Joe Christopher

  • Joe Christopher has joined Schnitzer-Levin Marine Company in South San Francisco as manager of engineering, according to Wallace Z. Levin, general manager of the firm.

    Mr. Christopher comes to Schnitzer-Levin Marine with international e n g i n e e r i n g experience, having managed the construction of 47 vessels, ranging from 35,000 deadweight tons to 406,000 deadweight tons, in five countries. In a d d i t i o n , he has managed construction of towboats and barges and major conversions.

    Prior to joining Schnitzer-Levin Marine, he was manager of Construction and manager of maintenance and repair for Chevron Shipping. Prior to that he was superintendent engineer of Tankers Company in New York City.

    He holds B.S. degrees in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

    Schnitzer-Levin Marine, part of the Schnitzer Group of companies, sells and repairs marine machinery and equipment, and provides technical marine service for the repair of maritime vessels worldwide.

    Its headquarters is in South San Francisco with offices in Portland, Ore., and New York City.

  • MN Apr-24#18  Cybersecurity Challenges
By Joe Nicastro, Field CTO, Legit)
    April 2024 - Marine News page: 18

    Column Cybersecurity The Maritime Industry Has Unique Cybersecurity Challenges By Joe Nicastro, Field CTO, Legit Security With supply chain attacks on the rise, works, while foundational, have not evolved in tandem and nation-state attackers constantly looking for new ways with these digital threats

  • MN Apr-24#6  affecting the United States 
4  Joe Nicastro   maritime industry)
    April 2024 - Marine News page: 6

    Transportation Wave Media titles. & Trade Group. He focuses his practice on strategic and operational matters affecting the United States 4 Joe Nicastro maritime industry and on government contracts is a former cybersecurity analyst for the Coast Guard across all industries. and Field CTO

  • MN Apr-24#2  Cybersecurity Challenges
By Joe Nicastro, Legit Security
)
    April 2024 - Marine News page: 2

    , 42 People & Company News Shipbuilders Council of America 6 Authors 43 Products 8 By the Numbers: 18 Column: Cybersecurity Challenges By Joe Nicastro, Legit Security Inland Waterways Impact 46 Classi? ed Advertising 10 Insights: 38 Tech File: Blast & Paint 48 Advertiser

  • MN Feb-24#42  A. Wiltshire has taken over as 
Joe Rella has been appointed)
    February 2024 - Marine News page: 42

    People & Companies Rella Hired as Wiltshire Leading Port Everglades St. Johns President Glenn A. Wiltshire has taken over as Joe Rella has been appointed as presi- acting director of Broward County’s Port Rella Barton dent of St. Johns Ship Building. Everglades Department. Barton Named Vineyard CEO New

  • MN Feb-24#21  Equinor and BP 
that President Joe Biden attended the steel)
    February 2024 - Marine News page: 21

    to offset the struction at Philly Shipyard. Indeed, it was only last July macroeconomic challenges highlighted by Equinor and BP that President Joe Biden attended the steel cutting ceremo- in their OREC termination announcement quoted above). ny for GLDD’s SRIV at Philly Shipyard, highlighting the

  • MN Nov-23#49  and chairman of the board, Joey  livered in 2017. tors)
    November 2023 - Marine News page: 49

    tunnel unit bow at Weeks Marine, Inc.,” said ESG’s len (ESG 256), built by ESG and de- thruster, two Hyundai main genera- CEO and chairman of the board, Joey livered in 2017. tors, GE 6L250 MDC IMOIII/EPA D’Isernia. “The R.B. Weeks joins an Like the Magdalen, R.B. Weeks Tier 4 / Hyundai auxiliary generator

  • MN Nov-23#23 remains a recognized ?  oating nuclear facility by the NRC.)
    November 2023 - Marine News page: 23

    remains a recognized ? oating nuclear facility by the NRC. ing was well attended with congressional support, and the The decommissioning continues in capable hands with brie? ng was followed by an American Bureau of Shipping members of the U.S. Maritime Administration who have (ABS) Global Forum –

  • MR Nov-23#53 Visit us at  
the International 
WorkBoat Show
3030 E.)
    November 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 53

    Visit us at the International WorkBoat Show 3030 E. Pershing St. Booth #1843 Appleton, WI 54911 USA [email protected] www.appletonmarine.com Phone: (920) 738-5432 Manufactured in the USA All in the Family The Pastrana family is a maritime family top to bottom, from Christopher and Mary Ann to

  • MR Nov-23#50 PHILIPPINE)
    November 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 50

    PHILIPPINE'S FASTCAT FERRIES Photo courtesy Archipelago Philippine Ferries Company/FastCat FASTCAT IS ON A MISSION TO CONNECT THE PHILIPPINES What are the ? rst thoughts to cross your mind when you hear “Philippine ferries”? Old vessels … Unsafe ships … Accidents? If so, that perception is mostly accurate

  • MR Sep-23#51      Johansson        
Dr. Joe DiRenzo is a national co-chairma)
    September 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 51

    at When interviewed for the Loctier article, Cmdr. Kurt De [email protected] The Author The Author DiRenzo Johansson Dr. Joe DiRenzo is a national co-chairman of the 2023 Maritime Risk Capt. Eric Johansson is a third-generation Port of NY/NJ tug captain. Symposium and is

  • MR Sep-23#50  System (MTS) 
By Dr. Joe DiRenzo and Capt. Eric)
    September 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 50

    Risk Symposium Managing Impacts of Supply Chain Disruptors, Renewable Energy, Emerging Technology on the Maritime Transportation System (MTS) By Dr. Joe DiRenzo and Capt. Eric Johansson he 2023 Maritime Risk Sympo- sium (MRS) will be held Nov. 14- 16, 2023, as an in-person event, Thosted by Maritime

  • MR Sep-23#4  477-6700
f: (212) 254-6271
Dr. Joe DiRenzo is a national co-)
    September 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 4

    as well Web: www.marinelink.com DiRenzo York and New Jersey tug captain. as diplomas in journalism, com- t: (212) 477-6700 f: (212) 254-6271 Dr. Joe DiRenzo is a national co- He has been at SUNY Maritime munication and subediting. chair of the 2023 Maritime Risk since 1994 and enjoys teaching Symposium

  • MN Jun-23#26 Feature
U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the amphibious dock)
    June 2023 - Marine News page: 26

    Feature U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48), moor a Gov’t Shipbuilding landing craft, utility during amphibious operations, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, in March 2023. Christopher R. Lape / U.S. Marine Corps A ’ S S MERICA S EA ERVICES UILDING ARGE

  • MN Jun-23#2 Marine News  June 2023  •  Volume 34   Number 6
Contents
Fea)
    June 2023 - Marine News page: 2

    Marine News June 2023 • Volume 34 Number 6 Contents Features 20 The Journey to Remote Vessel Operation 20 Conducting maritime and subsea operations lean- crewed or entirely remotely, is a problem with many moving parts. We meet one company that can lay claim to world dominance in this rapidly

  • MN Aug-23#36  Gay 
Scanlon, D-Pa.; 
President Joe 
Biden; and Steinar 
Nerbovik)
    August 2023 - Marine News page: 36

    projects advance to development and From left to right: Lasse Petterson, CEO of Great Lakes Dredge and Dock; Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa.; President Joe Biden; and Steinar Nerbovik, CEO of Philadelphia Shipyard. Philly Shipyar

  • MR May-23#52 HYDROGEN HUBS & BATTERIES
Amogy’s ammonia 
fueled tug.)
    May 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 52

    HYDROGEN HUBS & BATTERIES Amogy’s ammonia fueled tug. The Hydrogen One vessel. Image courtesy e1 Marine Image courtesy Amogy decarbonization, and the U.S. abundance of potential hydrogen a new hydrogen-hybrid propulsion system that integrates hy- production available, in the future, for export. drogen

  • MR May-23#21 U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class)
    May 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 21

    U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua M. Tolbert The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) sails into Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam, Aug 25. Seawolf is a nuclear powered fast-attack submarine and is the lead ship of its class. submarines are based at Guam

  • MN Feb-23#31  yards in Allanton and Port St. Joe, in 
the Florida Panhandle)
    February 2023 - Marine News page: 31

    ? eet earlier in the year. The vessels, each with 4,500 passenger capacity, were constructed at East- ern Shipbuilding’s yards in Allanton and Port St. Joe, in the Florida Panhandle. According to a New York City re- lease, “The new ferries are larger, more modern, and safer in extreme weather than earlier

  • MR Jan-23#31 SHIP REPAIR
The new boat lift is dedicated 
in honor of)
    January 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 31

    SHIP REPAIR The new boat lift is dedicated in honor of Christopher Edward Cranston, a NYPD Detective who died of a 9/11-related illness in July 2019. [L to R] Jimmy Davis, Bayonne Mayor; Assemblyman William B. Sampson IV (NJ District 31); Kevin O’Toole, Chairman, Port Authority NY/NY; Msgr. David

  • MR Dec-22#44 .com contact: Joe  NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS)
    December 2022 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 44

    ARK ALLEY AT MOMALLEY MARINELINK COM . I B ’ D S , M O’M @ . ANCHORS & CHAINS [email protected] contact: Joe NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS Hudspeth, www.GetToZero.com Anchor Marine & Supply, INC., 6545 Lindbergh Houston, Prime Mover Controls, 3600 Gilmore Way

  • MR Nov-22#59 .com contact: Joe  Seco Seals, Inc., 1370)
    November 2022 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 59

    Street Endicott, NY 13760 , tel:(360) 306-2844, SEALS Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd, Clittaford Road Southway, [email protected] contact: Joe Seco Seals, Inc., 1370 Logan Ave. Unit K, Costa Mesa, Plymouth, Devon PL6 6DE United Kingdom , UK , tel:+44 Hudspeth, www.GetToZero.com CA , USA

  • MN Nov-22#62  pro-
sion,” said Joe Hudspeth, BAE Systems’)
    November 2022 - Marine News page: 62

    see momentum building ing just as they’re used to with conventional based propul- right now for hybrid, electric and even fuel-cell-based pro- sion,” said Joe Hudspeth, BAE Systems’ Director of Busi- pulsion,” he said, noting that the industry has been shift- ness Development, Global Marine. ing from a “learning

  • MN Oct-22#55 MN
ABS American Equity Underwriters
HydroComp
Adele)
    October 2022 - Marine News page: 55

    MN ABS American Equity Underwriters HydroComp Adele Hapworth Christopher Wiernicki American Equity ABS Underwriters Through its unique array of software packages and services, M P ARITIME ROFESSIONAL the company now serves more than 1,500 naval architec- tural design ? rms, shipyards, yacht owners

  • MN Oct-22#54 MN
Maritime Professional Training HydroComp
Maritime)
    October 2022 - Marine News page: 54

    MN Maritime Professional Training HydroComp Maritime Professional Training ABS T A E HE MERICAN QUITY Houston-based ABS, a leading global provider of clas- UNDERWRITERS si? cation, sustainability and technical advisory services to The American Equity Underwriters, Inc. is the program the marine and