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Marine News September 2021 Volume 32 Number 9

Marine News (ISSN#1087-3864) (USPS#013-952)

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In last year’s shipbuilding and repair edi- www.marinelink.com tion of Marine News, I wrote in this space

PUBLISHER that America’s shipyards hold a number of

John C. O’Malley • [email protected] roles beyond the construction and repair of

Associate Publisher & Editorial Director commercial vessels. One of the most im-

Greg Trauthwein • [email protected] portant: economic engine. A recently pub-

Editor

Eric Haun • [email protected] lished report from the U.S. Department of

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Transportation’s Maritime Administration

Contributing Writers (MARAD), “The Economic Importance of

Tom Ewing • Barry Parker • Jeff Vogel the U.S. Private Shipbuilding and Repair-

PRODUCTION ing Industry”—the subject of this issue’s

Production & Graphics Manager

Eric Haun, Editor,

Nicole Ventimiglia • [email protected]

By the Numbers—paints this picture very [email protected] clearly. The numbers speak for themselves:

SALES

Vice President, Sales & Marketing “In 2019, the U.S. private shipbuilding and

Rob Howard • [email protected] repairing industry directly provided 107,180 jobs, $9.9 billion in labor in-

Advertising Sales Managers come and $12.2 billion in gross domestic product, or GDP, to the national

National Sales Manager

Terry Breese • [email protected] economy. Including direct, indirect and induced impacts, on a nationwide

Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 basis, total economic activity associated with the industry reached 393,390

Lucia Annunziata • [email protected] jobs, $28.1 billion of labor income and $42.4 billion in GDP in 2019.”

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6240 Fax: 212-254-6271

John Cagni • [email protected]

This month, we hear from the heads of two of America’s leading ship-

Tel: 631-472-2715 Fax: 561-732-8063 yards directly. We caught up with Joey D’Isernia, president of Eastern

Frank Covella • [email protected]

Tel: 561-732-1659 Fax: 561-732-8063

Shipbuilding Group, for the latest on the market drivers and projects that

Mike Kozlowski • [email protected] are keeping the Florida shipbuilder humming. And Chris Allard, CEO of

Tel: 561-733-2477 Fax: 561-732-9670

Metal Shark, delivers an op-ed explaining how stock boats could help to

Managing Director, Intl. Sales better meet customer demand while also boosting U.S. competitiveness

Paul Barrett • [email protected]

Tel: +44 1268 711560 Fax: +44 1268 711567 amid shifting dynamics in the global marketplace.

CORPORATE STAFF

Manager, Marketing

Mark O’Malley • [email protected]

Accounting

Esther Rothenberger • [email protected]

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6810

Manager, Info Tech Services

Vladimir Bibik

CIRCULATION

Kathleen Hickey • [email protected]

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