The Information Authority for the Workboat • Offshore • Inland • Coastal Marine Markets Volume 28 • Number 1 arine JANUARY 2017 M News www.marinelink.com Ferries & Passenger Vessels are Riding High in the Water Blended Learning For Changing Requirements Ballast Water Treatment USCG Approvals Start Rolling Shortsea Shipping Tampa Bay Ferry Leads The Way MN JAN17 C2, C3, C4.indd 1 1/5/2017 4:04:37 PM MN Jan17 Layout 1-17.indd 1 1/5/2017 4:31:26 PM CONTENTS MarineNews January 2017 • Volume 28 Number 1 Credit: Beaver Island Boat Company Credit: Beaver INSIGHTS 12 Margo S. Marks President, Beaver Island Boat Company REGULATORY REVIEW Ferry Features Photo Credit: ACL 22 Safety and the Environment: 34 Ferry Outlook 2017 same aims, different methods … North American Ferries: Faster, Greener2 & Safer The ferry industry faces sector-specifi c challenges Domestic ferries adjust their business models to met from the latest round of regulatory debate. regulatory pressures and exceed environmental standards. By Johan Roos By Barry Parker TRAINING & EDUCATION 40 Build Big, Build New 24 The Journey to Blended Learning ACL takes the luxury route to river dominance. Today’s maritime environment places unique chal- By Patricia Keefe lenges upon operators when it comes to training and safety. 45 Shortsea Shipping: A Good Way to Start By Murray Goldberg and Joy Findley Tampa Bay’s nascent foray into cross-channel ferry services identifi es community needs, environmental benefi ts and a SAFETY new way forward for domestic, shortsea startups. By Joseph Keefe 28 Ferry Safety in the Philippines A work in progress produces measurable results ON THE COVER while at the same time developing an enviable in- termodal model. Pictured on the cover is the ferry By Len Roueche Provincetown IV, docked in ad- vance of its maiden voyage in BALLAST WATER TREATMENT November 2016. The unique, six-month pilot project con- 30 Out in Front on nects the cities of St. Petersburg Ballast Water Treatment and Tampa. Shortsea shipping In the choppy wake of the ratifi cation of the IMO is alive and well in the sunshine Ballast Water Treatment convention, the U.S. Coast state. Story begins on page 45. Guard issues it fi rst US type-approval certifi cate. By Joseph Keefe (Photo Courtesy Tucker Hall /Cross Bay Ferry) 2 MN January 2017 MN Jan17 Layout 1-17.indd 2 1/5/2017 4:10:10 PM MN Jan17 Layout 1-17.indd 3 1/5/2017 4:13:30 PM MarineNews MarineNews January 2017 Volume 28 Number 1 (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 John C. O’Malley • [email protected] 6 Editor’s Note Associate Publisher & Editorial Director Greg Trauthwein • [email protected] Editor 8 By the Numbers Joseph Keefe • [email protected] Tel: 704-661-8475 Passenger Vessel and Ferry Safety: It’s all about location. Web Editor Eric Haun • [email protected] Contributing Writers Susan Buchanan • Lawrence R. 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Without a doubt, if even one-half of the potential developments that loom large for workboats come to fruition, then we will be looking at the beginning of an uptick in the maritime business climate. Nowhere is that more true than for the passenger vessel and ferry industries. A major recapitalization of ferry fl eets, coast-to-coast, is well underway. New designs, new hulls and all the amenities that today’s consumers crave are on the way, along with increased capacities and – just maybe – some new routes as well. The drivers for the passenger vessel re- vival are many – fuel economy, environmental and regulatory pressures and a more discerning [email protected] customer base among them – but the end result is a revived boatbuilding sector. This month, Joe Hudspeth (page 16) Patricia Keefe (page 40) and Barry Parker (page 34) each bring their own take on that white hot pace. That’s just the high octane boost that the shipyard sector des- perately needs, at just the right time. At the same time, that new, high tech tonnage places what Murray Goldberg and Joy Findley both characterize as “unique challenges upon operators when it comes to training and safety.” That’s where Blended Learning comes in. The Washington State Ferries is exploring the use of blended learning (combining eLearning and face-to-face training) to help alleviate their train- ing challenges. That story begins on page 24. And just when you thought things couldn’t get any more exciting, the U.S. Coast Guard (at long last and at last count) ended 2016 with not one but three ballast water technology approv- als, eliminating the vast majority of obstacles for vessel operators to install the now-required systems. Not all domestic brown water hulls will be impacted – a small number of 39,000 ves- sels, actually – but with the IMO BWT convention and approvals from this side of the pond, those operators who are, will need to get to work. Some are already at it, installing approved BWT technologies as you read this copy. That story begins on page 30. We begin 2017 with our proverbial maritime vessel full and down, proceeding full speed ahead, and leaving the greenest wake that marine commerce has seen since sailing ships went the way of horse-drawn carriages. Awaiting us is not so much a destination as it is a gauntlet of challenges that include ballast water treatment installations, subchapter M towboat compli- ance, and ever tightening emission tiers. That reality, although promising a mild headache for operators, also gives hope to OEM’s from all sides of the industry, and the shipyards that they serve. 2017 will be anything but boring. You’ll read all about it in the coming months, right here at home within the pages of MarineNews. I look forward to driving the boat and steering the conversation. 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