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TABLE OF CONTENTS GOVERNMENT UPDATE 16 Chemical Weapons Disposed @ Sea Looming threat from WWI & WWII era dumping. — by Dennis Bryant MARITIME SECURITY & PIRACY 30 Are Weapons the Answer Owners, regulators seek solutions to escalating problem. — by Andrew Kain NAVY 34 RADM Carr at the Helm On constant watch for “leap ahead” technologies. — by Edward Lundquist OFFSHORE ANNUAL 38 BW Offshore: Driving the FPSO Boom Jon Harald Kilde, BW Offshore’s GM in Brazil, shares with MR insights on his company’s success, today and tomorrow. — by Claudio Paschoa ARCTIC SHIP & OFFSHORE STRUCTURES 44 Design Toolset of the Future St. John’s Newfoundland is the hub for Arctic development. — by Andrew Safer DECK MACHINERY & CARGO HANDLING 50 Heavy Lifters MR examines developments in marine & offshore cranes and winches. 30 Dennis L. Bryant, Mar- itime Regulatory Con- sulting, Gainesville, FL dennis.l.bryant@ gmail.com See story page 16 Claudio Paschoa is a Rio de Janeiro based writer for Maritime Reporter & Engineering News. See story page 38 Ned Lundquist is a principal science writer and naval analyst with MCR Federal in Arling- ton, Virginia. See story page 34 Andrew Kain is CEO of AKE Ltd, fellow of RSA, President Mull Highland Games, and former member of SAS. See story page 30 34 38 50 Paschoa Kain Bryant Koning 2 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News CONTRIBUTORS