COV1 MR JUN 06.qxd 6/2/2006 8:40 AM Page 1 June 2006 MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS www.marinelink.com 20062006 AnnualAnnual WorldWorld YearbookYearbook MR JUNE2006 #1 (1-8).qxd 6/1/2006 1:17 PM Page 2 Out Here There's No Room For Excuses When The Pressure's On, We Perform No one wants to hear excuses when a hydraulic Wooster turnaround time is faster because we pump or motor failure shuts down your equip- maintain a multi-million dollar inventory of parts, ment—they just want to know when it will be back pumps and motors in-house and we offer special up and running. That's when you need Wooster services, including Same-Day-Service and V.I.P. Hydrostatics and Fluid Power Solutions for fast, 24-Hour Service in addition to our standard service. reliable service. Nobody does it faster or better. 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There is unprecedented opportunity for the maritime industry in Louisiana: a clean sheet where GULF OPPORTUNITY our ship manufacturing strengths and strategic import and export position is being leveraged by one of the most aggressive business incentive programs in U.S. ZONE history. Over one-quarter of the nation’s transport BONUS DEPRECIATION ships are built in Louisiana, creating a broad TAX-EXEMPT BONDS maritime infrastructure that is primed for investment opportunities. CONTACT DON PIERSON, CEcD, AT 225.342.0215 OR LOUISIANAFORWARD.COM. P.O. Box 94185 • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9185 LouisianaForward.com Circle 296 on Reader Service Card MR JUNE2006 #1 (1-8).qxd 6/2/2006 1:59 PM Page 4 Contents GOVERNMENT UPDATE MARITIME 18 Big Brother’s Watching REPORTER The TSA and USCG issued an NPRM for implementation of AND the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) in ENGINEERING NEWS the maritime sector. TSA would collect worker's biographic NEW YORK information (including but not limited to ten fingerprints, 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 name, date of birth, address, telephone number, photo, Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271 employer, and job title). — by Dennis L. Bryant e-mail: [email protected] • Web: Internet: www.marinelink.com FLORIDA • 215 NW 3rd St., Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Tel: (561) 732-1659 Fax: (561) 732-6984 EYE ON THE NAVY Associate Publisher 20 Dedicated to Winning Gregory R. Trauthwein • [email protected] At a recent meeting in Washington, the Navy’s committment Associate Editor Jennifer Rabulan • [email protected] to maintain superiority of the high sea was reaffirmed, with Contributing Editors • new information on its focus on the coastal and riverine envi- Dennis L. Bryant, Senior Maritime Counsel, Holland & Knight Edward Lundquist ronments. — by Edward Lundquist Editorial Consultant James R. McCaul, president, International Maritime Associates 2006 WORLD YEARBOOK 2006 WORLD YEARBOOK ™™ PRODUCTION OCEANOCEAN GUARGUARDD Production Manager John Guzman • [email protected] 32 Southern Exposure Asst. Production Manager Irina Tabakina • [email protected] As the Gulf of Mexico maritime industry continues to recover ADVERTISING SALES Foam Filled Marine Fenders from last year’s hurricanes, MR spoke with Donald “Boysie” Senior Vice President, Sales Rob Howard • [email protected] Buoy • Dredge Floats Bollinger to get his take on the current situation and future Tel: (561) 732-4368; Fax: (561) 732-6984 prospects. — by Greg Trauthwein Senior Vice President, Sales Marine Hardware Brett W. Keil • [email protected] Tel: (561) 732-1185; Fax: (561) 732-8414 38 $ in Shipbuilding Vice President of Sales ENGINEEREDENGINEERED FORFOR Lucia M. Annunziata • [email protected] Shipbuilding prices peaked a year ago, and Jørn Bakkelund of Classified Ad Sales EXCELLENCEEXCELLENCE R.S. Platou Economic Research a.s., weighs in with thoughts Dale L. Barnett • [email protected] Tel: (212) 477-6700 on their future direction. Sales Administration Manager Tina Veselov • [email protected] 40 Offshore: Going Deep Sales Assistant Rhoda Morgan • [email protected] Offshore oil and gas spending is proejcted to hit $247 billion Manager, Accounting Services by 2010, driven in part by the need to find resources in Esther Rothenberger • [email protected] increasingly deeper waters. Manager, Public Relations Mark O’Malley • [email protected] Manager, Information Technology Services 42 Running Late Vladimir Bibik • [email protected] As the containership niche continues to expand rapidly, a new CIRCULATION study finds that many carriers are having problems staying on Kathleen Hickey [email protected] schedule. PUBLISHER John E. O’Malley 44 Cruise Market Up John C. O'Malley • [email protected] Powered by a host of new cruise departure ports, North American passenger traffic is up 3.5 percent. International Sales Operations Managing Director, International Sales TONY STEIN 12, Braehead, Bo'ness, West Lothian EH51 OBZ, Scotland, U.K. 46 Piracy Tel: +44 (0) 1506 822240; Fax: +44 (0) 1506 828085 With an increasing number of brazen attacks closer to shore, Germany/Switzerland TONY STEIN • [email protected] legislators give more attention to the piracy problem. Tel: +44 (0) 1506 822240; Fax: +44 (0) 1506 828085 —by Chris Doane, Joe DiRenzo III & Capt. 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KEIL, Vice President, International Operations 215 NW Third Street, Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Tel: +561-732-0312; Fax: +561-732-8063 24-hr Tel/Fax: +561-998-0313; Mobile Tel: +561-716-0338 e-mail: [email protected] Circle 265 on Reader Service Card 2 MR JUNE2006 #1 (1-8).qxd 6/1/2006 1:18 PM Page 5 People who know Crowley know it takes more than a little ice to break our spirit. In the summer of 1975, Crowley Maritime Corporation was It was slow, arduous work, but all 160,000 tons of cargo about to embark on the biggest sealift in history. It was made it safely to their destination. also the year when Alaska would experience the worst This is just one example of the perseverance of Crowley arctic ice conditions of the century. 47 Crowley barges people. For over 50 years, we’ve been delivering much- were being cautiously towed from Anchorage up to the needed fuel and cargo to remote villages in Alaska. We North Slope for the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline project. Arctic pioneered a way to install five massive oil exploration ice usually retreats for six weeks every summer, platforms in the middle of Lake Maracaibo in but this year it never happened. The deter- Venezuela. And when Hurricane Georges mined fleet was forced to a standstill. devastated Puerto Rico in 1998, we got our Finally, after two months of waiting, the ice port facilities up and running the very next flows momentarily retreated. The Crowley day to bring in critical relief supplies. But crews immediately forged ahead. When the that’s just the tip of the iceberg. To find out Crowley. One exceptional ice began to close in once again, it took company – run by one dedicated more, call 1-800-564-9251. 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