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Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. Member Maritime Professional Copyright © 2014 New Wave Media. Maritime Professional (ISSN 2159-7758) vol- ume 4, issue 1 is published quarterly (4 times per year) by New Wave Media, 118 E. 25th St., 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10010. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and additional mailing offi ces. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Maritime Professional, Maritime Professional 850 Montauk Hwy. #867 Bayport, NY 11705. Pub- lishers are not responsible for the safekeeping or return of editorial material. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publishers. John Barnwell John Barnwell is head of Allianz Global Corpo- rate & Specialty’s Global Marine Business in the Americas, which includes a team of more than 420 marine insurance professionals in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Prior to joining AGCS, John was Vice President of Ocean Cargo Product at Fireman’s Fund Insur- ance Company. He started his career at Aetna as a Property and Liability Underwriter before transferring to inland and ocean marine under- writing. He earned his undergraduate degree and MBA from St. John’s University in New York. Patricia Keefe Patricia Keefe is a veteran journalist, editor and commentator who writes about technology, business and maritime topics. Robert Kunkel Robert Kunkel, President of Alternative Marine Technologies, is currently serving as the tech- nical advisor to Coastal Connect, a U.S. com- pany actively developing LNG propulsion as a maritime component of short sea shipping He is a past Vice President of the Connecticut Mari- time Association, Past Chairman of the Federal Short Sea Shipping Cooperative Program and a member of the ABS Special Committee on Ship Operations. Barry Parker Parker, bdp1 Consulting Ltd provides strategic and tactical support, including analytics and communications, to businesses across the mari- time spectrum. www.conconnect.com Harry Ward Ward leads the transportation and logistics practice at The McLean Group, a middle-market investment bank based in the Washington, DC area. He has executive management experience in the marine industry and focuses on mergers and acquisitions for mid-sized companies. He is a US Naval Academy graduate. HQ 118 E. 25th St., 2nd Floor New York, NY 10010 USA Tel +1 212 477 6700 Fax +1 212 254 6271 URL www.maritimeprofessional.com Email trauthwein@marinelink.com ISSN - 2159-7758 USPS # 005-893 Editor Joseph Keefe keefe@marinelink.com +1 704 661 8475 Publisher John C. O’Malley jomalley@marinelink.com Associate Publisher/Editorial Director Gregory R. Trauthwein trauthwein@marinelink.com VP Sales Rob Howard howard@marinelink.com Production Nicole Ventimiglia nicole@marinelink.com Corporate Staff Vladimir Bibik, IT Mark O’Malley, Public Relations Esther Rothenberger, Accounting Subscription Kathleen Hickey marprocirc@marinelink.com Advertising Sales Terry Breese breese@marinelink.com +1 561 732 1185 Frank Covella covella@marinelink.com +1 561 732 1659 Mitch Engel engel@marinelink.com +1 561 732 0312 Mike Kozlowski kozlowski@marinelink.com +1 561 733 2477 Dawn Trauthwein dtrauthwein@marinelink.com +1 631 472 2715 Jean Vertucci vertucci@marinelink.com +1 212 477 6700 MaritimeProfessional MarPro Contributors Blogger Roster @ MaritimeProfessional.com Lead Commentator Joseph Keefe U.S. East Dennis Bryant U.S. West Martin Rushmere Brazil Claudio Paschoa Mumbai Joseph Fonseca Hong Kong Greg Knowler 6 I Maritime Professional I 1Q 2014 MP Q1 2014 1-17.indd 6 2/26/2014 1:16:04 PM