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International

Representatives

EDITOR'S NOTE

For more than 60 years, Maritime Reporter & Engineering News has served the informational needs of the international maritime market. From its inception in 1939, when John J. O'Malley created and delivered the first edition of the new weekly publication — Maritime Activity Reports — the

O'Malley family and its publications have reflected the company's deep commit- ment to the maritime market, as both an observer and participant.

Personally, my tenure with the publication spans a mere eight years of the 60, but when reflecting on this edition and the future of The Maritime Group — publisher of Maritime Reporter &

Engineering News, MarineNews, Maritime Week and www.marinelink.com ~ in 2000 and beyond, I quickly realized that eight years is a substantial 15 percent of the magazine's existence. Upon joining the publication in 1991, one of my first assignments was covering the SMM Exhibition in Hamburg.

Prior to the exhibition I was hosted by Krupp MaK in Kiel for the introduction of a new engine, and that trip — among the seeming hundreds since — perhaps stands out most prominent because it was on this run through the German maritime environment that I made valuable personal and business contacts that I utilize for insight and information to this day.

The maritime market continues to fascinate me, mainly because of its eclectic mix of personalities, politics and players, from large corporate entities to its smaller — yet collectively large — private and family run organizations. As trite as it may sound, it is the people of the industry and the collective sense of community and history that makes the industry vibrant, in good times and bad. While the goal every month is to deliver the best stories available, I can honestly say that the absolute best sto- ries — the ones that could fill volumes — are usually prefaced by "This is not for publication, but did you know..."

Respecting confidentiality and adhering to high editorial standards have been the hallmark of the publication since 1939, and are the primary reasons that it has become so woven into the maritime market fabric. A perfect example of this is reflected in a story by assistant editor Regina P. Ciardiello, who writes this month about one of Maritime Reporter's biggest fans, Brian Fournier, president of

Portland Tugboat, who has faithfully followed the publication since he was four years old. When

Regina, who met Brian during an outing in New York Harbor, first relayed the stories regarding how his grandmother would save copies of Maritime Reporter for her grandson, I thought she had gotten a bit too much sun that day. However, a picture being worth 1,000 words, I became a believer upon seeing a photo of four-year-old Brian holding his copy of MR/EN hom Santa Claus! (see story, page 2A of the center anniversary section.)

While Maritime Reporter remains the most visible and popular of all of The Maritime Group's pub- lications, it is today surrounded by a family of maritime industry publications and information ser- vices that are designed to complement one another. The development of The Maritime Group as the premier provider of maritime industry information is again indicative of the mandate set down by

John J. O'Malley 60 years ago, and carried through by his sons Charles O'Malley and John E.

O'Malley, and fast-tracked into the next millennium today by his grandson John C. O'Malley. 6

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