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www.maritimeprofessional.com Maritime Professional 17 Systems continues to work closely with MOTC and all of the project?s vendors and sub-contractors, and we are confident that as a team, we will deliver an exceptional vessel ready for Jones Act service.? Picking up leftover pieces in a failed ship construction project is no picnic and the resurrection required new draw- ing reviews, strict re-inspection, scores of non destructive testing procedures, along with several layers of technical oversight to dispel the dark cloud of unsubstantiated rumors that hung over Hull 103 during her idle period. Most, if not all of those rumors were found to be urban legend. Naval Architects at Resolve Marine of New Orleans, Louisiana were contracted for continued drawing and design review. Sea Technology of Darien, Connecticut was utilized to develop project management, Time Marine and Mammoet of Louisiana to lift and deliver the last modules of the ?vir- tual? build into Mobile. MOTC believes the redundancy concept and efficiency the diesel electric design brings to the domestic tanker fleet will appeal to the decision makers of major oil companies. Nickel van Reesema spoke to the environmental benefits form a commercial point of view: ?No major oil company wants to see their name attached to an environmental acci- dent in the media. The latest accidents in the U.S. Gulf are proof of that. MOTC believes the industry focus should be on safety, redundancy and environmental protection and we intend to deliver those options at a competitive price. That promise alone should allow the decision makers to sleep at night.? Looking forward, sea trials are scheduled for early 2012 and the addition of the MV American Phoenix to the American Flag Fleet, soon thereafter. Updates on the project and information on Mid Ocean Tanker Company are avail- able at http://www.midoceanmarine.com The AuthorRobert Kunkel, President of Alternative Marine Technologies, is cur- rently serving as the technical advisor to Alterna Capital Partners dur- ing the construction of the MV American Phoenix at BAE Shipyards inMobile, Alabama. He is a past Vice President of the Connecticut Maritime Association, a contributing writer for Maritime ProfessionalMagazine and the Technical Manager for Coastal Connect (www.coastal-connect.com) a U.S. company actively developing LNG propulsion as a maritime component of short sea shipping and off- shore wind energy along the coasts of United States. MP #4 (1-17):MP Layouts 11/7/2011 5:05 PM Page 17