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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 On the Cover The fi rst annual MarineNews 100 chronicles the Leading Companies serving the North American shallow draft and workboat markets. This month’s cover is comprised of a montage of just a few of those 100 selected fi rms, all of which are highlighted within these pages. MARINE VESSEL OPERATORS 36 Top Marine Vessel Operators Overcome Challenges By Susan Buchanan NORTH AMERICAN FERRIES 40 Spotlight on North American Ferries The most important part of the short sea shipping equation carries the most critical cargo: You. By Sarah McCoy SOFTWARE 44 Nautical Pedigrees Engineer Success of Top Marine Developers By Patricia Keefe 6 Editor’s Note 76 Classifi eds 80 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 August 2014 1-17 MN Aug14.indd 4 7/21/2014 12:22:52 PM
