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CONTENTS

MarineNews October 2010 • Volume 21 Number 10

TechFile 8 InLine Thruster on JackUp Vessel

Innovative wind power installation

Blogs 10 Mariner Missions Front Burner

By Joseph Keefe

MERPAC fate still unknown

Insights 12 Jim Stark, GICA

By Raina Clark

Advancing Gulf Intracoastal waterway issues

Boat of the Month 16 M/V Stephenson II

New USACE Push Boat

Yearbook 26 Tug, Tow & Barge

By Raina Clark • Cautious optimism 29 Offshore

By Quest Offshore • Momentum gaining 32 Passenger Vessels

By Jonathan Atkin • Opportunities opening 37 Boatbuilding

By Raina Clark • Mixed bag

Raina on the Rivers 42 Old Salts & New Cooks

By Raina Clark

Assessing the impact of a failing inland infrastructure aboard the Thomas E. Erickson 16 26 42

Photo courtesy Crowley Maritime 2 MN October 2010

Photo Raina Clark

Photo

J onathan Atkin