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Publishers

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John E. O’Malley

John C. O’Malley [email protected]

Associate Publisher/Editorial Director

Ballast Water Technology &

Greg Trauthwein [email protected]

Vice President, Sales

Rob Howard [email protected]

Ship Re? t

Web Editor

Eric Haun [email protected]

The Ballast Water Technology issue continues to

Web Contributor cause confusion and consternation in the mari-

Michelle Howard [email protected] time community. Read on to see how ship owners

Editorial

George Backwell - Thailand; are coping and shipyards are planning.

Joseph Fonseca - India

Claudio Paschoa - Brazil

Peter Pospiech - Germany

By Patricia Keefe

Production

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Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected]

Corporate Staff

Mark O’Malley, Public Relations

Editorial 6

Esther Rothenberger, Accounting

Gabby DelGatto, Of? ce Manager

Salvage 8

Information Technology

Repair Notes 10

Vladimir Bibik

Emin Tule

Vessels 12

Christopher Lee

By the Numbers 14

Subscription

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Propulsion Update 16

Sales

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Associations 20 +1 212 477 6700

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Government Update 24 +1 561 732 1185

Frank Covella [email protected]

Propulsion Interviews 48 +1 561 732 1659

Mitch Engel [email protected]

Marine Electronics 50 +1 561 732 0312

Mike Kozlowski [email protected]

People & Companies 52 +1 561 733 2477

Dawn Trauthwein [email protected]

Products 56 +1 631 472 2715

Jean Vertucci [email protected] +1 212 477 6700

Integrated Bridge 57

International Sales

Buyer’s Guide 59

Scandinavia

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Classi? ed 60

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Western Europe

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United Kingdom

Paul Barrett [email protected] 34 34

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Japan

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Korea

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Marine Electronics

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Repair Notes Pro? le 1-Ga, Shinmoon-Ro, Jongro-Gu,

Beyond the Black Box

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The Bridge of Tomorrow

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Using the VDR as a ship’s data clearing

Transas, founded in 1990, has bers on 19 ships; BDD pow-

Classi? ed Sales t: (212) 477-6700 house provides budget-minded operators built and maintained a strong- ers ahead in 2015; N-KOM with the means, bandwidth & economy to hold on ship’s bridges around the ? nds its niche in the tanker

Member monitor critical systems.

world through consistent innova- market.

By Joseph Keefe tion.

By MR Staff

Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc.

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