Maritime Reporter, November 2010

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MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS Gateway Endeavor Services LNG New Opportunities, New Risk Five Minutes With Rick Nolan, Boston Harbor Cruises Emerging Markets New Wave of Brazilian Shipbuilding Training & Education Government Update TABLE OF CONTENTS WORKBOAT ANNUAL EMERGING MARKETS TRAINING & EDUCATION COVER STORY WORKBOAT ANNUAL Business Publications MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS ALSO IN THIS EDITION Obligation & Liability SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION THE AUTHORS President, Travelers Ocean BMT Fleet Technology Limited EDITOR’S NOTE NEW YORK MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS PUBLISHERS Associate Publisher & Editor PRODUCTION SALES Vice President of Sales & Marketing Advertising Sales Managers National Sales Manager Jack Bond Lucia Annunziata Dawn Trauthwein Tristan McDermott Mike Kozlowski Terry Breese Technology Services CIRCULATION Shipping Consultant’s Annual Container Container Sector Holding the Line USCG Ramps up Enforcement, Defines Policy and Gears up for a Busy Autumn Mahadevan, the Indian Navy’s Chief of Material The Governor of Maharashtra, K Sankarnarayanan Posted by Joseph Fonseca on Posted by Greg Knowler Crew Shortages, Pirates & Wages Posted by Joseph Fonseca on Seasnake Set to Slither into Indian Waters Posted by Martin Rushmere on Surprise Recipients of Tiger Grant Money Posted by Greg Knowler on Posted by Dennis Bryant on Posted by Greg Knowler Capacity Management to Stay NEWS Katrina Claims Against Dredgers Dismissed New York Harbor Japan, Europe, China, Korea and USA JECKU: Global Shipbuilding Leaders Address Challenges Honorary Chairman Corrado Antonini, Overcapacity is the Biggest Problem Waller Marine Delivers to Venezuela NEWS One for the Record Books Estimated to NEWS Noble Bully II Drill Tower MSC Reconfigures Tanker Fleet Gung Ho About Nautical Language Office, Weston Acres, Woodmansterne Volvo Penta India Wins Large Order ply in Mandovi & Zuari Rivers in Goa, NEWS Another Double-Hull Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) for L&M Energy Lease Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar COLUMN GOVERNMENT UPDATE About the Author Regulatory Consulting, Gainesville, FL Cutter Coho, Coast Guard Station Department of Homeland Security COLUMN GOVERNMENT UPDATE d Class Melissa Leake) Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Hartman and Petty Officer Planning and Studies Federal Water Pollution Control Act TM Eco Friendly Gyrocompass COLUMN GOVERNMENT UPDATE Maritime Responder Obligation & Liability About the Author Insurance Litigation Practice New Risk Chasing New Opportunities Open Lines of Communication COLUMN INSURANCE About the Author President, Travelers Calling in the Experts Making the Partnership Work COLUMN INSURANCE PIV About the Author EYE ON DESIGN CFD PIV Aaron Dinovitzer, President, Executive Fleet Technology COLUMN SHIPBUILDING A Weld of Difference About the Author WORKBOAT ANNUALFEATURE Tepid Optimism by Matt Gresham Joe Bennett, Tidewater om W Kurt Crosby, CEO of Golden Meadow, WORKBOAT ANNUALFEATURE WORKBOAT ANNUALFEATURE Hercules Offshore Jack-up Rigs Marine Service Association in Harahan, of the Shallow Water Energy Security Moose Delivers Response Boat WORKBOAT ANNUALFEATURE Arundel Patriot Main Particulars Solent Towage WORKBOAT ANNUALFEATURE A Family Affair by Greg Trauthwein WORKBOAT ANNUALFEATURE Rick Nolan WORKBOAT ANNUALFEATURE Boston Harbor Cruises The FLEET Rick Nolan Rick Nolan Meet the T am at International W Morial Convention CenterNew Orleans By Greg Trauthwein WORKBOAT ANNUALFEATURE Mobro Marine Heavy Lift & Transport’s One-Stop Shop Raymond & Associates in Bayou la Batre, Mobro: Diversity on the Waterfront Camels at Naval Submarine Base in Kings At a Glance FL Cranes, Pile Hammers and Jet Pumps Specializing in Refurbishing AMERICAN FloFLo & RoRo WORKBOAT ANNUALFEATURE Location, Equipment, Experience Small Yard, Big Capability At a Glance Capable to Build Steven Ganoe Joe Farrell and Captain Farhat Imam, Northwest Passage, in Singapore, Hawaii, Jamaica, and in New York, Texas WORKBOAT ANNUALFEATURE Resolve Marine Steady Ahead Around the World Resolve’s Port Everglades Captain Farhat Imam Joe Farrell Looking Ahead Resolve Responds to Deepwater Horizon Incident BRAZILFEATURE Atlantico Sul Shipyard New Wave of Brazilian Shipbuilding by Claudio Paschoa TM Flexi-Dip Restricted Trimode Gauging Tape Vapor Control Valve Flexi-Dip Closed Trimode Gauging Tape Vapor Control Valve BRAZILFEATURE Agostinho, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Moreno and Escada, BRAZILFEATURE Aníbal Cardoso State School in Ipojuca, Stockholders Overview: Flow Science Association Berg Propulsion Sherwin-Williams Coatings BRAZIL NOTESFEATURE New Crewboat for Tidewater in Brazil TRAINING & EDUCATIONFEATURE Back to Basics Turning Theory into Practice Ship’s Bridge Trainer (SBT) Simulation Back to Basics, Back to School by Joseph Keefe Today’s ARPA Course Framework and Curriculum Beyond ARPA: More than STCW New Competency for Old Skill Sets TRAINING & EDUCATIONFEATURE CBT Gets Nautical Institute Backing David Patraiko, Director of Projects for The Nautical Institute Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Bachelor's Degree of Science in Marine Marine Transportation Department, Ship Stability, Electronic Navigation, Terrestrial Navigation, and Collision Deck Instructor for the Summer Sea Terms, and a Faculty Advisor for Women SUNY Maritime’s Summer Sea Term Navigation, Morse Code and Flashing TRAINING & EDUCATIONFEATURE SUNY Maritime Building a Better Future Elspeth Hannaford Sealift Command, Shell, Celebrity Cruise Uncompromised Control WaterJet Bow/Stern Low Submergence Small Hull Penetrations Effective Thrust In Currents Proudly Made Do You Have Space TRAINING & EDUCATIONFEATURE MPT: Opening New Portal’s of Opportunity New Key Executive Leadership Master's Program New Polaris Skjold High Speed Navigation Simulator Northrop Grumman Opens New Navigation Training Center Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine USN Orders DH Barges and one Ship Waste Offloading Barge Maybank Industries, and Bristol Harbor Galveston Pilot Boat Honors Fallen Colleague Multraship Takes Delivery of New Damen Tug TECHNICAL PROPULSION UPDATES Avtron Upgrades T/S State of Michigan Lakes Maritime Academy (GLMA) Major Overhaul of Norwegian Ferry Engine STX Finland Oy and Viking Line ABP of STX Finland Oy, Juha Heikinheimo Engine Data STX Finland & Viking Line Caterpillar Powers Indian Coast Guard Patrol Boats M/V PERFORMER Engine Series Launched ABB Turbocharging: VCM TECHNICAL PROPULSION UPDATES HamiltonJet Reports HT Orders Strong TECHNICAL ELECTRONIC UPDATES K-Master: The Future of Bridge Operation MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS Serving the Avoiding Regions Known for Pirate Activity Fleet Management System Using Google Earth Bulk Carriers Car Carriers Chemical Carriers Gas Carriers Passenger Ferries RoRo Coast Guard’s Distinguished Public Guard Commandant ADM Robert Papp, Salute to the United States Coast Guard, Foundation’s National Board of Trustees the North American Maritime Ministry ing Partner of International Registries, Konzel Joins Donjon Marine as VP Ops & Engineering Donjon Marine, General Manager of Cleveland NEWS PEOPLE & COMPANIES Maitland Honored by Coast Guard Foundation Johnson Joins Senesco Marine Christian Joins Creative Systems ABS NS Strengthens Management Team Clyde Marine’s McMurry Young Business Person of the Year Colin McMurray, Managing Director of Clyde Marine gow Business Managing Director, Gowdy Joins Global Diving & Salvage Global’s Marine Construction Division McClaugherty Joins Surf Subsea Donjon-SMIT Names Hankins President Signal Wins Transocean Drillship Project JMS Develops iPhone Application for Mariners to the Test NEWS PEOPLE & COMPANIES McMurray own Copyright) MAN Diesel Merge UK Ops Viking Acquires Hygrapha Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S Rutter Partners Integrated Oil Spill Solution of Topaz Energy and Marine International Hydrospace, Topaz CSAV New Car Carrier Service From Port Everglades EBDG Adds Staff ABS Forms Greater China Operating Division of the Grand Coulee Dam to San Francisco’s BART and Skookum Blocks & Rigging AN ULVEN COMPANY NEWS PEOPLE & COMPANIES Rhoda Turner Hatlapa Expands in Asia Comyns Joins Intellian New Ferry Contract at Custom Steel Boats North America New Shuttle Tanker HB Rentals Secures Contracts Bourbon to Sell Bulk Freight Operations BALPURE Ballast Water Treatment System Receives Final Approval NEWS PEOPLE & COMPANIES Drydock Conference The Seventh International Dry Dock Conference will be held in San Diego, Chuck Raymond, Chairman, President NOL Group Reports SpecTec, Corena Breakthrough Shipdex Orders Berg Selected for United Faith OFFERS A COMPLETE LINE OF Navy Contract for Energy Conservation Project ogy to Military Sealift Command (MSC) NEWS PEOPLE & COMPANIES The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Available on DVD at Affiliate of Platinum Equity to Acquire ACL Rapp Hydema Logs New Orders Palfinger Expands Marine Business DIRECTORY DECK MACHINERY Markey Delivers for Bisso, Oceaneering International Markey Machinery Company of Seattle, Washington Shipment of Electric Anchor/Mooring Winch Appleton Marine Coastal Marine Equipment Cortland Puget Sound Rope Delta Rigging and Tools Wire Rope, American Sling, B&H Air Tools, Port DMW Marine Hannay Reel Steve Rheams Marine & Mainland, The Crane Services Markey Machinery Mobro Marine NABRICO New England Ropes Northeast Industrial and Marine Equipment Paducah Rigging Puget Sound Rope Samson Rope Schoellhorn-Albrecht Brian Pavlisin Smith Berger TECHNICAL PRODUCTS CS Unitec’s EB Diamond Abrasive Wheels Elektronix Marine PCs Cygnus Hatch Sure Ecospeed Protects Icebreaker Container Security HydroComp’s Sailor Mini-C International Expands Antifouling Range New Catalog from Omega Recorders, the OMEGASCOPE Wireless New Sailor VHF Miko Salvage Patches Diesel Switch Eliminates Fuel Changeover Problems BUYER’S DIRECTORY PROJECT MANAGER Job Location: USA, Mobile REPORTS TO: Vice President of Operations SUPERVISES: Ship Project Managers Program Engineer Deputy Program Manager Project and Program Coordinators Dana Harris STAFFING MANAGER Job Location: USA, Mobile Jim Hutchison, Jr Professional Mariner Directory Advanced Mariner Search Post Maritime Job Listings Accept Applications nd Crew T VANE BROTHERS Over a Century of Maritime Excellence CHECK LINE CORROSION & WALL THICKNESS GAUGE Measuring Range WA THRU PAINT DATALOGGING UNDERWATER Consulting Engineers Serving the Marine Community Seattle, Washington Vessel Design & Acquisition Pollution Abatement Construction Management Transportation Planning Marine Logistics Risk Assessment Structural Analysis Maneuvering Simulation Ship Motions & Seakeeping ADVERTISER INDEX MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS M/V Sonora Shipyard: Astillero De Marine Tampico, Mexico Owner: Mexican Navy Controllable Pitch Contact Us