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While the March 2018 edition serves as our Annual World Yearbook, complete with Finally, and on a more positive note,

Web Contributor several feature shorts and near-term insights on key market sectors, Patricia Keefe delivers insight on a sto-unof? cially it is

Michelle Howard [email protected] , yelled in full “Jerry Maguire” style. ry that could potentially have enormous, the “Show me the Money” edition

Editorial Contributors

Kira Coley - UK

This business – all business – ultimately comes down to the common denomina- immediate impact on the U.S. maritime

Tom Mulligan - UK

Claudio Paschoa - Brazil tor of money, and on a ? nal read through of the March 2018 edition that common market as a whole, and speci? cally on

Peter Pospiech - Germany

William Stoichevski - Scandinavia theme came through loud and clear. Whether talk starts with the U.S. inland water- U.S. vessel owner’s bottom lines.

Production way infrastructure, or talk turns to the United States Coast Guard and the dearth of a In the wake of the Volkswagen

Irina Vasilets [email protected]

Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected] capable icebreaking ? eet, or talk turns to the United States Navy and its mission to ‘dieselgate’ scandal, as a part of the

Corporate Staff “unprecedented” settlement $2.9 billion grow its ? eet to 355 ships; there are many obvious needs and ? ne plans, but ques-

Mark O’Malley, Marketing Manager

Esther Rothenberger, Accounting in VW money is being doled out tions on how it all will be funded? to all 50

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Starting as we like to with “On Point with Joe Keefe” on page 10, Joe in his typi- states, tribal lands and Puerto Rico. The

Vladimir Bibik cal Keefe style takes us on a in discussing how the money is earmarked for projects which “Perilous Trip Down the River”

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Trump administration, which came to of? ce on the pledge of a mega-infrastructure will have a favorable environmental im-

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Kathleen Hickey [email protected] spend, has punted the funding needs to rebuild a crumbling inland waterway infra- pact, money that could be used to fund structure to “Public Private Partnerships,” essentially taking it off the ledger of the in whole are in part a massive upgrade

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Next talk turns to the , of dollars and state governments, the United States Coast Guard and its so-called icebreaker ? eet

John Cagni [email protected] 631-472-2715 +1 a topic taken by another familiar face in our pages, Dennis Bryant. The state of the path is neither straight nor clear. In her

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U.S. Arctic presence, if you can call it that, has been well recorded in our pages and story starting on page 36, Patricia seeks +1 561 732 1659 many others. In short the U.S. icebreaker ? eet is leaky, creaky and old, with Con- to help you formulate a road map with

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Adm. Karl L. Schultz for the top spot – the U.S. cannot afford to wait any longer,

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Finally, and predictably, talk turns to the U.S. Navy and the path toward a 355

United Kingdom

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