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MarineNews May 2011 • Volume 22 Number 5

Insights 8 Per Backteman

President, Scania USA Inc.

Blogs @ MaritimeProfessional.com 14 MarAd Offers Glimmer of Hope

With loan guarantees to Eastern Shipbuilding for five PSVs for export to Brazil, the U.S.

Maritime Administration offers some hope to

U.S. Shipyards. — by Joseph Keefe

Cover Story 24 Record (Arctic) Run in a RIB

In the fall of 2010 a group of boat builders and a Discovery Channel star made an 8,000 mile record run in a Zodiac RIB from the

North Atlantic, through the Northwest

Passage, to the Pacific Northwest.

GOM 28 Capitalizing on Canal Improvement

As the Panama Canal increases its capacity, a

Louisiana Terminal invests millions to capitalize on the new flow of business. — by Susan Buchanan

Market Report 34 RIBS & Combat Craft

On the eve of the Multi-Agency Combat

Craft exhibition, MN examines business and technical trends in the RIB and combat craft markets. — by Raina Clark 24 2 MN May 2011 34

Photo courtesy SeaArk

David Smith, President of Professional Components, Expedition Pilot.