting additional information. If youdo not hear anything on or before that date, you probably need to contactthe REC or NMC.

5.To check on the status of your pending application you can either call thelocal REC or call the NMC at 888IASKNMC (888-427-5662) or if youwant to check your status outside of normal business hours, the NMC has aweb site at http://homeport.uscg.mil/ that can give you the status of yourapplication 24/7/365 (click on Merchant Mariners link on left).

6.When you get too confused and frustrated, go see one of the experts notedabove.

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At our exhibit booth at last month's InternationalWorkboat Show in New Orleans, we were repeatedlyasked how increased enforcement by the U.S. CoastGuard in the "Operation Big Tow" program could impacta licensed deck or engineering officer working onboard atowboat. The answer? In many ways, and none of themgood. The incident which led to Operation Big Tow,which began in November and is due to continue throughJanuary '09, was the July 23rd oil spill involving the tow-ing vessel Mel Oliver and its fuel barge which split in twowhen it turned in front of an oncoming ocean vessel, theTintomana. The damaged barge released approximately280,000 gallons of No. 6 fuel into the Mississippi Riverand shut down commerce on the vital waterway for sever-al days as salvage and cleanup crews worked feverishly toclean up the mess.

As big a problem as that was, Coast Guard investigatorswere shocked to find that the Mel Oliver towboat wasbeing operated by a pilot who only had an apprenticemate's license and was not qualified to man the bridgewithout a licensed captain present. The boat's regularcaptain had allegedly left the vessel for several days toattend to personal business. Further investigation revealedthat officials of the boat's charterer allowed the apprenticeto steer the boat without required supervision and gavehim additional compensation for performing a licensedcaptain's duties.

It seemed that the deeper investigators dug the moretroublesome the violations they discovered. To wit,American Waterways Operators had dropped the charter-er, DRD Towing, from its ranks only three months earli-er in August after it failed a safety audit in which morethan 50 violations were found, including insufficientpaperwork on crewmember training.

Big Tow's Directed at Licenses

One of the immediate effects of the ongoing OperationBig Tow enforcement program is the intense scrutiny of

license holders by Coast Guard personnel. Inspectorshave set up shop at the Industrial Canal to board transit-ing towboats and are also performing inspections at locksand dams when tows are waiting in transit.

Interestingly, Operation Big Tow was authorized byCongress in 2004, but wasn't implemented until the MelOliver collision, resulting oil spill and white-hot mediaattention that followed. In the wake of the July incident,Michael White, responsible for towboat enforcementactivities for U.S.C.G.'s 8th District, told the NewOrleans Time-Picayune, "Big Tow is directed at licenses."

Given this increased enforcement mandate as the resultof the Mel Oliver collision, USCG investigators have thelatitude to not only take action against officers exceedingtheir level of operating authority, but potentially be moreaggressive investigating other collisions, groundings andallisions in which negligence on behalf of the involvedlicense holders might be assumed. In other words, other-wise competent brown water officers who get involved intowboat accidents might be painted with the Mel Oliverbrush and will be either offered to accept a "SettlementAgreement" immediately following their incident….whichusually involves a license suspension of some duration…orbe charged with negligence and forced to defend them-selves in an Administrative Law proceeding.

The answer? A personal license insurance policy.

Protect Yourself & Your Family

For as little as $1 a day, towboat officers can have thepeace of mind that comes with an insurance policy thatguarantees to fully pay the fees associated with engaging apremier maritime attorney to protect their licenses, theirlivelihoods and their professional reputations. One annu-al premium payment provides unlimited legal defenseand, if requested, full or partial income protection shouldtheir license be suspended for up to 12 months or reducedin grade. The cost of this valuable protection is remark-ably affordable, particularly in light of the benefit of tap-ping into the nation's finest network of maritime attor-neys. In fact, "going it alone" means that a marinerinvolved in an incident requiring him to retain an attor-ney on his own should be prepared to pay the sameamount for two hours of billings as he would for havingthe peace of mind that comes with 12 months of unlimit-

Surviving Operation Big Tow's Turbulent Wake

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Of the traditional five "C"s of credit: Capacity, Capital,Collateral, Conditions and Character, the first is foremost.It is the ability to repay debt. Financial ratios are the meas-ure of that capacity.

Derived from your company's financial statements,ratios are key to determining your company's credit rat-ing. Your company's credit rating will determine yoursuccess in securing financing or leasing for the projectsneeded to grow your business. It further determines alender's appetite for your debt and at what cost to you.Understanding the key financial ratios are critical to man-aging your business as interest rate, advance rate,covenants and conditions of a loan or lease hinge on them.

Four ratios: Interest Coverage; Debt to Tangible NetWorth, Cash Coverage and Current Ratio are used by ana-lysts and rating agencies to determine where in the creditspectrum you fall. Standard & Poors (S&P) and Moody'sare the best known of these agencies and each haveassigned an alpha numeric to the range of ratios they rate.S&P ranges from a high rating of AAA to an abysmalCCC. Moody's ranges from an Aaa down to a C. Eachhas a multiplicity of ratings in between.

As with all ratings derived from ratios, each lender orlessor has a different tolerance to risk. Some will consid-er a "good" BBB/Baa2 as a minimum, some will accept alower rating. Typically, the comfort cut-off is in theBB/Ba2 and lower range.

The level of risk they accept will be a determinant of therate you pay. Most will use a weighting factor to deter-mine the relative importance of each of the key ratios.Risk tolerance is quite subjective and determined by eachlender's credit criteria.

Interest Coverage Ratio: Calculated by dividing yourcompany's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) forone period by the company's interest expenses for thesame period. The lower the ratio, the greater the interestcosts carried by the business. The lower the ratio, themore likely the business is to run into difficulty in servic-

ing their debt. Corresponding to the alpha-numericsmentioned above, a superior credit will have a rating >/=24x, and anything in the </=5x is getting tough.

Interest Coverage Ratio = EBIT / Interest ExpenseDebt to Tangible Net Worth: Usually measured by

determining how much of a company's assets are offset bydebt. Tangible Net Worth (TNW) is determined by thevalue of tangible assets.

This does not include any value of intangible assets suchas intellectual property, patents or copyrights, reputationor "Blue Sky." To arrive at TNW subtract intangibleassets and liabilities from the company's total assets. Thelower the ratio, the better the company's rating. It is com-puted by dividing the company's tangible net worth bythe sum of short term and long term debt.

The resulting ratio should be </=2.5x to be consideredas an acceptable credit risk.

Debt to Tangible Net Worth = Short Term + Long TermDebt / Tangible Net Worth

Cash Coverage Ratio: The better a company's assets orcash can cover its liabilities, the better the companydemonstrates its ability to meet its obligations. The high-er the ratio the better. A ratio of </=1.5x may signal abusiness that is just servicing its liabilities. Less than oneshows a company generating insufficient income to coverits expenses - a company in trouble. Average companiesrange from about 1.6x to 2.0x. Good to excellent ratedcompanies, 2.1x to 2.6x and better.

To compute Cash Coverage for a period, divide EBIT bycurrent liabilities.

Cash Coverage Ratio = EBIT / LiabilitiesCurrent Ratio: Also known as "liquidity ratio" or "cash

ratio" is a measurement of a company's ability to pay itsshort term obligations (debt and payables) with its shortterm assets (cash, receivables, prepays or other relativelyliquid assets.)

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In the marine industry, current ratio may be affectednegatively by ongoing construction. Where new assets are

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When new equipment is delivered and begins to con-tribute to the company's revenue stream, the currentratio may be seen to improve dramatically.

A qualified commercial marine credit analyst can nor-malize income to offset the unique expenses incurredduring construction periods and raise the ratio to a moreacceptable level. A ratio </=1x shows a company in poorfinancial health, a ratio higher than 2.4x, a good toexcellent credit. Most companies will fall into the 1.4x- 2.4x range.

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efficiencies of diesel-electric technol-ogy. The great flexibility of this sys-tem allows for significant cost savingswhen a boat is on standby at an oilrigor maintaining slow speeds for explo-ration jobs. One or more of theengines can be shut down when fullpower is not required. When linkedthe vessels dynamic positioning sys-tem, the diesel electric system candeliver just the right amount ofpower to the bow and stern driveswhile the big diesel engines maintain

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The Z-Tech design incorporates thebest of the handling and design fea-tures of a tractor-style tug, a standardAzimuth Stern Drive (ASD) and Z-drive configurations. With its 360degree turning wheel, the designimproves maneuverability, while theEvelena Z-Tech's much larger skegboosts towing capability and direc-tional stability. The tug measures 98.5ft in length overall and 39.3 ft. inbeam, and has bollard pull ahead ofmore than 82 tons and bollard pullastern of more than 80 tons.

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By Matt Gresham

In mid July of 2008, oil prices shattered all-time recordsand hovered around $140 per barrel. Analysts had direwarnings of $200 per barrel oil. Gone are the days of"cheap" oil, cable newscasts screamed. Exactly a decadeago, oil prices slumped below $10 per barrel in Decemberof 1998. Analysts then decried prices would never againrise to $40 per barrel, markets were saturated.

Sound familiar? It seems commodity analysts' predictions change as

much as the nightly weatherman's.Today, as the oil and gas industry embarks upon 2009,

most companies again are left with more questions thananswers about the future of the industry and concerns ofunknown initiatives and policies soon to be formed by anew administration in the White House.

This uncertainty comes on the heels of nearly three yearsof record profits.

"The last three years have been record years even for us,"said Joe Bennett, executive vice president and chiefinvestor relations officer for New Orleans-based TidewaterInc. "When oil prices rose to $70, $100 and over $120,everyone — including us — thought the chances of see-ing $50 per barrel oil again was pretty slim. But no oneexpected the credit markets to fall apart."

Ken Wells, president of the Offshore Marine ServiceAssociation (OMSA), said 2009 could provide criticalanswers for both E&P companies and the offshore serviceindustry.

"Some of our members had their best years and quarters

ever recently," Wells said. "At trade shows, just abouteveryone you talk to said they were very busy and stillsigning long-term contracts. But, there are certainlyenough people smarter than me that say the industrydoesn't run on $40 oil."

Wells cited three dynamics affecting the domestic off-shore industry going forward. First, deep-water projectshave timelines that extend well beyond these uncertaineconomic times — billion-dollar projects budgeted fordecades. Secondly, the economic downturn has caused aneed for companies to boost cash flow and they want tomake sure their existing infrastructure is producing.

The big question mark rests with mid-level projects,Wells said.

"Are the independent producers going to be able toobtain the credit to put their plans into action and arethey going to find the Gulf of Mexico a good value and aplace where they can cut their expenses," Wells asked. "Noone is in a position to answer that right now."

While the offshore oil and gas industry is a bottom-linebusiness, long-time business relationships are valuableduring downturns, Wells explained.

"These times are going to test whether customer rela-tionships are still strong," he said. "Relationships havealways been important in this industry and there are [off-shore service] companies that signed on for longer termcontracts at the expense of [higher] rates. Now they arewaiting to see if that accounts for much."

The offshore industry is also waiting to see if promisesmade by Congress will be kept and what policies

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President-elect Barack Obama will implement."There is a lot of speculation as to how the new admin-

istration proceeds," said Cathy Landry, a spokeswomanfor the American Petroleum Institute. "The industryhopes everyone looks at energy in the broader context ofthe economy. We hope for a fact-based comprehensiveenergy policy that recognizes the importance of the oiland gas industry not only to the nation's economy interms of jobs for Americans, but also in terms of revenuesfor the federal government in terms of bonus bids, royal-ties, taxes and fees."

In November, the Department of the Interiorannounced it had received record payments of $23.4 bil-lion in royalties and bids in 2008 from domestic energyproduction, while state received $2.59 billion. Of thetotal, more than $10 billion came from bonus bids for off-shore leases on the Outer Continental Shelf and Gulf ofMexico and Alaska.

"These record payments demonstrate the importance ofdomestic oil and natural gas to our nation's economy,"said Jack Gerard, president of the American PetroleumInstitute. "Imagine how much more revenue and jobscould be created for the benefit of all Americans ifCongress and the Obama Administration listen to the

American people and put America's vast oil and naturalgas resources, including those that have been subject tofederal moratoria, to good use to strengthen our nation'seconomy and energy security."

On Dec. 15, Obama named Steven Chu, a Nobel Prizewinning physicist, as his secretary of energy. In theannouncement, Obama pledged to follow through on adecades-long promise to reduce the nation's dependenceon foreign oil.

"This time it has to be different," Obama said in theannouncement. "This time we cannot fail, nor can we belulled into complacency simply because the price at thepump has for now gone down."

Chu is internationally recognized as a leader in renew-able energy research.

While optimistic, industry leaders are cautious whenev-er a new administration enters the White House.

"It's truly too early to know," Bennett said. "No oneknows what will happen under this administration, sowe'll just have to wait and see."

Others are encouraged by Obama's early signals."At this point, Obama is saying all the right things,"

Wells said. "[Obama] said it would be wrong to take thisdrop in prices as a sign we don't need to do something.

The first of 10 speculation boats — a new DP2 design offshore supply vessel — that Bollinger is building at its Lockport facility.

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He seems to have a clear understanding that this countryneeds a comprehensive energy policy and hopefully hesees a piece of it as expanded offshore drilling. We can talkabout alternative energy all we want, but to get there wehave to expand offshore drilling to bridge the gap in thelong term."

Wells said a key to that expansion is ensuring adequatefunding for the U.S. Minerals Management Service, theagency that handles geological and environmental studiesof offshore lease tracts to prepare them for exploration.

"We must make sure Congress doesn't starve MMS andbe the reason more areas aren't opened to exploration,"Wells said. "Obama is in the right position to do what'sright for the future, because when a Republican talksabout expanded drilling, it produces an automaticresponse from opponents. But, when a Democrat talksabout it, the nation could see some results."

Industry Starting To Feel AffectsWith Main Street now seeing the affects of Wall Street,

declines are beginning to be felt in the oil and gas indus-try. "The big driver in North America is natural gas andwe're certainly seeing a falling rig count on land alreadyand that will probably impact the Gulf of Mexico, at leaston the shelf," said Gary Flaharty, a research specialist forHouston-based Baker Hughes Inc. "I think the deep-water producers will hold up OK and on a global basis oilis fundamentally tight. Obviously, we have the impact ofa global recession. Natural gas production was up about10 percent last year, but next year the Department ofEnergy expects production to be flat. So, we may seedeclines until those numbers get back more in line withdemand."

Robert Socha, vice president of marketing for Lockport,La.-based Bollinger Shipyards, said the shipbuilding sec-tor was insulated from the downturn until recently.

"When oil prices started to slip, boat utilization — whilestill strong — began to fall a bit and that trickles down toshipyards," Socha said.

Customers began to revamp budgets, especially for thoseprojects requiring new lines of credit, Socha added.

"Day rates are still up at this point and the utilization isstill there, but the industry is hearing from customers todo what they can to reduce rates now," Socha said. "Forthe most part, industry has been hesitant to jump in andreduce rates and from a shipyard perspective, this is a sea-sonal slowdown anyway."

With an eye on bridging the economic downturn,Bollinger began a new-build program based on specula-

tion. The program, which calls for 12 new 210-footOSVs, will keep its workforce intact and the vessels will besold to the highest bidder in the future. In fact, Bollingersold the first two vessels from the program to OdysseyMarine via an online auction.

"These vessels are bridging the gap between now and thestart of a new government contract," Socha said."Bollinger is continuing to aggressively move forward.We're improving our shipyards and building larger dry-docks to handle larger supply boats to support our cus-tomer base. We're building a better Bollinger."

At Tidewater, Bennett said it is hard to tell now what2009 will hold.

"We continue to be going through a bit of a transitionthat will likely last a while, but it's difficult to know whatthe oil companies will be doing in 2009, because theyhaven't disclosed their budgets yet," Bennett said."Everyone knows 2009 will have its challenges and fortu-nately we've been through these times before. We knowhow and where to cut costs and we're monitoring our ves-sels closely."

On Dec. 19, Barclay Capital's Original E&P SpendingSurvey was released, painting a cloudy picture for thedomestic and global oil and gas industry. According to thereport, the sharpest declines will be felt domestically, ascompanies predicted a 26 percent drop in spending to$79 billion from $106 billion.

Globally, however, the industry is expected to contract amodest 12 percent, with spending totaling $400 billionfrom $454 bill a year ago.

"Given the longer-term nature of international projectsand the dominance of the majors and national oil compa-nies internationally, E&P cap expenditure budgets outsideNorth America are showing more moderate declines -down 6 percent in 2009 to $300 billion from $319 billionin 2008. This would end a nine-year upturn," the reportstates.

"That [$300 billion] is still a pretty darn healthy level ofspending," Bennett said. "So, the sky isn't falling. Are weseeing a hick-up? Sure we are. But on a much longer termbasis, basic fundamentals are still good and should causeoil prices to go up again. Now no one knows the timingof that. We believe reasonable [oil] prices are in the $70 to$80 price range."

But for now, it appears the oil and gas industry and itssupport sector is weathering the economic storm.

"Our business doesn't change on a dime," Bennett said."It takes a little while for any real market change to affectus."

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A new study, "The WorldDeepwater Market Report 2009-2013,"to be published by energybusiness analysts Douglas-Westwood,forecasts that, despite current oil priceconcerns, the deepwater oil & gas sec-tor will spend an average of over $27bannually during the period 2009 to2013.

Speaking at the Deep OffshoreTechnology Conference in Perth,Australia, on Dec. 5, 2008, JohnWestwood, Chairman of Douglas-Westwood said that, "Although weexpect some small decline in 2009,thereafter, the deepwater oil & gasindustry is set for renewed growth,with annual Capex reaching nearly$31b in 2011. This is a 45% growthfor the 2009-2013 period comparedwith the previous five years.Deepwater currently accounts forover 15% of total offshore oil pro-duction, but over the next few yearsits relative share will rise to over 20%.

"Africa is expected to be the leadingdeepwater development area by far,accounting for nearly 40% of theglobal spend. Since the first deepwa-ter 'elephants,' Africa has emerged asperhaps the most significant deepwa-ter region in the world, with somestunning successes in recent years,such as Girassol, Xikomba andKizomba.

"Latin America's deepwater activityis dominated by Brazil with itsnational operator Petrobras who haspioneering the use of innovative tech-nology to achieve production fromtremendous water depths. Overall,the region is expected to account fornearly 20% of world deepwater devel-opment spend over the 2009-2013period. Beyond 2013, we expectBrazilian spend to reach new heights

as the recently discovered 'pre-salt'giant fields are developed.

"Over the next five years, NorthAmerica is expected to attract a simi-lar share to Latin America. With afew notable exceptions, deepwaterfields in the US Gulf of Mexico tendto be smaller than those in otherdeepwater 'hotspots' such as Brazil orWest Africa. The region's extensiveoffshore infrastructure and the rela-tive proximity of supply and servicecentres have a significant positiveinfluence on E&P activity, turningotherwise marginal prospects intoviable commercial propositions.

"The 'Golden Triangle' of Africa,Gulf of Mexico and Brazil willaccount for three-quarters of globaldeepwater expenditure over the fore-cast period. However, the emergenceof Asia as a significant deepwaterregion should not be overlooked.Indonesia, Malaysia and India allhave development prospects onscreen for the 2009-2013 period andthe region should account for nearly10% of deepwater Capex. WesternEurope, will maintain its marketshare but growing activity will seeactual expenditure increasing over30%.

"In terms of hardware, floating pro-duction systems will grow from 22%of historic spend to 28% over theforecast period. Surface wells' share isset to decrease from 4% to 1%, withall other components, including sub-sea wells remaining stable.Combined, subsea wells and plat-forms, at $92b, are forecast to repre-sent 67% of expenditure."

The Report will be available fromDouglas-Westwood Limited from 7thJanuary 2009.

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Signal ChristensSemisubmersible

The semisubmersible rig, Frontier Driller waschristened with its new name at SignalInternational's East Bank shipyard on SaturdayNovember 1, 2008 in Pascagoula, MS. Representatives from Frontier Drilling and ShellOil Company attended the event and Mrs. DebbiSchnoor broke a bottle of champagne on therig's structure. Shell has contracted the rig forexploration in the Gulf of Mexico.The event concluded a major upgrade of the rig.Since it first arrived in Pascagoula in February2006, Signal has renewed every electrical andmechanical system, performed numerous struc-tural enhancements, renewed the quarters,repainted the rig top to bottom and installed allnew mooring and drilling equipment.

Keppel Delivers 2ndJack-up Rig for Virtue

In December Keppel FELS Limited completed ajackup rig ahead of schedule to Virtue Drilling,an associate company of India's Jindal Drilling &Industries (Jindal). Virtue I is the second jackuprig Keppel FELS has completed for Jindal andhas been contracted by India's Oil and NaturalGas Corporation (ONGC) in the Indian Ocean fora period of five years. The first rig, Discovery Iwas delivered in September 2008.Mr. Choo Chiau Beng, Chairman and CEO ofKeppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), said,"India is enlarging its sphere in the global oiland gas industry, with its total hydrocarbonresources estimated in the region of 28 billiontonnes, and the government's push to expandthe local sector to reduce its dependence on oilimports. These factors present tremendousopportunities for exploration and productionactivities, and augur well for supporting clus-ters in the long run.

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Offshore Inland Marine & OilfieldServices, Inc. (OIM&O) recentlyinstalled two new Seatrax S5624cranes on Atwood Oceanic's Seahawkwhile the oil rig continued its deep-water well operations off West Africa.A rotating OIM&O team of eighttechnicians and supervisors weretransported to the Seahawk andremained onboard to install thecranes over a period of about tenweeks. OIM&O completed thechange out of the port and starboardcranes on the Atwood Seahawk withno lost time incidents and no disrup-tion to the ongoing well program onFoxtrot. Jamie Ressler, Drilling &Completions Manager, West Africa,at Atwood Oceanic, wrote a letter tothe OIM&O team congratulatingthem on an extraordinary achieve-ment. "To the best of my knowledge"he stated, "no rig contractor / opera-tor partnership has ever even consid-ered such an undertaking."

In his letter he went on to explainthat the crane change out would havebeen a significant body of work in ashipyard. The fact that the work wasdone in the field during rig opera-tions without incident or disruptions

was exceptional. "I know of zeroexamples where such a significantscope of work was conducted in thefield while conducting well opera-tions," he wrote.

Ressler said he was onboard theSeahawk twice while the crane instal-lation was being conducted. "In theliving quarters, in safety meetings, inJSAs I could not distinguish craneguys from rig guys. There was com-plete transparency in terms of STOPcards and lending a hand to whoeverneeded it."

"The rig guys who had been on therig for years took the crane guys on asSeahawk team members from dayone. The new guys embraced theSeahawk's culture and processes fromday one." Officially established in2000 and based in Mobile, Alabama,OIM&O is an independent compa-ny offering a range of services such asheavy steel fabrication, high-pressurepipe systems, crane installations,mechanical repairs, plant shut downprojects, emergency marine and off-shore repair jobs, as well as large andsmall topside drilling and marineconversion projects.

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Bourbon's GPA-DesignedOffshore Fleet

By the end of 2008, the Bourbon Liberty112 and Bourbon Liberty 201 are expect-ed to be delivered at Dayang Shipyard inChina. The Bourbon Liberty 201 is thefirst of the 54-vessel 254L AHTS seriesand the Bourbon Liberty 112 is thetwelfth of the 22-vessel 654M LibertyClass PSV series, both designed by theSeattle based naval architectural andmarine engineering firm, Guido Perla &Associates, Inc. (GPA). The designation ofthese vessels as the Liberty Class wasinspired by the Liberty Ships of World WarII. Like Bourbon's Liberty Class vessels,the Liberty Ships were of a completelystandardized design, built in record time,facilitating the construction of 2,710Liberties within four years. Rapid replace-ment of obsolete offshore vessels isrequired to meet the increasing demandfor oil worldwide. Responding to thisglobal need Bourbon has invested in largenumbers of next-generation vessels andwill be operating the most up-to-datefleet worldwide. Bourbon's modern fleetconsists primarily of GPA designed ves-sels, such as the Bourbon Liberty 100(PSV) and Bourbon Liberty 200 (AHTS)series. Bourbon currently has in operationor under construction more than 100 GPAdesigned vessels, including PSVs, AHTSvessels, IMR vessels, and ROV-capablevessels. GPA's simplified constructionmethods, including proven single-curva-ture hull forms and additional advanta-geous structural arrangements, enableshipyards to build more vessels in lesstime in a cost-efficient manner. GPA's offshore designs, including the 58-m GPA 654M PSV, are designed withspace optimization in mind. As a result oflocating the engine room above the maindeck, cargo space is 30% greater. The GPA654M PSV is capable of carrying 222 cubicyards of dry bulk, 171,000 gallons liquidmud, 142,000 gallons fuel oil, 108,300gallons drill water and 102,000 gallonsfresh water. The oval tank design for liq-uid products, coupled with a faster andautomated cleaning system enables opti-mized loading and transfer operations.

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By Don Sutherland

The evolution of harbors and ports used to be left to theinstitutions that worked there, but that was before thingsgot crowded. Since the mid-20th century, high-ticket real-estate developments have competed for waterfront landwhile the public at-large clamored for access.Environmental groups took issue with industrial prac-tices, and local communities gained a say in their owndevelopment. A great deal of good came from some ofthis, but like indigenous populations before, the workingwaterfront found itself ignored. Facing over-regulation,conflicting rules and myriad jurisdictions, maritime pro-fessionals became clamped in an impossible squeeze.

If those professionals gave up, transfered operations orpursued land-based opportunities, the big losers would bethe large populations around them — ironically, thesource of most of the pressures. The larger they grow, themore those populations depend on faraway suppliers.Waterborne transport, across half a world's oceans or fromthe river's opposite shore, is the least expensive, mostunobtrusive, most environmentally friendly of all deliverysystems, giving seaport cities and towns advantages allaround. Yet with mounting costs and unnecessary com-plexities for routine maintenance — seasonal dredging tomaintain channel and port depth, for example — some ofthe economics began to skew. Meanwhile, in New York'sErie Basin, a big-box furniture store which could havebeen built inland claimed the shore, filling-in a distin-guished graving dock to make room for more cars, all withthe blessing and support of the municipality.

With so much hanging in balance, official perceptionsbegan shifting for the better — albeit at glacial speed.Finally, in June of this year, New York City's EconomicDevelopment Corporation, the landlord of city water-front properties and a guiding force elsewhere in Citybusiness under Mayor Bloomberg, released a reportauthored at SUNY Maritime College, describing a criticalshortfall about to descend on harbor support resources(see our January issue, "The 20/20 Harbor," for excerptsfrom a draft).

Up stepped the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, aconsortium of civic and advocacy groups concerned withNew York Harbor and its tributaries. Its annualConference could amplify the harbor's voice, both for the

media and for the diverse selection of groups it represents.Speakers at MWA conferences in past years includedurban planners from around the world, politicians andagency heads, environmental and recreational organiza-tions all with an eye toward promoting their views. At theMWA's latest Conference on November 13, under thetitle "Launching the Waterfront Action Agenda," onemore view got an airing with the debut of its WorkingHarbor Task Force.

Common ThemesDuring a narrated tour of the upper bay that morning,

aboard Statue Cruises' ferry boat RESPECT, andthroughout the day in the auditorium and meeting roomsof the Museum of the American Indian, the air echoedwith recurrent critiques: the regulations and theirenforcers are inconsistent and even contradictory, theexact composition and inventory of harbor industryregion-wide is unknown, bad science and prejudiceunderlie many regulatory initiatives. And most of all,notwithstanding micro-management in abundance, thereis no real planning and leadership

All of this occurs while the region's population isswelling, swelling the need for supplies and services. Yetby encroachments on waterfront property or by the diffi-culties of obtaining permits, the industries of the harbor,rivers and creeks are prevented from expanding in turn. Asthe President of Caddell Dry Dock, Steve Kalil, pointed

Airing the Port of New York

Statistically, every ship requires the services of 4.2 tugboats,according to Port study author Dr. Schmuel Yahalom during theMWA Conference. Tug Turecamo Boys, escorting a Cosco containership, would be among the first 4. (Photo: Don Sutherland)

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out in one of the sessions at the Conference, the mostplodding undertakings like dredging are heavily encum-bered by bureaucratic minutiae and escalating costs. Ifthat's the case for rote work, imaginative solutions couldbe discouraged altogether.

Disposal of dredge spoil is one issue, for example, andshortage of land for dockage and cargo transfer is another.The no-brainer solution would seem to be to combinethem together. Dredge spoil as landfill is hardly a newidea, and manmade islands are frequently proposed. All ofBattery Park City and a good portion of the rest ofManhattan stands on land that didn't exist when theAmerican Indian reigned. Yet the idea draws ire from theprotectors of marine habitats, and the obstacles mountsteeply from there. "The port volume, as you know," saidChristopher O. Ward, Executive Director of the PortAuthority during his keynote speech, "is exceeding ourcapacity." Containerships were considered large whentheir capacity passed 4000 TEUs (approximately 400020-foot containers), but economies of scale drove themfurther, to post-Panamax dimensions sufficient for 9000TEUs. That was thought to be the limit, said Mr. Ward,"if they get any bigger, people said they would sink. Buthistory marches on — " he called a new slide to thescreen, showing a very large vessel emblazoned with theMaersk star " — and this is a 14,000 TEU ship." Mr.Ward said that some thirty such vessels are already onorder, for a variety of shippers worldwide.

Mr. Ward noted that before containerization took ship-ping out of sight and mind (as far as Manhattan was con-cerned) to Newark Bay, break bulk operations threatenedto overwhelm the shoreline. Would ever-expanding con-tainerports make history repeat? "If we simply shift theburden of congestion and pollution to Newark/Elizabeth"where the largest containerports are, "we've failed to makethe port what it can be. Is it possible to bring more con-tainer volume without managing the land side?"

In a session that afternoon, the point was reinforced bya representative of a Staten Island neighborhood on theKill Van Kull shore. Speaking from the floor, she politelycommented on the disruptive effects of blasting for deep-ening the channel. She mentioned that this impact hadnot been understood by the community.

A corresponding point was introduced from anotherperspective by one of the panelists that afternoon, Capt.Pat Kinnier, McAllister's port captain. Speaking of theneed for a tugboat company to expand as its ship-assistcustomers do, "We're limited in where we can go. We'vebeen pushed out to anchorages on the North River, and

now we're receiving complaints from the Jersey sidebecause the generators run on the boats, creating an echothat they can hear."

Culture Wars?It would sound cold-hearted for someone from the

industry to ask what residents expect when they move intoold industrial neighborhoods like Staten Island's NorthShore, or brand-new riverfront communities such as thosefacing steel recycling operations near Jersey City. Yet thepresumption sometimes seems to be that it's proper forresidents to displace industrial communities the same wayEuropeans displaced American Indians.

Said Tiffany Smythe, a Research Fellow at the RegionalPlan Association, "There are significant incentives to con-vert waterfront property from maritime uses to other uses,and many disincentives to maintain" maritime uses.

The principle had come up during the report given bythe Working Harbor Task Force chairman Frank M.McDonough, President of the New York ShippingAssociation. "We need to incorporate into the city charterprotections for maritime districts and facilities. We needto think in terms of zoning regulations, deed restrictions,transfer of development rights, and maritime easements.We need to change the state's constitution to protectwaterfront activities. [We need to] require tax officials toignore the old, and I believe somewhat corrupt, 'highestand best use' doctrine, in favor of tax regimes that accred-it and protect the present water-dependant uses overexpensive condos." That last point struck a nerve, as thespontaneous applause rang-out from far more seats in theauditorium than were occupied by people from the indus-try. But as McDonough pointed out, a population muchlarger than the maritime industry itself is dependant onmaritime business. "Almost 70,000 city-based jobs incruise operations, insurance, underwriting, freight for-warding, chandlery, vessel maintenance and cargo han-dling rely on these facilities. They're being crowded out bythe desire to live and shop on the edge" of the harbors andrivers. No one said it in so many words, but a themerepeated throughout the day described two populations,one on each side of the bulkhead, both vulnerable to theother. One possible solution to that mutual pressuremight take the form of direct-to-barge offloading of post-Panamax containerships, using tugs to move the boxedcargos to smaller ports upriver. This might moderate theneed for land without hindering throughput of the port."The Port of New York has a natural opportunity to be ahub," said Dr.Shmuel Yahalom of SUNY Maritime, oneof the authors of the recent EDC report.

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Someone mentioned that a pilot project of barging con-tainers to Albany had already been tested, "and fell by thewayside." The point was addressed from the floor by Capt.John C. Callaghan, formerly a special assistant to thedirector of Canal Corp. upstate, and now representingKnickerbocker Consulting. Noting that the final destina-tions for those containers, like Rochester and Syracuse,were deeper in the interior of the state, "there was enoughpost-Albany truck traffic to negate the value of the bargetrip."

Capt. Callaghan pointed out that Canal Corp. is build-ing two large container barges under the 2005Transportation Bond Act. With the port of Oswego nowunder discussion for container operations on the GreatLakes, a resurgence of short-sea shipping via the state'scanal system is getting renewed attention.

Low Bridge … Everybody DownBut there are bottlenecks that have not been addressed

in the Port of New York, such as the Bayonne Bridge. "Its

air draft is 151 feet," said Ed Kelly, Executive Director ofthe Maritime Association of the Port of New York/NewJersey. "Chris showed the pictures of these giant ships thatare in the water right now, they won't fit under theBayonne Bridge, and that bridge is a Port Authority prop-erty."

Noting that it would take at least fifteen years to put upa new bridge, and that the Panama Canal enlargement isdue to be completed by 2014, super post-Panamax shipswill "have to be put into other areas that we'll have todevelop," said Mr. Kelly. "The South Brooklyn water-front? How long have we been waiting for that to bedeveloped?" The first part of any solution is to define theproblem, a task the MWA conference performed well.Next would come integrated plans, when two states and amajor city, smaller cities of the Jersey shore, and even morecities upriver are among the stakeholders. Said Ed Kelly, "Ithink we need to understand that if everybody acts ontheir own just at random, we're just going to end up witha random mess."


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This month MN looks at the deckmachinery and cargo handling equip-ment market, the tools of the tradefor the workboat workforce. We'vehighlighted a few innovative productsincluding cranes, winches and cap-stans, as well as a unique metal dis-solving service offered by CBG.

New Winches from MarkeyMarkey Machinery installed its 250

hp DESS-52 ARR hawser winch on aCrowley Response tug, designed fortethered escort and docking oftankers in the extreme conditionsencountered in the Straits of Juan deFuca in northern Puget Sound. Aftersuccessful operations of the 250 hpwinch, and in anticipation of theexpansion of open water ports requir-ing escort vessels capable of dealingwith more dynamic conditions,Markey Machinery developed winch-es rated at 100, 200 and 760 hp. Allincorporate the below-deck VF-ACelectric motor drives with multi-diskclutches/multi-speed transmissionsand slip-brakes.

JonRie Bow Winch for McAllister JonRie InterTech of Manahawkin,

NJ, has completed its 22nd bowwinch for McAllister Towing. Thenewest McAllister tug, the GreggMcAllister, is almost ready for deliv-ery from Eastern Shipbuilding andfeatures a JonRie Series 230 AssistWinch. The 230 Series features a30,000 lb. line pull at 100 fpm and

the capacity to spool 450 ft. ofQuantum-8 hawser. This winch seriesalso features a slip brake system com-plete with full render capability. AllJonRie bow winches in the McAllisterfleet also have a tension meter andwinch foot control for hands freeoperation.

Superior-Lidgerwood-Mundy Super ior-Lidgerwood-Mundy

(SLM), of Superior, Wisc., intro-duced its latest design, the M-2000Series Capstans. The M-2000Capstan uses cycloidal and spiralbevel gearing to increase efficiencyand provide a compact and userfriendly design for tug, barge, dock-side, and car-puller applications.Seven of these M-2000 Capstans willbe used on the latest developmentprojects on Panama Canal Locks andwill provide support guiding the esti-mated 14,000 ships and over 250million tons of cargo per year throughthe waterway.

Cross’ New 80-ton WinchCross Equipment, expanded its

product line beyond used marineequipment with a new 80 ton anchorhandling winch. The double drum,80-ton winch recently assisted HLCTugs LLC in breaking a Gulf ofMexico record while completing apipelay project. The Gloria G.Cheramie set 48 anchors in an eighthour period utilizing the Cross modelwinch. The lay-barge contractor

acknowledged the Gloria's speed andefficiency commenting that sheplayed a major role in completing theproject safely and ahead of schedule.

E-Crane Aims to Up Productivity In order to upgrade its Carmeuse

Black River lime facility in Butler,Ky., Massey Energy Company, thelargest producer of coal in the CentralAppalachian region, turned to E-Crane International USA. MasseyEnergy Company installed E-Crane'sFloating Offloading Terminal for coalbarge unloading with a 700 series E-Crane as its centerpiece.

Massey Energy was already familiarwith the E-Crane because the coalcompany has an identical E-Craneoperating a few miles up-river fromthe Black River facility.

ECO Orders 3rd MacGregor Crane Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO)

ordered another 150-tonHydramarine Active Heave-Compensation (AHC) crane fromMacGregor's Offshore division, itsthird such order within the past twoyears. These cranes are due to bedelivered in February and October2009, and the first quarter of 2010.The three cranes are identical andbelong to MacGregor's HMC 3568LKO series, with a 150-ton single-line winch capable of working indepths down to 9,843 ft. Theadvanced Hydramarine AHC systemgives the vessel an increased weather

Review Deck Machinery & Cargo Handling EquipmentMarkey JonRie Superior-Lidgerwood Cross Equipment E-Crane

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window for offshore operation.

CBG Maintenance Services CBG, LLC Maintenance Services

provides metal disintegration servicesto industrial, commercial and govern-ment markets. CBG offers metal dis-integration for broken bolts, taps andtools in large stationary equipment,heavy vehicles. CBG performed anin-place bolt removal onboard USNSKanawha (T-AO 196) for CollinsMachine Works of Portsmouth, VA.This project was in support ofFairbanks Morse 12,000 hour main-tenance service on Colt-Pielstickengines at the BAE Norfolk, Va. ship-yard. CBG removed the 64 mm mainengine head bolt from the engineblock while shipyard and FairbanksMorse personnel continued to workon the engine and keep the job onschedule.

CBG also removed a 30 mm mainengine head bolt onboard the M/V

Sea Runner. After being contractedby San Juan Towing and MarineServices, a CBG technician with 19

years of experience was fullyequipped and onsite in Puerto Ricoin less than 48 hours.

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Dugan Elected Chair of ASAThe American Shipbuilding

Association (ASA) has elected John F."Dugan" Shipway Chairman of theBoard for calendar years 2009 and2010. Shipway is President of BathIron Works, Bath, Maine. Shipwayjoined Electric Boat in July 2000 asSpecial Assistant to the President andwas appointed President of Bath IronWorks on April 28, 2003. Prior tothat he retired from the Navy as aRear Admiral.

Matthew J. Mulherin, Sector VicePresident and General Manager ofNewport News Shipbuilding,Newport News, Virginia, has beenelected as the Association's ViceChairman. Mulherin began his careerat Newport News in 1981 as anuclear test engineer, eventuallybecoming Vice President of programsfor Newport News Operations.

Rowan Names Ralls CEORowan Companies, Inc. named W.

Matt Ralls as the company's newPresident, CEO and member of theBoard of Directors, effective January1, 2009. Mr. Ralls most recentlyserved as Executive Vice Presidentand Chief Operating Officer ofGlobalSantaFe Corporation, fromJune 2005 until the completion ofthe merger of GlobalSantaFe with

Transocean, Inc. in November 2007.

Austal Appoints Hogan COOAustal has appointed former Boral

Limited Divisional General ManagerPeter Hogan to the position of ChiefOperating Officer, AustralianOperations. Hogan will officiallycommence with Austal in February2009 and be based at Austal's head-quarters in Henderson, WesternAustralia.

Titan Promotes Schwall, Reed Dan Schwall has been promoted to

vice president of Titan Salvage,Crowley Maritime Corporation's sal-vage and wreck removal company.Phil Reed has been promoted to gen-eral manager, salvage and engineer-ing. Both promotions become effec-tive January 1, 2009 and bothSchwall and Reed will be domiciledat the Pompano Beach, Florida. head-quarters.

Webb, Christopher Join RALRobert Allan Ltd. appointed

Roland (Rollie) Webb as Manager,New Construction. From 1993 to2003, Web was President of ToddPacific Shipyard Corporation, Seattle,Wash., and most recently wasPresident, Shipyards at WashingtonMarine Group, Vancouver, BC.

Webb will be responsible for the over-all management of our numerousnew vessel construction projectsaround the world. David H.Christopher has been appointed asSenior Marine Engineer/ChiefEngineer. Christopher has 26 yearsexperience as both a sea-going ChiefEngineer Officer and as a NewC o n s t r u c t i o n / C o n v e r s i o nSuperintendent, on ocean goingships, seismic survey, AHTS, andother offshore support vessels.

Crowley Promotes Collar, BuschSteve Collar has been appointed

senior vice president and generalmanager of logistics for Crowleyeffective Jan. 1, 2009. Todd Busch,vice president of Titan Salvage, willbe promoted to senior vice presidentand general manager of technicalservices effective Jan. 1, 2009. In hisnew role he will retain managementresponsibility for Titan and assumeadditional responsibility for govern-ment services, ship management, newvessel construction and naval archi-tecture.

Wheatcroft Heads New ABS TeamMichael Wheatcroft has been pro-

moted to the new position ofAssistant Chief Engineer forMaterials and Chief Metallurgist at

Hogan Schwall ReedShipway Ralls Collar

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the American Bureau of Shipping.Wheatcroft will lead a team of spe-cialist material engineers assigned toABS engineering offices in the UnitedStates, Europe and Asia.

Gillen Promoted to VP Jim Gillen has been promoted to

vice president of engineering forCrowley Maritime Corporation'spetroleum services, marine servicesand petroleum distribution groups.

Garrido Joins Bisso MarineMauricio Garrido joined Bisso

Marine on October 10, 2008 and isactively serving as Vice-President ofSalvage and Emergency Response.Garrido, a graduate of SUNYMaritime College has 24 years ofworldwide salvage experience.Garrido was most recently ManagingDirector of Titan Salvage and is also

the current Vice-President of theAmerican Salvage Association.

Zodiac Appoints Seigal Zodiac of North America hired

Commander (Ret.) Steve Seigel tolead its military and professionalbusiness unit. Seigel's Naval careerincludes both enlisted and commis-sioned service in multiple SEAL andUnderwater Demolition Teams, andthe US Special OperationsCommand. Following his operationaland command tours, he reported tothe USSOCOM acquisition andlogistics directorate.

Coulombe AppointedFarwest Corrosion Control

Company appointed HarryCoulombe as its Marine Division,Technical Sales Representative.Coulombe will be responsible for

promoting Farwest's marine line ofproducts including CathodicProtection Systems, Marine GrowthPrevention Systems (MGPS),Electrochlorination Systems andBallast Tank Descaling equipment.

Su Tu Vang CPP DeliveredJ. Ray McDermott, S. A. delivered

the Su Tu Vang Central ProcessingPlatform (CPP) for CuuLong JointOperating Company (CLJOC) off-shore Vietnam to enable productionof first oil ahead of schedule. Theproject sets a benchmark in theindustry for fabrication completionof a 15,500 MT float-over deck in22.5 months. The accomplishmentwas celebrated at the Su Tu Vang firstoil ceremony held in Hanoi.

Comprised of the jacket, float-overtopsides, pipelines, umbilicals,PLEMS and living quarters for 66

Gillen Garrido CoulombeBusch Wheatcroft

W&O Races from Gulf to AtlanticTwelve employees of W&O, including the CEO and mem-

bers of senior leadership, participated in the Ragnar RelayRace from Nov. 14-15 between Clearwater and DaytonaBeach, Florida. "Our 'W&O: We Are Fit' employee programis a perfect example of how W&O advocates employee fitness,and how taking part in events like the Ragnar Relay allows ouremployees to express themselves physically," said Jack Guidry,President and CEO of W&O.

The Ragnar Relay drew more than 700 people to theClearwater area for the 194-mile trek to Daytona Beach.Teams included either six or twelve runners who each ranthree legs of the race, totaling an average of 16 miles of run-ning per team member. The W&O team included Jack Guidry, President & CEO; Peter Osterman; Steve Stafford;Alex Piquer; Sandy White; Rogier Blokdijk; Kyle Posey; Lisa Collins; Carl Herman; Mike Page; Art Parrish and ColinLuke. W&O is a supplier of marine valves, pipe, fittings, engineered products and valve automation systems.

Team W&O at the completion of the race: Art Parrish, JackGuidry, Mike Page, Collin Luke, Carl Herman, Peter Osterman(back), Sandy White (in front of Peter), Steve Stafford, AlexPiquer, Kyle Posey (in horns), Lisa Collins, Rogier Blokdijk.

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people, the Su Tu Vang CPP is a fullyintegrated EPCI project. This projectincluded development of an eight-pile almost cuboid jacket and opti-mization of a construction-friendlyfloat-over deck with unique designchallenges that were overcome by thejoint J. Ray-CLJOC project team.

Newbold Wins AwardStrategic Marine chairman and

founder Mark Newbold has won anErnst & Young Australian

Entrepreneur of the Year Award.Newbold, whose shipbuilding com-pany has its headquarters atHenderson in Western Australia, tookout the national Entrepreneur of theYear Award in the Products Categoryat a black tie event on Nov. 27 inSydney.

New ASA Advisory Council The American Shipbuilding

Association elected four new PartnerAdvisory Council officers for calendar

years 2009 and 2010. The new offi-cers are Pete Goumas, GeneralManager, The Babcock and WilcoxCompany, Nuclear OperationsGroup, Euclid, OH; ShounKerbaugh, Vice President, NavalSystems/Merchant, Converteam Inc.,Pittsburgh, PA; Bruce Rosenblatt,President, Bruce S. Rosenblatt &Associates, LLC, Arlington, VA; andDon Roussinos, President, Henschel,L-3, Newburyport, MA. FredConroy, Vice President and GeneralManager of the Government BusinessUnit for Dresser-Rand, Olean, NY,will continue his role on the Councilthrough 2009.

Crowley Presents USMMAScholarships

Crowley presented four UnitedStates Merchant Marine Academystudents in their senior years withThomas B. Crowley, Sr., scholarships.The scholarships were presented toMidshipmen Patrick Showell,Donald ("Buddy") Finnie, JosephGaudiano and Bradford Lawhon.Laura Ladd was also recognized dur-ing the event as the recipient of theRichard A. Simpson scholarship.

Jo-Kell Employees ContributeEmployees of Jo-Kell Inc. presented

two charities with donations at theirfacility on November 11, 2008. Withthe company matching the donationsof their 49 employees, as well as acompany sponsored "Tribute toElvis" benefit concert, Jo-Kell pre-sented St. Mary's with a check for$8,740. The Foodbank ofSoutheastern Virginia was also onhand to receive over 4,125 pounds offood collected by employees. Thedonated food will help feed over3,259 meals in the community.

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New Marine Generator LineKohler Power

Systems presentsa new line ofdiesel-poweredmarine genera-tors for the workboat market. The40-500 kW (at 60 Hz) and 33-400kW (at 50Hz), are powered by EPATier 2 compliant engines. The 40-180kW range is available in both 12-and 24-volt specifications, while the350 and 500kW are available in the24-volt specification. The Kohler 40,55, 65, 80, 99, 125, 150 and 180kWmarine generators are powered byDeere Powertech engines, while thenew Kohler 350 and 500kW genera-tors are powered by Scania engines.

www.kohlerpower.com/marine

Navico’s Simrad Prof Nav SystemNavico is

offering the newnavigation sys-tem, SimradM X 5 1 0 / 5 1 2 ,for workboats, fishing vessels, ferries,cargo carriers and other commercialvessels. The new Simrad MX510/512uses advanced PC-based technologyand a powerful Intel PXA255 XScaleprocessor to provide position data.The MX510/512 can store up to2,000 waypoints with 20-characteralphanumeric names and icons, and100 routes with a dynamic number ofwaypoints (up to 2,000 in all routes).

www.simrad-yaching.com/MX

New DuraMobile Computer C o m a r k

C o r p o r a t i o nreceived typeapproval for tjeD u r a M o b i l emarine computer from ABS. TheDuraMobile computer has no mov-ing parts and is cooled using an alu-

minum heat sink instead of fans andsupports 2 PCI slots. Processoroptions include Celeron M, PentiumM or Core 2 Mobile, up to 2.27GHz,with RAM options up to 4 GB.Storage options include compactflash up to 16 GB and solid state harddrives up to 32 GB.

[email protected]

Ultrasonic Flaw DetectorsOlympus intro-

duced the newEpoch 1000 SeriesDigital UltrasonicFlaw Detectors withphased array imag-ing capabilities. The Epoch 1000,Epoch 1000iR, and Epoch 1000i canalso be integrated into small systemsfor high speed scanning and singlechannel imaging. They come stan-dard with features like a 6 kHz maxi-mum Pulse Rate Frequency (PRF)with single-shot measurements foraccurate high speed scanning applica-tions, and tunable square wave pulserwith PerfectSquare technology.

www.olympus-ims.com

ASI's New Ground Fault ProtectorAutomation Systems

Interconnect, Inc. offers anew ground fault protec-tor for electrical equip-ment. When a groundfault or earth leakage greater than30mA is detected the NDB1L auto-matically opens the circuit. Featuresinclude a visual trip indicator andpush-to-test button. The NDB1L isavailable in 6 to 32Amps with DINrail mounting and shockproof wireterminations. The new ground faultprotectors have an interruptingcapacity is 4.5kA and an operatingtemperature range of -35 to 70degrees Celsius.

www.asi-ez.com

Mobilarm Launches CrewsafeM o b i l a r m

launched Crewsafe,an onboard wirelessnetwork with ManOverboard func-tionality. This wireless safety networkprovides a network-wide alert to allpersonnel within seconds of an inci-dent occurring. Each employee car-ries a palm-sized transceiver whosewireless signal connects them to thenetwork. If a worker goes overboard,the signal is lost, the alarm is raisedand GPS tracking is implemented.

www.mobilarm.com

New InclinometerR&B Mfg. Inc.

introduced its new inclinometersdesigned for use in maritime applica-tions, especially during cargo and fuelloading and un-loading to insure shipremains level. R&B Inclinometermodel #003 is nine inches long andhas a 5/8 inch diameter indicatingball for viewing at distances up to 30feet. Models are also available in read-ings up to 10 degrees, or 18 percentof tilt.

www.tiltmeter.com

New Line of Workboat AC UnitsDometic offers a new

series of marine ACunits for deck orrooftop mounting onworkboats. Available incapacities ranging from36,000 to 72,000 BTU/hr, theDuraSea units come in a standardsquare-shaped chassis, or a slim-pro-file size to meet tighter space require-ments. Both models feature a uniquevertical fan-mount design that pro-tects fan components from constant,direct exposure to corrosive weatherconditions.

www.dometicenviro.com


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Alden Marine Electronicswww.alden.com tel: 703.263.9305 email:[email protected]: Marine receivers, Epirbs,Marine Radios, Antennas,

AR Engineeringwww.marinecomp.com tel: 203 924 5649 email:[email protected]: Hardened marine comput-ers built to application. Integratedsystems for communication, naviga-tion, data aquisition, and systemsmonitor and control. Daylight moni-tors, Software

Antenna Productswww.antennaproducts.com tel: 940-325-3301 email:[email protected]: Shipboard antennas forHF, VHF and UHF frequencies. Fallprevention equipment

Asea Power Systemswww.aseapower.com tel: 714-896-9695email:[email protected]: Shore Power Converters(8kVA-1000kVA), Line VoltageRegulators, Generator ManagementModules and Custom EngineeringServices.,

At Sea Electronics, Inc.www.AtSeaElectronics.com tel: +1 (813) 961-3829email: [email protected]: Marine Radio/TV AntennaSystems for ship`s entertainmentand training.

Autonav www.autonav.com tel: 604-526-0113email:[email protected]: Dynamic Positioning,Automation/Alarm and Monitoring,Steering Systems, Rudder AngleIndicators,

Beier Radiowww.BeierRadio.com tel: 504-341-0123email:[email protected]: Beier IVCS2000 IntegratedVessel Control System and BeierIVMS Integrated Vessel ManagementSystem,

Comark Marinewww.comarkcorp.com tel: 508-359-8161email:[email protected]: OptiBright Displays, MiniMariner Computer

DataStar Marine Products Inc.www.DataStarMarine.com tel: 604.990.6900email:[email protected]: V-MAC Relaint and V-MACCobra Monitoring Systems.

DataTerm Z60, DataTerm G55,DataTerm G70 and DataTerm G75HMI and NMEA Displays,

David Clark Company, Inc.www.davidclark.com tel: 508-751-5800email:[email protected]: Marine CommunicationHeadsets and Intercom Systems

Digital Antenna, Inc.www.digitalantenna.com tel: 954.747.7022email:[email protected]: Cellular boosters (ampli-fiers and repeaters), directional andomni-directional cellular antennas aswell as marine VHF, SSB, AM/FM,2.4 GHz WiFi and XM/WX antennas,

DVTel Inc.www.dvtel.com tel: 201-708-9800email:[email protected]: NVR, Access Control, IPCameras, Encoders and Decoders

FLIR Systems, Inc.www.FLIR.com tel: 877-773-3547email:[email protected]: Thermal Imaging, Mariner,Voyager, Navigator, SeaFlir

Furuno USA, Inc.www.Furuno.com tel: 360-834-9300email:[email protected]: Radar, Fish Finders,Sonar, GPS, Chart Plotters, GMDSS,Communications, Autopilots, MarineSoftware, AIS and more.

GeoNav Marine Systemswww.geonav.com tel: 713-722-9697email:[email protected]: Inertial NavigationSystems, Underwater Sensors,Cameras and MeasurementSystems, Pipe Tracking, Fiber OpticGyro`s, RLG`s, Kongsberg AcousticPositioning Operating System,

Icom America Incwww.icomamerica.com tel: 425-454-8155email:[email protected]: Marine VHF and SSB radiomanufacturer

Imtech Marine & Offshore BVTel: +31 10 487 19 11Email: [email protected]: www.imtech.nl

Industrial Power Systems, Incwww.ipsswitchgear.com tel: 904-731-8844email:[email protected]: Manufacturer of switchboardsfor the Marine IndustryProducts: Marine switchboards,panel boards, motor controls

Infosat Communications Inc.www.infosat.com tel: (403) 543-8188email:[email protected]: Downlink Systems,Modulators, Monitors, Receivers,Signal Processing Equipment, UplinkSystems, Engineering/SystemsDesign, Equipment Installation,Testing

Innovative Satellite Solutions www.iss-usa.net tel: +1 (240) 252-5211email:[email protected]: SeaTel® Tx/Rx and satel-lite TV systems, Thrane & ThraneSailor® Inmarsat and Iridium sys-tems,

JRCwww.jrc.co.jptel: +1-206-654-5644;

Jeppesenwww.jeppesen.comDescr: Inland and Coastal WaterOperations: With Jeppesen Marine,you're able to navigate with accurate,local river knowledge precision, whilerealizing operational efficiencies thatimprove your competitive strength.Jeppesen has been central to thedevelopment of systems that make itpossible to take off and land aircraftin zero visibility conditions. Advancedmarine solutions offer the samesophistication, so you can continueand extend operations in inclementweather, without compromising safe-ty.

Koden America Incwww.kodenamerica.com tel: 206 372 6008email: [email protected]: marine radar, LCD radar,GPS compass, GPS, IMO GPS, IMOradar

L-3 Klein Associates tel: 603-890-1304www.L-3Klein.comemail:[email protected]: RADAR, ECDIS, AIS,Integrated Bridge Equipment,Steering, Communications, Gyros,AutoPilots, Sonar Sensors, andEchoSounders

Macsea Ltd.www.macsea.com tel: 860-535-3885email:[email protected]: DEXTER, Remote EngineHealth Monitoring Services,Diagnostics and predictive analytics

Marine Technologiestel: 985-951-7771www.marine-technologies.comProducts: Marine Technologies offersTotal Solutions for DP, Bridge andCommunications; DynamicPositioning (DP) Class 1, 2 and 3Systems; Bridge Mate Integrated

Bridge System (IBS)

Maritime Information Systemswww.maris.no tel: 33 30 42 50email:[email protected]: Maritime InformationSystems - MDS, S-VDR,VDR,ECDIS, Software,

Maritime TechnologyPartners/ MTPwww.mtponline.net tel: 1800-905-6871 ext 111email:[email protected]: International VideoTelephony Provider, BroadbandProvider,Remote Live Satellite Video,Satellite Fax, Data, Voice, VideoServices

Night Vision Technologies, Inc.www.nvti-usa.com tel: 972-554-3944email:[email protected]: NVTi designs and manufac-turers night vision and thermal imag-ing camera systems.

Offshore Systems Ltd.www.osil.com tel: 604-904-4664email:[email protected]: ECPINS navigational soft-ware, COP situational awarenesssoftware

Point Eight Power, Inc.www.PointEightPower.com tel: 504-391-6817 email:[email protected]: Design, manufacture andservice electrical control & distribu-tion system

Seacoast Electronicswww.seaserve.com tel: (203) 515-6653email:[email protected]: Communication, naviga-tion, and steering systems for thenew construction, offshore energy,commercial, and defense markets

Sperry Marinetel: 434 974 2000www.sperrymarine.northropgrumman.comemail:[email protected]: Complete navigation andbridge systems

Transastel: 425-486-2100email: [email protected]: Transas is a developer andsupplier of a range of software, inte-grated solutions and hardware tech-nologies

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Managing DirectorJob Location: USA, Miami1. The Company: Established in1993, International Register of Shipping(IRS) is an independent ship classificationsociety working with the objective of safe-guarding life, property and the environ-ment. IRS is a provider of classification,certification, verification, training and advi-sory services. We now have over 1200

ships with a combined gross tonnage ofover 7 million tons under our certification.Currently we are authorized by 18 coun-tries around the world. Please visit ourweb site www.intlreg.org for more infor-mation on our organization.

2. The Role: As an inspirationalleader with the vision to realize plans youwill be tasked with driving the organizationforward to achieve further expansion andcommercial success. You will plan, devel-op and implement strategies for opera-tional management to deliver in order tomeet defined organizational plans withinagreed budgets and timescales. You willmanage all staff and performance activitywithin the Technical Head office in Miamiand will be the vital link between the officeand Board of Directors. For more specificinformation contact Bijimon Punnoose on+1 786 863 4790 for a confidential dis-cussion.3. The Person: You will have a trackrecord of delivering results and you willknow how important your time is and beadept at planning and prioritizing. In addi-tion, you will be an effective communica-tion. You will also possess a cool, com-mercial intellect with the skills to identifyand extract maximum commercial valuefrom opportunities. You should be a mar-itime professional with previous manage-ment experience. Relevant experience in areputed classification society, excellentspoken and written English language skillsare essential. You should have necessaryauthorization to be employed in the US.4. The Reward: You are likely to beimmersed in excellence and well reward-ed.5. Please send your applications [email protected]. Strict confidentiality will bemaintainedBijimon PunnooseInternational Register of Shipping4770 Biscayne Ste 800Miami FL 33137 USAPhone: 786-863-4790Fax: 305-576-4438Email: [email protected]

is recruiting qualified candidates for positions on our brand new state-of-the-art marine transport vessels operating along the Northeastern Atlantic Seaboard. We offer highly favorable work schedules – 2 weeks on – 2 weeks off, as well as excellent opportunities for career advancement.

Must possess a valid Master of Towing Vessels near coastal or greater endorsement.

New York Harbor experience preferred.

Chief engineers for Coastal and Inland tugboats. Must possess a valid (Designated Duty Engineers) license or greater. Valid (Merchant Marine Document) required. Two years engine room experience required.

Current and endorsement required; experience preferred.

If you have the skills and experience for any of our open positions, please contact our at or fax your resumé to

VANE BROTHERSOver a Century of Maritime Excellence

Baltimore Norfolk Philadelphia


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Vessels for SaleSouthernRecycling

We buy barges, ships, and other marine vessels

and structures for scrap.

We adhere to the highest ES&H standards.

Serving the rivers and coasts of the U.S.

MOBILE • MORGAN CITY • NEW ORLEANS

Call 800-GO SCRAP ext.506

usa

MARINE BUSINESS EXCHANGE

Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures

www.marinebusinessexchange.com

Are you ready to sell your business or are you ready to

expand your business through a merger or acquisition?

We presently have investors who are seriously interested

in all types of marine and marine related companies

worldwide.

9786 Timber Circle, Suite A

Daphne, AL 36527

Ph: 251-626-0713

Cell: 504-650-5000

Fax: 251-447-0423

E-mail: [email protected]



Marine MarketplaceNEW PRODUCTS

NEW PRODUCTS

PORTABLE DIESEL EMERGENCYEMERGENCY PUMPPUMP

DIESEL AMERICA WEST with over 25 years of experi-ence offers a QUALITY ocean service, emergency de-watering -transfer - trash pump that is portable - rugged - & light weight.

A Serious, Portable, Saltwater Service Emergency PumpDiesel America West Inc.P.O. Box 968, Friday Harbor, WA 98250Phone (800) 343-7351 or (360) 378-4182Fax (360) 378-3315 (24hr line)www.dawest.com

● #304 Stainless Steel Frame (1” welded sq. tube)

● Heavy Duty “Non-Metalic” Trash Pump End

● Seal is Severe Service s/Steel & Viton Shaft Seal

● YANMAR 5 & 7 H.P. Diesels, Aircooled

● 2” x 2” or 3” x 3” N.P.T. ● 42 P.S.I. Max

● Heavy Duty Vibration Isolators

● Long Life Marine Components Throughout

Your Source for CustomFabricated Windows andDoors Since 1964

Contact Info:1-800-567-7409

[email protected]. Box 134

Fonthill Ont. CanadaL0S 1E0

Complete Potable Water Treatment

FDA Approved Systems In Stock

Purification/Filtration731-645-3222

Controlled Water Systems, Inc.

Marine Digital MeasurementsLaser Hull Scanning 3D Modelling

3D Measure Inc.

[email protected] • www.3dmeasure.comTel: 401-848-4575 • Fax: 401-848-4574

SEA WOLF MARINE TRANSPORTATION, LLC

Barges for Lease or Charter

• 4000 Ton Cap Hopper Barge

• 900 Ton Cap Deck Barge

• 30 Ton Cap Derrick Barge/Dredge (3 Spuds)

• 400-1400 HP Tugs

Complete Marine Transportation Problems Solved

Contact:

Ph: (201) 852-3610

Fax: (201) 339-0177

E-Mail: [email protected]

Website: www.seawolfmarine.net

US Coast Guard Approved

(STCW-95) Basic Safety Training

• Basic Safety Training• Medical PIC• Proficiency in Survival

Craft

• Tankerman PIC• Advance Firefighter• All Modules available

at one location

El Camino CollegeWorkplace Learning Resource Center

13430 Hawthorne Blvd. · Hawthorne, CA 90250Ten (10) minutes from LAX · Twenty (20) minutes from LA Harbor

Call for Information & Registration(310) 973-3171/47 • www.businessassist.org

• Hazmat Dangerous Cargo Transportation

SUBSALVE USAP.O. Box 2030

North Kingstown, RI 02852 USAPh: (401) 884-8801 Toll Free: (800) 466-6962

Fx: (401) 884-8868www.SUBSALVE.com

[email protected]

UNDERWATER LIFT BAGSENGINEERED FROM THE BOTTOM UP!

Available in lift capacitiesfrom 25 lbs. to 77,000 lbs.

in open bottom and enclosed models.

Large inventory, ABS approved, IMCA Compliant.

The World’s Leading Manufacturer of Underwater Lift Bags


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Marine MarketplaceNEW PRODUCTS

PORTABLE DIESEL FIREFIRE PUMPPUMP

DIESEL AMERICA WEST with over 25 years of experi-ence offers a QUALITY ocean service, lightweight, porable

diesel fire pump that exeeds U.S.C.G. specifications!

A Serious, Portable, Saltwater Service Fire PumpDiesel America West Inc.P.O. Box 968, Friday Harbor, WA 98250Phone (800) 343-7351 or (360) 378-4182Fax (360) 378-3315 (24hr line)www.dawest.com

● #304 Stainless Steel Frame (1” welded sq. tube)

● Pump End w/Bronze Impeller

● Severe Service s/Steel & Viton Shaft Seal

● YANMAR 7 H.P. Diesel Aircooled Engine

● 2” x 2” N.P.T. ● 150 G.P.M. ● 90 P.S.I.

● Heavy Duty Vibration Isolators

● Long Life Marine Components Throughout

Son of a Sea-CookWorkboat Cooking School

Offered through Sea School 1-800-BEST-ONE 237-8663

Chef Bilgepump Says:

28-day hands-on course preparing onboard

cooks or supply boats, tow boats and oil rigs.

Tuition includes room and board at coed cam-

pus in Mobile Alabama.

Job placement assis-

tance provided.

“We Train Cooks for

Oil Field and Tug Boats.

We Ain’t No Culinary

Arts School.”

USCG License SoftwareAffordable - Merchant Marine Exam Training

http://hawsepipe.netFreelance Software, 39 Peckham Place, Bristol RI 02809

(401)556-1955 – [email protected]

PANEL SPECIALISTS, INC.John C.G. Hutchison, Marine Sales Manager

www.panelspec.com

B-15, C, A-60 INTERIOR JOINER PANEL SYSTEMSCERTIFIED by SOLAS, IMO, FTP CODE, EU MED, USCG, TRANSPORT CANADA

METAL COREby&

SalesToll Free: (800) 540-5503

Tel: (813) 340-3940

Fax: (813) [email protected]

Sales & Production3115 Range Road

Temple, Texas 76504

Tel: (254) 774-9800www.ThermaxMarine.com

THERMAX PANELSNon-Combustible, Non-Toxic

(888)881-7118

LOAD BANK RENTALS

ComRent® International, LLC

13 NATIONWIDE INVENTORY CENTERS

WWW.COMRENT.COM

The industry leader in right, ready and reliable power testing solutions since 1997.

PROFESSIONALS


Marine MarketplacePROFESSIONALS

Marine Surveyor Course and TrainingStandards based training for all vessels.

1-800-245-4425www.navsurvey.com

TUGS/BARGES FOR RENTBARGES SIZED FROM 8’x18’ TO

45’x120’ ALSO “SHUGART” SECTIONAL BARGES

“TRUCKABLE TUGS” HERE

S m i t h B r o t h e r s I n c . , S m i t h B r o t h e r s I n c . , G a l e s v i l l e , M D 2 0 7 6 5G a l e s v i l l e , M D 2 0 7 6 5

( 4 1 0 ) 8 6 7 - 1 8 1 8( 4 1 0 ) 8 6 7 - 1 8 1 8w w ww w w . s m i t h b a r g e . c o m. s m i t h b a r g e . c o m

BARGES FOR RENT

Specializing in the shipping of aggregates andconstruction materials in the Caribbean, U.S.East Coast, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, as well asocean crossings and salvage. All barges havesteel bin walls and hydraulic stern rampsAverage vessel age….4 years. Barge capaci-ties….2000 tons to 8800 tons. Barge sizes 180ft.to 300ft. Tugs to 2400hp. Vessels are ABS inclass, not Jones act, and foreign flagged inAntigua. They are able to call on all U.S. ports.

Contact owner Ship7 Maritime, LTD

Captain Paul Carpenter

(203) 374-5779 • Email: [email protected]

www.ship7.com

TUG AND BARGE SERVICES


(973) 984-2295 • Fax: (973) 984-5181E-mail: [email protected]

Equipment Sales

MOWBRAY’S

www.gks.com/marine • 734-582-9600

3D LASER SCANNING

HULL MODELING

REVERSE ENGINEERING

Total Ship Design‹ Naval Architecture/

Marine Engineering

‹ Ship and Boat Design

‹ Pre-Contract Support

‹ Plan Review

‹ Construction Management

An employee-owned company providing expert servicesto Ship Owners, Operators and Builders worldwide.

4300 King Street, Suite 400Alexandria,VA 22302

703.418.0100 or [email protected]

www.alionscience.com/maritime

JJMA MARITIME SECTOR

Aligned with your needs.

‹ In-Service Surveys and Engineering

‹ Special Projects

‹ Program and Acquisition Management

‹ Modeling and Simulation

Marine Mergers & Acquisitions

NAVAL ARCHITECTS,MARINE, MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1200 Phone: 206-768-1515 Seattle, WA 98104 http://www.gpai.com

Ideas Engineered Into Reality

GUIDO PERLA & ASSOCIATES, INC.


48 MN January 2009

The listings above are an editorial service provided for the convenience of our readers.If you are an advertiser and would like to update or modify any of the above information, please contact: [email protected]

ADVERTISER INDEX

Page# Advertiser Website Phone# Page# Advertiser Website Phone#

33 AHEAD SANITATION SYSTEMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . www.aheadtank.com (337) 237-5011

19 BAIER MARINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.baiermarine.com (800) 455-3917

26 CBG, LLC MAINTENANCE SERVICE. . . . . . . . www.cbgmaitenance.com (757) 622-3535

3 CHEVRON GLOBAL LUBRICANTS. . . . www.chevronlubricants.com please visit our website

23 CHROME CRANKSHAFT CO. LLC . . . . . . . www.chromecrankshaft.com (815) 725-9030

33 COASTAL MARINE EQUIPMENT . . . . . www.coastalmarineequipment.com (228) 832-7655

5 CRANESMART SYSTEMS INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.cranesmart.com (888) 562-3222

C3 DMW MARINE, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.dmwmarine.com (610) 827-2032

11 DONJON MARINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.donjon.com (908) 964-8812

17 GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE. . . . . www.GreatAmericanInsurance.com (212) 510-0135

21 HARCO MANUFACTURING CO. . . . . . . . . www.harcomanufacturing.com (800) 394-7571

15 HO BOSTROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.hobostrom.com (262) 542-0222

25 JONRIE INTERTECH LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.marinewinch.com (609) 978-3523

19 LASDROP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.lasdrop.com (800) 940-7325

C2 LLEBROC INDUSTRIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.helm-chair.com (800) 284-5771

35 M&L ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.mlengine.com (800) 960-0068

7 MARINE TECHNOLOGIES LLC. . . . . . . . www.Marine-Technologies.com (985) 951-7771

38 MARINERS HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.marinershouse.org (617) 227-3979

25 McDonough Marine Service . . . . . . . . . . . www.McDonoughmarine.com (504) 780-8100

21 MOPS LICENSE INSURANCE . . . . www.mopsmarinelicenseinsurance.com (800) 782-8902

23 PSI MARINE, INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.tideslide.com (800) 780-6094

C4 R.W. FERNSTRUM & C0. INC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.fernstrum.com (906) 863-5553

1 SCANIA USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.scania.com (210) 403-0007

21 SKOOKUM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.skookumco.com (503) 651-3175

23 SMITH BERGER MARINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.smithberger.com (206) 764-4650

41 SNAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.snameexpo.com (561) 732-4368

24 SUNY MARITIME COLLEGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.sunymaritime.edu (718) 409-7341

35 SUPERIOR LIDGERWOOD-MUNDY CORP. . . . www.lidgerwood.com (715) 394-4444

9 TIDEWATER INC.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.tdw.com (504) 568-1010

13 WATERMAN SUPPLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.watermansupply.com (310) 522-9698

24 WESTERN FIRE & SAFETY. . . . . . . . . . . . www.westernfireandsaftey.com (206) 782-7825

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DMW Marine is your North AmericanDistributor of Palfinger Marine Cranes and

DMW Marine heavy lift cranes

DMW Marine LLC1123 St. Matthews Road • Chester Springs, PA 19425

phone 610.827.2032• fax 610.827.1199

www.dmwmarine.com

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