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September 2014 Contents Volume 57 Number 7 Bryant Dennis L. Bryant is with Maritime Regulatory Consulting, and a regular contributor to Maritime Reporter & Engineering News. e: dennis.l.bryant@gmail.com p. 18 Jones Michael B. Jones is President of The Maritime Alliance and The Maritime Alliance Foundation. He can be reached at mbjones@ themaritimealliance.org. p. 20 Bell Steve Bell is an Optical/Photonics Engineer at BIRNS, Inc. and has more than 25 years of expertise in designing and testing subsea and terrestrial fi ber optic systems. E: sbell@birns.com. p. 28 Paschoa Claudio Paschoa is Marine Technology Reporter’s correspondent in Brazil. p. 36 Peters Tom Peters is a freelance writer living in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. He is retired from the newspaper business after 41 years with The Halifax Chronicle-Herald. p. 46 Wilkins Jon Wilkins is the US Sales Manager for Silicon Sensing and has been in the inertial fi eld since 2001 with roles in engineering and program management. p. 62 Leska Mark Leska is Senior Marketing Coordinator for Wachs Subsea and E.H. Wachs, A Division of ITW. E: sales@wachssubsea.com. p. 52 The Authors in This Edition of MTR Dennis Bryant Michael Jones Claudio Paschoa Steve Bell Jon WilkinsTom Peters September 2014 6 MTR MTR #7 (1-17).indd 6 8/28/2014 11:44:56 AM