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MarineNews ISSN#1087-3864 USPS#013-952Florida: 215 NW 3rd St., Boynton Beach, FL 33435tel: (561) 732-4368; fax: (561) 732-6984New York: 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271www.marinelink.com PUBLISHERJohn C. O?Malley jomalley@marinelink.comAssociate Publisher & Editorial DirectorGreg Trauthwein trauthwein@marinelink.comEditorJoseph Keefe keefe@marinelink.comTel: 704-661-8475 Contributing WritersSusan Buchanan Raina Clark Lawrence R. DeMarcay, III Frederick B. Goldsmith Randy O?Neill Jon Waldron PRODUCTION Production & Graphics Manager Nicole Ventimiglia nicole@marinelink.com SALESVice President, Sales & MarketingRob Howard howard@marinelink.com Sales Administration & OfÞ ce Manager Rhoda Morgan morgan@marinelink.com Sales & Event Coordinator Michelle Howard mhoward@marinelink.com ClassiÞ ed Sales Manager Dale Barnett barnett@marinelink.com tel: 212-477-6700Advertising Sales ManagersNational Sales ManagerTerry Breese breese@marinelink.comTel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 Lucia Annunziata annunziata@marinelink.com Mike Kozlowski kozlowski@marinelink.comTel: 212-477-6700 Fax: 212-254-6271 Tel: 561-733-2477 Fax: 561-732-9670 Dawn Trauthwein dtrauthwein@marinelink.com Jean Vertucci vertucci@marinelink.comTel: 631-472-2715 Fax: 631-868-3575 Tel: 212-477-6700 Fax: 212-254-6271 Managing Director, Intl. Sales Paul Barrett ieaco@aol.comTel: +44 1268 711560 Fax: +44 1268 711567 Uwe Riemeyer riemeyer@intermediapartners.deTel: +49 202 27169 0 Fax: +49 202 27169 20 CORPORATE STAFF Manager, Accounting Services Rhoda Morgan morgan@marinelink.com Manager, Public Relations Mark O?Malley momalley@marinelink.com Manager, Marketing Jocelyn Redfern jredfern@marinelink.com Manager, Info Tech Services Vladimir Bibik bibik@marinelink.com CIRCULATION Circulation Manager Kathleen Hickey mncirc@marinelink.com TO SUBSCRIBE:Subscriptions to Marine News (12 issues per year) for one year are available for $49.00; Two years (24 issues) for $64.00. Send your check payable to: MarineNews, 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010. For more information email Kathleen Hickey at: k.hickey@marinelink.comPOSTMASTER Time Value Expedite 4 H E ) N F O R M A T I O N ! U T H O R I T Y F O R T H E 7 O R K B O A T s / F F S H O R E s ) N L A N D s # O A S T A L - A R I N E - A R K E T S arineMArctic Operations: The Challenge of Response page 18 $ % # % - " % 2 W W W M A R I N E L I N K C O M News Great Boats of 2012 Great Boats of 2012 page 28On the Cover28 Great Boats In September, Bollinger Marine Fabricators delivered the B. No. 250, a newly designed and constructed 55,000 barrel OPA?90 compliant tank barge to Bouchard Transportation Co. The high tech barge is representative of the many innovative and forward thinking designs that have emerged in the past year. MarineNews? annual INNOVATIVE BOATS features starts on page 28. Aerial photo ©2012 Jonathan Atkin. www.shipshooter.com OP/ED 14 Leading Industry Towards Offshore Excellence Jim Watson, Director Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, U.S. Department of the Interior VESSELS28 Innovative Boats of 2012 Concepts, Designs and Delivered Vessels, too. TECH FILE 36 Innovative Dredging Solutions Meet the Versi-Dredge, the Razor Tooth Weedmaster Cutterhead aquatic plant harvester. 6 Editor?s Note 38 People & Company News 41 Products 43 2013 Editorial Calendar 44 Classi eds 48 AD Index MarineNews ISSN#1087-3864 is published monthly, 12 times a year by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc., 118 East 25th Street, New York, N. Y. 10160-1062. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any misprints or claims and actions taken by advertisers. The publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertising. Contents of this publication either in whole or in part may not be reproduced without the express permission of the publisher. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to MarineNews ,118 East 25th Street, New York, N.Y. 10160-1062. MarineNews is published monthly by Maritime Activity Reports Inc. Periodicals Postage paid at New York, NY and additional mailing ofÞ ces. 4 MNDecember 2012MN Dec2012 Layout 1-17.indd 4MN Dec2012 Layout 1-17.indd 412/4/2012 2:56:35 PM12/4/2012 2:56:35 PM
