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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VESSEL OF THE MONTH 8 18,000 TEU Containership

Maersk makes its mark (again) on the maritime world.

INSURANCE 24 Learn from Your Mistakes

Making mistakes is OK; Repeating them is not. — by Rich DeSimone

GOVERNMENT UPDATE 28 Payment of Ransom

The situation is rarely clear or easy. — by Dennis Bryant

EYE ON DESIGN 30 Advance Sloshing Knowledge

MARIN spearheads LNG effort. — by Hannes Bogaert

CLASS 32 BV Buys Insepetorate

Class meets commodities inspection. — by Joe Keefe

REPAIR & CONVERSION 36 Driving Grand Bahama

Rotkirch is at the helm. — by Henrik Segercrantz

ROUNDTABLE 46 Software Solutions

Leaders discuss 2011 and beyond. — by Greg Trauthwein

MIDDLE EAST UPDATE 54 Opportunity Amidst Turmoil

Stability is (usually) a concern, but opportunities abound. — by Greg Trauthwein

OFFSHORE WIND 58 Cable Layers Needed

To enjoy the promise of offshore wind, new vessels needed. — by Genevieve Wheeler 18

Rich DeSimone is president of Travelers

Ocean Marine. He can be reached at [email protected]

Brian Bannon is a partner in the Mar- itime, International Trade and Government

Contracts practice group of Blank Rome

LLP. Email: [email protected]

Dennis L. Bryant, Maritime Regulatory

Consulting, Gainesville, FL

Tel: 352-692-5493

Email: [email protected]

Hannes Bogaert is researcher at MARIN, the Maritime Research Institute Nether- lands. Email: [email protected]

Joseph Keefe is the lead commentator of MaritimeProfessional.com. Additionally, he is Managing Editor of the new Maritime

Professional print magazine. Email: [email protected]

Henrik Segercrantz is a Finnish Naval

Architect with 30 years experience from the shipbuilding industry.

Genevieve Wheeler is a renewables re- porter with ODS-Petrodata. She joined in 2008, with previous experience in publish- ing and journalism.

Bruce Parker wrote The Power of the

Sea. He has a PhD in physical oceanogra- phy from The Johns Hopkins University, and has served as Chief Scientist for the

National Ocean Service. He is presently a

Visiting Professor at the Center for Mar- itime Systems at the Stevens Institute of

Technology. 32 36 54

Wheeler

Bryant

Segercrantz

Bannon

Wheeler

Segercrantz

DeSimone

Wheeler 2 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News

Also in this edition 12 Washington Watch 20 Recent Ship Sales 26 Legal Beat 42 Goltens Expands 54 Grandwelds Prospers 60 Bridge Technology 62 New Vessels 66 Book Review 68 Products 70 Directory 73 Buyer’s Guide 74 Classified 80 Ad Index

SLOSHING

TEST

MARIN’s Hydro-Struc- tural Services (HSS) led part of this re- search by setting up a confidential and exclu- sive JIP, “Sloshel”, to- gether with

Gaztransport & Tech- nigaz (GTT), BV and

Shell. Ecole Centrale

Marseille, ABS,

Chevron, LR, DNV and

ClassNK joined the project later on.

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