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Associate publisher/Editorial Director

Greg Trauthwein [email protected] them, fx them and build them; the people

Last month COVID-19 prompted the world and its commerce to grind to a ‘socially the supply them with products, services

Vice president, Sales

Rob Howard distanced’ halt , a reality that hit the crew and support are the literal heart and soul to [email protected] here at Maritime Reporter & Engineering maintaining the fow of commerce globally.

Editorial Contributors

Tom Mulligan - UK

News squarely in the jaw as our headquar- That’s why, in this incredible jumbled mess

Claudio paschoa - Brazil

William Stoichevski - Scandinavia ters is in the middle of New York City, a of infnite story thread to follow, that the production city which has morphed into a surreal ghost treatment of seafarers has been shameful.

irina Vasilets town and a ‘hot spot’ for this pandemic. Per- I had the opportunity recently [email protected] sonally, I consider to speak with Frank Coles,

Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected] “If you truly want world myself and our CEO of the Wallem Group, an

Corporate Staff staff very fortunate. organization which manages commerce to go on, you

Mark o’Malley, Marketing Manager

Esther Rothenberger, Accounting

Our business has approximately 7,000 seafarers need to take care of the information Technology always been ‘global globally. Coles is a familiar

Vladimir Bibik and mobile,’ so face in maritime circles, and workers. If the workers

Web Contributor when the decision more so he’s a familiar voice

Michelle Howard; [email protected] stop, world commerce was made in early known for speaking his mind.

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Kathleen Hickey [email protected] will stop.”

March to stop the He has taken to social media

Sales daily trek into Man- with a vengeance during this lucia Annunziata [email protected] hattan, the work- crisis to expose the plight of the

Frank Coles

Terry Breese from-home model seafarer, many who have been [email protected]; +1 561 732 1185 kicked in seam- stuck on ships for extended pe-

CEO, Wallem Group

John Cagni lessly thanks to our riods as countries have system- [email protected]; +1 631-472-2715

IT crew, and to date atically closed their doors and/

Frank Covella [email protected]; +1 561 732 1659 all are healthy, accounted for and operating or limited or forbidden crew changes. There

Mike Kozlowski at 120% capacity. is no comparison to be found in the trans- [email protected]; +1 561 733 2477

As of this writing in early April, the situ- port sector, particularly when compared to ation was still fuid, rapidly changing, gen- the freedom of movement of airline crews. international Sales

Scandinavia & Germany erating a great deal of uncertainty regarding And while the current situation is untenable,

Roland persson orn Marketing AB, Box 184 , S-271 24 how long it will last, as well as the breadth there is a looming crisis in crewing ships

Ystad, Sweden [email protected]; +46 411-184 00 and depth of its cut. While there are many once commerce returns in earnest. Our

United Kingdom uncertainties, this much is clear: There interview with Coles will publish shortly paul Barrett

Hallmark House, 25 Downham Road, Ramsden is no longer a ‘business as usual’ in most on MarineLink.com and in full in the May

Health, Essex CM11 1pU UK [email protected]; +44 7778 357722 traditional industries, and long-range plan- 2020 edition.

ning is redefned to ‘the next 24 hours’ for

Classifed Sales +1 212 477 6700 many. Another thing that has not, and will not change: the maritime industry; the ship and boats and the people that operate them from shore and at sea; the people that design

Gregory R. Trauthwein

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John J. o’Malley [1905 - 1980]

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Charles p. o’Malley [1928 - 2000]

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