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Editorial

MARITIME

REPORTER

AND

ENGINEERING NEWS imilar, I’ll assume, to most

M A R I N E L I N K . C O M everyone reading these pages,

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SI love, there are parts of my job that I’d be happy to ? ush away

CEO John C. O’Malley and never see again. [But I guess that [email protected] since I’ve just passed the 32-year

President & COO

Publisher & Editor mark at Maritime Reporter & Engi-

Greg Trauthwein

Photo Justin Zurre [email protected] neering News, the latter outweighs the former]! A favorite part is traveling Amera was perfect for this month’s cover,

Editor - MarineNews

Eric Haun the world, visiting shipyards and large manu- with this ship’s original old engines com- [email protected] facturing plants, meeting people on their turf, ing out the side and, if you turn to page 44,

Offshore Energy Editor

Amir Garanovic where they live to learn more about their you’ll see the new high power, low emis- [email protected] history, their business, their future. sion Wabtec engines in the engine room;

Production Manager

Irina Vasilets

One notable recent visit was last month designed to power the vessel for a genera- [email protected] to Beloit, Wisconsin, to visit the Fairbanks tion to come. While I did not see this ship

Production & Graphic Design

Nicole Ventimiglia

Morse Defense (FMD) engine manufac- project up close and personal while it was [email protected] turing plant. I know that it’s transformed at the Remon-

Corporate Staff

If you will be in Hamburg

Manager, Marketing impossible to be everywhere, but towa Shipyard in Gdansk, for SMM, visit Maritime

Mark O’Malley momalley@marinelink following several hours with my Poland, a huge ‘thank you’

Reporter & Engineering News in Hall A3, booth A3.228.

Accounting gracious hosts at FMD, I was goes to Tim Mass, Technical

Esther Rothenberger

If you’re planning to launch [email protected] sorry to say I’d never made the Superintendent, BSM Cruise, +1.212.477.6700 ext 6810 a new product or service, time to visit this gem about an who was responsible to see ping me via email below my

Manager, Information Technology Services hour plus outside of Chicago, a the project through, and who

Vladimir Bibik signature, as we’ll have our professional video crew in company with a 175-year history shared excellent insights on

Circulation

Kathleen Hickey | [email protected] for the exhibition for exclu- that transcends marine engines the decisions that were made +1.212.477.6700 ext 6320 sive in-booth interviews.

and equipment. Giving a twist to along the way.

Sales

Vice President, Sales a familiar car commercial motto, Immediately following,

Terry Breese [email protected] | +1.561.732.1185 “this is not your father’s Oldsmobile”, the starting on page 50, is the story of United

Lucia Annunziata

FMD of today is certainly not the Fairbanks Heavy Lift (UHL) – a global heavy cargo [email protected] +1.212.477.6700 ext 6240

Morse that most of you know. There is much lift powerhouse that runs one of the young-

John Cagni more to come on this visit, but a sincere bit est, largest ? eets in the sector. On the eve of [email protected] | +1.631.472.2715 of thanks to Pat Bussie and Keith Haasl, taking delivery the latest F900 Ecolifter –

Frank Covella [email protected] | +1.561.732.1659 a pair of long-tenured FMD executives that UHL’s 19th identical ship – Andreas Rolner,

Mike Kozlowski collectively have a knowledge and a passion Managing Director, UHL, shared with us [email protected] | +1.561.733.2477 for the maritime business and their business insights on the strategy to grow the company,

Gary Lewis that is infectious. admitting a new design is almost complete [email protected] | +1.516.441.7258

This edition is the ‘SMM’ edition, with bo- for the next generation of heavy lift ships, a

International Sales

Scandinavia & Germany nus copies to the SMM shipbuilding and ship design that could end up in shipyard’s hands

Roland Persson, Orn Marketing AB, Box 184,

S-271 24, Ystad, Sweden machinery exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. for bidding later this year … pending market [email protected]; +46 411 184 00

SMM is the pinnacle of maritime exhibitions, and ? nance conditions.

Founder:

John J. O’Malley [1905 - 1980] a display on the size, scale and in? uence and

Charles P. O’Malley [1928 - 2000]

John E. O’Malley [1930 - 2019] that is dif? cult to replicate. If you’ve never been you’re truly missing out on the big- gest, best display of maritime technology and collection of leading industry executives Gregory R. Trauthwein globally. Publisher & Editor

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