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CONTENTS

MarineNews January 2016 • Volume 27 Number 1

INSIGHTS 12 Dave Anderson President, Passenger Vessel Association

REGULATORY REVIEW 18 Interferry: Aiming High in the

Cause of Common Sense A review of the latest regulatory challenges impact- ing the ferry industry.

By Len Roueche

FINANCE 22 Searching for a Better Way Financing the Municipal,

Tax-Exempt Workboat Sector.

By Richard J. Paine, Sr.

Photo: Justine Buckmaster

Features

FERRY TRAINING 24 SailSafe: A Sea Change for the Better 32 Rough Waters for Washington State Ferries BC Ferries has improved its safety record and op- Improved funding and management changes have the na- erational practices. tion’s largest ferry system on a course to better times.

By Sarah McCoy

By Jeff Joyce and Murray Goldberg 38 Driving the Inland Waterways Propulsion Evolves, Improves and Powers Forward in the

TRAINING & EDUCATION inland markets. And, Z-Drive propulsion is the future.

By Joseph Keefe 28 Maritime Training:

Keeping it Close to Home

Gulf Coast maritime education providers expand

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