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CONTENTS

MarineNews May 2015 • Volume 26 Number 5

INSIGHTS 12 Jane Bugler

Technical Director, International Marine Con- tractors Association

SAFETY 18 DNV GL Tackles Safety through Standards

New classi? cation rules for U.S. ? shing vessels address safety issues through collaboration, new rules and an eye towards economy.

By Joar Bengaard

Image courtesy: Sunam Suwim

FIRE SAFETY

Features 22 Offshore Workboat Fire Safety

Gas suppression system provides unique, Class-com- pliant and effective margins of safety for an offshore 28 The Future is Now dive support vessel.

Hybrid Marine Power & Propulsion Systems for Work- boats isn’t farfetched. In fact, it may be essential.

By Andrew Wright

By John Haynes 34 Weathering the Storm

OFFSHORE & ENERGY

Vessels are stacked as Gulf oil operators retrench and day rates fall. 38 Five Years on from Macondo

NOIA’s Randall Luthi provides unique perspective

By Susan Buchanan on today’s offshore energy situation.

By Joseph Keefe

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