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CONTENTS MarineNews January 2011 • Volume 22 Number 1 TechFile 8 Powered by Torqeedo Weedoo’s Waterway Clean-Up Vessel Insights 10 Dean Rosenberg, CEO, PortVision Helping out during Deepwater Horizon Boat of the Month 13 Compact Stan Tug Damen’s new tug type Vessel Construction & Repair 24 In GOM, Diversification is King As ship and boatyards recover from the double whammy of economic downturn and offshore moratorium, Susan Buchanan looks at a few yards that have found a silver lining. Vessel Construction & Repair 30 ASD: At the Crossroads In Alaska, a new maintenance company with no shipyard experience takes a struggling yard, converted from an old cannery, and transforms it into a success story. — by Raina Clark Market Report 38 Passenger Vessels in 2011 MN sought insights from four industry leaders: John Groundwater, Executive Director, PVA; Darrell Bryan, President & CEO, Clipper Navigation; John Waterhouse, Chief Engineering Officer, EBDG; and Frederick Hall, VP, Bridgeport/Port Jefferson Steamboat for trends and direction in the passenger vessel industry. 24 2 MN January 2011 Photo Otto Candies.