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EDITOR'S NOTE

If interest in maritime from the investment community is a good omen, then things are looking up. In the last four months, there have been more calls to our editorial offices from investment firms — seeking shipbuild- ing market trends and insight — than in the past four years combined.

Of course, reaching an overall conclusion based on such simplis- tic information is not possible, especially when discussing a multi- faceted, international entity such as the maritime industry. But, if anything, the increased level of calls, and the apparent need for immediate information, has helped guide the editorial staff" in the creation of our new information resource.

I can think of no more appropriate forum than MR/ENs World

Yearbook than to announce the launch of MarineLink, an on-line source of information services for the international maritime com- munity, now available on the World Wide Web.

Enough gratitude and appreciation cannot be given to the devel- oper of MarineLink, Senior Editor and Webmaster Dan Maniotis.

Dan has spent many early mornings, late nights and weekends cre- ating and re-creating the prototype version of MarineLink, which can be found at http://www.marinelink.com.

Even though MR/EN could have easily been "on-line" many months ago — using an outside service provider — the decision was made to use in-house talent to develop and deliver a product which was uniquely ours; uniquely maritime. I believe once you sample the prototype, you'll agree it was a wise choice.

Take a few moments to visit the site, as this is in every sense a project in perpetual development. The entire staff looks forward to your comments and suggestions which will contribute to

MarineLink's positioning as the maritime industry's premier on- line information resource.

Gregory R. Trauthwein, editor

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