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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 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 Classified Ad Sales Dale L. Barnett barnett@marinelink.com Sales Administration Manager 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 CIRCULATION mrcirc@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 ÖRN MARKETING AB, 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 238 on Reader Service Card 2 Government Update 10 Do You Have a Permit? Dennis Bryant discusses the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and what it means to shipowners. Marine Environment 25 Can a Ballast-Free Ship Work? While much attention today is focused on the elimination of aquatic species from a ship’s ballast, researchers at the University of Michigan investigate a ballast-free ship. 28 Keeping a Clean Ship New equipment and technology designed to help shipowners meet ever-stringent environmental regulations. NorShipping 2005 32 A Drive to Innovate Norwegians have traditionally exhibited a propensity for forward-thinking solutions in the maritime realm, a tradition carried on with CETech’s new design for a Compressed Natural Gas carrier. — By David Tinsley Cover Story 36 X-Bow Marks the Spot Ulstein’s AX104 anchor handling vessel with the new X-Bow is really making waves, just not the kind found on the water. Fuels, Lubes & Additives 57 RINA: Moving Toward Zero Italian classification society RINA moves toward “almost zero emission engines” for passenger and cruise ships. Inventory Locator Service, ® LLC 1-800-233-3414 (North America) • 1-901-794-5000 (Worldwide) • 1-901-794-1760 (Fax) • ebusiness@ILSmart.com • www.ILSmart.com We’re proud to have kept Inter Seas Services and Trading GmbH steaming ahead. We thank them and all of our longstanding subscribers for letting us be a part of their success. “With ILS, we are able to compete with our biggest competitors without making huge investments.” “We signed up for the ILS e-marketplace because it offers us the exposure of advertising, along with the lead generation of an aggressive marketing campaign at a fraction of the cost. It pro- vides us with highly qualified leads and has introduced us to some significant customers that would never have known about us previously. With ILS, we are able to compete with our biggest competitors without making huge investments. The amount of business ILS has delivered is worth a ten-year subscription.” Ulrich Freudenberger, Managing Director at Inter Seas Services and Trading GmbH, NORDERSTEDT, GERMANY Ulrich Freudenberger and Maike Pabst, Managing Directors 36 28 26 25 MR MAY 2005 #1 (1-8).qxd 5/4/2005 9:52 AM Page 4