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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. H. Elder Brown, Jr. H. Elder Brown, Jr. is President & CEO of Fidelis Group Holdings, LLC. For the past 28 years, he has taken Continental Underwriters Ltd. from a small family business to one of the largest brown water marine underwriters in the United States. Jeff Cowan Captain Jeff Cowan graduated from the California Maritime Academy in 1975, ultimately earning and sailing on his Master’s license. He remains involved in maritime issues and is a regular contributor to Mar- itime Professional and MarineNews magazine(s). Andrew J. Garger Andrew J. Garger is Vice President, Legal & General Counsel at WQIS. He is a member of the Maritime Law Association and the former chairman of the Le- gal and Liability Committee of the International Union of Marine Insurance and current member of the IUMI Political Forum. He is a graduate of New York Univer- sity School of Law and the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Additional contribution was pro- vided by Andrew Hoffman, Paralegal at WQIS. Patricia Keefe Patricia Keefe is a veteran journalist, editor and com- mentator who writes about technology, business and maritime topics. Robert Kunkel Robert Kunkel, President of Alternative Marine Tech- nologies, is currently serving as the technical advisor to Coastal Connect, a U.S. company actively developing LNG propulsion as a maritime component of short sea shipping. He is a past Vice President of the Connecti- cut Maritime Association, Past Chairman of the Federal Short Sea Shipping Cooperative Program and a mem- ber of the ABS Special Committee on Ship Operations. Barry Parker Parker, bdp1 Consulting Ltd provides strategic and tactical support, including analytics and communica- tions, to businesses across the maritime 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 2Q 2014 1-17 Q2 MP2014.indd 6 5/16/2014 4:24:17 PM
