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Marine News March 2021 Volume 32 Number 3

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It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a year www.marinelink.com since COVID-19 totally upended daily life

PUBLISHER here in the U.S. Obviously, so much has

John C. O’Malley • [email protected] changed over these surreal and unforget-

Associate Publisher & Editorial Director table months, and the virus’ mounting toll

Greg Trauthwein • [email protected] is immeasurable. But with so much focus on

Editor

Eric Haun • [email protected] what’s changed, it’s easy to take for granted

Tel: 212-477-6700 the things that haven’t. The tug, towing and

Contributing Writers barge industry has been one of those con-

Tom Ewing • Barry Parker • Jeff Vogel stants, maintaining the vital ? ow of mari-

PRODUCTION time commerce despite very dif? cult cir-

Production & Graphics Manager

Eric Haun, Editor,

Nicole Ventimiglia • [email protected] cumstances. Personally, I ? nd the industry’s [email protected] resolve to be incredibly encouraging. “I’m

SALES

Vice President, Sales & Marketing proud and humbled to work for an industry

Rob Howard • [email protected] that gets the job done 24-7,” AWO president & CEO Jennifer Carpenter

Advertising Sales Managers said in this month’s Insights interview (page 10). Hear, hear!

National Sales Manager

Terry Breese • [email protected]

And while much talk on America’s political landscape has turned negative,

Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 this industry can still glean optimism from several key pieces of recent legisla-

Lucia Annunziata • [email protected] tion. From recent Jones Act wins to WRDA 2020, there’s certainly much to

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John Cagni • [email protected] be happy about. Read more on WRDA starting on page 22.

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Another good news story for the U.S. maritime industry comes in the

Frank Covella • [email protected]

Tel: 561-732-1659 Fax: 561-732-8063 form of the ? ve National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMV) slated to

Mike Kozlowski • [email protected] be built at Philly Shipyard. With the arrival of these new ships, cadets at the

Tel: 561-733-2477 Fax: 561-732-9670 state maritime academies will ? nally be able to train on modern, purpose-

Managing Director, Intl. Sales built vessels. The technological leap beyond the decades old vessels currently

Paul Barrett • [email protected]

Tel: +44 1268 711560 Fax: +44 1268 711567 in use is huge, and the new ships’ impacts will be even larger. A feature article

CORPORATE STAFF on the NSMVs begins on page 28.

Manager, Marketing

Mark O’Malley • [email protected]

Accounting

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