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Maggie Linskey Merrill is the founding editor and publisher of

Marine Technology Reporter. She has 20 years experience communicating marine science, technology, environmental and engineering news and information. She has held positions at the

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In 1993 she founded MTR and the Marine and Oceanographic

Technology Network (MOTN). (Story on page 30) www.seadiscovery.com

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Chikyu is a $500 million, state-of-the-art scientific drilling vessel designed to drill to 7,000 m below the seabed at approximatedly 2,500 m water depth. (See story on page 38) also in this Edition 4 Editorial 4 Editorial Index 6 BAE Systems Launches Talisman 8 New Depths for Subsea Construction Monitoring 10 USCG, Science Team to Collect Alaska Volcano Data 16 Subsea7 Orders Pipelay Vessel 49 People & Company News 52 Products 54 Sonar Systems & Seafloor Mapping Products 59 MTR Marketplace: JOBS 64 Advertiser’s Index the Authors

Dr. James R. McCaul is the founder and president of

International Maritime Associates, a consulting firm formed in 1973 to provide business planning support to clients in the mar- itime and offshore oil & gas sectors. (Story on page 26)

David Myers is vice president of marketing & product manage- ment for CapRock Communications, which provides satellite communication services to remote and harsh locations for many industries, serving both commercial and government. He has 15 years of experience in the satellite and industrial computing markets, and holds an MBA in Technology Marketing and a

Master of Science in Telecommunications. (Story on page 34)

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