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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. OMalley ? jomalley@marinelink.comAssociate Publisher & Editorial DirectorGreg Trauthwein ? trauthwein@marinelink.comEditorJoseph Keefe ? keefe@marinelink.comTel: 704-661-8475 Web Editor Eric Haun ? haun@marinelink.comContributing WritersSusan Buchanan ? Lawrence R. DeMarcay, III ? Randy ONeill ? Katharine Sweeney PRODUCTION Production & Graphics Manager Nicole Ventimiglia ? nicole@marinelink.com SALESVice President, Sales & MarketingRob Howard ? howard@marinelink.com Sales Administration & Of? ce Manager Rhoda Morgan ? morgan@marinelink.com Sales & Event Coordinator Michelle Howard ? mhoward@marinelink.com Classi? ed Sales Manager Dale Barnett ? barnett@marinelink.com tel: 212-477-6700Advertising Sales ManagersNational Sales ManagerTerry Breese ? breese@marinelink.com Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 Lucia Annunziata ? annunziata@marinelink.com Frank Covella ? covella@marinelink.comTel: 212-477-6700 Fax: 212-254-6271 Tel: 561-732-1659 Fax: 561-732-8063 Mitch Engel ? engel@marinelink.com Mike Kozlowski ? kozlowski@marinelink.comTel: 561-732-0312 Fax: 561-732-8063 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.com Uwe Riemeyer ? riemeyer@intermediapartners.de Tel: +44 1268 711560 Tel: +49 202 27169 0 Fax: +44 1268 711567 Fax: +49 202 27169 20CORPORATE STAFF Manager, Accounting Services Rhoda Morgan ? morgan@marinelink.com Manager, Public Relations Mark OMalley ? 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 $60.00; Two years (24 issues) for $95.00. 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 Back to School 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 arineMJULY 2013 W W W M A R I N E L I N K C O M News Back to School Investing in Training with a Vigor Investing in Training with a Vigor Marine Power 7 K H ( I À F L H Q F \ ¶ + D W 7 U L F N · John Lotshaw Insights from NMEC ( 3 $ · V 9 * 3 7 K H $ % & · V · V Marine Power 7 K H ( I À F L H Q F \ ¶ + D W 7 U L F N · John Lotshaw Insights from NMEC ( 3 $ · V 9 * 3 7 K H $ % & · V · V On the Cover24 Laying the Keel; Carefully Candidates for welding courses at South Seattles new Harbor Island Training Center observe a live welding demonstration. Starting on page 24, Susan Buchanan outlines the new and innovative training partnership between Vigor Industrial, the local community college, labor, community and state government leaders. (Photo: Courtesy of Vigor Industrial) BY THE NUMBERS 8 Boats, Cargo & the Environment Sobering statistics, but the numbers dont lie. REGULATORY 27 The ABCs and 123s of the EPAs VGP By Gary English 6 Editors Note 16 TECH FILE: Cellular Signal Boosters: Relief for Inland & Coastal Mariners 17 OP/ED: U.S. Maritime Strategy ? a Time for New Beginnings By Rear Admiral Wendi Carpenter 36 Vessels 40 People & Company News 42 Products 43 Classi? eds48 AD Index MarineNews ISSN#1087-3864 is publ ished monthly, 12 t imes a year by Mar itime Activity Reports, Inc ., 118 East 25th Street, New York, N . Y. 10160-1062. The publ isher assumes no responsibility for any m isprints or claims and actions taken by advert isers. The publ isher reserves the r ight to refuse any advert ising. Contents of this publ ication either in whole or in part may not be reproduced w ithout the express perm ission of the publ isher. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to MarineNews , 850 Montauk Hwy. #867 Bayport, NY 11705 . MarineNews is publ ished monthly by Mar itime Activity Reports Inc . Per iodicals Postage paid at New York, NY and add itional mailing of? ces . 4 MNJuly 2013MN July2013 Layout 1-17.indd 46/28/2013 12:11:50 PM
