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Marine News November 2023 Volume 34 Number 11

Marine News (ISSN#1087-3864) (USPS#013-952)

Editor’s Note

New York: 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271 www.marinelink.com

Give credit where credit is due. MARAD,

TOTE Services, Philly Shipyard and all

CEO parties involved in the National Security

John C. O’Malley • [email protected]

Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) build pro-

Publisher & Editorial Director

Greg Trauthwein • [email protected] gram have knocked it out of the park.

Of? cially handed over to MARAD in

Editor

Eric Haun • [email protected]

September, the series-leading NSMV, Em-

Tel: 212-477-6700 pire State, was “delivered on time, as de-

Contributing Writers signed and at a ? xed price for advancing the

Tom Ewing, James Kearns, Barry Parker, Jeff Vogel education of future merchant marine of? -

PRODUCTION

Production & Graphics Manager cers,” MARAD said.

Eric Haun, Editor,

Nicole Ventimiglia • [email protected]

The purpose-built vessel gracing this is- [email protected] sue’s cover—built to serve SUNY Maritime

SALES

College—and its four sister ships scheduled

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Terry Breese • [email protected] for delivery through 2026 for the other state maritime academies will pro-

Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 vide a top-notch platform for training the nation’s future mariners, replacing

Advertising Sales Managers a ? eet of aging training ships that are well beyond out of date. And, as an

Lucia Annunziata • [email protected] added bene? t, the new vessels are designed to support humanitarian assis-

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6240 Fax: 212-254-6271 tance and disaster relief missions when called upon.

John Cagni • [email protected]

Notably, the NSMVs are the ? rst government ships built using the Vessel

Tel: 631-472-2715

Construction Manager (VCM) contract model, which saw TOTE Servies

Frank Covella • [email protected]

Tel: 561-732-1659 Fax: 561-732-8063 hired as construction manager to take responsibility for shipyard selection and ensure that commercial best practices are utilized to deliver the ships on

Mike Kozlowski • [email protected]

Tel: 561-733-2477 Fax: 561-732-9670 time and on budget. And it worked!

Gary Lewis • [email protected]

Following this success, interest is growing to apply this model to other

Tel: 516-441-7258

U.S. government shipbuilding programs to reduce costs, accelerate delivery times and build more vessels. Here’s to hoping it will be done.

CORPORATE STAFF

Manager, Marketing

Mark O’Malley • [email protected]

Accounting

Esther Rothenberger • [email protected]

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6810

Manager, Info Tech Services

Vladimir Bibik

CIRCULATION

Kathleen Hickey • [email protected]

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6320

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