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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 ? Richard Paine 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.comClassi? ed Sales (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 20 CORPORATE 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 Workboats 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 arineM 3 % 0 4 % - " % 2 W W W M A R I N E L I N K C O M News Workboats Blasting Off! The Red Hot U.S. Gulf of Mexico Page 52PropulsionFull Speed Ahead with Gas Page 72Vessel Design The AT/B Comes of Age Page 104 On the Cover52 Offshore GoM SITREP The HOS Red Dawn, the ? rst 300 class HOSMAX vessel, is shown on her sea trials. Delivered from the Eastern Shipbuilding Group in June, the vessel is one of dozens of OSV hulls being built or on the backlogs of Gulf Coast shipyards. Starting on page 52, Susan Buchanan chronicles the robust activity underway along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. PROPULSION 72 Full Speed Ahead with Gas Dutch-based Peters Shipyards introduces revolutionary Inland Shipping concept. By Peter Pospiech TECHNOLOGY 100 ARGUS: Enviable Technology, Unlimited Potential Almost four years and 100 million soundings later, the concept is a reality. By Joseph Keefe VESSEL DESIGN 104 The ATB ? What Does The Future Hold? The AT/B comes of age: operating coastwise, Jones Act ? and beyond the horizon, too. Edited by Joseph Keefe 8 Editors Note 10 By the Numbers: The importance of domesic shipbuilding 14 TECH FILE: Sea Trial Performance Analysis Rede? ned 26 OP/ED ? Government Transparency: Where is it? ? By Denise Krepp 46 Fifteen minutes with OMSAs Jim Adams ? By Joseph Keefe 92 TECH FILE: On-Board Testing Services Emerge 94 Boat of the Month: The PI 65 Coastal and Offshore Craft 98 Training & Education: CMES is on line and way ahead 110 MarineNews Pro? le: Paul B. Candies (11/23/1940 ? 7/21/2013) 111 People & Company News 116 Products 123 Classi? eds 128 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 , 850 Montauk Hwy. #867 Bayport, NY 11705. MarineNews is published monthly by Maritime Activity Reports Inc. Periodicals Postage paid at New York, NY and additional mailing of? ces. 6 MNSeptember 2013MN Sept2013 Layout 1-17.indd 68/29/2013 2:24:56 PM
