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Eric Peters,

Faststream’s U.S. Managing Director pending rulemakings. These include, out to sea and those who are going out, but are not limited to the U.S. Coast are coming ashore much quicker and

Guard’s pending Subchapter “M” stan- therefore have less technical experience. dards for uninspected vessels (such as The workforce in the Maritime industry tug companies). And, the gap in sala- is aging and looking to retire or work re- ries between Naval Architects working duced schedules, while regulations put in the Maritime industry versus those in more responsibility on these individuals the Offshore sectors continues to widen, and the various tasks they handle. All of with the Offshore sector bene