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MarineNews ISSN#1087-3864 USPS#013-952 Florida: 215 NW 3rd St., Boynton Beach, FL 33435 tel: (561) 732-4368; fax: (561) 732-6984 New York: 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271 www.marinelink.com PUBLISHER John C. O’Malley jomalley@marinelink.com Associate Publisher & Editorial Director Greg Trauthwein trauthwein@marinelink.com Editor Joseph Keefe keefe@marinelink.com Tel: 704-661-8475 Web Editor Eric Haun haun@marinelink.com Contributing Writers Susan Buchanan Lawrence R. DeMarcay, III Joe Hudspeth Randy O’Neill PRODUCTION Production & Graphics Manager Nicole Ventimiglia nicole@marinelink.com SALES Vice President, Sales & Marketing Rob Howard howard@marinelink.com Advertising Sales Managers National Sales Manager Terry Breese breese@marinelink.com Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 Lucia Annunziata annunziata@marinelink.com Frank Covella covella@marinelink.com Tel: 212-477-6700 Fax: 212-254-6271 Tel: 561-732-1659 Fax: 561-732-8063 Mitch Engel engel@marinelink.com Mike Kozlowski kozlowski@marinelink.com Tel: 561-732-0312 Fax: 561-732-8063 Tel: 561-733-2477 Fax: 561-732-9670 Dawn Trauthwein dtrauthwein@marinelink.com Jean Vertucci vertucci@marinelink.com Tel: 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 Sales & Event Coordinator Michelle Howard mhoward@marinelink.com Classifi ed Sales (212) 477-6700 CORPORATE STAFF Manager, Public Relations Mark O’Malley momalley@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.com POSTMASTER 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 arine M - ! 2 # ( W W W M A R I N E L I N K C O MNews Optimize Your Fleet , Q W K H R I À F H R Q E R D U G : R U N E R D W ' H V L J Q 7 K H ) X W X U H , Q F O X G H V 1 H Z ) X H O V 6 K R U W V H D 6 K L S S L Q J $ O L Y H D Q G Z H O O R Q W K H O H I W F R D V W 3 U R S X O V L R Q 1 H Z E X L O G D Q G 5 H S R Z H U 6 R O X W L R Q V 7 K H ) X W X U H , Q F O X G H V 1 H X H O V $ O L Y H O O R Q W K H O H I W F R D V W Z E X L O G D Q G 5 H U 6 R O X W L R Q V On the Cover 33 McAllister Avoids a Date with the Drydock 150-year old workboat operator McAllister Towing & Transportation is always looking for ways to optimize fl eet operations. McAllister and mechanical pipe-joining systems manufacturer Victaulic recently teamed up to do just that. The story starts on page 33. INSURANCE 24 Know thy Contracts, and the Liability Accompanying Them Interconnectivity can drive opportunity, but also affects our businesses. By Christopher Cooke FLEET OPTIMIZATION 33 McAllister Avoids a Date with the Drydock Unconventionally lowering costs, safely and improving the bottom line. That’s the Victaulic way. By Dennis Love PROPULSION 36 Gulf Coast Workboat Repowered with Volvo Penta Diesels Volvo Penta’s impressive fuel consumption and perfor- mance prompts repower job with D16 engine package. 6 Editor’s Note 22 OP/ED: Infrastructure Funding &WRRDA By Michael J. Toohey 42 Boat of the Month: Alion, Robert Allan Design High-Tech Research Vessel 49 TECH FILE: CEACT Allows Operators to REACT 50 People & Company News 55 Products 60 Classifi eds 64 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 offi ces. 4 MN March 2014 MN MAR14 Layout 1-17.indd 4 2/24/2014 1:11:31 PM
