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CONTENTS

MarineNews January 2017 • Volume 28 Number 1

Credit: Beaver Island Boat Company

INSIGHTS 12 Margo S. Marks President, Beaver Island Boat Company

Ferry FeaturesFerry Features

Photo Credit: ACL

REGULATORY REVIEW 34 Ferry Outlook 2017 22 Safety and the Environment: North American Ferries: Faster, Greener2 & Safer same aims, different methods … Domestic ferries adjust their business models to met The ferry industry faces sector-speci? c challenges regulatory pressures and exceed environmental standards. from the latest round of regulatory debate.

By Johan Roos By Barry Parker

TRAINING & EDUCATION 40 Build Big, Build New ACL takes the luxury route to river dominance.

24 The Journey to Blended Learning

By Patricia Keefe Today’s maritime environment places unique chal- lenges upon operators when it comes to training and safety. 45 Shortsea Shipping: A Good Way to Start

By Murray Goldberg and Joy Findley Tampa Bay’s nascent foray into cross-channel ferry services identi? es community needs, environmental bene? ts and a

SAFETY new way forward for domestic, shortsea startups.

By Joseph Keefe 28 Ferry Safety in the Philippines A work in progress produces measurable results

ON THE COVER while at the same time developing an enviable in-

Pictured on the cover is the ferry termodal model.

Provincetown IV, docked in ad-

By Len Roueche vance of its maiden voyage in

November 2016. The unique,

BALLAST WATER TREATMENT six-month pilot project con- nects the cities of St. Petersburg 30 Out in Front on and Tampa. Shortsea shipping Ballast Water Treatment is alive and well in the sunshine In the choppy wake of the rati? cation of the IMO state. Story begins on page 45.

Ballast Water Treatment convention, the U.S. Coast

Guard issues it ? rst US type-approval certi? cate. (Photo Courtesy Tucker Hall /Cross Bay Ferry)

By Joseph Keefe

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