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contents2Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ALSO IN THIS EDITION6EDITORIAL12GOVERNMENT UPDATE 14LEGAL BEAT 16EYE ON DESIGN32PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS 34PRODUCTS41BUYER?S GUIDE42CLASSIFIEDS48ADVERTISER?S INDEX SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION One full year (12 issues) $73.00; two years (24 issues)$105.00 in U.S. (Canada & Mexico also)Rest of world one year international $120.00; two years$174.00 including postage and handling. For subscrip-tion information:Email: [email protected]  www.marinelink.com Tel: (212) 477-6700  Fax: (212) 254-6271 7?DEEPLY TROUBLING? ABS? CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki contends that classification soci-ety?s move into ship design is ?deeply troubling.? 8POWER BOSSBjörn Rosengren takes the reins at Wärtsilä Corporation, and seeks to grow further, faster in Asia. by Henrik Segercrantz 12IMPLICATIONS OF ENAV STRATEGY ENav means many things to many people. What does it mean to you?by Dennis Bryant14BRAZILMR examines market opportunities in shipbuilding and oil & gas asU.S. companies increasingly flock to Brazil. by Joan Bondareff & Ernest Chung 16AIR CAVITIES PROVEN MARIN helps prove that air lubrication of ship?s hulls helps lead to a re- duction in power and fuel use.by Evert-Jan Foeth 18GREAT SHIPS OF 2011  The Largest Steam Turbine Driven LNG Carrier (18)  World?s First LNG-Fuelled Product Tanker (20)  The ?Workhorse of the Offshore? Market (21)  F WHALE ... The 320,000 DWT VLOO (22) Green Focus Shuttle & Regasification Vessels (24)  Tiger Shark: First of Three 292-ft. DP2 PSVs (26)  VERSABAR ... The Largest U.S.-Built Lift Vessel (2p) ... and many, many more! 31DAMEN TO LAUNCH NEW PSV SERIESLast month in Rotterdam Damen debuted the design for an innovativenew family of Platform Supply Vessel. 34HELPING SHIPYARDS LIGHTEN THE LOAD Dr. Fraser Smith of Raytheon Sarcos has forwarded an innovative ro- botics technology to help shipyards lighten their load. By Joe KeefeON THE COVER8Björn Rosengren was ap- pointed President and CEOat Wärtsilä Corporation. In a recent interview he told Maritime Reporter his viewson the current business en- vironment, the markets and about tasks ahead. Henrik Segercrantz reports. ?Thar She Blows?Eastern Shipbuilding built theHarvey Supporter, the first of three 292 ft. Tiger Shark-class PSVs. Shown here being put through its paces, Harvey Sup- porter is a DP II SOLAS-classed AC diesel-electric, twin Z-drivemeasuring 292 x 64 x 24.5 ft.MR Dec.11 # 1 (1-9):MR Template 12/9/2011 3:20 PM Page 2