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The World’s Largest Circulation Marine Industry Publication • The Information Authority for the Global Marine Industry since 1939 JULY 2011 MARITIME REPORTER AND Marine ENGINEERING NEWS MARINELINK.COM Environmental GREEN Ships • Bio-Fuels • Arctic Operations DNV’s Tørstad “Build It & They Will Come” Legal Impact of Budget Cuts Petrobras Targeting Bio-Fuels Insurance WQIS Fulfills its Mandate Power Lessons Learned The HUMMER Dragster Salvage & Spill Response Think Local, Act Global Government Update Tackling Piracy Head-On TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL 22 Rich DeSimone is 22 Arctic Shipping & the New Polar Code president of Travelers While a shortcut through the Arctic could save significant fuel, it does not come Ocean Marine. He can without peril. — by Henrik Segercrantz be reached at rich.desi- [email protected] See story page 14 DeSimone 24 Petrobras Targets Bio-Fuel Petrobras invests in its own R&D. — by Claudio Paschoa Joan Bondareff fo- cuses her practice on 26 Denmark’s GREEN SHIP Program marine transportation, environmental, and leg- Danish companies take the lead on the environment. — by Henrik Segercrantz islative issues. Bondar- [email protected] 30 See story page 16 30 The LNG “Field of Dreams” Bondareff Elisabeth Tørstad, EVP and COO, DNV, addresses challenges for maritime environmental initiatives. — by Greg Trauthwein Dennis L. Bryant, Maritime Regulatory INSURANCE 34 Consulting, Gainesville. dennis.l.bryant@ 32 A Mandate to Cover Shipowners gmail.com WQIS, born from 15 major insurance companies, has its finger on the pulse of See story page 18 marine environmental protection. — by Greg Trauthwein Bryant MARINE SALVAGE & SPILL REMEDIATION Henrik Segercrantz is a Finnish Naval Archi- 34 Response Worldwide tect with 30 years expe- The marine salvage and spill remediation community must be ready, at a moment’s rience from the notice, to respond to events nearly anywhere on the planet. shipbuilding industry. See stories on pages COLUMNS & PROFILES 22 & 26 Segercrantz FIVE MINUTES WITH GOVERNMENT UPDATE 8 Rick Pearson, GM, Sea Tel 18 Tackling Piracy Head On — by Dennis Bryant Claudio Paschoa INSURANCE is a Rio de Janeiro EYE ON DESIGN based writer for 14 Beyond Talking About the Weather Maritime Reporter & — by Rich DeSimone, Travelers Ocean Marine 20 Advances in the Offshore Wind Sector Engineering News. — by Erik-jan de Ridder See story page 24 LEGAL Paschoa 16 Impact of Budget Cuts on Maritime 10 NUMBERS 38 DIESEL ENGINE DIRECTORY — by Joan Bondareff, Blank Rome LLP 40 PRODUCTS Request for Quotaon for the Major Overhaul of Two (2) 3508B Caterpillar Generator Set Engines on Board R/V Kilo Moana in Honolulu, HI in the Dec 2011-May 2012 Time Frame POC for detailed RFQ-J.Nikola 808 216 3413, [email protected] Proposal Closing Time and Date 1530 31 October 2011 Hawaii Local Time 2 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION NEW@YORK One full year (12 issues) MARITIME 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 • in U.S.: $69.00; two years (24 issues) $98.00 • in Canada: $73.00; two years (24 issues) $105.00 • Rest of the World: $98.00; two years $152.00 including postage and handling. 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Much of the maritime world, and the bulk of this July 2011 edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, is focused on the marine environment for good reason: Going forward, the price of doing business on the world’s waterways – from inland rivers and lakes to coastal treks and the world’s oceans – is going nowhere but up. At the same time, most of the world is still engaged in a financial hangover emanating from the global financial collapse of 2008, meaning that assistance via government subsidies is generally going nowhere but down. In her Legal Beat column (p. 16) this month Joan Bondareff of Blank Rome gives a ‘soup to nuts’ overview regarding budget cuts in Washington and their immediate and long-term effects on the maritime industry, par- ticularly noting the imbalance between the push to further reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions while simultane- ously floating a proposal to eliminate all funding for the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) beginning in 2012. The push to open the Arctic, for both a shipping route and energy production, continues in earnest and could prove to be one of the more important geopolitical issues of the coming generation. Challenges abound in the MARITIME quest to own the Arctic, namely in the infrastructure needed to ensure that when, not if, an accident occurs, REPORTER there is ample personnel and technology to ensure a timely and complete resolution. In his report on “The New Polar Code and Commercial Aspects,” contributing editor Henrik Segercrantz examines some of the is- AND ENGINEERING•NEWS sues driving the debate. www.marinelink.com Finally, last month I had the opportunity to tap insights from Elisabeth H Tørstad of DNV for the classifi- ISSN-0025-3448 cation’s societies views on all things environmental. Anyone who knows Norway and Norwegians knows that USPS-016-750 they are passionate about the environment, and this is evident in the global environmental stewardship of No. 7 Vol. 73 DNV across the industries it serves. Tørstad (p. 30) specifically addressed the rising cost of technology, dis- 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 cussing challenges in making LNG powered vessels the norm, not the exception, as well as offering insights tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271 on other technologies that promise to make maritime operations more safe, efficient … and Green. Founder:• John J. O’Malley 1905 - 1980 Charles P. O’Malley 1928 - 2000 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published monthly by Maritime Activ- ity Reports, Inc. Mailed at Periodicals Postage Rates at New York, NY 10199 and additional mailing offices. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliverable maga- zines to Maritime Reporter/Engineering News, 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010. Gregory R. Trauthwein, Editor & Associate Publisher [email protected] Publishers are not responsible for the safekeeping or return of editorial ON THE COVER material. ©2011 Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Member Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. Pictured on this month’s cover is a Crowley tug reportedly on drills in Alaska. The image is courtesy of Alan Sorum of Valdez, AK, All rights reserved.