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CONTENTS

MarineNews February 2016 • Volume 27 Number 2

INSIGHTS 12 Arlen “Benny” Cenac, Jr.

Owner & CEO, Cenac Towing Company

REGULATORY REVIEW 18 The Designated Person Ashore and You Don’t overlook this important part of your regula- tory compliance chain.

By (Captain) Katharine Sweeney

LEGAL 20 Limit Exposure with the Uniform Commercial Code Demanding assurance pursuant to the UCC may save you from sinking on someone else’s Ship.

By Larry DeMarcay

Features

DREDGING AND INFRASTRUCTURE 32 Dredging Needs Grow as the Lower

Mississippi Floods 26 The Mississippi River The need to dig deeper for federal dollars has never been … and the 2016 Flood’s Impact on Dredging. more pronounced.

By Sean Duffy

By Susan Buchanan 38 Dredging up History and Innovation

USCG OUTLOOK New J.F. Brennan Dredge Proves Its Value in Mississippi

River Projects. 30 Weighing in on Maritime

By Charles Johnson

Industry Challenges

A look ahead to 2016 by the U.S. Coast Guard’s

Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy.

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