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CONTENTS

MarineNews March 2018 • Volume 29 Number 3

INSIGHTS 14 Pat Folan Partner, Tug & Barge Solutions

FeaturesFeatures

Credit: YANMAR

REGULATORY REVIEW 30 North Carolina Ferries Change 20 SITREP: Subchapter M Course for the Future

No matter what route you take, time is marching Shoaling shifts NCDOT’s propulsion needs, prompting a on and that means compliance requirements, sea change. Thrustmaster waterjets step in to carry the day. inspections and audits are just around the corner.

By Joseph Keefe

By Paul Hite 34 The Emission Regulations: “It aint easy being Green”

SPECIAL REPORT Nor is it getting any easier to understand when, how and why to comply. 26 Inland Towboats and Diesel

By Robert Kunkel

Electric Propulsion Diesel electric technology, as part of a 38 Cruising Into Alaska with Power to Spare comprehensive engineering design process,

YANMAR only recently arrived in the Paci? c Northwest should be considered by the inland towboat sector. with its mechanical 6AYAM-ET diesel engine. It looks like

By Joshua Slade Sebastian, P.E.

they are here to stay.

By Joseph Keefe

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