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MarineNews ISSN#1087-3864 USPS#013-952Florida: 215 NW 3rd St., Boynton Beach, FL 33435tel: (561) 732-4368; fax: (561) 732-6984New York: 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271www.marinelink.com PUBLISHERJohn C. O?Malley  [email protected] Publisher & Editorial DirectorGreg Trauthwein  [email protected] Keefe  [email protected]: 704-661-8475 Contributing WritersSusan Buchanan  Raina Clark  Lawrence R. DeMarcay, III Frederick B. Goldsmith  Randy O?Neill  Jim Shirley PRODUCTION Production & Graphics Manager Nicole Ventimiglia  [email protected] SALESVice President, Sales & MarketingRob Howard  [email protected] Sales Administration & OfÞ ce Manager Rhoda Morgan  [email protected] Sales & Event Coordinator Michelle Howard  [email protected] ClassiÞ ed Sales Manager Dale Barnett  [email protected] tel: 212-477-6700Advertising Sales ManagersNational Sales ManagerJack Bond  [email protected] Tel: 561-732-1659 Fax: 561-732-8063 Lucia Annunziata  [email protected] Terry Breese  [email protected]: 212-477-6700 Fax: 212-254-6271 Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 Perry Grant  [email protected] Dawn Trauthwein  [email protected] Tel: 561-732-0312 Fax: 561-732-9670 Tel: 631-472-2715 Fax: 631-868-3575 Mike Kozlowski  [email protected] Tel: 561-733-2477 Fax: 561-732-9670 Managing Director, Intl. Sales Paul Barrett  [email protected]: +44 1268 711560 Fax: +44 1268 711567 Uwe Riemeyer  [email protected]: +49 202 27169 0 Fax: +49 202 27169 20 CORPORATE STAFF Manager, Accounting Services Rhoda Morgan  [email protected] Manager, Public Relations Mark O?Malley  [email protected] Manager, Marketing Jocelyn Redfern  [email protected] Manager, Info Tech Services Vladimir Bibik  [email protected] CIRCULATION Circulation Manager Kathleen Hickey  [email protected] TO SUBSCRIBE:Subscriptions to Marine News (12 issues per year) for one year are available for $49.00; Two years (24 issues) for $64.00. Send your check payable to: MarineNews, 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010. For more information email Kathleen Hickey at: [email protected] Time Value Expedite On the Cover18 Wake up America!RADM Richard Gurnon has much to say about education ? both maritime and general studies ? in America today. His OP/ED starts on page 18. SOFTWARE26 Fleet Management & Operations: Software and Communications (too) TRAINING36 Shipbuilders Train From Within Spreading the word about well paying career opportunities By Susan Buchanan PRODUCT48 Deck Machinery Steeped in Tradition: Anchored on Deck 6 Editor?s Note 18 OP/ED ? American University System and Merchant Fleet 52 Vessels 54 People & Company News 57 Products 59 Classi eds64 AD Index MarineNews ISSN#1087-3864 is published monthly, 12 times a year by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc., 118 East 25th Street, New York, N. Y. 10160-1062. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any misprints or claims and actions taken by advertisers. The publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertising. Contents of this publication either in whole or in part may not be reproduced without the express permission of the publisher. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to MarineNews ,118 East 25th Street, New York, N.Y. 10160-1062. MarineNews is published monthly by Maritime Activity Reports Inc. Periodicals Postage paid at New York, NY and additional mailing ofÞ ces. 4 MNJuly 2012