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Office: 337-237-5011 Email: [email protected] Web: www.aheadtank.com New IMO and USCG CertifiedType II Sewage Treatment Plant ? Compact? Lightweight? Corrosion Resistant ? Odor Free ? Simple Installation? Easy Maintenance? Customer Friendly ? Cost Effective Type II Marine Sanita on DeviceU.S. Coastguard Cer Þed ? I.M.O. Cer Þed1-606-561-4697711-C Colyer Road ? Bronston, KY 42518 www.envmar.com Booth # 411 Booth # 2109? Constructed of HD High Density Polythylene ? Lightweight ? 4, 12, 16 & 32 Person Systems ? Corrosion free ? Maintenance Free ? Simple Installa on? Operates as a Biological AerobicSewage Treatment, Elimina ng Foul Odors ? Conforms to the Clean Water Act www.marinelink.com MN93PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS St. Johns Ship Building Chosen toBuild Skanska Barge St. Johns Ship Building won a contract to con-struct a custom crane spud bargefor Skanska. This is the first contract St. Johns has signed with Skanska USA, a leading national construction company with 7,000 employees in the U.S. and 2010 revenues of $4.8 billion. The 150-ft barge will become part of Skanska?s core fleet of vessels and has been custom engineered to accommodate a variety of sizes of cranes. The vessel will initially be out- fitted with a Liebherr LR1300 330ton crane and will support the Pier 5 expansion project in Norfolk Va. www.stjohnsshipbuilding.com FMT to Build Four 30,000 Barrel Fuel Barges with Trinity Offshore FMT Industries, LLC?an affiliate of Florida Marine Transporters, Inc. (Florida Marine)?has signed a con- tract with Trinity Offshore, LLC to build four 297?6? x 54? x 12?, 30,000barrel tank barges. Florida Marine?s Chairman and CEO, Dennis A. Pasentine, says, ?The order is part of Florida Marine?s ongoing commit- ment to meet its customers? needs. This contract for four barges and sixoption barges was awarded to Trinity Offshore due to its high quality work- manship and its large under cover production space.? The barges will be built at Trinity?s Gulfport, Mississippi facility. www.trinityoffshorellc.com http://floridamarinetransporters.com PVA Calls for Improvement of Coast Guard?s Form 2692 Reporting Requirements In a letter responding to a Federal Register notice about the renewal of Coast Guard Form 2692, Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) President Jay Spence insisted that the Coast Guard issue new instructions clarify- ing the circumstances in which a Form 2692 should or should not be submitted by passenger vessel opera- tors. The Coast Guard solicited com- ments on its proposed application to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) renewing approval of Coast Guard Form 2692. OIRA is part of OMB and was creat- ed as a result of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980. MN#11 (82-97):MN 2011 Layouts 11/3/2011 9:49 AM Page 93