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MARITIME

REPORTER

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ENGINEERING NEWS

M A R I N E L I N K . C O M

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CEO John C. O’Malley [email protected]

President and Chief Operating Of? cer

Publisher & Editorial Director @ShipNews

Greg Trauthwein [email protected]

Offshore Energy Editor aving served this market for B’ via waterways. But as you know, the

Bartolomej Tomic [email protected] more than 30 years, a constant vast majority of companies in this industry that has kept me interested are medium- and small-sized companies,

Production Manager

Irina Vasilets

H and energized is what , don’t and what I’ve been hearing a lot of lately is [email protected] know. Up until about nine months ago, I confusion regarding the choices, the correct

Production & Graphic Design

Nicole Ventimiglia freely admit that I did not know a lot about path to take, particularly in regards to fuel [email protected]

Curtin Maritime, it’s history, trajectory and and propulsion. Choosing wrong could cost

Corporate Staff

Manager, Marketing business operations today. But then I had more than money; it could cost the com-

Mark O’Malley momalley@marinelink a chance meeting in September 2022 with pany. I’m all-in for responsible people and

Accounting some Curtin Maritime crew at an exhibi- corporate entities doing their part – small

Esther Rothenberger tion in Houston, which led to our cover and large – in tending to our planet. But [email protected] 212-477-6700 ext 6810 interview with 0artin &urtin, founder and tremendous pressure is put on the bulk

Manager, Information Technology Services

CEO of Curtin Maritime. Established in of maritime companies when the targets

Vladimir Bibik [email protected] 1997 in California with one boat and two being set by legislators are not technically

Circulation

Kathleen Hickey [email protected] people, Curtin Maritime today is a diverse feasible.

212-477-6700 ext 6320 and growing maritime business. So I invite you to read our one-on-one

Sales

Vice President, Sales

The story of Curtin Maritime embodies with Martin Curtin, who comes across as

Terry Breese [email protected]; +1 561-732-1185 many of the strengths that de? ne maritime a straight shooter. Martin is demonstrably

Lucia Annunziata as a whole: entrepreneurship, engineered proud of the company he has built from one [email protected]; +1 212-477-6700 ext 6240 solutions, career creation and risk manage- boat and two people in 1997 to a diverse

John Cagni ment, amongst others. But in another sense, and growing ? eet and a team of 270 today. [email protected]; +1 631-472-2715 it entails some of the more cautionary tales As you may surmise based on the fact that

Frank Covella [email protected]; +1 561-732-1659 for all involved in maritime, centered on the his company is domiciled in California,

Mike Kozlowski fact that increasingly regulation seems to Curtin takes umbrage with the over-burden [email protected]; +1 561-733-2477 be pacing ahead of technology, particularly of regulation and all that it entails for his

Gary Lewis in regards to fuel transition and decarbon- company and colleagues. He discusses at [email protected]; +1 516-441-7258 ization. There are a handful of maritime length, too, the dramatically increasing cost

International Sales

Scandinavia & Germany corporate goliaths globally that are doing of ? nding and keeping the employees that

Roland Persson

Orn Marketing AB, Box 184 , S-271 24 more than their fair share in exploring op- he wants, the employees that his company

Ystad, Sweden [email protected]; +46 411-184 00 tions, overturning every technical stone in needs to fuel its future growth; hence the

Germany, Austria & Switzerland the search to squeeze additional ef? ciency, ³Mining for *old´ headline which leads the

Tony Stein [email protected] fuel and emission savings in the carrying Curtin Maritime story starting on page 26.

+44 1892 512777 of the world’s cargo from point ‘A to point 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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