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Marine News June 2024 • Volume 35 Number 6

Contents

Features 10 Insights: Richard Schwarz 10 The CEO of Paci? c Northwest boatbuilder SAFE

Boats International discusses market trends, new technologies and the bene? ts of employee ownership.

By Eric Haun 28 Autonomous Vessels: Already Working, but Still Under Close Review While initiatives to progress autonomous vessel 28 tech is moving full speed ahead in the real world, many questions remain.

By Tom Ewing 34 Inside Project Perfect Storm A unique mix of industry partners came togeth- er to help push the technological boundaries on board Ocean Craft Marine’s new 11.5-meter Off- shore Interceptor RHIB.

By Eric Haun

Ocean Craft Marine Sea Machiens SAFE Boats International 34 4 Editor’s Note 20 Column: Shipyard Politics 39 Vessels

By Craig Hooper Themistocles Advisory Group 42 People & Company News 6 Authors 23 Column: Shipbuilding Evolution 43 Products

By Jeff Dixon, President, TOTE Services 8 By the Numbers: Maritime Cybersecurity 44 Editorial Calendar 26 Column: Washington Watch

By Jeff Voegel, Cozen O’Connor 46 Classi? ed Advertising 16 OpEd: Naval Shipbuilding

By Greg Alan Caires, Lexington Institute 38 Book Review: 48 Advertisers Index Journey to the Jones Act

By Eric Haun

On the Cover

Ocean Craft Marine’s new 11.5-meter Offshore Interceptor RHIB features some of the industry’s most cutting-edge technologies. (Photo: Ocean Craft Marine) 2 | MN June 2024