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ENGINEERING NEWS 2021 ... a Milestone Year

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As we close in on the end of 2021, COVID

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unfortunately remains a central focus of our

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Rik van Hemmen offers his usual unique daily personal and business lives, but even 215 NW 3rd St point of view for this “Great Ships” edition,

Boynton Beach, FL 33435-4009 with the emergence of yet another variant

T +1 561 732 4368; F +1 561 732 6984 offering insights on the mostly anonymous and the threat of renewed travel restrictions,

Publisher inventors and designers, people behind Great it appears that there is a returning sense of John C. O’Malley [email protected]

Ships, starting on page 10 ‘normal,’ as for one, exhibitions in varying

Associate Publisher/Editorial Director

While you’ve seen my picture on this locales are again picking up steam, with a

Greg Trauthwein [email protected] page – in its varying age transformations and growing number of exhibitors and visitors.

Offshore Energy Editor quantities of hair – over the last 29 years,

Writing this from New Orleans at the

Bartolomej Tomic

I present our entire Maritime Reporter & [email protected] annual workboat show, I had the opportu-

Engineering News crew on the opposite nity to moderate a session at ABS’ half-day

Production Manager

Irina Vasilets page, inspired by Rik’s piece and the fact that

Offshore Wind conference held before the [email protected]

Maritime Reporter & Engineering News has exhibition, an event that draws a tight and

Production & Graphic Design

Nicole Ventimiglia four team members celebrating 20-year mile- targeted list of ‘who’s who’ in offshore wind, [email protected] stone anniversaries this year: Rob Howard, from ? eld developers to vessel owners; ship-

Corporate Staff

Vladimir Bibik, Esther Rothenberger and

Manager, Marketing yards to designers; including government,

Mark O’Malley

Irina Vasilets. ? nance and logistics. The panel discussions momalley@marinelink

That’s 25% of our crew celebrating were the antithesis of traditional ‘death by

Accounting

Esther Rothenberger 20 years; a notable achievement for any

PowerPoint’ presentations, and in fact there [email protected] 212-477-6700 ext 6810 company of any size. Digging even deeper, were no actual presentations, just a frank

Manager, Information Technology Services as you’ll see, longevity is a hallmark for discussion starting with our panelists and in-

Vladimir Bibik [email protected] the company, founded in 1939 by John cluding ample audience participation. While

Circulation

O’Malley’s grandfather with the simple

Kathleen Hickey [email protected] hurdles still remain to make offshore wind a 212-477-6700 ext 6320 premise to build and grow the largest and large and pro? table part of your businesses –

Sales best-quality audience of ship and boat own- namely the means to ef? ciently ? nance all of

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Rob Howard ers, ship and boat builders, naval architects the construction needed, a scarcity of certain [email protected]; +1 561-732-4368 and marine engineers, and to deliver to raw materials and skyrocketing prices for

Advertising Sales Managers

National Sales Manager that audience industry news, insights and critical items such as steel – the optimism for

Frank Covella analysis. That was the premise then, and that [email protected]; +1 561-732-1659 the future of the industry is palpable and one remains our mission today – in print, online, to watch closely in 2022 and beyond. This

Lucia Annunziata [email protected]; via eNews, videos & webinars. But without month Elaine Maslin looks a fair bit beyond +1 212-477-6700 ext 6240 you it’s all for naught, so as we close down 2022 and examines the potential for Floating

Terry Breese [email protected]; +1 561-732-1185 another year and gear up for the next, I again

Offshore Wind, a growing industry segment

Mike Kozlowski thank you – our readers, our advertisers, our which eventually is expected to handily sur- [email protected]; +1 561-733-2477 contributors – for your continued interest and pass the market for ? xed bottom units.

Gary Lewis [email protected]; +1 516-441-7258 support.

This, our traditional “Great Ships” edition,

International Sales features the traditional line-up of notable

Scandinavia & Germany newbuilds delivered in 2021, and as you will

Roland Persson

Orn Marketing AB, Box 184 , S-271 24 note increasingly these include vessels that

Ystad, Sweden [email protected]; +46 411-184 00 offer technologies designed to signi? cantly

Germany, Austria & Switzerland reduce emissions, including our cover vessel

Tony Stein [email protected] and ship of the year Auto Advance, a dual- +44 1892 512777 fuel LNG battery hybrid PCTC. Earlier this

United Kingdom, France, Italy & Spain year I had the chance to interview UECC

Paul Barrett

Hallmark House, 25 Downham Road, Ramsden

CEO Glenn Edvardsen, who is very pragmat-

Health, Essex CM11 1PU UK [email protected]; +44 7778 357722 ic about the UECC approach and advises to Gregory R. Trauthwein

Editor & Associate Publisher Founder:

John J. O’Malley [1905 - 1980] [email protected]

Charles P. O’Malley [1928 - 2000]

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