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Marine News May 2026 Volume 37 Number 5

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 orting through the news cycle noise today can www.marinelink.com be a challenge, with wars raging in Iran and

Ukraine, a political scrum and resulting his-

CEO

John C. O’Malley • [email protected]

Storic DHS shutdown, a ? urry of new boat- building and boat tech entrants coming to the market

Publisher & Editor

Greg Trauthwein • [email protected] [seemingly] daily, plus the wait for demand signals

Tel: 516-810-7405 and funding for the long-discussed U.S. maritime

Contributing Writers renaissance. And that’s just the morning news cycle!

Joseph Keefe, Celia Konowe, Robert Kunkel, Rhonda Moniz,

Amtech’s Bob Kunkel again graces our pages with

Barry Parker a no-nonsense look at the U.S. industry, and for any- one who knows Kunkel, the article is straight to the

PRODUCTION

Production & Graphics Manager point. Starting on page 30 as he contends the ? rst

Nicole Ventimiglia • [email protected]

Greg Trauthwein, Editor, step back to U.S. shipbuilding dominance starts in [email protected] the repair yard, but if you need a quick synopsis of

SALES the article, perhaps best summed up in this excerpt:

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Terry Breese • [email protected]

Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414

We emphasize “commercial” simply because the U.S. government is rapidly announc- ing new multiple USCG ice breaker contracts, U.S. Navy LSM construction, the

Advertising Sales Managers

Navy rushing to autonomous logistics, RFPs for support vessel designs, and expedited

Lucia Annunziata • [email protected]

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6240 Fax: 212-254-6271 nuclear submarine contracts for modules and hulls. These are programs and bud- get funding that will eat up available U.S. shipbuilding capacity and labor

John Cagni • [email protected] faster than a rescue dog attacks his ? rst bowl of kibble at the new foster home.

Tel: 631-472-2715

Frank Covella • [email protected]

Tel: 561-732-1659 Fax: 561-732-8063

This month Barry Parker writes about maritime industry’s ‘data problem’ in the context of larger ships, but the ef? cient, effective gathering and use of data analytics

Mike Kozlowski • [email protected]

Tel: 561-733-2477 Fax: 561-732-9670 is a topic that reaches down, to and through every level of maritime. I understand the challenges inherent in taking practices established over generations and making

Gary Lewis • [email protected]

Tel: 516-441-7258 the switch to an unfamiliar system and process, a challenge that applies to all levels of maritime, but particularly smaller organizations. But as Parker writes, it’s about

CORPORATE STAFF taking a step rather than a leap, with a long-view of the savings throughout the ? eet.

Manager, Marketing

Last but certainly not least is our interview with Kent Britton, CEO, Port of

Mark O’Malley • [email protected]

Corpus Christi. Port investment and technology were focus of our recently con-

Accounting cluded Port of the Future Conference and Expo in Houston, and our deep dive into

Esther Rothenberger • [email protected]

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6810 the Port of Corpus Christi was in-step with this annual event. POCC is one of the country’s – if not the world’s – most consequential energy gateways, and a central

Manager, Info Tech Services

Vladimir Bibik export valve for U.S. crude oil and a fast-rising platform for LNG. Among other topics, Britton discusses how the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project

CIRCULATION

Kathleen Hickey • [email protected] – deepening the channel from 47 feet to 54 feet (MLLW) and widening it from 400

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6320 feet to 530 feet, with additional barge shelves built in for safety and operational ? uid- ity – will go a long way in cementing its position as a leading energy hub.

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