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Editorial

MARITIME

REPORTER

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ENGINEERING NEWS his month’s coverage is

M A R I N E L I N K . C O M almost an afterthought

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Tunfolded in Baltimore in the wee hours of Tuesday, March 26,

CEO John C. O’Malley when the containership Dali apparently [email protected] lost propulsion and the ability to steer,

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Publisher & Editor crashing into and taking down a large

Greg Trauthwein

Photo Justin Zurre [email protected] section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The scope of this tragic event will echo Sobeck is charged to ensure that the U.S.

Editor - MarineNews

Eric Haun through the maritime, ports and logistics Department of Defense has the appropriate [email protected] community for a generation, and trust it will amount of ready sealift capability, a capabil-

Offshore Energy Editor

Amir Garanovic take the NTSB years to fully analyze and re- ity that today gains increasing importance [email protected] port back on the true cause of the accident. given Russia’s ongoing war in the Ukraine

Production Manager

Irina Vasilets

At press time, dif? cult work progressed in as well as geopolitical unrest in several [email protected] earnest to clear the waterways and re-open a other regions. RAdm Sobeck and MSC face

Production & Graphic Design

Nicole Ventimiglia critical east coast port facility. many of the same challenges facing the [email protected]

This incident again highlights how ‘out commercial industry at large: the need for

Corporate Staff

Manager, Marketing of sight, out of mind’ the maritime world modern tonnage and the need for trained

Mark O’Malley momalley@marinelink is to the general public, that is until trag- mariners, now and in the future. His story

Accounting edy strikes, lives are lost, environments starts on page 24.

Esther Rothenberger [email protected] are soiled and business is disrupted. Even Looking to the offshore energy sector, +1.212.477.6700 ext 6810 though my career has been one focused on we offer a pair of insightful articles. The

Manager, Information Technology Services media, I must confess a decided disdain ? rst one takes a deep dive into the SOV

Vladimir Bibik for the general media and a loathing of market, authored by Philip Lewis, director

Circulation

Kathleen Hickey | [email protected] the social brand. Don’t get me wrong, our of research, Intelatus. While the offshore +1.212.477.6700 ext 6320 ability to dispense information immediately, wind market has been stop and start in

Sales

Vice President, Sales globally via our own and social channels is the U.S., wind is a driver for business and

Terry Breese [email protected] | +1.561.732.1185 without compare, and when I think of what activity globally, and starting on page 16

Lucia Annunziata this industry looked like when I entered Lewis takes a deep dive into the existing [email protected] +1.212.477.6700 ext 6240 in 1992 I start to feel very old! Today we and emerging ? eet in this important class

John Cagni leverage every electronic and social channel of vessels. Next, Wendy Laursen takes a [email protected] | +1.631.472.2715 in the book with our multiple brands serv- look at new cranes being developed for

Frank Covella [email protected] | +1.561.732.1659 ing the global maritime, offshore energy, offshore wind installation and maintenance

Tricia Garrett ports and logistics industries. It’s the social ef? ciency. Even as this wind market is still [email protected] | +1.516.441.7254 media screaming heads that are the turn-off; in its infancy, the rapid rate of growth in the

Mike Kozlowski it’s the misinformed social media scream- size of turbines is stressing everything in the [email protected] | +1.561.733.2477 ing heads that are dangerous. The maritime logistics chain, from port and harbor facili-

Gary Lewis [email protected] | +1.516.441.7258 industry isn’t perfect, but many of theories ties to ships to the cranes to install them.

International Sales

I’ve seen ? oated in social media circles The race for bigger, better cranes is on, and

Scandinavia & Germany

Roland Persson, Orn Marketing AB, Box 184, regarding th accident are simply ignorant. you can read more starting on page 30.

S-271 24, Ystad, Sweden [email protected]; +46 411 184 00

Back to this month, our cover story stands Founder: on its own merit, as Edward Lundquist

John J. O’Malley [1905 - 1980]

Charles P. O’Malley [1928 - 2000] interviews RAdm Philip Sobeck, head

John E. O’Malley [1930 - 2019] of Military Sealift Command which this year celebrates its 75th anniversary. RAdm Gregory R. Trauthwein

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