MarineNews
April 2007 · No. 4 · Vol. 16
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NEWS
6 8 10 13 14 Z-Tech Ship-Handling Tugs Delivered to ACP Coast Guard Reassigns Deepwater Patrol Boat Cummings: USCG Making Progress SeaArk Delivers Patrol/SAR Vessels Mitsubishi Makes Smith Maritime Tug Move
FEATURES
17 Do the Right Thing!
Admiral Bone challenges the vessel operating industry by beginng to implement OPA 90 Salvage and firefighting regulations. Wittich suggests that the message reads loud and clear. -- by George Wittich , President, American Salvage Association
20 `Pocket' ITBs
K-Sea's most recent addition, DBL 27, is part of a frontrunner of harbor-size equipment described as pocket ITBs. The novelty of KSea's "pocket" editions is that they're smaller for use with DBL 27 and a program of seven other new barges of the same capacity that began last year with DBL 28. -- by Don Sutherland
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26 View to a Thrill
Mieko Mahi has built a sucessful career and several thriving businesses from her stunning offshore imagery.-- by Greg Trauthwein
30 Offshore GOM Report
As the Offshore Energy business continues to thrive, so to do the Gulf of Mexico shipyards.
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Managing Director, International Sales Tony Stein · stein@marinelink.com 12 Braehead, Bo'ness, W. Lothian EH51 OBZ Scotland Tel: +44-1506-822240; Fax: +44-1506-828085 Vice President, Operations Charles E. Keil · ckeil@marinelink.com Tel: 561-732-0312; Fax: 561-732-8063
37 Spotlight on High-Tech
In conjunction with the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, several companies are being awarded for advancing offshore technology.
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