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Dredging & Marine Construction The Information Authority for the Workboat • Offshore • Inland • Coastal Marine Markets Volume 29 • Number 2 arine FEBRUARY 2018 M News www.marinelink.com Dredging & Marine Construction: Heart of the Domestic Waterfront Inland Port Development Ramping up & Retooling Dredging Equipment Competing on a Global Stage U.S. Coast Guard Safeguarding the Waterfront CONTENTS MarineNews February 2018 • Volume 29 Number 2 INSIGHTS 14 William P. Doyle Features Credit: DSC Dredge CEO & Executive Director, Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) 30 Demanding Times for a Dynamic Dredge Builder DSC Dredge navigates a complicated dredge building market. It isn’t as easy as it looks. LEGAL By Joseph Keefe 20 The Jones Act and 36 The Ports of Indiana U.S. Offshore Wind Power Building on Success. The Implications of the Jones Act on the By Tom Ewing Development, Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Farms in the United States. 41 Enhancing Historic Lake Michigan By John F. Imhof Jr. Docking Facilities A primer on how things get done. By Brian Hinrichs INSURANCE 22 Managing the Big Risks of ON THE COVER 4HE)NFORMATION!UTHORITYFORTHE7ORKBOATs/FFSHOREs)NLANDs#OASTAL-ARINE-ARKETS Marine Construction 6OLUMEs.UMBER A busy market, fraught with risk, needs In late December, Eastern arine FEBRUARY 2018 specialized protection. Shipbuilding delivered the M News WWWMARINELINKCOM Trailing Suction Hopper Dredging & Marine By Stephen Clark and Mike Perrotti Construction: Dredge, the M/V Magdalen to Heart of the Domestic Waterfront Weeks Marine; another East- LUBRICANTS ern repeat client. Magdalen arrived on January 2, 2018, to 25 Maintaining Mission-Critical Winches, Southport, North Carolina, Windlasses and Cranes and is now working on the The 4 must-have lubrication steps that all opera- protection of Highway 12 Inland Port Development tors need to keep gears going. in the Buxton area on North Ramping up & Retooling Dredging Equipment Competing on a Global Stage By Ben Bryant and Steven Brochu Carolina’s Outer Banks. U.S. Coast Guard Safeguarding the Waterfront Image credit: Eastern Shipbuilding 2 MN February 2018 MarineNews MarineNews February 2018 Volume 29 Number 2 (ISSN#1087-3864) (USPS#013-952) Florida: 215 NW 3rd St., Boynton Beach, FL 33435 tel: (561) 732-4368; fax: (561) 732-6984 New York: 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 Departments Analysis tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271 www.marinelink.com & PUBLISHER 6 Editor’s Note John C. O’Malley • [email protected] Associate Publisher & Editorial Director Greg Trauthwein • [email protected] 8 Authors & Contributors Editor Joseph Keefe • [email protected] Tel: 704-661-8475 Web Editor 10 BY THE NUMBERS Eric Haun • [email protected] The Domestic Waterfront Contributing Writers Susan Buchanan • Lawrence R. DeMarcay, III Tom Ewing • Joe Hudspeth • Randy O’Neill 18 OP/ED PRODUCTION Production & Graphics Manager AIWA: Nicole Ventimiglia • [email protected] A National Asset Worth Funding SALES By Brad Pickel Vice President, Sales & Marketing Rob Howard • [email protected] Advertising Sales Managers National Sales Manager 28 OP/ED Terry Breese • [email protected] Safeguarding Our Marine Tel: 561-732-1185 Fax: 561-732-8414 Transportation System Lucia Annunziata • [email protected] By USCG Rear Admiral John Nadeau Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6220 Fax: 212-254-6271 John Cagni • [email protected] Tel: 631-472-2715 Fax: 561-732-8063 Frank Covella • [email protected] Tel: 561-732-1659 Fax: 561-732-8063 45 TECH FILE Mitch Engel • [email protected] Virtual ATON’s: here now, here to stay Tel: 561-732-0312 Fax: 561-732-8063 Mike Kozlowski • [email protected] Tel: 561-733-2477 Fax: 561-732-9670 Jean Vertucci • [email protected] Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6210 Fax: 212-254-6271 48 BOAT OF THE MONTH Managing Director, Intl. Sales Ellis Island, the Largest Hopper Dredge Paul Barrett • [email protected] in U.S., Built & delivered by ESG Tel: +44 1268 711560 Fax: +44 1268 711567 Uwe Riemeyer • [email protected] Tel: +49 202 27169 0 Fax: +49 202 27169 20 49 Vessels CORPORATE STAFF Manager, Marketing Mark O’Malley • [email protected] 52 People & Company News Accounting Esther Rothenberger • [email protected] Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6810 57 Products Manager, Info Tech Services Vladimir Bibik • [email protected] 60 Classified Advertising CIRCULATION Circulation Manager Kathleen Hickey • [email protected] 64 Advertiser’s Index Tel: 212-477-6700 ext 6320 TO SUBSCRIBE: MarineNews ( ISSN# 1087-3864 ) is published monthly ( twelve issues ) by Maritime Activity Reports Inc. 118 E 25th St. Subscriptions to Marine News (12 issues per year) New York, NY 10010-1062. Periodicals Postage Paid at New York, NY and additional mailing offi ces. POSTMASTER: Send for one year are available for $60.00; all UAA to CFS. NON-POSTAL AND MILITARY FACILITIES send address corrections to Marine News 850 Montauk Hwy, Two years (24 issues) for $95.00. #867 Bayport, NY 11705. Send your check payable to: MarineNews, 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any misprints or claims or actions taken by advertisers. The publisher reserves For more information email Kathleen Hickey at: the right to refuse any advertising. Contents of the publication either in whole or part may not be produced without the express [email protected] permission of the publisher. 4 MN February 2018 EDITOR’S NOTE hen it comes to the collective North American waterfront, there are a thousand dif- ferent voices advocating and clamoring for ten times as many objectives. The reality W of the matter is that this cacophony of noise is rarely on the same wavelength and the competing voices drown out the real story that we need to tell – especially when it comes to Jones Act matters and the brown water industry as a whole. Indeed, as an industry, we often do a poor job in telling our story. The one issue that everyone can and should promote – as one voice – involves the need to properly dredge our waterways and maintain the associated infrastructure. As a maritime na- tion, there may be no more important challenge facing us today. But, when federal lawmakers can’t seem to even keep the government running (as I write, the government shutdown had [email protected] entered its third disappointing day), the hunt for infrastructure funding sometimes takes a backseat to partisan politics. It goes without saying that the news about funding for infrastructure and dredging isn’t al- ways good. On the other hand, and within this edition, we highlight the good work being done on the Great Lakes and inland waterways by two separate entities. On the Great Lakes, the need to keep a critical, 60-year old marine highway open for business recently got a little help from the federal government. A little further south, the unique statewide oversight of Indiana’s three primary ports by just one authority has that Midwest state – also with some federal funding – preparing for increased freight movements and a modernized, multi-modal and connected supply chain. Both stories show us how careful planning and collaboration between unifi ed stakeholders can produce success. All the planning in the world can’t get the job done, though, without the right equipment to make it happen. Fortunately, with companies like DSC Dredge, for example, there’s always ways to quickly acquire the right dredge for the right job. As a domestic builder, DSC Dredge is unique in that as much as 50 percent of its output is sold to international buyers. With DSC dredges today deployed to as many as 40 different countries, the fi rm’s ability to both customize its standard offerings for myriad buyers and at the same time compete on an international stage is the kind of story I like to write. It’s also one you’ll want to read. Turn to page 30 to get started. How we approach the business of maintaining and upgrading our ports, rivers and harbors has never been more fraught with pitfalls, and at the same time, possibilities. As federal funding uncertainties abound, some (understandably impatient) stakeholders are turning to other re- sources to get the job done. More than one port, unwilling to wait for Washington to make up its mind, is vowing to move ahead without them. Still others are pondering the controversial, so-called P3 route; one which summons a mixture of public and private investment. Arguably, there’s no perfect solution. That said; failure is not an option. Download our Apps iPhone & Android Joseph Keefe, Editor, [email protected] SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to the print or electronic edition of MarineNews at www.marinelink.com/renewsubscr/Renew04/subscribe.html or e-mail [email protected] DAILY NEWS via E-MAIL Breaking news, twice every business day, delivered free directly to your e-mail. To subscribe visit maritimetoday.com/login.aspx POST & SEARCH JOBS Post a position or keep abreast of new employment opportunities at www.maritimejobs.com ADVERTISE To see MarineNews’ editorial calendar and advertising rates, visit www.marinelink.com/advertising Resources 6 MN February 2018 Authors& Contributors MarineNews February 2018 Brochu Bryant Volume 29 Number 2 Steven Brochu is a Senior sediment management and Application & Service Engi- coastal infrastructure proj- neer at Klüber Lubrication. ects. He has secured over He graduated from the Uni- 100 million dollars in grants versity of New Hampshire funds for water resource with a degree in mechanical projects in the last 10 years. engineering. Before joining He is also a senior member Klüber, Mr. Brochu worked of the American Association for GE Aircraft in the Fuel of Port Authorities (AAPA) Control F16 Fighter Jets En- Harbor and Navigation and gines department. Energy and Environment Clark Ewing Technical Advisory Commit- Ben Bryant is Marine Mar- tees and a member of the ket Manager at Klüber Lu- Technical Advisory Com- brication.
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