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Marine News August 2023 Volume 34 Number 8

Marine News (ISSN#1087-3864) (USPS#013-952)

Editor’s Note

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The shipbuilding business is not for the faint of heart. Just like the relentless waves

CEO that shape the shores, shipbuilders must

John C. O’Malley • jomalley@marinelink.com confront endless challenges, from mastering

Publisher & Editorial Director

Greg Trauthwein • trauthwein@marinelink.com the art of design and construction to navi- gating the ever-changing tides of technol-

Editor

Eric Haun • haun@marinelink.com ogy and innovation, market cycles and labor

Tel: 212-477-6700 shortages. And we cannot overlook the hu-

Contributing Writers man aspect of this trade; behind every vessel

Tom Ewing, James Kearns, Barry Parker, Jeff Vogel exists countless stories of individuals whose

PRODUCTION

Production & Graphics Manager hard work breathes life into steel.

Eric Haun, Editor,

Nicole Ventimiglia • nicole@marinelink.com

In the United States, many shipyards are haun@marinelink.com

SALES currently answering the call of the emerg-

Vice President, Sales & Marketing ing U.S. offshore wind industry, which

Terry Breese • breese@marinelink.com

Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 will require a large ? eet of specialized vessels for construction, operations

Advertising Sales Managers and maintenance activities. The story starting on page 34 recaps work

Lucia Annunziata • annunziata@marinelink.com already underway to start building this ? eet and outlines demand drivers

Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6240 Fax: 212-254-6271 for the industry going forward. Spoiler alert: a large number of new vessels

John Cagni • cagni@marinelink.com will be needed by the middle of next decade, creating opportunities for

Tel: 631-472-2715 shipyards of all sizes.

Frank Covella • covella@marinelink.com

Tel: 561-732-1659 Fax: 561-732-8063

Many U.S. shipyards are also investing mightily in new equipment—in-

Mike Kozlowski • kozlowski@marinelink.com cluding lifts, hoists, cranes and transporters—that will help them to win

Tel: 561-733-2477 Fax: 561-732-9670 more business and perform newbuild and repair work more ef? ciently. Flip

Gary Lewis • lewis@offshore-engineer.com to page 28 to read about several recent and ongoing yard upgrade projects

Tel: 516-441-7258 and the new innovations helping shipyards to do what they do best: get

Managing Director, Intl. Sales the job done.

Paul Barrett • ieaco@aol.com

Tel: +44 1268 711560 Fax: +44 1268 711567

CORPORATE STAFF

Manager, Marketing

Mark O’Malley • momalley@marinelink.com

Accounting

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Vladimir Bibik

CIRCULATION

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