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MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS Contents Maritime Security 14 Will there be a Port Pile-Up? There are now less than three months until July 1. Dennis Bryant asks: Do you know where your International Ship Security Certificate (ISSC) is? Offshore Annual 24 Oil Prices Up, Rig Demand Not Tom Marsh of ODS-Petrodata provides some statistical insights as to why rig demand remains in the doldrums, and as to what might help unleash new business. 30 The Future is Now A team of students rom the University of Michigan combined their minds and skills to win the International Student Offshore Design Competitior. Country Profile 50 The Norway Way Ever changing to meet evolving demands. Norway is a perenni- al leader in the martime industry. Investment in Design 60 Oil Tanker: Rule are Changing Now Technical editor David Tinslev explores new rules which will dictate tanker design for a generation. 62 Cool Technology A platform for fuel cell technology was established using Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)-type fuel cell modules. 3D Product Modeling inside AutoCAD From small boats to complex ships & offshore structures Main Data Fairi nmmmti Empowering AutoCAD Features base Management ig Loftiijig Structure Pipe Outfi HVAi Penetrations Plate Nesting Profi e Nesting NC-Processing Prod Prod 1 Li jt uction Reports uction Drawings One Project Many Users Thousands of Parts One Database E-mail: lnfo@ShipConstructor.com Albocore Research Ltd. Web: WWW. ShipConstruCtOr. com Circle 204 on Reader Service Card NEW YORK 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271 e-mail: mren@marinelink.com • Web: Internet: www.marinelink.com FLORIDA • 215 NW 3rd St., Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Tel: (561) 732-1659 Fax: (561) 732-6984 Associate Publisher Gregory R. Trouthwein • trauthwein@marinelink.com Associate Editor • Jennifer Rabulan • rabulan@marinelink.com Technical Editor • David Tinsley Contributing Editor • Dennis L. Bryant Senior Maritime Counsel, Holland & Knight Editorial Consultant • James R. McCaul, president, International Maritime Associates PRODUCTION Production Manager Michael Lowe • lowe@marinelink.com Asst. Production Manager Irina Tabakina • tabakina@marinelink.com CIRCULATION Circulation Manager Dale L. Barnett • barnett@marinelink.com ADVERTISING SALES Vice President of Sales Lucia M. Annunziata • annunziata@marinelink.com National Sales Manager Rob Howard • howard@marinelink.com Tel: (561) 732-4368; Fax: (561) 732-6984 North American Sales Manager Brett W. Keil • bkeil@marinelink.com Tel: (561) 732-1185; Fax: (561) 732-8414 Regional Sales Manager Leonardo Maldonado • maldonado@marinelink.com Tel: (561) 732-9670; Fax: (561) 732-8414 Regional Sales Manager Cynthia Norden • norden@marinelink.com Tel: (561) 733-2477; Fax: (561) 732-6984 Marketing Manager Richard Grable • grable@marinelink.com Tel: (561) 732-1659; Fax: (561) 732-6984 Manager, Information Services Tina Veselov • veselov@marinelink.com Manager, Accounting Services Esther Rothenberger • rothenberger@marinelin'<.com Manager, Public Relations Mark 0'Malley • momalley@marinelink.com Manager, Advertising Services Kristen 0'Malley • omalley@marinelink.com Sales Assistant Elizabeth Singh • singh@marinelink.com Classified Sales • Tel: (212) 477-6700 Manager, Information Technology Services Vladimir Bibik • bibik@marinelink.com PUBLISHERS John E. 0'Malley John C. 0'Malley • jomalley@marinelink.com International Sales Operations Managing Director, International Sales TONY STEIN 12, Braehead, Bo'ness, West Lothian EH51 0BZ, Scotland, U.K. Tel: +44 (0) 1506 822240; Fax: +44 (0) 1506 828085 Germany/Switzerland TONY STEIN • stein@marinelink.com Tel: +44 (0) 1506 822240; Fax: +44 (0) 1506 828085 Japan KATSUHIRO ISHII Ace Media Service Inc., 12-6, 4-chome, Nishiike, Adachi-ki, Tokyo 121, Japan, Tel: +81 3 5691 3335; Fax: + 81 3 5691 3336 Korea JO, YOUNG SANG • biscom@unite!.co.kr Business Communications, Inc., Kwangwhamun P.O. Box 1916, Seoul, Korea Tel: +82 2 739 7840; Fax: +82 2 732 3662 Scandinavia STEPHAN R.G. 0RN/LE0N SCHULZ • leon@stephan-orn.se AB Stephen R.G. Orn, Box 184, S-271 24 Ystad, Sweden Tel: +46 411-184 00; Fax:+46 411 105 31 Spain JOSE LUIS SEVA • jlseva@viaexclusivas.com Via Exdusiuas S.L., C/ Viriato, 69 SC, 28010, Madrid, Spain Tel: +34 91 448 9136; Fax: +34 91 446 0214 CHARLES E. KEIL, Vice President, International Operations 215 NW Third Street, Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Tel: +561-732-0312, Fax: +561-732-8063 24-hr Tel/Fax: +561-998-0313; Mobile Tel: +561-716-0338 e-mail: ckeil@marinelink.com