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Publisher & Editorial Director @ShipNews

Greg Trauthwein [email protected]

Offshore Energy Editor ebruary 2023 marks the one-year While the market is small in the number of

Bartolomej Tomic [email protected] anniversary of Russia’s invasion units ordered and delivered annually – with of Ukraine, and with no end to IMA/WER projecting between 9 to 11 to be

Production Manager

Irina Vasilets

F the war in sight, this geopolitical ordered in all of 2023 – the projects in and [email protected] upheaval and all of its tendrils across energy of themselves are mammoth investments,

Production & Graphic Design

Nicole Ventimiglia and shipping continues to reshape many of approaching $3 billion for the largest units. [email protected] the markets we serve simultaneously. A chief constraint in this market, which

Corporate Staff

Manager, Marketing

One area that is particularly vibrant and is ? nally coming out of the doldrums of a

Mark O’Malley momalley@marinelink growing is the naval construction and sup- 6+ year decline in the price of oil and gas,

Accounting ply market, in the U.S. but also globally is the availability of shipyards and proj-

Esther Rothenberger as many countries simultaneously seek to ect managers to successfully manage and [email protected] 212-477-6700 ext 6810 fortify defense of critical coastal and subsea deliver these multi-year, multi-billion dollar

Manager, Information Technology Services infrastructure. After years of attrition, the projects. Our coverage of ? oating produc-

Vladimir Bibik [email protected]

U.S. Navy budget and ? eet are growing tion starts on page 22.

Circulation

Kathleen Hickey [email protected] again in unison. While we won’t see the Last, but certainly not least, is our con- 212-477-6700 ext 6320 dedication to building navy ships in earnest tinuing coverage of the offshore wind sector

Sales

Vice President, Sales as we did in the 1980s and the advent of here in the U.S. It’s interesting to note that

Terry Breese [email protected]; +1 561-732-1185 the Reagan Administration’s 600-ship navy, while the offshore wind ? xed bottom seg-

Lucia Annunziata the current plan stands to have a ? eet of ment is still in its infancy in this country, [email protected]; +1 212-477-6700 ext 6240 355 crewed ships + 150 uncrewed vessels. many developers and planners are already

John Cagni

While the need is there, navy leadership looking ahead to the advent of the ? oating [email protected]; +1 631-472-2715 has been vocal recently – particularly at the wind sector, a technology development that

Frank Covella [email protected]; +1 561-732-1659 recent Surface Navy Association event in will require signi? cantly different maritime

Mike Kozlowski

Washington, DC in January 2023 – ques- assets and capability for the construction, [email protected]; +1 561-733-2477 tioning the ability of the industrial base to install and maintenance. In particular,

Gary Lewis build assets quickly enough to address the ? oating wind will require some signi? cant [email protected]; +1 516-441-7258 myriad of challenges globally. The story on investment in port facilities and logistics, as

International Sales

Scandinavia & Germany government shipbuilding starts on page 18. the gigantic units will require a lot of space

Roland Persson

Orn Marketing AB, Box 184 , S-271 24

Another strong and growing – albeit niche and even more deep water to get them built

Ystad, Sweden [email protected]; +46 411-184 00 – market is the ? oating production sec- and in place. Paul Bartlett’s ? oating wind

Germany, Austria & Switzerland tor, including FPSOs, FLNGs and FSRUs. coverage starts on page 30.

Tony Stein [email protected] +44 1892 512777 Founder:

John J. O’Malley [1905 - 1980]

Charles P. O’Malley [1928 - 2000]

John E. O’Malley [1930 - 2019]

Gregory R. Trauthwein

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