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Editorial

MARITIME

REPORTER

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ENGINEERING NEWS

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CEO John C. O’Malley [email protected]

President & COO

Publisher & Editor

Greg Trauthwein

Photo Justin Zurre [email protected]

Editor - MarineNews

Eric Haun his edition is touted as the ‘green starts on page 28.

[email protected] marine’ edition, but to be perfectly While the IMO is a driver on delivering

Offshore Energy Editor

Amir Garanovic fair, nearly any edition, any in- new marine regulation, classi? cation is a [email protected]

Tdustry, any month could be touted critical hinge partner with all stakehold-

Production Manager

Irina Vasilets ‘green’, as decarbonization and all that it ers – from government to vessel owners [email protected] entails is all around us ... and it’s not going to shipyards and equipment suppliers – to

Production & Graphic Design

Nicole Ventimiglia anywhere. More accurately, this edition ensure that the tech and procedure is able [email protected] could be tagged as the ‘Green Marine Lead- to withstand the rigors of a life at sea. Our

Corporate Staff ership’ edition, as in the past two months class coverage is voluminous and perva-

Manager, Marketing

Mark O’Malley we have traveled around the world and were sive throughout this edition, starting with momalley@marinelink given the opportunity to sit with a trio of my one-on-one with Hiroaki Sakashita,

Accounting

Esther Rothenberger maritime leaders, starting with our cover in- President & CEO, ClassNK in his of? ce [email protected] +1.212.477.6700 ext 6810 terview with Arsenio Domínguez, the 10th in Tokyo, and continuing with Wendy

Manager, Information Technology Services

Secretary-General of the International Laursen’s broad overview of how class is

Vladimir Bibik

Maritime Organization (IMO) who just playing a critical role in paving the maritime

Circulation

Kathleen Hickey | [email protected] started in this post in January 2024. industry’s new fuel path.

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I was afforded the opportunity to inter- Tying this altogether was our interview

Sales

Vice President, Sales view Domínguez while in London in early with Caroline Yang, CEO of Hong Lam

Terry Breese [email protected] | +1.561.732.1185

March for the subsea technology exhibi- Marine and President of the Singapore

Lucia Annunziata tion Oceanology International, and given Shipping Association. I met with Yang [email protected] the IMO’s central role in laying down the brie? y on the sidelines of Sea Japan in +1.212.477.6700 ext 6240 international mandate for maritime regula- Tokyo – the interview had already been con-

John Cagni [email protected] | +1.631.472.2715 tion, it’s useful to have the ‘view from the ducted a month prior – and she is a dynamic

Frank Covella top.’ He is on a mission to help transform and busy maritime leader. Here insights [email protected] | +1.561.732.1659 both the IMO and the industry it serves for are particularly welcome in this edition, as

Tricia Garrett [email protected] | +1.516.441.7254 the coming generation, using clear, two-way Hong Lam Marine is a big logistics player

Mike Kozlowski communication as his tool of choice, while in the world’s largest bunker fuel market, [email protected] | +1.561.733.2477 leaning on two salient bits of advice learned and its 33 ships – all owned, operated and

Gary Lewis [email protected] | +1.516.441.7258 early in his career: [1] Learn the business managed in house – supply fuel to ? eets

International Sales side of maritime, and [2] Always be humble. operating in and around Southeast Asia.

Scandinavia & Germany

Roland Persson, Orn Marketing AB, Box 184,

From my ? rst one-on-one encounter with

S-271 24, Ystad, Sweden [email protected]; +46 411 184 00 him, Panamanian native seems a grounded, Founder: well-rounded leader who is eager to dig in,

John J. O’Malley [1905 - 1980]

Charles P. O’Malley [1928 - 2000] engage industry and help work toward solu-

John E. O’Malley [1930 - 2019] tions to some very dif? cult problems lying on his desk. His story, “Mission Possible,”

Gregory R. Trauthwein

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