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Marine News January 2026 • Volume 37 Number 1

Contributors 1 2 3 4 567 1 Jim Bunsey offshore oil, gas, wind, carbon capture, and ocean is the senior manager of business development at the mineral industries.

Propane Education & Research Council. He can be reached at [email protected]. 5 Charlie Papavizas is partner in the ? rm of Winston & Strawn LLP and 2 Heather Combs the author of the 2024-released U.S. merchant marine is the newly appointed CEO of Ripple Operations policy book Journey to the Jones Act – U.S. Merchant and AdonisHR. Marine Policy 1776-1920. The views in this article are those solely of the author.

3 Robert Kunkel is president of Alternative Marine Technologies and 6 Barry Parker

First Harvest Navigation, served as the Federal Chair- of bdp1 Consulting Ltd provides strategic and tac- man of the Short Sea Shipping Cooperative Program tical support, including analytics and communica- under the DOT’s MARAD from 2003 until 2008. He tions, to businesses across the maritime spectrum. writes regularly for Marine News. He is a freelance writer and regular contributor to this magazine.

4 Erik Milito is the president of the National Ocean Industries As- 7 Tracy Zea sociation (NOIA), representing the interests of the is the President and CEO of Waterways Council, Inc. 6 | MN January 2026