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Waller Marine, Inc., through its LNG development subsidiaries, Waller Energy Holdings, LLC and Waller LNG Services, LLC, has initiated activities on its Þ rst natural gas liquefaction (LNG) facility to be constructed on a 175 acre site the Company has acquired at the entrance point of the Calcasieu Ship Channel in Cameron Parish in Southwest Louisiana. With looming regulatory requirements for vesselÕs to comply with new ECA emission control regulations, the CompanyÕs focus is to supply LNG to the marine fuels market. No doubt, Shane Guidry at Harvey Gulf Marine is watching closely. To enable the supply and distribution of LNG to and from small scale LNG terminals and for bunkering LNG as a marine fuel, Waller has been the Þ rst to conceive and design a series of small LNG vessels ranging from its 2,000 to 10,000 cubic meter capacity river transport and bunker barges and its 10,000 to 30,000 cubic meter coastwise ATB LNG vessels. WallerÕs innovative concepts are patent pending before the USPTO, and Waller has recently acquired Approval in Principle from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). Waller-Designed Transport Vessels to Support Distribution The U.S. Coast GuardÕs effort to replace as many as 25 medium endurance cutters has domestic shipbuilders queuing up to design and build its next generation offshore patrol cutter (OPC). Only one shipyard Ð to date Ð has succeeded in generating genuine excitement with an innovative design proposal. The low risk approach includes four key metrics for the OPC concept, including endurance on the order of 8,500 to 9,500 miles range; excellent seakeeping essential to all missions; affordability; and the use of proven hull forms. VigorÕs introduction of the Ulstein X-BOW design hull Ð in service worldwide on 43 different platforms and workboat rolls Ð potentially adds another foreign-designed hull to the Coast GuardÕs domestic arsenal and could someday change the perception of what a U.S. Coast Guard cutter should look like. The Vigor team also includes its U.S.-based design agent, Vigor Shipyard?s OPC Entry Innovative Boats of 201230 MNDecember 2012