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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 John Guzman guzman@marinelink.com Asst. Production Manager Irina Tabakina tabakina@marinelink.com CIRCULATION Kristen O’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 Manager, Information Services Tina Veselov veselov@marinelink.com Manager, Accounting Services Esther Rothenberger rothenberger@marinelink.com Manager, Public Relations Mark O’Malley momalley@marinelink.com Sales Assistant Nicole Sullivan sullivan@marinelink.com Classified Sales Tel: (212) 477-6700 Manager, Information Technology Services Vladimir Bibik bibik@marinelink.com PUBLISHERS John E. O’Malley John C. O'Malley jomalley@marinelink.com International Sales Operations Managing Director, International Sales TONY STEIN 12, Braehead, Bo'ness, West Lothian EH51 OBZ, 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. ÖRN/LEON SCHULZ leon@stephan-orn.se AB Stephan R.G. Örn, 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 Exclusiuas Albasanz, 14 Bis 3 a planta, 28037 Madrid, Spain Tel: +34 91 448 76 22; Fax: +34 91 446 02 14 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 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 MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERINGNEWS Contents Circle 212 on Reader Service Card 2 Government Update 10 Security Strategy or Sandbag? Dennis Bryant reports on a new draft White Paper on a National Cargo Security Strategy, which he says “has the appearance of an uneasy political compromise between feuding federal agencies.” Profile 14 Rigon Makes His Mark Against many odds, Larry Rigdon has successfully launched his new company, introducing five high-tech, Bender-built DPS-2 offshore service vessels with five more to come. — by Greg Trauthwein Passenger Vessel Report 20 Short Sea Shipping U.S. interest in coastwise shipping is driving vessel technology to new heights. — by David Tinsley 21 The Spirit in New York Spirit Cruises, with operations nationally, has built a formidable passenger vessel company with its sights on nurturing and retaining top personnel. — by Greg Trauthwein Propulsion Update 25 Power Play Caterpillar is set to debut the new C280. 29 Southern Exposure Wärtsilä has shifted a big manufacturing load to its Italy ops. 29 4 25 14 MR JANUARY 2005 #1 (1-8).qxd 1/5/2005 2:33 PM Page 4
