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NEW YORK 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 arlier this month I was in Oslo for Nor-Shipping, certainly not an event

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Tel: (561) 732-4368; Fax: (561) 732-6984 subsea equipment, and the oil industry is central the Norwegian economy as a

Ewhole. While I know the Norway has been hit particularly hard by this year-

PUBLISHER long oil price drought, I was pleasantly surprised to see that overall the mood was better

John C. O’Malley [email protected] than expected, all things considered.

This month starting on page 24 we are pleased to present a fresh take on the oil price

Associate Publisher & Editor collapse and its effects on Subsea Hardware spending, courtesy of Ben Wilby of Doug-

Gregory R. Trauthwein [email protected] las Westwood. The article is based on a recent DW report of the same topic, and while

Wilby contends that growth is indeed stagnant overall, there are pockets of opportunity, as

Web Editor

Eric Haun always.

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Contributing author Kira Coley delivers insightful features as always, but this time

Contributing Editors twice in the same edition. Our cover story, starting on page 32, focuses on some exciting

Capt. Edward Lundquist, USN (Ret.)

Claudio Paschoa, Brazil work within the engineering halls of MIT that is designed to offer AUVs more cognitive

William Stoichevski, Norway capabilities, enabling the systems to form their own mission plan with minimal input from

Production Manager humans. A shorter feature from Coley kicks off our “Tech File” section starting on page

Irina Tabakina [email protected] 10, documenting Van Oord’s development of a new deep excavation system ... designed to dredging deeper and cheaper!

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Nicole Ventimiglia

Staying on the dredging theme, we were happy to work with the International Associa- [email protected] tion of Dredging Companies (IADC) in The Netherlands to present our Mega Dredging

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Projects feature starting on page 48. Here you will ? nd the latest data and statistics regard-

Michelle Howard [email protected] ing the health, direction and drivers of global dredging. But the real fun is the ensuing

Manager, Public Relations pages which documents in pictures and words ? ve of the largest dredging projects in

Mark O’Malley [email protected] history, which is an excerpt from the IADC’s new limited edition book, Beyond Sand and

Sea, which celebrates 50 years of dredging.

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