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Contents 60 Dial 911

In the event of major emergency there is often lacking a unified response.

Transas aims to change that with its Crisis Management System. 64 Profile: RADM Paul Pluta

When Paul Pluta took the post of Assistant Commandant for Marine

Safety, Security and Environmental Protection, USCG, in the summer of 2001, he had no idea how quickly his job would change. — by Regina Ciardiello, managing editor 68 Trip to a Ship Graveyard

Shipbreaking is a dirty job, rarely seen by the Western world. Edward

Burtynsky's stunning photos, including this month's cover, bring it to life. — by Regina Ciardiello, managing editor 76 Barging Over the Divide

Alan Haig-Brown chronicles his trip through the German countryside 1 aboard Johannes Von Nepomuk, with Capt. Albrecht Zoller, his wife s

Roswitha Engert-Zoller, and crew. _j 32 Red, White, Blue & GREEN?

The U.S. maritime market is poised for a major surge in business, given that reasonable financing can be secured. — by H. Clayton Cook, Jr. 44 This Way Up

With world economies stagnant, prospects for shipbuilding and tanker markets are cloudy. — R.S. Platou 50 Some Science, No Fiction

When Inmarsat needed to field test its new Fleet F77 product, it enlisted the support of the research vessel M/V Maurice Ewing. Read the results. — by Greg Trauthwein 20 Redundancy Works ... Redundancy Works

ABS's Don Liu reasons for safer tankers at Intertanko's Rotterdam event. — by David Tinsley, technical editor

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