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Authors Contributors &

MarineNews

May 2019

Volume 30 Number 5

Tom Ewing is a freelance writ- ance Company and has been er specializing in energy and Manager of its MOPS Marine Li- environmental issues. cense Insurance division since 1984. Over the past 29 years,

James A. Kearns has rep- Mr. O’Neill has spoken and writ- resented owners, operators, ten on many occasions on the ? nancial institutions and end importance of USCG license users for more than 30 years protection. He is a regular in the purchase, construc- contributor to MarineNews tion and ? nancing of vessels magazine. He can reached at:

Ewing O’Neill engaged in both foreign and [email protected] coastwise trades of the United

States. Kearns has earned an Brad Pickel is the Executive

LL.M. (in Taxation) from New Director for the Atlantic Intra-

York University, J.D. cum laude coastal Waterway Association. from the University of Notre Additionally, Brad is a board

Dame, and a B.S.E.E., summa member and Executive Com- cum laude from the University mittee member for the Nation- of Notre Dame. al Waterways Conference, Inc.

The AIWA is a national non-prof-

Greg Miller is an award- it organization celebrating its winning journalist and editor. 20th year in 2019 as the Voice

Most recently, he served as of the Atlantic Intracoastal Wa-

Kearns Pickel the managing editor of Fair- terway. On the web: play magazine. Prior to his www.atlanticintracoastal.net 14 years at Fairplay, he was the senior editor of Cruise In- Joshua Slade Sebastian, dustry News and the editor in P.E., is Engineering Manager chief of the Virgin Islands Busi- at The Shearer Group, Inc. ness Journal. He is a graduate (TSGI). TSGI would like to thank of Cornell University. His work the Marine Division at ABB for currently appears in a number assistance with the electrical of prominent shipping and en- design of the concept diesel ergy publications. electric towboat and providing some of the technical informa-

Randy O’Neill is Senior Vice tion for this article.

Miller Sebastian

President with Lancer Insur-

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