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MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS irunmm Empowering AutoCAD Database Management Fairing Lofting C Structure ^ Pipe ' HVAC Equipment , KM Penetrations ^ Plate Nesting Profile Nesting NC-Processing Production Reports Production Drawings "Ok*. - t- r-Uk \ ~ ; Shinr " •^n nmHi irt n 3D cut-away product model, 210' offshore supply vessel Courtesy Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Co., USA and Guido Perla & Associates Inc., USA I ARL E-mail: lnfo@ShipConstructor.com Web: www.ShipConstructor.com Aibocore Research LUL NEW YORK H8E. 25th St., New York, NYIOOIO Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fox: (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. Trauthwein • 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 Kristen 0'Malley • omalley@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 Classified Ad Sales Dale L. Barnett • barnett@marinelink.com 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@marinelink.com Manager, Public Relations Mark 0'Malley • momalley@marinelink.com Sales Assistant Nicole Sullivan • su\\mn@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-ku, Tokyo 121, Japan, Tel: +81 3 5691 3335; Fax: + 81 3 5691 3336 Korea JO, YOUNG SANG • biscom@unitel.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 3D Product Modeling inside AutoCAD One Project - Many Users - Thousands of Parts - One Database Contents Government Update 9 Signed Confessions The entire industry should stand up and notice the spate of high-profile (and high cost) legal cases involving deliberate pollution and cover-ups. — by Dennis L. Bryant SNAME Annual: Ship Design & Testing 26 Unusual Tank Testing From sideways to swimmers, the Ocean Engineering Center of Vizon Scitec is renowned for meeting unusual demands. SMM2004 & Germany 26 Flensburg Makes its Mark One German shipyard has led the way in the ConRo market. Q&A 46 A Conversation with Kleimola Matti Kleimola, the chief technology officer of Wiirtsila and the newly elected president of CIMAC, shares with MR his views on challenges facing the marine propulsion industry. Propulsion Annual 50 (Fuel) Cells of Endeavor David Tinsley examines some innovative advances and uses of this emerging technology. Maritime Security 66 The Disruption that Never Was With ISPS and MTSA came with dire predictions of marine ops shutdowns. The USCG helped ensure it didn't happen. Circle 207 on Reader Service Card 2