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Marine News January 2022 Volume 33 Number 1

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Challenges in the North American mari- www.marinelink.com time sector are as plentiful today as they’ve

PUBLISHER been in recent memory. COVID-19, crew/

John C. O’Malley • [email protected] staff shortages, supply chain headaches, you

Associate Publisher & Editorial Director

Greg Trauthwein • [email protected] name it; participants in this industry are battling a monster with an in? nite num-

Editor

Eric Haun • [email protected] ber of heads. Chop one off, and another (or

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Contributing Writers

Those counting challenges will note the

Tom Ewing • Barry Parker • Jeff Vogel passenger vessel sector has been handed

PRODUCTION

Production & Graphics Manager more than its fair share. This part of the

Eric Haun, Editor,

Nicole Ventimiglia • [email protected] wider maritime industry—which was un- [email protected]

SALES doubtedly booming prior to the current

Vice President, Sales & Marketing pandemic—is today plying through anoth-

Terry Breese • [email protected]

Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 er layer of fog as the highly contagious omicron variant adds a new layer of

Advertising Sales Managers uncertainty to the already clouded picture. Another head for the monster!

Lucia Annunziata • [email protected]

Still, the show must go on, and passenger vessel owners and operators are

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6240 Fax: 212-254-6271 doing their very best to plot future courses. Mike Corrigan, head of trade

John Cagni • [email protected] association Interferry, delivers his outlook starting on page 14, followed by

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Barry Parker’s assessment of the sector on page 18.

Frank Covella • [email protected]

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Other parts of the industry, such as dredging, for example, have a good

Mike Kozlowski • [email protected] challenge on their hands: too much work in the backlog. Dredging com-

Tel: 561-733-2477 Fax: 561-732-9670 panies are keeping a close watch on the historic new raft of infrastructure

Gary Lewis • [email protected] dollars due to ? oat their way, Tom Ewing reports staring on page 30.

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Companies involved in hybrid and electric propulsion projects are also

Managing Director, Intl. Sales seeing interest, and more importantly contracts, perk up. This month,

Paul Barrett • [email protected]

Tel: +44 1268 711560 Fax: +44 1268 711567 we highlight the Marilyn Bell I, which was recently re? t and returned to

CORPORATE STAFF service as Canada’s ? rst all-electric, zero-emissions ferry. The story starts

Manager, Marketing on page 24.

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Accounting

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