WorkBoat November 2018

Autonomous Vessels • Drones • Illegal Charters ®

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The 600-passenger hybrid vessel Enhydra in San Francisco.

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FEATURES 22 Focus: Bad Hire The Coast Guard toughens up its enforcement of illegal passenger vessel charters.

24 Vessel Report: Self-Rule Autonomous technology is knocking at the commercial marine market’s door.

36 Cover Story: Batteries Included

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The first 600-passenger lithium-ion battery hybrid vessel in the U.S. enters service in San Francisco.

50 Show Me Coverage of the Pacific Marine Expo, to be held Nov. 1820 at CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle.

BOATS & GEAR 28 On the Ways • Nichols Brothers delivers second 100-passenger cruise vessel to Lindblad Expeditions • Marquette takes delivery of third 6,600-hp triplescrew Z-drive towboat from C&C Marine • Eastern Shipbuilding begins construction on first 360' offshore patrol cutter for the Coast Guard • Maxum Petroleum takes delivery of 151,500-gal. bunker vessel from Jesse Engineering

48 Big Buzz Drones are increasing their presence in the commercial marine market.

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On the Water: Hurricane uncertainty — Part I. Captain’s Table: Inland rivers are affected by hurricanes too.

Energy Level: Coast Guard actions could help boost OSV market.

WB Stock Index: Stocks gain 4% in September.

Inland Insider: Commodity tonnage treads water.

Insurance Watch: Marine surveys are not all the same.

Legal Talk: Abandoning ship, but not its ownership.

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El Faro legislation approved by Congress.

Passenger vessel operators seek clarity on service animal rules.

BOEM considers wide ship traffic lane for N.Y. offshore wind energy.

Marine highway conference held at SUNY Maritime.

USMMA 75th anniversary video released.

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s I was putting this issue to bed, I realized that the main feature stories were all related to new technology that could affect the industry’s future.

Our cover story on page 36 takes a look at the Enhydra, the new lithiumion battery hybrid ferry that recently entered service in San Francisco.

According to Red and White Fleet, the ferry is intended to show the world that greener options exist for powering commercial vessels, specifically without internal combustion engines and with batteries.

“This boat will be completely electric as soon as we can get there,” said owner and president Tom Escher.

“We’re not one hundred percent there yet, but we’re getting there because this is what we have to do if we want to be responsible people on the planet.”

The boat’s propulsion is currently “plug-in hybrid diesel-electric,” but within a few years, Red and White intends to operate the vessel on batteries only. Either the existing Corvus lithium-ion batteries will be replaced with more powerful models or additional batteries will be added, or both, sufficient to operate all the vessel’s systems, from propulsion to house load.

In this issue we also discuss autonomous technology (see page 24). Sea Machines, a Boston-based company, has been working since 2015 to develop the technology that’s purpose-built for workboats including patrol craft and ferries. The company has “a standardized platform that can be used in as many types of vessels as possible.”

This sounds like bad news for mariners, but advocates for autonomous technology say the goal is not to eliminate mariners, but to use the technology

David Krapf, Editor in Chief

for mundane, routine tasks that frees up people for more demanding tasks. In some critical missions like security and fireboats, it can reduce the dangers to personnel.

Also in this issue (see page 48), we take a look at drones, which are new to the workboat market. They offer operators new opportunities. Besides search and rescue missions, drones can map out the origin and extent of oil spills, perform oceanographic surveys, and provide aerial imagery of vessels and barges that otherwise would have to be boarded.

All of these technologies are potential game changers for our industry.

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read Capt. Alan Bernstein’s September column (“How to survive a Coast Guard annual inspection”) with interest.

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annual inspections. In all my years I never had a vessel tied up or restricted from sailing unless I wanted it to. I was known by the captain of the port as someone who knew his vessel as well as the regulations and was always ready to take the inspector below deck. I also had done a pre-annual inspection along with testing critical areas. The upper deck and passenger spaces were done by the deck crew under the captain.

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My point is don’t blame the Coast Guard. Instead make sure your chief engineers know the regulations, vessels and are trained. The purpose of annual and quarterly inspections is to make sure things are safe for passengers and crew, not to find things wrong. This is true for office management as well. It is important to keep the port engineer up to speed and report to him or her what is needed and planned for. I tried to make it easy to keep track of all the regulations so I worked on a 12-year cycle. Stay safe and stay trained.

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he boating community lost a longtime friend with the recent passing of Rhode Island native Capt. Gene Pelland. Gene’s career in the marine industry began as crew aboard fishing and sailing vessels in the Northeast which led the way to his long time tenure as captain for musician Billy Joel.

Gene was a whiz at the shipyard and his expertise in the design, modification, and refit of Mr. Joel’s fleet of vessels over nearly 20 years was impressive. A friend to many from Maine to the Caribbean islands he will be sorely missed.

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Hurricane uncertainty — Part I

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By Joel Milton

Joel Milton works on towing vessels.

He can be reached at joelmilton@ yahoo.com.

’ve heard people say that in Florida hurricanes always do this, and in Texas they always do that, or in New England they usually act this way.

I’ve heard different versions of these statements from many people, who say them with high degrees of certainty.

These statements are not just from misinformed landlubbers. Professional seafarers, too, are quite prone to reciting broad generalizations about what hurricanes (tropical cyclones) will, won’t or are “supposed to do.”

In the Northeast, most hurricanes that at first appear to be worrisome eventually turn and miss the coast entirely, or they just brush it. The curve-inducing Coriolis effect increases with latitude, and hurricanes tend to get picked up by the prevailing upper-level winds (jet streams) of the mid-latitudes known as the “westerlies.” Thus, the storms often curve away from shore. Picture a right-handed golfer hitting off the tee in the Bahamas aimed straight at North Carolina’s Outer

Captain’s Table Hurricanes affect the inland rivers too

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By Capt. Alan Bernstein

Alan Bernstein, owner of BB Riverboats in Cincinnati, is a licensed master and a former president of the Passenger Vessel Association. He can be reached at 859-292-2449 or abernstein@ bbriverboats.com.

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urricane Florence dumped an estimated 40 inches of rain in parts of North Carolina and caused damage as far as 90 miles inland. While most consider hurricanes to be primarily coastal events, the storms also have significant effects on the inland rivers. These include complications for mariners and marine operations, not to mention the problems associated with flooding in river communities.

In early September, Tropical Storm Gordon came directly up from the Gulf of Mexico saturating the Ohio River Valley with rainfall. Upwards of five to 10 inches of rain fell in two days causing the Ohio River to rise a staggering 22 feet.

(At press time, we were still waiting on Hurricane Florence to make its way toward the inland rivers as it slowly distanced itself from the coastal Carolinas. While Florence was downgraded to a tropical depression, we were nonetheless bracing for a round of rain and high water.)

As marine operators, we are faced with the effects from weather on a daily basis. We have

Banks. It starts out straight and true but slices right and out to sea. And that’s usually exactly what happens with Northeast hurricanes — until it doesn’t. Hurricane Sandy is a classic case, but there are plenty of others.

Beyond the actual physical processes involving winds rotating around a central core, a hurricane isn’t obligated to do anything in particular.

They’re partially understood forces of nature, governed by partially understood laws of motion and physics. Only a fool believes that humans will ever have a complete understanding of those laws of nature or anything even close to it.

It’s really easy and dangerous to believe that we know more than we actually do. At one point, 2015’s Hurricane Joaquin was forecast to stop heading to the southwest and reverse course. A ship en route to San Juan, Puerto Rico, planned to neatly duck close under it and continue on without delay. The master believed the forecast.

Joaquin didn’t do what it was “supposed to do” at the appointed time. The El Faro was lost with all 33 hands.

Be humble, be uncertain, and the life you save might be your own. grown accustomed to such complications as a function of doing business. My planning under normal weather focuses on operating our vessels on beautiful, calm waters. I am in the passenger vessel business and my responsibility is to provide an enjoyable experience for my passengers on the river. But when a hurricane or high water arrives, everything gets turned upside down.

Calm water turns into a muddy, ugly mess.

Trees, dead animals and debris, all start flowing down river. The current starts to build from almost nothing, to four or five mph or even more. In addition, our vessels have vertical clearance challenges and our parking lot often quickly gets submerged under water. Needless to say, it is a stressful and unsettling time for everyone in our organization as well as for those in communities up and down the river.

All of us who ply the rivers are faced with vexing challenges associated with bad weather. As an industry we cope the best we can and push on.

Almost daily, I ask myself if the added stress of marine operations, weather and all that is associated with it, is really worth it. Then I answer with a resounding “Yes.” I bet that many of you have asked yourself the same question and have answered it the same way.

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18-Feb Mar-18 WORKBOATApr-18 GOM INDICATORS May-18 JULY '18 Jun-18 WTI Crude Oil 67.90 18-Jul Baker Hughes Rig Count 15 18-Aug IHS OSV Utilization 28.3% 18-Sep (millions bpd) 11.0 U.S. Oil Production

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wo recent actions by the Coast Guard could positively affect the U.S. Gulf OSV market.

The first is the withdrawal of the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) “Outer Continental Shelf Activities” first published in December 1999. The NPRM focused on workplace safety and health on vessels and facilities engaged in exploration, development and production on the OCS. The Coast Guard said in the Federal Register, “in the nearly 20 years since the Coast Guard published the NPRM and the comment period closed, the offshore industry has continued to grow and evolve. Due to the passage of time, advances in technology and changes in industry practice, we found that much of what we proposed in the NPRM is now obsolete and no longer applicable to the modern OCS work environment.

Consequently, the NPRM is no longer suitable as a basis for further rulemaking action.”

“The withdrawal of this proposed rule by the U.S. Coast Guard is long overdue,” the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) said.

“After sitting on the shelf for nearly 20 years, the provisions contained in the proposed rule have long ago been rendered obsolete by an industry that prides itself on embracing technological advances.”

The Coast Guard followed the withdrawal of the OCS NPRM with a final rule that eliminates the requirement for certain vessels that operate on voyages within a single Captain of the Port zone to submit an Annual Ballast Water Summary Report for 2018.

The Coast Guard said the current reporting requirement was unnecessary in order to analyze and understand ballast water management (BWM) practices.

This final rule will reduce the administrative burden on certain OSVs. It took

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These moves by the Coast Guard accompany a nascent offshore market rebound. Together, they should help the OSV market.

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WorkBoat Composite Index Stocks jump 4%

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he WorkBoat Composite Index rose 85 points in September, or 4%. For the month, winners topped losers by an 11-4 ratio.

The top five percentage gainers in September were all oil service companies, including Rowan Companies and Hornbeck Offshore Services. Both companies saw their share prices rise by over a third.

During its second-quarter earnings call in August, Todd Hornbeck, chairman, president and CEO of Hornbeck, said while quarterly results improved significantly from the first quarter, it was not driven by an increase in demand for the company’s OSVs in the STOCK CHART

Gulf of Mexico. The improvement was driven principally by “foreign deployments.”

While there was no movement in the deepwater drilling rig count, Hornbeck said that the company believes that the “deepwater drilling market in the Gulf of Mexico and our other core markets will ultimately recover due to the lack of capital investment in those markets for the last several years.”

Produced barrels must be replaced and “deepwater reserves are a robust and efficient source,” Hornbeck added.

“The Gulf of Mexico in particular is not only prolific” but also proving to be stable, a “rare combination” around the world.

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“This is why we remain committed to the region and believe that we are strategically positioned to take advantage of a recovered market when it eventually materializes,” Hornbeck told analysts.

Rowan Companies also made some positive comments during its secondquarter earnings call in August.

Tom Burke, president and CEO of the Houston-based offshore drilling contractor, commented on improvements in the price of oil from a year ago which “has created a more constructive environment for offshore drilling. Our discussions with customers and the cadence of tendering activity further supports this view.”

Burke discussed the Gulf of Mexico ultradeepwater drillship market. As of Aug. 1, there were 20 rigs contracted in the region, and only six have contract terms that expire by mid-2019. Some of these rigs, he said, have options that should keep them tied up beyond their original terms.

“While some projects have been pushed from 2018 to 2019, we continue to see new opportunities appear in the region, both for majors and for independents. We are also keeping a close eye on the developing deepwater opportunities in Mexico.”

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Inland Insider

Stagnant commodity tonnage

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By Kevin Horn

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mong the major findings in the AASHTO Freight Rail Study Support Services report released in August is that total annual rail freight tons are about the same as they were in 2000.

(This year’s report is a follow up to the 2002 Freight Rail Bottom Line Report on the state of the rail freight sector in year 2000.)

From 2000 to 2015, total rail freight tonnage was down 2%, from 1.77 million tons to 1.73 million. The largest decline in commodity tons was coal, but there were reductions in several other commodity groups including lumber, primary metal products and transportation equipment.

Offsetting these tonnage reductions were increases in several commodity groups including crude petroleum, nonmetallic minerals, chemicals and intermodal.

The rail freight report update shows that rail traffic has changed — less coal and more intermodal — but has not grown overall from 2000

to 2015. This sounds very familiar to the barge freight sector.

Statistics for the Mississippi River System (including tributaries) indicate that the domestic freight sector, primarily barge, moved 527 billion tons of freight in 2000 and 479 billion tons in 2015, a decline of about 8%.

The rail sector has not suffered the same drop in annual cargo tonnage compared to barge primarily because of gains in intermodal and crude oil, a commodity not moved by rail in 2000.

While rail freight traffic has stayed relatively stable compared to the decline in barge tonnage, there is considerable softness in rail tonnage of major bulk cargo commodities that are also moved by barge. The rail and barge sectors both handle commodities that show little or no growth (rail) or are declining (barge).

Overall, bulk cargo sectors are not growing and while rail has intermodal and barge does not, growth in this sector is too low to offset the losses in other traffic. Without gains in crude oil and chemicals, total annual rail tonnage also shows a decline from 2000 to 2015.

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Insurance Watch Surveys are not all the same

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hether you buy a new vessel or have owned the same boat for years, chances are at some point you will need a survey. Depending on the circumstances and who is requesting the document, the survey you receive can vary greatly.

In the insurance world, when purchasing a new vessel, you will almost always need a survey.

And don’t try to

By Chris use the seller’s Richmond pre-listing survey.

Your insurance underwriter generally won’t accept it. The surveyor works for the party paying him or her to perform an inspection, and underwriters want that surveyor to represent the client who is purchasing the boat.

That is why a pre-purchase survey is in your best interest.

Also known as a condition and value survey, it is a more comprehensive survey, where the surveyor will have your best interests and concerns in mind. You don’t want any surprises after you have purchased the boat and this survey will provide more detail on equipment and amenities. It will also provide a list of recommendations of areas that need to be addressed.

Generally, insurance companies will accept a survey that is less than two years old. Companies will always ask if the recommendations have been completed. Outstanding recommendations are not always a deal-breaker.

Depending on their severity, you may be able to delay addressing them.

Should you have an accident and the insurance company gets involved,

then the adjustor will likely request a damage survey. The surveyor becomes the eyes and ears for the insurance company. He or she will assess the extent of damage to the vessel and try to determine what happened and why.

This becomes very important when the adjuster decides on the payout of the claim since the surveyor assists in determining if the claim is covered or not.

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Legal Talk

Abandoning ship, but not its ownership

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By John K. Fulweiler

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hat happens if someone finds the vessel your crew abandoned, prevents it from sinking and gets it safely to port? This scenario invites the mariner to consider the law of finds and the law of salvage.

Think of the law of salvage as your guardian angel of sorts. The salvor is rewarded for leaping into the breach to save what you deemed to be a loss. The salvor plucks value from the ocean and instead of a time and materials payment, we encourage this behavior with an award. The award is usually many multiples of a time and materials charge, but that’s OK. We don’t really expect someone to risk their life and equipment to save someone else’s property unless the pay-off makes you pucker, right? And when your marine insurer talks bad about the salvor’s endeavor, consider that the salvor sent his

vessel and crew scores of miles offshore and spent tens of hours trying to recover your property.

How much a salvor should receive takes into consideration a lot of factors. If the vessel is a derelict, a salvor may expect a claim of 50% or more of the salved vessel’s value when it arrives back in port depending on the circumstances. (That’s the value as-is with the water damage, not the value prior to the salvage.) When it comes to salvage awards some of the largest relate to derelict vessels, likely because of the high degree of peril.

Without the salvor’s efforts, the argument goes, your vessel would’ve been lost to the sea.

A claim that seeks title to a vessel versus a salvage award arises under the law of finds. However, you’d have to graffiti the stack with something like, “I’m giving up all right, title and interest in this pig!” for the law of finds to apply, and even that might not be enough. In other words, to trigger a claim under the law where the courts apply a “finders-keepers” wisdom, you typically have to show the vessel’s owner expressly relinquished title to the vessel. And proving an owner abandoned title to his or her vessel is very difficult.

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El Faro reforms advance in Washington

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he worst U.S. maritime disaster in three decades is the impetus for a package of reforms that the National Transportation Safety Board and Coast Guard recommended after investigating the loss of the 790' containership El Faro.

Congress passed legislation, a few days before the third anniversary of the Oct. 1, 2015, sinking of the El Faro that killed 33, directing the Coast Guard to overhaul safety requirements for U.S.-flag ships.

That could include new rules, like mandating enclosed lifeboats that older vessels like the 1970s-vintage El Faro were exempt from. Other policy changes would reform standards for ventilators, hull and deck openings, and stability, all factors cited in NTSB and Coast Guard investigation findings.

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The sinking of the El Faro is bringing on maritime safety reforms.

Bill Nelson, D-Fla., a co-sponsor of the legislation.

Investigators laid much of the blame on El Faro captain Michael Davidson for setting a course too close to Hurricane Joaquin and rejecting his officers’ suggestions to change course.

But investigators found material deficiencies in the ship — and the failure of organizations to detect them — played a major role.

The legislation sets the Coast Guard on a course to reform how it conducts oversight of third-party organizations — in the case of El Faro, the American Bureau of Shipping — that conduct vessel surveys and inspections.

It calls for the Coast Guard to review how it examines major conversions of vessels, and to audit safety management systems.

Investigators also faulted Tote Maritime’s SMS and safety training for crews. The legislation calls for the Coast Guard to test a new anonymous

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nly trained dogs should be allowed as service animals on passenger vessels, so operators and customers aren’t confused by two federal agencies’ different rules for complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Passenger Vessel Association told regulators.

Starting in 2011, both the Department of Justice and Department of Transportation rules required operators to allow onboard a qualified service animal that does jobs such as help someone walk or retrieve items or recognize seizure symptoms.

But the DOJ limits service animals to dogs, and occasionally miniature horses, while the DOT includes dogs or other animals that meet specific training requirements, PVA said in a letter to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). The letter is in response to a Trump administration push to reduce or modify regulations.

The DOJ rule is “clear-cut, based on better reasoning, and developed after extensive public comment,” the PVA said.

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safety alert system, a channel for crewmembers to confidentially contact the Coast Guard to report an urgent safety issue.

A Coast Guard marine board of inquiry convened in El Faro’s homeport of Jacksonville, Fla., heard testimony about how Davidson was handicapped by outdated weather information that

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BOEM considers safety lanes, buffers for offshore wind power

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ffshore wind energy planners and the Coast Guard are looking at setting aside a wide traffic lane across the New York Bight to keep tankers and barge tows safely away from future offshore wind energy turbines.

One possibility is a path nine nautical miles wide between Delaware Bay and east of Montauk, N.Y., at the end of Long Island, that would be excluded from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s planning for future wind power leases.

“It is a continuing conversation” between BOEM and Coast Guard officials, said Arianna Baker, who works on a BOEM technical analysis group examining potential new wind power development near some of the busiest U.S. shipping lanes.

The corridor would have a traffic lane five nautical miles wide, with two-mile buffers on either side. In talking to maritime industry groups and reviewing AIS vessel tracking data, BOEM learned that technology is allowing more barge tows and ATB traffic to cut diagonally across the

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was up to 12 hours old and could not see how Joaquin was building to a category 4 hurricane. The legislation directs the Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop new ways to get updated, timely and detailed storm reports to ships.

New emergency sensors and distress signaling technology are to be developed, including high-water alarms, bridge monitoring of hull and deck hatches and openings, and redesigned voyage data recorders (VDRs) that can float free in a sinking and carry emergency position indication radio beacons (EPIRBs).

The investigation required Navy assistance and three attempts before the El Faro’s VDR was recovered from the wreck under 15,000' of water.

Federal officials are considering a nine mile-wide safety corridor (shaded areas) for vessels to pass future offshore wind power turbines in the New York Bight.

New York Bight, that arm of the ocean between New York and New Jersey.

That cuts across areas that New York state energy planners and BOEM are looking at for wind energy development. The American Waterways Operators, shipping groups, the Maritime Association of the Port of New York/New Jersey, and the region’s pilot associations have all been giving the agency their assessments of what is required for safe coexistence.

Around the long-established traffic separation lanes in and out of New York Harbor, BOEM is looking at Coast Guard recommendations for two nautical mile setbacks for turbines, and five nautical miles where vessels enter and exit the lanes. — K. Moore

Road congestion and short-sea shipping

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“Because of highway congestion the city’s economy loses almost $1 billion a year,” said Andrew Genn, senior vice president for ports and transportation with the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

Expanding use of the city’s waterfront and waterway transport in the

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region is the best way to get more efficient delivery of food and goods into New York along with improving air quality and traffic congestion by reducing truck traffic, Genn said at a marine highway conference hosted by the State University of New York Maritime College in Throgs Neck, N.Y. As interstate highways grew in the late 20th century, it was easy to move warehouse and distribution out of cities to cheap rural land, said Genn.

“That’s not going to work anymore because we don’t have the capacity” to move more goods by road, while freight is forecast to increase nationally by 68% by 2045, he said.

“The capacity lies back on the water.

That’s where it all began. Before we had a rail and road system, that’s how we did it,” said Rear Adm. Mark Buzby, administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration.

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“We have this great resource, we need to learn to use it again,” Buzby told an audience of 250 who gathered to hear about plans for new short-sea shipping ventures. “It’s the only existing surface mode that has capacity.”

“Short-sea shipping makes the most improvement in the environmental costs compared to moving one container at a time,” said Ed Whitmore, president and CEO of Norfolk Tug Co., Norfolk, Va., which operates a daily 90-mile service up the James River to a terminal at Richmond, Va. Measured as fuel consumption for moving a ton of cargo, barge transportation can achieve 647 miles per ton/ gal., compared to 147 miles by truck, he said.

Then there are the issues of traffic congestion and wear and tear on highways and bridges.

“If you’re driving or commuting anywhere around the city, you know what I’m talking about,” said Mike Stamatis, president of the Red Hook Container Terminal, which operates a cross-harbor container-on-barge service between Port Newark, N.J., and Brooklyn, N.Y. Marad, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and city officials promote the use of COB services as a way to eliminate some truck traffic and lessen air emissions in the region.

Marad’s Marine Highway program designates routes and provides some grants to promote their development.

Virginia is one target area, to help shippers bypass the congested I-64 highway corridor between Norfolk and Richmond. A longer route, from New York to Rhode Island and Portland, Maine, is being developed because of the persistent bottlenecks on the I-95 corridor through New York and New England.

“I think there are a number of places in America that can benefit by … taking some of these trucks off the road,” said Derek Veenhof, executive vice president for asset management with Covanta, a waste-to-energy company that has a longstanding municipal waste contract with New York City.

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City officials set reducing truck traffic as a goal of their solid waste plan, not looking simply for the lowest-cost transport solution, said Veenhof. That commitment removed one barrier to the concept for moving containerized trash by barge for Covanto’s generation plants.

“Once you have that, the private sector will answer the call and say, ‘We can help you do that,’ ” he said.

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It was released at the end of a summer campaign by the USMMA Alumni Association and Foundation to mark the anniversary of the Kings Point, N.Y., academy, and publicize the role it plays in national security and the U.S. economy.

“We really hope this anthemic video connects the dots for our fellow citizens,” Capt. James Tobin, president of the USMMA-AAF, said in announcing the release of the video.

“Throughout history, the work and sacrifices of our graduates in defending the nation has not been fully understood.”

The four-minute production highlights the academy’s historic role in maritime security, noting its founding in 1943 during World War II when President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the Merchant Marine to be “the fourth arm of our national defense.”

The video also refers to today’s concerns, such as maritime and naval competition from other powers, specifically Russia and China. It can be viewed on the alumni association website wearetheusmma.com.

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Coast Guard, passenger operators fight illegal charters.

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DEADLY ACCIDENTS After several close calls, 7th District officials “took it to the next level,” said Bijur. Coast Guard patrols in late summer 2015 began actively looking for illegal operations in south Florida and the Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla., area.

“As legal operators, we want to ensure every guest is safe,” Bjjur said.

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late-summer sweep targeting illegal boat charters busted a half-dozen operators, as the Coast Guard ramped up its effort to stop unlicensed businesses in Florida and other hotspots.

The effort was welcomed by the Passenger Vessel Association, which said unlicensed operators is a national problem. The tougher enforcement is a big change from when legal operators in Florida alerted the Coast Guard in 2015, Bob Bijur of Island Queen Cruises, Miami, and a PVA board member, said.

Back then legal operators saw a surge in online advertising from people they had never heard of. The new competition was mostly unlicensed and uninspected, and Bijur and others talked to Coast Guard 7th District inspection officers.

“We said, ‘We’ll show you the websites,’ ” said Bijur. Technology spread the reach of the advertising, with smartphone apps and social media that connect unlicensed boat operators with customers.

The Coast Guard had no real answers for the issue, said Bijur. “At that point their guidance was very limited.”

The Coast Guard conducts a safety inspection aboard a charter fishing vessel on the Cooper River in Charleston, S.C.

drowned during an unlicensed operation out of St. Petersburg that a group of students had chartered online. In April 2018 an unlicensed operator out of Miami backed his vessel down on a 25-year-old man swimming astern and killed him, according to authorities.

The Coast Guard sweep in late August through Labor Day was far-reaching, from South Carolina to Key West, Fla., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Coast Guard teams conducted 172 boardings, and issued civil violations to six unlicensed operators — in each case making them liable for up to $41,456 in fines.

The Coast Guard wrote operators

up for a package of violations including operating without an appropriate Coast Guard license; failure to enroll in a drug and alcohol testing program; failure to carry a certificate of inspection for vessels carrying more than six passengers; and failure to have a valid COI for vessels over five net tons.

The Coast Guard followed up with a September meeting with PVA members in Clearwater, Fla., to discuss the next steps, including more public education and outreach efforts.

“These conversations with legal operators are critical to keeping our waterways safe,” said Lt. Cmdr. Byron Rios, a 7th District prevention officer.

“We want to work together to eliminate illegal operations.”

The Coast Guard recommends that all passengers that pay for boating services ask the captain for merchant mariner credentials. If the boat is carrying more than six passengers, it is required to be inspected by the Coast Guard, and the COI should be displayed in an area accessible to passengers.

In some cases, unlicensed charters have operated through third-party brokers, like “bareboat” sailing charters but crossing the legal lines in Coast Guard regulation, said Bijur.

“Some of the owners probably didn’t know what was legal and not legal,” he said. For them, it is seen as just a way to defray costs and marina expenses.

In the Miami area, with its image of fast living and fast boats, there is a big market for selling a day on the water.

“It’s very vibey, people want to get on these sleek yachts,” said Bijur. “You can’t blame the customer — they want that edgy product.” Aside from the danger posed by unlicensed operators, they are making money at the expense of legitimate businesses, he said.

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o harbor festival is complete without a fireboat sending plumes of water from its monitors for the crowd, right? But at an August event in Denmark, spectators took turns controlling the fireboat from shore.

Billed as the world’s first “autonomous-command, remote-controlled fireboat,” the TUCO Marine Group vessel Unmanned Prozero Demonstrator was put through its paces in the harbor in Korsør, Denmark. The fireboat is equipped with the new SM300 autonomous system from Sea Machines, a Boston-based company with an office in Hamburg, Germany, that since 2015 has been working to develop the technology, purpose-built for workboats including patrol craft and ferries.

“We’ve built this as a standardized platform that can be used in as many types of vessels as possible,” said Michael G. Johnson, founder and CEO of Sea Machines. “The first applications we see are the survey markets, security and surveillance. A lot of that involves a lot of time on the water, basically going back and forth.”

At Maritime Kulturdage 2018 in Korsør in August, Sea Machines European director Peter Holm helped spectators use the SM300 joystick control-

ler, providing direct remote control with a one-kilometer range (about .6 of a mile). In autonomous mode, the system pilots missions with real-time self-awareness, maintains voyage plans and course, and has the ability to avoid obstacles.

The company says its TALOS technology “provides pilot-ready navigation and mission-plan automation for common workboat tasks,” and can accept third-party software plug-ins to handle other tasks like payload control and data collection.

Priced at $98,500 with lease options available, the SM300 can be retrofitted on existing vessels or incorporated into newbuild designs.

‘DULL, BORING AND DANGEROUS’ Advocates for autonomous technology say the goal is not to eliminate mariners, but to use the technology for mundane, routine tasks that frees up people for more demanding tasks. In some critical missions like security and fireboats, it can reduce the dangers to personnel.

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materials, said Johnson.

Other uses will be high-duration missions, and tandem operations like functioning with a manned towboat. Those too can increase safety, by eliminating the need for crew changes over the side, said Johnson.

“Autonomy is not there to change the crewing of those vessels,” he said, but to increase productivity for more complex jobs.

Interest in container-on-barge and short-sea shipping in the U.S. may be another market where autonomous systems can take some workload off human crews on regular routes.

“From Boston to Norfolk, that cargo is going to go by water,” said Johnson, with operators offering new services with support from the U.S. Maritime Administration to use short-sea routes as an alternative to congested interstate highways in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

Tuco Marine demonstrated the world’s first autonomous-command fireboat equipped with the Sea Machines SM300 system in August at a maritime festival in Denmark.

But shallow water operators will be cautious, said Ed Whitmore, president and CEO of Norfolk Tug Company, Norfolk, Va. The company operates a daily 90-mile run on Virginia’s James River between Norfolk and Richmond, Va. “There are too many things you can’t see. It’s important to have a presence” with people on the lookout in such an environment, said Whitmore.

“You can have a kayaker. There’s currents, tides, lumps from dredging,”

he said. For using autonomous piloting in such short-haul work, “I think it’s a long ways off.”

It could work on regular routes that Robert Kunkel, owner and principal of Connecticut-based Harbor Harvest, plans for the venture that will use a hybrid-power aluminum catamaran to carry organic family farm produce across Long Island Sound.

“We’re two steps away from autonomous operation” on the planned 15-mile route from Norwalk, Conn., to

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Depending on customers’ needs for propulsion and equipment, Metal Shark can deliver a fully autonomous Sharktech-equipped 38 Defiant in as little as 60 days.

“Sharktech autonomous vessel technology opens up myriad opportunities for operators in all sectors,” CEO Chris Allard said in introducing the Sharktech system in July. “Similar to how advancements in aviation technology reduced aircraft cockpit crews, Sharktech offers crew reduction at the flip of a switch.”

Metal Shark said that Sharktech is ideal for dangerous missions in remote

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With 12,000 lbs. cargo capacity, the boat will carry refrigerated products and other “local agricultural products, local crafts” to the affluent New York suburban market across Long Island Sound in 35 minutes. With quiet hybrid propulsion, “we sneak in and out without bothering anyone living in their $11 million house,” said Kunkel.

An autonomous patrol boat built by Louisiana boatbuilder Metal Shark and its technology development partner ASV Global was one of the highlights at the Multi-Agency Craft Conference at the Coast Guard yard near Baltimore in July.

The 38' Defiant-class boat is equipped with the new Sharktech autonomous technology that moves beyond simple waypoint navigation and pre-programmed mission routes.

The Sharktech ASView onboard digital control system features dynamic collision avoidance with decision-making capability.

The system can be configured to consider data from several situational awareness inputs, including multiple

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AUTONOMOUS CONTAINERSHIP Autonomous concepts for bigger vessels picked up momentum in 2018.

In April the Norwegian companies Wilhelmson and Kongsberg announced plans for a new company, Massterly, to build the first “maritime autonomous surface ship.”

The prototype will be the Yara Birkeland, a 250' coastal containership with all-electric propulsion that will cruise up to 6 knots, carrying a modest 120 containers. The capacity is less important than proving that the concept — that a vessel can be loaded, navigated to its next destination, and unloaded without any human crewmembers on board — can work.

Scheduled to be ready for sea trials by 2020, the vessel would navigate autonomously, shuttling between small ports on Norway’s southeast coast, with satellite links to an onshore control center monitored by humans ready to intervene in emergencies.

Sea Machines is also entering that arena, deploying a system on board the 656'×115'×36' Vistula Maersk. A.P. Moller-Maersk’s new 3,596-TEU containership entered service in April.

The Sea Machines’ trials begin this fall on the run between the Port of Rotterdam and St. Petersburg, Russia, to assist the crew through the heavily trafficked Baltic.

It is a big step up from Sea Machines’ years of development and testing in Boston Harbor, on an old 27' Eastern with a Mercruiser engine and a former Coast Guard 25' response boat. In 2016 Johnson reported on those experiments to an audience at the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans and predicted autonomous operation would prove to be as momentous as earlier, historic advancements in the maritime industry.

“We see a 25-year adaption curve,” Johnson said then. Like the transitions from sail to steam and coal to oil in the 19th and 20th centuries, “we think in 25 to 50 years our industry may be just as unrecognizable.”

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The 238'×44'×10' vessels, which have steel hulls and aluminum houses, will do expedition cruises in coastal California; Baja, Calif.; Alaska; the Pacific Northwest, Costa Rica, Panama, and Belize.

The first vessel, National Geographic Quest, joined the Lindblad fleet in July 2017. The second vessel, the National Geographic Venture, was launched Sept. 10 at the Nichols Brothers shipyard in Freeland, Wash.

Designed by Jensen Maritime Consultants, the Venture, which will welcome its first passengers onboard in November in San Francisco, was transferred to Nichols Brothers’ pier side facility in Langley, Wash., for final outfitting and sea trials before being delivered to Lindblad in October.

“After being [at Nichols Brothers] almost every day for months watching the construction, it’s a very exciting day for Lindblad Expeditions watching the Lindblad National Geographic Venture finally being launched and pushed out into the water,” Lindblad’s on-site manager of newbuilds, Reed Ameel, said at the Venture’s launch. “Can’t tell you how big a milestone this is for the company and for the people here at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders.”

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The mains connect to Wärtsilä 70"×80", 5-bladed nibral props through Reintjes WAF 332 marine gear, with 5.571:1 reduction ratios. The Venture and the Quest are fitted with Schottel 170 thrusters for added maneuverability. The propulsion package gives the sisterships a running speed of 12 knots.

The Bureau Veritas-classed cruise vessels feature MTU Blue Vision controls and Jastram dual independent electricover-hydraulic steering systems. The boats are also equipped with Toimil 12500 excursion boat cranes, Vestdavit TSB2500 rescue boat davits, Marioff Hi-Fog watermist firefighting systems and G&O Br37000BG-G-BS marine sanitation devices (MSDs).

Capacities include 53,130 gals. of fuel and 22,050 gals. water. The boats each carry a crew of 49. The electronics suites include products from Furuno and Sperry.

Following the Venture’s launch celebrations in San Francisco, it will depart on two inaugural itineraries that explore the Pacific Coast, before the vessel begins her Baja, Pacific Northwest and Alaska seasons.

“We have a draft of 10 and a half feet, which makes it perfect for transiting the Alaskan waterways and the Baja Peninsula,” said Ameel.

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Maxum Petroleum, Seattle, has taken delivery of its newest tank ship, the 126'×32'×13' Global Provider. Designed by Elliott Bay Design Group, Seattle, and built by Jesse Engineering, Tacoma, Wash., the new bunker vessel is the first in its design and size for Maxum and will be used to deliver fuel and lube oil to ship operators in the Pacific Northwest. Global Provider is a self-propelled bunker ship with a 10' draft, a carrying capacity of 151,500 gals., and a cargo handling system featuring six pairs of cargo tanks. The new boat is designed to move segregated products in a single trip, without cross-contamination. The vessel is powered by a pair of Cummins QSK-19M, 660-hp Tier 3 engines and is equipped with Twin Disc MGX-5202 reduction gears that drive two fixed pitch propellers.

Superior, Wis.-based Fraser Shipyards is building a new 140'×38'6", 26-car ferry for Miller Boat Line, Put-in-Bay, Ohio. The new all-steel ferry, the Mary Ann Market, will have drive-on-drive-off capability.

Austal USA christened the 22nd littoral combat ship (LCS), the Kansas City, at its Mobile, Ala., facility in September. Kansas City is the 11th of 17 Independence-variant LCSes Austal has under contract with the Navy. The 421'6"×103.7' LCS is powered by twin 12,200-hp MTU 20V8000 diesel engines and two 29,500-hp GE LM2500 gas turbines. Meanwhile, Austal USA was awarded a contract by the Navy in September

140' ferry will run on Lake Erie.

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to build two additional LCSes, its 16th and 17th ships in the class. The contract value is $584 million per ship.

Meridien Maritime Reparation recently delivered the 93'×28'x12.7' research vessel Virginia to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Va. Designed by JMS Naval Architects, Mystic, Conn., the vessel supports the institute’s fisheries research projects and expands its capability to perform general oceanographic research in Chesapeake Bay as well as mid-Atlantic coastal waters. Main propulsion is provided by a pair of 660-hp Tier 3 Cummins QSK 19M engines coupled to Finnoy 2G27-42FK two-in/one-out marine gears driving Finnoy 5-bladed, 1.95-meter diameter controllable pitch propellers. The props turn inside of a Rice thrust nozzle with triple rice rudders for steering.

Blount Boats, Warren, R.I., has been awarded a contract by South Ferry Company Inc., Shelter Island, N.Y., to build a steel passenger/vehicle ferry. The 101'× 40', 150-passenger double-ended ferry will be built to carry a deck load of 260,000 lbs. The new ferry, the Southern Cross, will be powered by two Caterpillar C-18 Tier 3 engines, each rated at 470 hp at 1,800 rpm. Twin Disc MG-516 remote mount, reverse gears will transmit power to 4-bladed, nibral ice strengthened propellers through 4' Aquamet 22 propeller shafts.

VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Miss., has signed a $78 million contract to build barges for Navy crews to live aboard when their ships are laid up for repair or be-

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Gulf Craft LLC, Franklin, La., has delivered a pair of 98'4"×28'×9'10" aluminum catamaran passenger vessels to Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co., Bar Harbor, Maine.

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American Queen Steamboat Co. has awarded a contract to Gulf Island Shipyards to convert a 23-yearold 257'×78'×14' casino boat into a 245-passenger overnight riverboat. Part of the conversion includes adding a 60' midbody. The Kanesville Queen will become the American Countess, the fourth vessel for American Queen Steamboat, New Albany, Ind. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter. No delivery date or itinerary has been announced.

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elle Chasse, La.-based C&C Marine and Repair has delivered the Jerry Jarrett, the third in a series of new 6,600-hp, 160'×50'×11'6" triple-screw Z-drive towboats, to Marquette Transportation Co., Paducah, Ky. Designed by CT Marine, Portland, Maine, the towboats are powered by three Cummins QSK60-M main engines, producing 2,200 hp at 1,800 rpm each, paired to three Steerprop SP25D azimuthing Z-drive thrusters supplied by Karl Senner LLC, Kenner, La. The triple azimuthing Z-drive configuration is designed for optimal speed, power and maneuverability, and to operate at lower engine loads that boost fuel efficiency. The 4-bladed Z-drive stainless

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steel props have 86" diameters.

Jerry Jarrett’s superstructure is supported on a bed of springs for added crew comfort for the boat’s 13 crewmembers, as well as a soft-core joiner system in the accommodation spaces for additional comfort and fire safety.

“We have been very pleased with the results,” Josh Esper, Marquette’s executive vice president, said in a statement announcing the delivery. “C&C Marine and Repair has exceeded our expectations on both quality and production.”

Ship’s service power is the responsibility of two Cummins QSM11-DM gensets, sparking 275 kW of electrical power each.

Capacities include 107,700 gals. of diesel fuel oil; 1,400 gal. main engine day tanks; 74,950 gal. non-consumable potable water; 10,250 gals. potable water; and 875 gals. lube oil. Crew capacity is 12, plus up to two guests.

Sporting a 9'3" draft, the Jerry Jarrett is being delivered just four months after the second towboat in the series,

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the Chris Reeves, was delivered, and only seven months after the first boat in the series, the Cindy L. Erickson, was delivered in February. After delivery of the second towboat, Marquette exercised its option for a fourth towboat.

That boat is scheduled for delivery in December. — K. Hocke

Sightseer Marine delivers aluminum cat to New Jersey Shore

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wo New Jersey Shore resorts will see ferry service revived after 140 years, with the delivery of the Pohatcong II, a 30'×12'×3' aluminum catamaran.

The Pohatcong II will shuttle between Tuckerton and Beach Haven, N.J., as a free summer service for visitors and workers commuting to Long Beach Island jobs.

Built by Sightseer Marine Inc.,

Hudson, Fla., the vessel is powered by twin Mercury SeaPro 115-hp outboards and is equipped to carry up to 40 passengers on ADA-accessible aluminum bench seating with cushions, under a canopy with an isinglass rolldown weather enclosure.

The $120,000 boat was delivered Sept. 27 and awaited a final Coast Guard inspection before starting service, said Brooke Salvanto, museum director at the non-profit Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen’s Museum, which will be the Pohatcong II’s homeport.

“Last summer we started a pilot program” to test-market the service that’s been discussed for two years among officials and economic development planners in both towns, said Lori Pepenella, CEO of the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce. Grants and support from local businesses helped to finance construction and operation of the boat, she said.

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30' aluminum ferry will run between Tuckerton, N.J., and Beach Haven, N.J.

“The Seaport’s going to be using it too, for school groups and tours,” Pepenella said.

“This boat will be working all the time. It will also be a floating classroom,” said Salvanto.

The service will offer regularly scheduled runs from Tuckerton Creek to Beach Haven and the hope is that the ferry becomes a regular commuting option for mainland residents who work on the island. Tuckerton residents who have jobs in Beach Haven have to drive more than 20 miles to get to work, compared to five miles by ferry.

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he Coast Guard has exercised the option to begin work on the lead 360'×54' offshore patrol cutter (OPC) Argus at Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Fla. Delivery of the Argus is scheduled for 2021.

Additional OPCs are expected to have far shorter build times than the three years it will take for the lead OPC. The OPC is also called maritime security cutter-medium, or WMSM. The Coast Guard also exercised the option with Eastern for long lead time materials for OPC Chase. The value of the two options is $317.5 million.

With a draft of 17', the OPC is designed to conduct multiple missions in support of the U.S.’s maritime security and border protection.

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You know this has been a big deal for the community,” Eastern’s president Joey D’Isernia told Panama City TV station WJHG. “This job will employ about 900 to 1,000 at peak production and that will translate to about 3,000 indirect employees. We’re hiring shipfitters, welders, pipefitters, pipe welders, things of that nature.

If you’re not a skilled craftsman and you want to join the team and be part of this project, in a long-term project, you can come in and we will pay to train you.”

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The contract includes options for up to nine OPCs with options for two additional boats. The Coast Guard plans to acquire a total of 25 offshore patrol cutters. “If the Coast Guard exercises all 25 options, this job will last for 20 years,” D’Isernia told WJHG. — K. Hocke

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Red and White will eventually operate the Enhydra on batteries only.

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n early rendering of the Enhydra, Red and White Fleet’s new 128'×30' sightseeing vessel, looks very much like the final product now at home in San Francisco Bay. Except for one noticeable difference: no prominent or even visible exhaust stacks on the actual boat.

Not only does the absence of these trunks at the stern open up prime real estate for passengers, it also helps identify the boat as environmentally responsible. Stacks mean engine exhaust, which means internal combustion of carbon-based fuel, which equals air pollution, which now means carbon dioxide.

Reducing or eliminating that pollution is a big motivator for Tom Escher, the legacy owner and president of Red and White Fleet. (His grandfather, Tom Crowley, started the company in 1892.)

Sure, the boat is Subchapter K certified for up to 600 tourists looking to spend an hour or two cruising under the Golden Gate Bridge and running past Alcatraz Island. But the boat is also intended to show the world that greener options exist for powering commercial vessels, specifically without internal

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combustion engines and with batteries.

“This boat will be completely electric as soon as we can get there,” said Escher. “We’re not one hundred percent there yet, but we’re getting there because this is what we have to do if we want to be responsible people on the planet.”

PROPULSION PACKAGE At this stage, the boat’s propulsion is described as “plug-in hybrid dieselelectric,” but within a few years, Red and White intends to operate the vessel on batteries only. Either the existing Corvus lithium-ion batteries will be

replaced with more powerful models or additional batteries will be added, or both, sufficient to operate all the vessel’s systems, from propulsion to house load. Now with two installed battery banks of 80-kWh lithium-ion batteries each, the 600-passenger boat can operate 30-to-60 minutes on batteries alone, depending on conditions and power demands outside of propulsion.

In the default mode, Enhydra runs on fully charged battery banks, at least while leaving the dock and at the beginning of a trip. Underway, when the batteries drop to a predetermined level, the control system starts up one

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Owner: Red and White Fleet Builder: All American Marine Designer: Teknicraft Design Ltd. Mission: Harbor tour and event charter vessel Length: 128' Beam: 30' Main Propulsion: (2) Cummins QSL9 Tier 3, 410 hp @ 2,100 rpm; (2) Corvus 80-kWh lithium-ion battery packs; BAE Systems HybriGen propulsion system with generator, control system, and AC electric traction motor Propellers: (2) VeemStar fixed pitch propellers, 48" dia., 36.5" pitch Marine Gear: Twin Disc, 3:1 Passengers: 600 Crew: 6 Steering System: Jastram HPU-1225PF-24VD three-station jog-lever hydraulic power Speed (knots): 10 cruise; 12 loaded Controls: Twin Disc EC300 propulsion controls, Glendinning EEC-3 electronic control stations Hull Material: Aluminum full displacement type monohull Capacities (gals.): Fuel 2,200 in (4) 550-gal. fuel tanks; potable water, www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2018 • WorkBoat

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or both diesel engines, whose exhaust is water-cooled and dumped out the stern as wet exhaust, that turn variable speed generators. These generators, all the controls and the electric motors that spin the twin props are supplied

by BAE Systems, the London-based international conglomerate.

“The system is fully automated, it assesses the power loads, both hotel loads and propulsion loads, and completely manages the use of available power,” said Joe Hudspeth, BAE’s marine marketing manager. “It draws upon the batteries as much as possible until it needs additional power from the diesel generators.”

BAE’s variable-speed generators also serve as starting motors for the two Cummins QSL9 diesel engines, rated at 410-hp each and operated with biofuel. BAE Systems has extensive experience with hybrid power systems, mostly for land-based transportation,

The port engine, a Cummins QSL9 Tier 3, is coupled to a BAE Systems integrated starter generator. The engine is variable speed and will drive the generator which provides power to the AC traction motor and charges the batteries.

but has more recently adapted the technology for maritime applications.

The Enhydra is BAE’s third and largest boat to be powered with its hybrid system, called HybriDrive.

The first was the Spirit of the Sound, a 63' aluminum catamaran owned and operated by the Maritime Aquarium of Norwalk (Conn.). The boat was designed by Incat Crowther and built

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Bellingham Bay. Despite delays getting moved from their old plant to the new one, All American finished the boat and completed sea trials and certification by late August. The Enhydra then ran west into the Pacific and south to San Francisco in time for an appearance at an international conference of climate activists, business leaders and government officials called the Global Climate Action Summit and hosted by Jerry Brown, California’s outgoing governor.

During the conference, Gov. Brown used the open bow deck of the Enhydra as the stage for signing several new environmental laws.

“We had a very good response, both domestically and globally,” said Escher.

Red and White’s boats are common sites on San Francisco Bay. The traditional-looking, full-displacement monohulls with their distinctive paint scheme, especially on the bow, are the company’s signature. So, the new

boat’s overall design needed to be in the same vein. No futuristic, curvy catamarans here. Escher said he had originally envisioned another steel boat, but after talking with All American, he became convinced that an aluminum hull made more sense.

“It’s lighter than steel, of course.” said Escher. “And being in the tourism business, the looks of our boats is very critical, so we won’t have any rust on white paint — it looks like blood.”

All American’s design and engineering partner was, as usual, Nick de Waal of Teknicraft Design Ltd. in New Zealand. Known best for high-speed, foilassisted catamarans, de Waal brought some of that technical precision to the task of designing a displacement monohull with highly variable loads and a new propulsion system.

“Electric propulsion is less forgiving than conventional propulsion since power usage and range are critical

factors,” said de Waal, the company’s managing director, “and when operating in diesel-electric mode, there are more losses in the system than a conventional drive. Therefore, a low-drag hull is a crucial requirement, rather than just nice to have.”

So computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was employed to optimize the hull shape for the lowest possible drag, and to consider the large variables in passenger loads, including as many as 300 people on the upper deck. de Waal also pointed out that an aluminum hull’s displacement is significantly less than steel, which also reduces drag and increases efficiency.

DIVERSE FEATURES Each of the Enhydra’s three decks has distinctive characteristics. The main deck is ADA compliant with large doors and windows and accessible toilets. The windows are also right at

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the gunwales. The second deck has interior seating and a walkway around the outside, part of which is covered by the deck around the small, U-shaped pilothouse above. The middle deck walkway also extends onto the open bow. The upper deck is entirely open with bench seating. Each deck has a kiosk-style snack and beverage bar.

The Enhydra is also much quieter than older, conventionally powered counterparts. Running on batteries, of course, it is almost completely silent, but even with the engines running, the well-insulated machinery space contains most of the noise and vibration from the small diesel engines. There’s also no mechanical clunking when shifting between forward and reverse.

The AC-powered electric traction motors simply stop and turn the opposite direction, immediately.

On the Enhydra, there’s a Twin Disc gearbox between the motor and the driveshaft to increase efficiency

The Enhydra has three decks, including two panoramic outdoor decks, which enables passengers to take in spectacular views of San Francisco Bay and the cityscape from the silence of its electric engines. The upper deck has a capacity of 300 passengers.

at lower speeds, but in general gears aren’t needed, according to Hudspeth.

Now that Red and White Fleet has its new hybrid electric boat, the company will begin making significant modifications to its shoreside infrastructure to support the needs of its changing fleet.

One change is the addition of shoreside lithium-ion battery banks. The power supply to the San Francisco waterfront isn’t large enough to recharge the onboard batteries as fast as needed between trips, but grid power can re-

charge the shoreside battery bank while the boat is out. Then those batteries can quickly dump their juice into the boat while it’s unloading and loading.

Red and White will also be adding 1.5 million sq. ft. of solar panels to provide totally clean electricity to the battery systems. “If we need to, we will also take power off the grid, but that’s hydropower here in San Francisco, so we’ll be getting clean power from the grid and from solar, so we’ll have a really clean boat,” said Escher.

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With a properly sized bank of batteries shoreside, the recharging of the Enhydra, even with more batteries, is envisioned to take just eight or nine minutes. “All we are doing is copying the Norwegians,” said Escher. “They’ve been doing some fast charging for several years on all-electric ferries.”

“Shore-based power is much more efficient and has lower carbon content than the stuff that comes from a diesel,” said Allan Grant of Corvus Energy in Vancouver, British Columbia. “It’s also less expensive. They will still have the diesels on board, so if they were running a particularly long charter or something like that and the ‘tank’ gets low, it turns back into a hybrid.”

Grant added that getting power from the grid makes it more efficient by helping fully utilize the available capacity. “It increases the loading on that [grid] circuit which increases its efficiency. The circuit will either be constantly recharging the batteries or

Red and White owner Tom Escher in the wheelhouse of the Enhydra.

recharging the ship.”

Essentially, a hybrid system is about efficiency. Diesel engines are most efficient and have the lowest emissions at 60%-80% loading, 80% being optimal, according to Grant. So, when

engines would be idling or running at a low rpm, that’s the right time to get the needed power from batteries, which should be charged when the engines are running at optimal loading.

This type of power-production-storage-consumption strategy is starting to be used in lots of maritime applications, said Grant. “Cruise ships are stepping up and saying they want to put massive systems on board, partially to go into environmentally sensitive areas like Norwegian fjords or into the Arctic or Antarctic. Or to be more fuel efficient. From what we’ve seen, all of the cruise ships are heading into that direction, using similar hybrid systems.”

MORE TO COME Seacor Marine is also adopting hybrid technology for its OSVs. The Seacor Maya is now operating in Mexican waters with Corvus batteries and a Kongsberg control system. In addition, Seacor is modifying three other

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existing OSVs with hybrid technology and is building six new boats in China with hybrid power systems. By utilizing hybrid power, Seacor expects each vessel to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by about 20%, according to a statement from John Gellert, Seacor Marine’s CEO. Corvus’s Grant said the price of lithium batteries is coming down, although a worldwide shortage of cobalt, a primary ingredient, is putting pressure on manufacturing costs. “But the sophistication of the battery chemistries, the energy densities and what you can do with them is improving every year,” he said. “I think we will continue to see these trends and batteries will be in everything. All cars will be hybrids, all ships will be hybrids. I didn’t used to think that, but now I do.”

Escher’s company is looking at building or rebuilding three more boats to run as hybrid or all-electric vessels.

“We want our entire fleet to be zero

The Enhydra is the largest vessel in Red and White's fleet and the first 600-passenger lithium-ion battery hybrid vessel in operation in the U.S.

pollution for 2025,” he said. “Exactly how that ends up, we’re not sure. We believe in zero pollution and that it can be done now and it will be done.”

Meanwhile, All American Marine is close to finishing its second boat, a passenger ferry for Kitsap Transit, with BAE Systems’ plug-in hybrid power, including Corvus batteries. The ferry will run between Bremerton and Port Orchard in Puget Sound.

“For at least a while, our boatyard has more experience with this electric hybrid type system than any other boatyard in the country,” said Matt Mullet, AAM’s president. “All American is working to stay at the forefront of the decarbonization movement in the maritime industry, and the lithium-ion hybrid electric propulsion system on the Enhydra is a step in the right direction.”

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POWER FORWARD The International WorkBoat Show is THE place to find thousands of solutions and strategies to help power your business forward. With over 1,000 exhibitors the latest products and innovations, and the WorkBoat Annual Conference, this is your chance to learn from and engage with the people who truly understand your challenges. Come to the city of New Orleans to see, feel, and experience this commercial marine tradition.

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Drones

Big Buzz

Drones are making inroads in the commercial marine sector.

By Michael Crowley, Correspondent

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C

onditions are cruddy with choppy seas and a light rain. It’s also midwinter and cold.

Thus, if two mariners escape from an overturned workboat in immersion suits, they wouldn’t last too long in these conditions.

That’s a worse case scenario for a search and rescue mission. Throw in the fact that night is starting to settle over the sea and you know something more than the usual search and rescue tools are needed. A helicopter is normally part of the mission but engine problems kept it from taking off.

To get out of this mess and get the guys out of the water, how about something that weighs seven pounds and has a diameter of 27.5"? That would be the Shearwater. A larger option comes in at 82 lbs. and is 8' long — the V-BAT. In both cases we are talking about drones, otherwise known as an unmanned aerial system (UAS) or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Airborne drones are new to the workboat market. While many may view them as just an interesting novelty, drones offer workboat operators new opportunities. Besides search and rescue missions, drones can map out the origin and extent of oil spills, perform oceanographic surveys, conduct drug patrols and provide aerial imagery of vessels and barges that otherwise would have to be

boarded. The same goes for aerial assessments of emergency situations.

Depending on the drone, it may also be used for vessel-to-vessel or vessel-to-shore deliveries. Both the Shearwater and V-BAT can take off and land on a moving vessel or launched from land and sent out to sea.

The Shearwater, from Planck Aerosystems, San Diego, and Plano, Texas-based Martin UAV’s V-BAT, have only been on the market for about a year. Planck started about three years ago, and engineering on Martin UAV’s V-BAT began some 10 years ago.

SHEARWATER The Shearwater multirotor drone operates as a “semiautonomous operation,” said Oliver Martin, director of product for Planck. A large part of the Shearwater’s operation has been automated.

“We’ve simplified the process using a handheld tablet to set different types of missions it may be flying,” he said. It’s a matter of setting up waypoints for the Shearwater to fly a specific route or for an orbiting maneuver over certain waypoints.

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Martin UAV

A V-BAT takes off from an Army LSV. It later landed in the same 8'x8' space it took off from.

Planck Aerosystems

At the Multi-Agency Craft Conference in Baltimore a Planck Aerosystems drone was launched off the stern of a Metal Shark boat.

Planck Aerosystems

keeping it up in the air at all times,” said Martin. The Shearwater can also be matched up with unmanned vessels.

A remote pilot then initiates flights and can receive aerial imagery.

The Shearwater can deliver live video streams and still images. A gimbalmounted camera that is controlled by an operator on the boat delivers high-definition images. The camera has its own sensors that allow it to remain stable throughout the flight.

The Shearwater travels about 46 mph and normally has a flight time of 27 minutes. However, with a tether it can be safely flown up to 100 feet above a boat for long periods of surveillance while the boat is moving. The tether provides power to the drone and transfers data back to the boat.

“It allows for persistent observation for many hours,” said Martin.

The Shearwater operates within a class of UAVs called VTOLs (vertical take-off and landing). VTOLs are fully autonomous. Once the Shearwater’s mission is completed, hit a button on the tablet and the Shearwater “will figure out the optimal path” back to the boat, said Martin, using GPS on the drone and the boat. When over the boat, a visual guiding system using the downward facing camera identifies the landing spot on the boat and follows that vision down until it lands. “It can land within one foot of a marked spot,” said Martin.

Planck’s Shearwater drone system is designed specifically to operate from moving platforms, both off road and offshore.

The Shearwater’s basic price is $19,000. Then mostly camera-related payload options, starting with a basic electro, optical infrared gimbal payload up to more advanced payloads with a high degree of zoom, can be added.

V-BAT The V-BAT, a fixed wing drone with a nine-foot wingspan, is also in the VTOL drone class. The V-BAT was originally designed to fill a gap in the military’s lineup of drones between Group 1 drones — quad copters to hand-launched systems — and Group 3 drones, which are “too big, too cumbersome and not very practical,” said Blake Sawyer, vice president of business development at Martin UAV. The V-BAT was recently used in international naval exercises off Latin American where, Sawyer said, it was launched from land to a Colombian corvette-class vessel doing counterdrug operations.

A by-product of Martin UAV’s military work has been the commercial marine market. “The commercial market is what we are after,” Sawyer noted. “It’s just now ready for drones like this.” Martin UAV also expects to be working with the Coast Guard in the near future.

The V-BAT is just breaking into the commercial marine market and is being used by two oil and gas companies for inspections and security for both land based and maritime operations. Sawyer sees the V-BAT as particularly effective for search and rescue, drug patrols, oil spills and missions involving other man-made disasters. In addition, he said the V-BAT could serve as “your own 4G LTE flying cellphone tower.”

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The V-BAT has autonomous VTOL capabilities, though manual controls can be used during the V-BAT’s flight.

The V-BAT can land in an 8'×8' area.

Sawyer describes the drone as mechanically “very simple.” An engine uses heavy fuel or a gasoline oil mix (80:1) and there’s a very low center of gravity. There’s also a ducted fan so there are no exposed blades. Sawyer said a heavy-fuel engine is in the development stages.

The V-BAT can remain aloft for slightly more than eight hours at 45 knots, transitioning in and out of hover mode if required. “We call it hover and stare capability,” Sawyer said. With a camera mounted in the nose of the VBAT it can take photos or video while hovering or flying.

The V-BAT has a 350-mile range and a 103.5 mph top speed, which “is a very fast dash speed,” said Sawyer.

After the boat ties up, the V-BAT can be stored in a single container. At the start of a trip, the V-BAT can be launched in less than 30 minutes, said Sawyer. Just open the V-BAT case, assemble it, load your flight plan and put gas in the drone.

If something smaller than the V-BAT is needed, Martin UAV has the eV-BAT, a scaled down electrical version of the V-BAT. It will be introduced in 2019.

The V-BAT sold as a ready-to-fly system costs from $2.1 million to $2.5 million, depending on the camera system. That includes three aircraft, two ground-control stations, and a 1,000hour spare kit that includes an engine.

Another option is contract drone services on a monthly, daily or hourly rate.

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Pacific Marine Expo

Show Me

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he largest commercial marine trade show on the West Coast opens its doors on Sunday, Nov. 18 at the CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle. Pacific Marine Expo targets all facets of the region’s marine industry, including the workboat market.

PME offers numerous products and topical conference sessions for operators of tugs, barges, charter boats, passenger vessels, patrol boats, offshore service vessels and other workboats.

Presented by WorkBoat and National Fisherman magazines, Pacific Marine Expo features marine manufacturers and distributors that will showcase the latest products and services for commercial vessel operators looking to upgrade their boats or build new ones.

The show’s conference program offers sessions

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geared to both commercial fishing and workboat operators.

At 2:15 p.m. on the opening day of the expo, speakers from OSHA and Washington state will discuss the ins and outs of inspection procedures.

The next day on the main stage will be the annual Fisherman of the Year Contest.

Produced by Diversified Communications, the show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 18 and Nov. 19, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 20.

As part of our show coverage, we have highlighted key conference sessions (page 51) and the Pacific Marine Expo exhibitors list (page 51).

For more information go to www.pacificmarineexpo.com, email: customerservice@divcom.com or call 207-842-5508.

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The 2018 Pacific Marine Expo.

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ConferenCe

Program

Sunday, november 18

monday, november 19

11:45AM – 12:45PM Fisherman’s Lounge, Alaska Hall

10:30AM – 11:30AM Fisherman’s Lounge, Alaska Hall

Effectively Controlling Fugitive Lubrication Oil Mist Emissions In Watercraft Machine Rooms All watercraft propulsion systems operate using highly flammable fuels, hydraulic oils and lubricants. Specifically, internal working parts (bearings, gears and pistons) of marine engines in machine room spaces require constant oil lubrication. This session will describe in detail the importance and benefits of capturing fugitive lubrication oil mist emissions in machinery spaces that contain liquid fuels, engine lubricants, hydraulic oils, turbines, compressors (equipment that includes oil sumps/reservoirs). The session will also identify how to become compliant with MCA, IMO and other regulatory standards.

Speaker: Jason Cox, Market Manager, Energy and Distribution, Solberg Manufacturing Inc.

CenturyLink Field Event Center

Seattle, WA Sunday, november 18 2:15PM – 3:15PM Fisherman’s Lounge, Alaska Hall Ins and Outs of Inspection Processes Inspection procedures ensure safety and health at job sites at the federal and state levels. This session will identify the means of complying, how to be prepared when OSHA/Washington State Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) shows up, what an appeal process consists of, and the jurisdictional differences between OSHA/DOSH. Speakers: Ed Delach, Safety and Occupational Health Manager, OSHA/ WA DOSH | Jim Rone, Maritime Safety Compliance Supervisor, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries

Show LiStingS F

November 18-20

503-319-4835

253-280-9900

www.aidistributors.com 1329 www.abb.com/turbocharging

ABD Insurance & Financial Services 206-960-4801 ABS 281-877-6000 ACE Air Cargo 907-334-5100 AdvanTec Marine

monday, november 19 12:00PM – 1:00PM Main Stage Fisherman of the Year Contest

907-518-1724 405

ABB Inc

Speaker: Richard Stratton, Managing Director, Advanced Coating Solutions

Alaska Independent Tendermans Assn.

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A&I Distributors

Proven Performance of Hybrid Insulation Installing traditional insulation on marine structures is labor intensive and expensive. Its long-term performance is typically reduced or greatly compromised by wet working conditions or mechanical damage. This presentation will highlight the use of spray-on insulation materials combined with traditional materials and identify how the application reduces cost, increases efficiency, and proves thermal and moisture resistance.

116

www.theabdteam.com

800-770-0455 Agilis Technologies 360-379-1166

4231 www.aceaircargo.com/ 514

129 www.agilistechnology.com

AJR Marine Windows Inc 604-944-1616

929

www.ajrmarinewindows.com

Alaska Communications System - ACS

829 www.eagle.org

www.advantecmarine.com/

Alaska Department of Fish and Game 907-465-6133

www.alaskatenders.org

Alaska Longline Fisherman's Association 4123 907-747-3400

www.alfafish.org/

Alaska Marine Conservation Council 907-277-5357

4128

Alaska Marine Safety Education Assn

www.adfg.alaska.gov

4021

www.alaskanetsupply.com

Alaska Sea Grant College Program

Alaska Division of Economic Development 4214

907-274-9691

907-465-2513

Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute

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www.commerce.alaska.gov

4118

www.amsea.org

Alaska Net & Supply Inc 907-232-4419

4322

www.akmarine.org

907-747-3287

www.acsalaska.com

4124

4321

www.seagrant.uaf.edu 4218

51

Pacific Marine Expo Show LiStingS 907-465-5560

www.alaskaseafood.org

Aleutian Island Fish Company LLC

4224

www.aleutianislandfish.com Aleutian Proteins Inc

1050

425-869-7975

www.aleutianproteins.com

Aleutians East Borough

4117

907-274-7579

www.aleutianseast.org/

Alexander Gow Fire Equipment 206-632-2810

706 www.gowfire.com/

All American Marine 360-647-7602

1109 www.allamericanmarine.com

Alliance Rubber

1031

877-841-6882

www.rubberband.com

Allied Powers LLC

607

Allied Systems Company 503-625-2560

832-738-1024

www.auto-maskin.com

847-388-7869

231

702-273-6366

www.healthmateforever.com

www.baiermarine.com/

Ballard Industrial

124 www.ballardindustrial.com

Bandon Submarine Cable Council

633

www.bandoncable.org

1124

907-235-5103

www.bayweldboats.com

www.advantecmarine.com/

Altec-Effer USA

647

800-958-2555

www.efferusa.com

Altra Industrial Motion Corp 717-217-3879

642

www.altramotion.com

American Chemical Technologies Inc

812

www.americanchemtech.com

Analytic Systems

708

604-946-9981

www.analyticsystems.com

Applied Satellite Technology Systems US 480-247-2439

429

www.ast-systems.us.com

Aquatic Resources Inc

148

541-396-6886

www.ari1.com

ARG/Pacific Rubber Inc 206-762-6800

641

4031

514

910

www.pacificrubberinc.com

Armstrong Marine USA

752

www.armstrongmarine.com

Arrow Marine Services

800

www.arrowmarineservices.com

Asano Metal Industry Co Ltd.

524

www.asano-metal.co.jp/en/

BC Shipping News 604-893-8800

747 www.bcshippingnews.com

Beckwith & Kuffel

1046

206-767-6700

www.b-k.com

Beclawat Manufacturing Inc 613-966-5611

224 www.beclawat.com

Bekina nv

350

325-539-0020

www.bekina.be

Belzona Technology Washington LLC 425-610-4902

530 www.benderinc.com

Ben’s Cleaner Sales Inc 206-622-4262

521 www.benscleaner.com

Bentley’s Manufacturing Inc 503-659-0238

639

www.bentleysmfg.com

Bergen & Co 360-739-4147

125 www.bergenandco.com

Better Boats Inc dba Lee Shore Boats 360-797-1244 Big Bay Technologies 425-458-4321 Biobor Fuel Additives

504

www.belzonatw.com

Bender Inc 610-383-9200

1008

803, 606

Bay Weld Boats

www.jrc.am

Blue Guard Innovations

Blue Wave Tech

442

541-255-2444

800-765-5811 www.blankenshipequipment.com

www.autonics.com/

Baier Marine Company

206-783-6626

203

www.bluebgi.com

www.B2BInd.com

800-455-3917

www.biobor.com

Blankenship Equipment Belting

720-537-6105

B2B Industrial Packaging 630-396-6200

281-999-2900

733

Autonics

www.alliedsystems.com

800-770-0455

52

1131

www.bay-ship.com/

AdvanTec Marine

81-256-33-0101

Auto-Maskin LLC

510-337-9122

281-271-4600

604-323-7402

1244

www.satphonestore.com

243

Alphatron Marine USA

360-457-5752

305-405-7125

Bay Ship and Yacht Co

702-283-6401

517-223-0300

Atlantic Radio Telephone Inc

3001

www.leeshoreboats.com 926 www.bigbaytech.com 406

Boats & Harbors 931-484-6100

734 www.boats-and-harbors.com

Boatswain’s Locker Inc 949-642-6800

1348

www.boatswainslocker.com

Bonar Plastics Brand of Snyder Industries 629 402-467-5221

www.bonarplastics.com

H.O. Bostrom Co Inc

400

262-542-0222

www.hobostrom.com

Brand Hydraulics Co

100

402-344-4434

www.brand-hyd.com

Branom Instrument Co

710

206-762-6050

www.branom.com

Bristol Bay Brailer, LLC 907-469-0782

338 www.bristolbaybrailer.com

Bristol Bay Driftnetters Association 907-677-2371

www.bbrsda.com

Bristol Bay Fishermen’s Association 206-542-3930

4312

4228

www.bristolbayfishermen.org

Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association 907-770-6339 Britmar Marine Ltd

1127

604-983-4303

www.britmar.com

Bronswerk Marine Inc

1243

619-813-4797

www.bronswerk.ca

Bulletproof Nets Inc 907-299-2933

525 www.bulletproofnets.com

Cali-optics Importer 626-548-7687

1158 www.SuperSportsOptics.com

Capilano Maritime Design 604-929-6475-27

4312 www.bbrsda.com

507

www.capilanomaritime.com

Capital One 804-366-4778

343 www.capitalone.com

Cascade Engine Center LLC

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Show LiStingS 1431, 1439, 1529, 1539 206-764-3850

www.cascadeengine.com

Cascade Machinery & Electric 206-762-0500

739

www.cascade-machinery.com

Case Marine

551

206-352-8000

www.casemarine.com

Catalyst Marine Engineering LLC 907-224-2500

4217

www.catalyst-marine.com

CDC/NIOSH

505

360-391-2199

www.coldsearefrigeration.com

Columbia Industrial Products 541-607-3655

www.cipmarine.com

Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay 907-244-1169

Communication Energy

206-890-0326 ComNav Marine Ltd

ConGlobal Industries

www.centa.info

Center of Excellence for 509

marinecenterofexcellence.com Central California Joint Cable/ Fisheries Liason Committee

www.slofiberfish.org

CFAB - Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank

www.cfabalaska.com

Cheyenne Scale Company

4233

www.cheyennescale.com/

Christie & Grey Inc

1447 www.christiegrey.com

Clark Services & Insulations 604-540-2099

206-624-0076

800-292-7717

913

www.heat-shield.com

www.clatsopcc.edu/MERTS 500 www.coastalfluidpower.com 1105

4325

www.coastaltransportation.com

Coastal Villages Region Fund 907-278-5151

4134

www.coastalvillages.org

Coastwise Corporation 907-929-3148

1348 www.coxpowertrain.com 130 www.cudabrand.com

Cummins

1421 salesandservice.cummins.com

Custom Crab Pots 707-442-3717

1342 www.coastwise.com

Cold Sea Refrigeration Inc/Sirsa Titanio

2500

439

931-359-6211

www.doleref.com 3000

574-264-2511

www.dometic.com

Driveline Service of Portland Inc 503-289-2264

1304

www.driveshafts.com

Drivelines NW

1343

206-622-8760

www.drivelinesnw.com

DSV Air & Sea Inc

608

206-878-8001

www.dsv.com/us

Duramax Marine LLC

1339

440-834-5400

www.DuramaxMarine.com

Dustless Blasting

233

800-727-5707

www.DustlessBlasting.com

EAM-Mosca Corporation 570-459-3426

547 www.eammosca.com

Eaton

733

360-356-6107

www.eaton.com

Eco Star Collaborative

2601

360-794-9100

www.ecostargroup.com

Electric Fishing Reel Systems Inc

156

548

1004

425-745-1266

www.electricalhub.com

www.dawest.com 715 www.dacocorp.com 942 www.datrex.com

Deansteel Manufacturing Co

309 www.deansteel.com

Deep Trekker Inc 519-342-7177 Deflector Marine Rudder

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Dole Refrigerating Co

Electrical Hub

206-762-9070

DNV GL

www.dockstreetbrokers.com

www.customcrabpots.com

Datrex Inc

508-765-0201

206-789-5101

www.elec-tra-mate.com

360-378-4182

Dexter-Russell Inc

615

336-273-9101

DA West

360-777-8289

www.dnvgl.com

Dock Street Brokers

624

www.coastalmarineengine.com

Coastal Transportation 206-282-9979

www.cityofcordova.net

203-254-6060

425-656-4505

206-784-3703

4331

Cuda Fishing Tools

503-325-7962

Coastal Marine Engine

www.circac.org

Cox Powertrain Ltd

DACO Corporation

Coastal Fluid Power

4223

907-424-6200

425-277-5330

1049

www.cwcglobal.com

907-283-7222

Clatsop Community College/MERTS Campus912

206-851-8919

www.cgini.com

4.47776E+11 4121

508-217-3061

120

Cordova Port & Harbor 633

805-771-9638

206-933-7904

www.comnav.com

Cook Inlet RCAC

360-766-6282 ext. 3001

907-276-2007

1029

Continental Western Corporation

Marine Manufacturing and Technology

1503

www.cetsinc.com

CENTA Corporation

425-861-7977

Dometic

Technology Solutions Inc (CETS Inc)

604-207-1600

630-236-3500

4324

www.fishermenforbristolbay.org

509-354-8024 www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/fishing 1430

324

529 www.deeptrekker.com 1156 www.rudderpower.com

Electro Marine LLC

644

206-399-4912

www.electromarine.us

Electronic Charts Co Inc 206-282-4990

www.electroniccharts.com

Elliott Bay Design Group

1107

1012

206-782-3082

www.ebdg.com

Elliott Manufacturing Co Inc 607-772-0404

1226

www.elliottsafeoperator.com

Elmore 206-213-0111 Engine Monitor Inc

709 www.dexter1818.com

1010

726 www.uselmore.com 1001 www.emi-marine.com

Environmental Marine Inc 606-561-4697

802 www.envmar.com

53

Pacific Marine Expo Show LiStingS ERIKS

239

Fusion Marine Technology LLC

253-395-4770www.lewis-goetz.com (eriksna.com)

206-216-1048

Everts Air Cargo

Gannet Nets

4129

907-243-0009

www.evertsair.com

Ewing-Foley Inc/Pacific NW Fluke Rep 425-489-9666

733

www.fluke.com

E-Z Anchor Puller Manufacturing Co 800-800-1640

944

www.ezanchorpuller.com

Farwest Corrosion Control Company

1228

1030

913-829-9056

www.fs2500.com

Finning Power Solutions Inc

1150

206-489-5180

www.finningpsi.com

Finnoy Gear & Propeller 477-127-6000

644 www.finnoygear.no/en/

Fish Safe BC

506

604-261-9700

www.fishsafebc.com

Fisheries Supply Company 800-426-6930

1521

www.fisheriessupply.com

Fishermen’s News

220

206-284-8285

www.fishermensnews.com/

Flexahopper Plastics Ltd 403-328-8146

327 www.flexahopper.com

FLIR Systems Inc

1245

603-324-7775

www.flir.com

Fluid Design Products 800-774-7554

745

www.fluiddesignproducts.com

Foss Shipyard

738

206-281-4731

www.fossmaritime.com

Fraser Bronze Foundry Inc 360-657-4721

424 www.fraserbronze.com

Freedman Seating Company 702-573-7122

512

www.freedmanseating.com

Freeze Right Marine Ltd 250-886-8880

348

82 51 263 5214

www.hanaft.com

528

HANSA-FLEX USA

412

david@gannetnets.com

www.gannetnets.com

Garmin USA

712

913-397-8200

www.garmin.com

General Communication Inc (GCI) 800-800-7754 Geozy Solutions

221

1307

www.gci.com

206-283-5501

www.hattonmarine.com

905 www.giddingsboatworks.com

Glamox Aqua Signal Corporation 218-944-4101

425-691-7796

1444

www.glendinningprods.com

Glide Bearings & Seal Systems 616-868-9730

945

206-420-6786

www.gscusa.com

Globalstar

924

985-335-1647

www.Globalstar.com

Glosten

626

206-624-7850

www.glosten.com

Governor Control Systems Inc 425-513-9390

1205

www.govconsys.com

Great Lakes Maritime Academy 231-995-1200

342

www.greenlinefishinggear.com

Group B Distribution Inc

Grundens

204

www.nmc.edu/maritime

Greenline Fishing Gear A/S

772-631-0411

105

www.glidebearings.com

Global Supply Company Inc

452-927-4021

1327

www.glamox.com/gmo

Glendinning Marine Products

1511 www.groupbinc.com 721

www.freezerightmarine.com

360-779-4439

www.grundens.com

707

Guy Cotten Inc

339

786-757-1090

www.seaangelusa.com

508-997-7075

www.guycottenusa.com

Furuno USA Inc

1515

360-834-9300

www.FurunoUSA.com

FT-TEC USA Corp

54

HamiltonJet 425-527-3000

1212

Hatton Marine

www.ghunders.com

Giddings Boat Works

Harbor Marine Maintenance

633

302

360-580-4161

www.hansaflexusa.com

www.harbormarine.net

649

GHUnders

253-886-5606

425-259-3285

www.hidow.com

541-888-4712

344

www.fusionmarinetech.com

310-532-9524 www.farwestcorrosion.com/marine Filtration Solutions Worldwide

Hana Fishing Tackles Co

1333 www.hamiltonjet.com

HDI Marine

1108

971-255-9139

www.hdimarine.net

Hellamarine

1210

770-631-7500

www.hellausa.com

Helm Operations

1533

250-360-1991-122

www.helmoperations.com

Hempel Coatings

1125

936-523-6000

www.hempel.us

Homer Marine Trades Assn/Port of Homer 4033 907-299-1020

www.homemarinetrades.com

HOSTAR Marine Transport Systems 508-295-2900

Hotel Nexus/360 Hotel Group 206-612-4362

227

www.hostarmarine.com 946

www.hotelnexusseattle.com

Humphree Trim and Stabilisation Systems 1246 415-453-1001

www.helmutsmarine.com

Hundested Propeller A/S 45 4793 7117

701

www.hundestedpropeller.dk/

Hydrasearch Company 410-643-8900

943 www.hydrasearch.com

Hydrocontrol Inc 651-212-6400

425 www.hydrocontrol-inc.com

IBERCISA

510

34986213900

www.ibercisa.es

Icom America Inc 425-454-8155

1238 www.icomamerica.com

Imtra Corp 508-995-7000

431 www.imtra.com

Industrial Marine Power Engineering Group 849 604-276-8188 Industrial Process Equipment

www.impeg.com 1139

206-790-0775 www.industrialprocessequip.com

www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2018 • WorkBoat

Show LiStingS iNECTA LLC

410

845-800-3358

www.inecta.com

Innovation Norway 47-22002500

www.innovationnorway.no

KEMEL USA Inc

1221

201-665-2065

www.kemel.com

1013

www.imspacific.com 1025

949-727-4498

www.intelliantech.com

International Marine Industries Inc 401-849-4982

1000

www.imifish.com

International Pacific Halibut Commission 206-634-1838

911

www.iphc.int

IntraFish Media

724

206-282-3474

www.intrafish.com

ioCurrents

326

206-494-0099

www.iocurrents.com

IOW Group

847

985-873-0189

www.iowgroup.com

ITSASKORDA

528

34946169408

www.itsaskorda.es

Jastram Engineering 604-988-1111

www.kentsafetyproducts.com

Khon Kaen Fishing Net Factory 66 43 468585

839 www.kkfnets.com

Kinematics Marine Equipment Inc 360-659-5415

321

www.kinematicsmarine.com

Kleen Pacific

1042

253-249-7252

www.kleenpacific.com

Klinger IGI

230

503-939-0577

www.klingerigi.com

Kobelt Manufacturing Co Ltd 604-572-3935

614 www.kobelt.com

Kodiak Shipyard and Harbors 907-486-8080

4119

www.kodiakshipyard.com

Kolstrand by InMac

333 www.kolstrand.com

www.jastram.com

Konrad Marine

1424

715-386-4203

www.konradmarine.com

515

JK Fabrication Inc/Nordic Products

852

www.nordicmachine.com

JLB Investments - HiDow

102 www.hidow.com

JMP Marine USA

711

305-975-0546

320-252-2056

620

206-784-2500

www.jensenmaritime.com

206-228-3224

Kent Safety Products

1344

Jensen Maritime Consultants Inc

www.jmpusamarine.com

John Deere Power Systems

Kruger & Sons Propeller 206-283-7707

1146 www.mypid.com

KVH Industries Inc

1239

401-847-3327

www.kvh.com

LFS Marine Supplies 800-426-8860

621 www.lfsmarineoutdoor.com

Life Cell Marine Safety

1148

1311

574-849-3782

www.JohnDeere.com/marine

LifeMed Alaska

4002

907-249-8356

www.lifemedalaska.com

Johnson Controls Marine & Industrial 206-321-5293

1413 www.karlsenner.com

Intellian Technologies

319-292-5016

Karl Senner LLC 504-469-4000

206-284-5710

206-297-7400

www.kamanfluidpower.com/

938

Integrated Marine Systems Inc

206-332-8090

425-252-0974

1149

www.johnsoncontrols.com

Jotun Paints Inc 800-229-3538 JT Marine Inc 360-750-1300

729 www.jotun.com 1204 www.jtmarineinc.com

Western Fluid Components

Lignum-Vitae Bearings 804-337-7169

600

360-538-1622 Llebroc Industries

Loctite Corp

www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2018 • WorkBoat

700

www.lignum-vitae-bearings.com

Little Hoquiam Shipyard

800-284-5771

Kaman Fluid Power/

www.lifecellmarine.com

300

www.littlehoquiamshipyard.com 213 www.llebroc.com 600

www.loctite.com Logan Clutch Corporation 440-808-4258

1543 www.loganclutch.com

Loveshaw

231

1-800-572-3434

www.loveshaw.com

Lunasea Lighting Inc

1101

352-417-0009

www.lunasealighting.com

Lunde Marine Electronics Inc

1221

206-789-3011 www.lundemarineelectronics.com Lynden Inc

4130

907-339-5150

www.lynden.com

Mackay Marine - Division of Mackay Communications Inc

1542

919-850-3000

www.mackaymarine.com

Macondray Fish Company

142

310-890-2414 Maine Maritime Academy 1-800-464-6565

830

www.mainemaritime.edu

MAJA Food-Technology Inc 402-827-6252

307

www.majafoodtechnology.com

Marco Products/Smith Berger Marine Inc 920 206-764-4650

www.smithberger.com

Maretron

1242

602-861-1707

www.maretron.com

Marine & Construction Supplies LLC 206-782-8822

www.mcsllcusa.com

Marine Exchange of Alaska

4122

907-463-2607

www.mxak.org

Marine Exchange of Puget Sound 206-443-3830

503-234-3505

1446

425-883-0651

www.marinehardware.com

Marine Instruments SA

614-759-9000 Marine Systems Inc 206-784-3302

4123

www.conservefish.org

Marine Hardware Inc

Marine Jet Power Inc

4122

www.marexps.com

Marine Fish Conservation Network

34 986 36 63 60

309

251

www.marineinstruments.es 1111 www.marinejetpower.com 1233 www.marinesystemsinc.com

55

Pacific Marine Expo Show LiStingS Marine Yellow Pages 407-380-8900

604 www.marineyellowpages.com

Marine CO

1248

82 010 3883 6364

www.azul.pe.kr

Maritime Fabrications Inc 360-466-3629

301

www.laconnermaritime.com

MARPORT AMERICAS

115

360-568-5270

www.marport.com

Mascott Equipment Company

1207

206-763-7867

www.mascottec.com

Mavrik Marine

238

360-296-4051

www.mavrikmarine.com

Maximum Performance Hydraulics 206-352-6869

www.mphyd.com

McCown Crafted Inc

824

509-966-2434

www.McCownCrafted.com

McDermott Light & Signal 718-456-3606

1052

www.mcdermottlight.com

Meltric Corporation

103

414-433-2700

206-286-1817

www.metalsharkboats.com 947 www.miwheel.com 827 www.millerleaman.com

Millner-Haufen Tool Company

252

www.millnertools.com

Mitsubishi Engine

1301 www.mitsubishi-engine.com

Modutech Marine Inc

1043 www.modutechmarine.com

Monico Monitoring Inc 281-350-8751

1325 www.monicoinc.com

Motion & Flow Control Products Inc 253-872-8080 Motion Windows 360-892-2029 ext. 202

56

www.MountainPacificBank.com

MTHousing 509-833-0287

4328 www.MTHOUSING.NET

Mustad Autoline Inc 206-284-4376

1039 www.mustad-autoline.com

N C Power Systems 425-251-9800

1115 www.ncpowersystems.com

Nabrico 615-442-1300

322 www.nabrico-marine.com

Naiad Dynamics 203-929-6355

806

www.mfcpinc.com 448 www.boatwindows.com

4317

206-777-5044

www.ncelec.com

North Pacific Crane Company LLC 206-361-7064

609

www.northpacificcrane.com

North Pacific Fuel

4221

206-297-3835

www.petrostar.com

North River Boats

1026

541-673-2438

www.northriverboats.com

North Star Ice Equipment 206-763-7300

330 www.northstarice.com

Northern Air Cargo

4019

907-249-5149

www.nac.aero

www.naiad.com

Northern Lights

1151

1443

206-789-3880

www.northern-lights.com

NAMJet LLC 303-371-9325

www.nafisheries.com

1142

www.namjet.com

National Marine Exhaust Inc

646

Northwest Farm Credit Services 206-691-2000

513

www.northwestfcs.com

360-659-2983 www.nationalmarineexhaust.com

Northwest Maritime Academy

National Oceanic & Atmospheric

503-793-8449 www.bremertontrainingcenter.com

www.noaa.gov

Miller-Leaman Inc

253-272-9319

425-263-3500

611

301-427-8032

Michigan Wheel

630-268-0750

Mountain Pacific Bank

1321

1345

888-365-3301

North Coast Electric

www.mshs.com

915

Metal Shark Boats

386-248-0500

425-513-6747

Administration

www.merequipment.com

616-452-6941

401-369-3886

www.meltric.com

MER Equipment

337-364-0777

826

Motor-Services Hugo Stamp/Alamarin-Jet 1201

Nautican Research & Development 206-925-3569

www.nautican.com

NET Systems Inc

1051

206-842-5623

www.net-sys.com

Net Your Problem 907-359-3450

4425 www.netyourproblem.com

Network Innovations 954-973-1300

www.networkinv.com

360-385-4948

www.nwswb.edu

Notus Electronics Ltd

1211

709-753-0652

www.notus.ca

Oceanic Systems

1101

360-687-6194

www.osukl.com/

Ocean-natives Supplies

4427

206-446-3491 www.facebook/pg/fishingnetsngears/shop Olympic Propeller

842

932

360-299-8266

www.olympicpropeller.com

www.nicholsboats.com

Optimar US Inc

1143

138

206-351-9451

https://optimar.no/

Nightstick 800-233-2155

Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding 543

725

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders 360-331-5500

1547

152

www.nightstick.com

N-Nine Enterprises Ltd

651

604-618-5897

www.n-nine.ca

Nobeltec 503-579-1414

1513 www.nobeltec.com

North American Fishing Supplies 206-268-0175 North Atlantic Pacific Seafood

445

www.nafscorp.com 704

Oregon Fishermen’s Cable Committee 503-325-2285 Orttech 440-498-7458 Otto Trading Inc 949-660-8073 PAC Stainless Ltd 206-824-7780

633

www.ofcc.com 844 www.orttech.com/ 132 www.irestmassager.com 628 www.pacstainless.com

www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2018 • WorkBoat

Show LiStingS Pacific Boat Brokers Inc 877-448-0010

403

www.pacificboatbrokers.com

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA)

www.pcffa.org

Pacific Fishermen Shipyard & Electric 206-858-2438

206-324-5644

833 www.pacificfishing.com

Pacific Lutheran University

509

253-535-7722

www.plu.edu/ce

Pacific Marine Center 360-299-8820

226 www.pacmarinecenter.com

Pacific Marine Equipment LLC 206-281-9841

604-274-7238

948

www.pacificnetandtwine.com

Performance Contracting Inc

www.pcg.com

Performance Diesel Inc 281-464-2345

1349

www.performancediesel.com

Petro Marine Services 907-273-8224

409

www.petromarineservices.com

PFI Marine Electric

1221

206-858-2438

www.pacificfirshermen.com

Phoenix Contact 800-888-7388

733 www.phoenixcon.com/marine

Platt Cases

733

773-498-5260

www.plattcases.com

Platypus Marine Inc

632

360-417-0709

www.platypusmarine.com

Point Hope Maritime Ltd

527

www.pointhopemaritime.com

428

Port of Astoria

320

www.pacificpipeandpump.com

503-741-3300

www.portofastoria.com

Pacific Power Group

813

pacificpowergroup.com/marine

Port of Bellingham

Port of Port Angeles

503-595-3100

360-457-8812

www.psmfc.org

Pacific West Refrigeration

1249

313

360-676-2500

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission346

www.portofbellingham.com 533 www.portofpa.com

Port of Port Townsend

539

866-885-3499 www.pacificwestrefrigeration.com

360-385-0656

Pac-Van Inc

Port of Seattle – Fishing and

349

253-886-5627

www.pacvan.com

PALFINGER MARINE 206-445-3562

Port of Seward

4215

645

907-224-8051

www.seward.com

805-643-8616 Paw-Taw-John Services 208-889-0301 Pelco by Schneider Electric

Peoples Bank

801

www.palfingermarine.com

Patagonia

800-448-4226

Commercial Operations

www.portseattle.org

www.paratech.com 542 www.patagonia.com 127 www.pawtaw.com 733 www.pelco.com/ 4229 www.penair.com 1221

Port of Toledo

229

541-336-5207

www.portoftoledo.org

Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op 360-385-6138

800-624-7033

www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2018 • WorkBoat

907-273-6235

www.pwsrcac.org

Propulsion Systems Inc

1206

206-789-0944

www.psiprop.com

PTLX Global

1221

800-397-7859

www.ptlxglobal.com

Pump Industries Inc

1106

206-767-0733

www.pumpindustries.com

Pumptech Inc

133

425-644-8501

www.pumptechnw.com

PYI Inc

807

425-355-3669

www.pyiinc.com

Pyrotek

121

509-340-8730

www.pyrotek.com

R.W. Fernstrum & Company

1308

906-863-5553

www.fernstrum.com

Radar Marine Electronics Inc 360-733-2012

314

www.radarmarine.com

Rapp Marine

939

206-286-8162

www.rappmarine.com

Ravn Alaska

4426

907-266-8386

www.flyravn.com

RCI Technologies

1207

909-305-1241

www.rcitechnologies.com 351

206-286-1230

www.manengines.com

Rice Propulsion

1224

1 877-839-6304

www.ricepropulsion.com

Richards Marine Marketing Inc 360-687-6194

1101

www.richardsmarine.com

Rolls-Royce

1121 www.rolls-royce.com

www.ptshipwrights.com

Ron Smith Inc

1025

1501

206-283-9868

www.rsimarineproducts.com

PPG Protective & Marine Coatings

Praxair Distribution Inc

4223

206-782-9190

www.powersystemswest.com

412-434-2941

Advisory Council

538

Power Systems West 503-504-2011

Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’

RDI Marine

206-787-3395

815-469-3911

Pen Air

www.portofpt.com

742

Paratech

360-607-9910

648

250-385-3623

Pacific Pipe and Pump

360-887-7432

701

www.PMESeattle.com

Pacific Net & Twine Ltd

877-307-7377

1221

www.pacificfishermen.com

Pacific Fishing Magazine

www.peoplesbank-wa.com/

206-623-8750 4123

541-689-2000

206-297-2842

904

www.ppgpmc.com 1401 www.praxair.com

Rose Point Navigation Systems 425-605-0985 Roxtec 918-254-9872 Rozema Boat Works Inc

730

www.rosepointnav.com 532 www.roxtec.com 1007

57

Pacific Marine Expo Show LiStingS 360-757-6004

www.rozemaboatworks.com

Russell & Hill

1166

47 71 39 16 00

Sears Home Improvement Products Inc

425-212-9165 www.russellandhill.com/maritime

206-456-4202

Ryan Air

Seaspan Shipyards

4227

907-562-2227

www.ryanalaska.com

Ryco

534

425-744-0444

www.rycous.com

S & W Wilson Inc

900

718-965-2227

www.swwilson.com

S3 Maritime LLC

1449

206-420-4932

www.s3maritime.com

Saeplast Americas Inc

109

506-633-0101

www.saeplast.com

Safe Boats International

139

360-674-7161

www.safeboats.com

Salmon Beyond Borders 907-244-1169

4323

www.salmonbeyondborders.org

Samson Tug & Barge

4319

206-767-7820

www.samsontug.com

Satellite Technical Services 206-321-6896

245

www.satellitealaska.com

Schottel Inc

825

985-346-8302

www.schottel.com

Schrader Co Sales LLC

4114

206-605-5657

www.schraderco.com

Scienco/FAST

314-756-9300

546

www.sciencofast.com

Scurlock Electric LLC

www.Seaspan.com

SeaTech Systems

347

206-792-9540

www.sea-tech.com

Seattle Fishermen’s Memorial

549

206-430-5050

www.seattle-taxattorney.com

Seattle Marine & Fishing Supply Co 800-426-2783

315

www.seamar.com/products

Seattle Maritime Academy

509

54 223 4800978 Sea-Mountain Insurance

206-285-2819

www.seattletarp.com

Shakespeare Marine

1101

803-227-1590

www.jardenmaterials.com

Sherwin-Williams

1128

800-524-5979

www.sherwin-williams.com

Ship Electronics Inc 206-819-3853

949 www.shipelectronicsinc.com

SHOWA Atlas Gloves 706-862-2302

131 www.showagroup.com

973-593-2600

134

www.usa.siemens.com/fire

Sika USA Inc

201

Simplex Americas LLC 908-237-9099

415 www.simplexamericas.com

Simrad Fisheries

921

425-712-1136

www.simrad.com

1047

Sinex Solutions

325

www.enaval.com.ar

218-722-1076

www.sinexsolutions.com

653 www.sea-mountain.com 713

www.smakplastics.com 101

888-762-7735

www.freezerpans.com

Snow & Company

601

Si-Tex/Koden Marine Electronics 360-687-6194 SkyMate Inc

1240 www.si-tex.com 1101

www.snowboatbuilding.com

630-616-4400

1310

www.solbergmfg.com

Sonic Corporation

1147

81 42 512 5496

www.u-sonic.co.jp

Sound Propeller Services

South Coast Electric

siltec.us

ELECTRONICA NAVAL SA

234

Snap & Sell Corporation

Seattle Tarp Inc

425-508-8984

SEAMAN ELECTRONICS -

www.slumberease.com

360-882-0410

206-788-4202

106

843

SmaK Plastics Inc

206-934-2647 www.maritime.seattlecentral.edu

750

www.seakeeper.com

800-548-0960

Solberg Crankcase Ventilation

4315

928

410-326-1590

Slumber Ease Mattress Factory

Seattle Legal Services

Siltec USA Inc

610

www.skymate.com

206-953-7676

www.scurlockelectric.com

www.seaschoolnw.org

703-961-5800

206-782-6577www.seattlefishermensmemorial.org

www.sika-usa.com

Seakeeper Inc

58

604-809-8509

262-886-2695

360-589-8212

Seaonics AS

907

443

Sea School Northwest

425-775-1410

545

www.searshomepro.com

Siemens Building Technologies

(a subsidairy of BioMicrobics Inc)

985-868-2253

www.seaonics.com

835 www.soundprop.com 1110

228-533-0002

www.beieris.com

Specialty Metal Baitcans

1168

360-224-7971

www.Baitcans.com

Specmar Inc

702

503-543-7562

www.specmar.com

Spencer Fluid Power 253-796-1100

1234 www.spencerfluidpower.com

Spurs Marine Manufacturing Inc 954-463-2707

www.spursmarine.com

Stabbert Marine & Industrial LLC 206-204-4146

805

www.stabbertmaritime.com

Standard Calibrations Inc 757-549-6534

1230 www.standardcal.com

Stearns 316-832-2981

1442

821 www.stearnsflotation.com

Steve Latimer & Associates 206-429-3779 Steyr Motors 850-784-7933

1207

www.stevelatimer.com 1348 www.steyr-motors.com

Strapack 510-475-6000 Strongback Metal Boats

526 www.strapack.com 249

360-296-4519 www.strongbackmetalboats.com Summit Industrial Products

411

www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2018 • WorkBoat

Show LiStingS 903-534-8021

www.klsummit.com

Superior Glove Ltd

108

519-853-1920--2010

www.superiorglove.com

Sure Marine Service Inc

1200

206-784-9903

www.suremarineservice.com

Survitec Group

1033

904-931-3221

www.survitecgroup.com

Survitec Group - Vancouver 604-278-3221

732 www.dbcmarine.com

Tacoma Diesel and Equipment Inc 253-922-8171

1507

www.tacomadiesel.com

Taizhou Winstrong Special Net Co Ltd 86 523 86331072

154

www.chinafishingnet.com

Technical Marine & Industrial 206-717-4466

428 www.tmigreen.com

Teknotherm Refrigeration 206-632-7883

421 www.teknotherm.com

The Nature Conservancy 703-841-4513

4115

644

206-399-4912

www.ulmatec.no

Ultra Clean Technologies 856-451-2176

600 www.ultracleantech.com

Ultra-SoniTec LLC

2604

828-404-3104

United Fishermen of Alaska

4125

907-586-2820

www.ufafish.org

University of Alaska Southeast 907-228-4568

4127

www.uas.alaska.edu

URS Electronics

733

503-820-6113

www.ursele.com

Urschel Laboratories Inc

331

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STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION

EXTENT AND NATURE OF CIRCULATION Avg No. Copies Actual No.Copies of Each Issue of Single Issue During Preceding Published Nearest 12 Months to Filing Date

(SECTION 3685, Title 39, United States Code) October 15, 2017 WORKBOAT is published monthly by Diversified Communications, 121 Free Street, PO Box 7438, Portland, ME 04112.

PUBLISHER: Jerry Fraser, Diversified Communications, PO Box 7438, Portland, ME 04112; EDITOR: David Krapf, PO Box 1348 Mandeville, LA 70470; OWNER: Diversified Holding Co., 121 Free Street, Portland, ME 04101.

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TOTAL NO. OF COPIES PRINTED: Paid/or Requested through Circulation (Not Mailed): Paid or Requested Mail Subscriptions:

26,397

24,825

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-0-

23,619

22,258

Total Paid and/or Requested Circulation: 23,619

22,258

Free Distribution

by Mail:

1,941

1,919

Free Distribution outside the Mail:

492

350

Josephine H. Detmer 121 Free Street Portland, Maine 04101

Malcolm B. Hildreth 121 Free Street Portland, Maine 04101

Zareen Taj Mirza 121 Free Street Portland, Maine 04101

Thomas W. Hildreth 121 Free Street Portland, Maine 04101

Total Nonrequested Distribution:

2,433

2,269

Total Distribution:

26,052

24,527

Alison D. Hildreth 121 Free Street Portland, Maine 04101

Horace A. Hildreth

Copies Not Distributed: Office Use, Left overs, Spoiled

346

298

Daniel W. Hildreth 121 Free Street Portland, Maine 04101

Anita Sundaram

Total: Percent Paid and/or Requested Circulation:

26,398

24,825

89.5%

89.7%

Paid Electronic Copies

2,478

2,878

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LOOKS BACK NOVEMBER 1948

• The Coast Guard has taken the first step toward a complete revision of the tanker code that will affect inland tank barges and offshore tankers. In October, the Coast Guard met with industry representatives including the American Waterways Operators, offshore tanker groups, and large producers and operators. The code has not been revised in 12 years, and

during that time there has been many improvements and carriers practices have been developed. The preliminary meeting was called to discuss the new code which is not yet in the blueprint stage.

• Officials of the Inland Waterways Corporation were in Washington last month to talk with Budget Bureau officials about the financial requirements for Federal Barge Lines NOVEMBER 1958 for the fiscal

year beginning July 1.

Last year, the budget for FBL was more than $11 million including an increase of $2 million in the corporation’s capital stock. The final $1 million is needed immediately but many in Congress feel that is inadequate.

• Blount Marine Corp., Warren, R.I., speed, 60-passenger crewboat, the P.L. 4, was delivered recently to Shell was awarded a contract from National Tankers Ltd., by Vosper Ltd., PortsLead Co., New York, for the contrucmouth, England. The 80'×19'9" vessel tion of an 85' jumbo Botruc offshore is powered by a pair of Napier Deltic service vessel. The vessel’s 64'×21'9" diesel engines, each rated at 1,620 hp at deck cargo area can carry 125 tons of cargo. The OSV will be powered by 1,500 rpm. two GM 6-110 diesels which will give the vessel a design speed of 11 knots.

Two 20-kW diesel generator sets will provide ship’s service power.

NOVEMBER 1968 • A high• In response to the growth in offshore drilling, Tidewater Marine has 10 vessels under construction and is considering placing orders for 10 more.

The total cost of the new construction would be approximately $8 million.

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includes personnel launches, tugs, barges, and supply and utility vessels.

• The 1,125-hp Martha Foss, the eighth in a series of tugs built by Martinolich Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Wash., was delivered recently to Foss Launch and Tug Co. The 80'×27' tug is powered by a single Caterpillar V-16 engine that turns an 84"×62" 4-bladed prop through a Kort nozzle. www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2018 • WorkBoat

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