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tention to the instrumental leadership of the bill?s lead sponsors, Sens. Mark Begich (D-AK) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), who introduced the bill with twenty additional bipartisan cospon- sors. ?This signi cance of this bill, and the strong Senate support behind it, cannot be overstated,? said Tom Alle- gretti, AWO President & CEO. ?There is a critical need to enact legislation that protects our nation?s waterways while improving the ef ciency and effective- ness of marine transportation. This bill accomplishes those objectives.? Harvey Gulf Breaks Ground on LNG Bunkering Site New Orleans-based Harvey Gulf International Marine (HGIM) last month began construction on its $25 million Phase 1, Slip B, LNG (Liq- ue ed Natural Gas) fueling facility at their Port Fourchon, LA terminal. When operational later this year, HGIM?s LNG facility will be the  rst of its kind in the United States. This technologically-advanced, environ- mentally-safe, clean energy facility will be a vital addition to the growing national LNG supply infrastructure, supporting critical operations of the oil and gas industry?s offshore  eet as well as over-the-road vehicles operat- ing on clean LNG. The LNG facility will consist of two sites each having 270,000 gallons of LNG storage ca-pacity. The LNG tanks will be of stainless steel, Type ?C? construction. Each facility will be able to transfer 500 gallons of LNG per minute.HicklingBeanTrease JaenickeApprentice Graduation 2014PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS www.marinelink.com MN 55MN April14 Layout 50-59.indd 55MN April14 Layout 50-59.indd 553/20/2014 11:57:05 AM3/20/2014 11:57:05 AM