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Michelle Howard [email protected] losing the losing the Yearbook edition was a particular challenge are some market drivers to watch:

Editorial this year, this year, as it was directly on the heels of my return • U.S. Navy: Edward Lundquist delivered a com-

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Claudio Paschoa - Brazil from Nor from NorShipping in Oslo. NorShipping is traditionally prehensive analysis of the challenge ahead to grow and

William Stoichevski - Scandinavia the one of the one of the world’s stronger maritime events, and show fund the U.S. Navy ? eet of the future. His report starts manage managem management again delivered a high-quality show, com- on page 34, and it includes links to an extended report

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Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected] 1993 without fail, and while the show was delivered • Dredging: The dredging community has not

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Mark O’Malley, Marketing Manager with traditional Scandinavian ? air, it was noticeably been immune to market ? uctuations, but the unique

Esther Rothenberger, Accounting down from years past. That said, for anyone serious work of this critically important sector is highlighted in

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Vladimir Bibik about the global commercial maritime industry, it is a an eight-page report starting on page 26.

Emin Yuce worthwhile investment of time and money to make the • Hybrid Drives & Marine Fuel: While precise trek to Norway every two years, as invariably it at- numbers are hard to pin down, there is a palpable

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Kathleen Hickey [email protected] tracts some of the biggest names in shipping. We had an ground swell of interest and support in innovative drive outstanding exhibition, as I was able to conduct nearly solutions. All of the engine majors are actively engaged

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Lucia Annunziata [email protected] +1 212 477 6700 ext 6220 leaders in our Maritime Reporter TV ‘studio’ in the 69 William P. Doyle delivers a compelling overview

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John Cagni [email protected] 631-472-2715 +1 the week, just two days after his college graduation and • “Big Data” & “Disruption”: Use the buzz-

Frank Covella [email protected] +1 561 732 1659 before he enters his career later this summer, using his word du jour of your liking, but this industry is em-

Mitch Engel [email protected] degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics to effec- barked ? rmly on the path of data as a differentiator. +1 561 732 0312 tively remove himself from my payroll! How far we are from the much-discussed ‘airline indus-

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Winnowing the topics for this edition was – as always try’ model, I can honestly say that I have no clue. What

Jean Vertucci [email protected] +1 212 477 6700 ext 6210 – the biggest challenge of the year. You certainly don’t I do know: if you are not actively seeking the means to need an advanced degree in mathematics to tell you that use information to optimize your operations, you can be these have been a fairly tough few years. But as always, sure that your competitors – both the ones you know as

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