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Marine News February 2024 • Volume 35 Number 2

Contents

Features 22 Many Different Vessels but One Goal: 22

Passenger Safety The passenger vessel industry and its regulators are hard at work to achieve their shared top objective: safe operations.

By Tom Ewing 28 US Offshore Wind: Down but Not Out It’s been tough going for the U.S. offshore wind 28 industry, but there’s still reason to believe the future will be bright.

By Eric Haun 34 Virtual Marine: Simulator Training is the Real Deal Marine simulators are extremely valuable for training modern mariners, and they’re only getting better as the technology evolves.

Virtual Marine © Eric Dale Creative / Adobe Stock © Olivier / Adobe Stock 34

By Eric Haun 4 Editor’s Note 16 OpEd: Going Green 38 Vessels

By Kaiya Levine 42 People & Company News 6 Authors 18 Column: Safety Zone 43 Products

By Zach Walden 8 By the Numbers: 46 Classi? ed Advertising 20 Column: Wahington Watch US Offshore Wind 48 Advertisers Index

By Jeff Vogel

By Philip Lewis 10 Insights: 32 Regulatory Update: Title XI Catherine Gianelloni, MITAGS

By Eric Haun

By Eric Haun

On the Cover

The U.S. offshore wind industry is still building up despite recent setbacks. (Photo: © picsxl / Adobe Stock) 2 | MN February 2024