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FEATURES 20 Vessel Report: Ever Vigilant Patrol boats continue to expand their missions.

38 Cover Story: Keeping Up With Jones As the Jones Act nears 100, it has plenty of life left.

48 Pacific Time Coverage of the Pacific Marine Expo, to be held Nov. 2123 at CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle.

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BOATS & GEAR 28 On the Ways • Tier 4, Subchapter M Z-drive tug for Bisso Towboat from Main Iron Works • 38' patrol boat for Washington state from Armstrong Marine • Eastern launches Tier 4, 5,100-hp Z-drive tug for Bisso Offshore • Two new 30,000-bbl. tank barges for E Squared Marine built at Arcosa Marine’s reopened facility • Midship Marine to build sistership 600-passenger ferry for Seastreak • MetalCraft to build new 82' firefighting vessel for Kuwait • Metal Shark delivers 40' excursion vessel to Florida operator • Retrofit of 56', 49-passenger ferry built in 1979 completed at Gladding-Hearn

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On the Water: Protection and safety — Part V. Captain’s Table: Vessel operators must prepare for the worst.

Energy Level: The uphill fight for offshore profits continues.

WB Stock Index: WorkBoat stocks jump 5% in September.

Inland Insider: Investing in the inland waterways is a good idea.

Insurance Watch: Three areas of injury coverage.

Legal Talk: Seamen and the obligation of maintenance.

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Coast Guard may crack down on overnight passenger vessels. $32.8 million in ferry grants for nine projects awarded by DOT. Runaway barges close Houston area Interstate 10 bridge.

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The Jones Act turns 100

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n a few months, that controversial law that most of you are well versed in, the Jones Act, turns 100. So with this issue we decided to jump the gun a bit so our story doesn’t get lost in next year’s Merchant Marine Act of 1920 centennial madness.

In our cover story that begins on page 38, Dale DuPont and Max Hardberger tackle this sensitive subject.

Dale is up first, offering a straightforward report on where the Act and its proponents stand today.

She begins her report with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s quote about the Jones Act and a possible trade deal at August’s G7 summit.

“Donald, what we want is for our ships to be able to take freight, say, from New York to Boston, which at the moment they can’t do. So, we want cabotage. How about that?” he said to President Trump at this summer’s G7 meeting. Trump’s reply: “Many things — many things we’re talking about.”

Johnson’s suggestion to ditch the Jones Act is just another shot people have taken over the years to try and scrap the nearly 100-year-old law. Proponents defend the act, saying it is vital for national, economic and homeland security.

As Matt Paxton of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) told Dale, “People who understand the law, understand its value. If you didn’t have the Jones Act, you’d have to invent it — to police our waterways, to police our coastline.”

On page 40, Max has penned an opinion piece backing up the case for repeal of the law.

He cited the Congressional Research Service (CRS), which said the price

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of a U.S.-built tanker is an estimated four times the global price of a similar vessel, while a U.S.-built containership may cost five times the global price.

Thus, Max wrote, since the acquisition cost of a vessel has to be passed on ultimately to the consumer, the U.S. public pays the difference.

As for national security, “even if we had the capacity to build the types of large, oceangoing vessels needed in wartime, we can’t afford to build them in the U.S.,” he wrote.

Whatever side you are on, I encourage you to e-mail me your thoughts on the 100-year-old Jones Act.

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climbing on or over a vessel’s protective railings resulting in accidental falls into the water.

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The Coast Guard strongly recommends that passenger vessel owners, operators, and other responsible parties take the following measures: • Announce during the passenger orientation safety brief or with signage that standing or stepping onto benches and railing are prohibited.

• Provide an adequate number of crewmembers and employees to detect and deter high-risk behavior that could result in a person going overboard.

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o, what actually distinguishes a best practice from a good practice? Or what differentiates a best practice from just an average or mediocre one or even a bad practice?

Definitions really do matter. But formal definitions may not be universally known or universally accepted. I think it is a highly subjective and variable standard that, despite the implication that there’s a reliable and accepted gauge for it, is quite difficult to get agreement and consensus on.

We tend to do what we’re taught, or some lesser version of it, or whatever we’ve become used to doing. We do what is deemed “easiest.” Easiest is often a slippery and inaccurate term, since it reliably fails to account for the costs and associated downsides that usually go with taking the easy way out.

Does regularly looking out the windows constitute a best practice for the deck officer on watch?

How about the routine use of binoculars to better ascertain the aspect of other vessels within sight?

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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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he September fire aboard the dive boat Conception resulted in 34 fatalities. The maritime industry agonizes over accidents such as this. As we wonder how such an incident could have been avoided, it also motivates us to review our own policies, crew training protocols and risk management practices. Commercial vessel operators must continuously drill and prepare for the worst.

My vessels operate on one hour and two-and-ahalf-hour cruises on the Ohio River in Cincinnati.

The boats are steel, with fire zones, and we do not have crew or passenger berths. The Conception, which was constructed of wood and fiberglass, had passenger berths below the main deck.

A boat fire is probably one of the worst things that I can imagine. Fortunately, in my 40-plusyear career on the rivers, I have only experienced fire on board a vessel once. It was a small fire in a garbage can, which was extinguished very quickly.

The fire never got out of hand due to training and the quick reaction of my crew.

Hardly. They’re standard operating procedures (SOP) that have existed for a long time and failure to do them constitutes negligence or worse. How about checking the settings on the radars when assuming the watch? No different. But some seem to regard it as an intolerable burden, or else they don’t think of it at all. That’s also negligence.

Using parallel index lines on the radar to improve overall situational awareness? How about running the self-testing procedure on any electronics so equipped or thoroughly checking all of the components that connect a tug with its tow before departure? All are SOP and referring to them as a best practice does a big disservice to the term.

Some people are also fond of the old standby, “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” In a limited sense, there is a nugget of truth in this statement.

Some people are prone to unnecessary tinkering with things and wind up making matters worse.

But usually it’s just a euphemism and a handy excuse for being lazy and disinterested, and not performing routine inspections and preventative maintenance.

Like other marine operators, we at BB Riverboats believe in the importance of conducting regular firefighting and other drills so that our crewmembers know their responsibilities in an emergency. Our company is an active participant in the Coast Guard’s Streamlined Inspection Program (SIP) that ensures vessels operate in a continual state of compliance. We also use risk management and online training materials developed by the Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) to augment our crew training regimes. PVA also offers a safety management system (SMS) called Flagship. It is a structured and documented SMS that enables both shore side and vessel side personnel to effectively manage safety through a proactive culture of continual improvement.

Emergencies aboard vessels are compounded by many factors which occur very quickly. Crew training is the key to effectively and efficiently managing an emergency or accident, whether it is fire, engine loss, man overboard or some other incident.

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The offshore profit battle

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idewater’s announcement in late September of the retirement of two senior executives coupled with Transocean’s decision to relinquish interests in two drillships under construction reflect the continuing profitability struggle of offshore service companies.

This is a sign of the times, not a criticism of the companies. When the reality is that the future market will not be what was previously anticipated, tough decisions are necessary. Often, these decisions involve people. Company strategies in a typical recovery period need to face reality and be adjusted.

The offshore market will see increased activity in the future, but it remains oversupplied with equipment that owners are reluctant to jettison. Much of the equipment that needs to leave the fleet has been idle for years. Reactivating these units would be costly, with the expense unlikely to be recovered. This battle between wishes and survival has occurred in the past, most notably in the late 1980s following the oil price crash of 1986. In that era, oilfield equipment, which was highly valued and costly to build, was reduced to values based on cents-on-the-pound.

In the offshore industry of the late 1980s and early ‘90s, shedding equipment and people was necessary for companies to survive, before the smaller industry could prosper.

A smaller, more nimble and profitable business is what needs to emerge now. Yes, oil companies will still want the most modern, capable and newest equipment available. Who wouldn’t?

But they will need to adjust their wants with the reality of the equipment fleets and capabilities available. They will be forced to compromise.

Always lurking in the background, as happened before, is the willingness of energy service companies to cut costs to secure work, critical to their staying in business. Those actions often lead to

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WorkBoat Composite Index Stocks jump 95 points in September

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he WorkBoat Composite Index gained 95 points in September, or about 5%. For the month, winners topped losers 23-7.

All indexes gained ground in September, with suppliers leading the way rising almost 7%.

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for the month was The Greenbrier Companies Inc. The owners of barge builder Gunderson Marine rose almost 30% in September. In late August, Gunderson announced that it would build a 55,000-bbl. articulated tug barge (ATB) for Crowley Fuels, the Alaska-based business unit of Source: FinancialContent Inc. www.financialcontent.com

INDEX NET COMPARISONS 8/30/19 9/30/19 CHANGE Operators 324.05 329.56 5.51 Suppliers 3,054.09 3,259.00 204.91 Shipyards 3,244.14 3,347.48 103.34 WorkBoat Composite 1,976.42 2,071.11 94.69 PHLX Oil Service Index 62.88 65.50 2.62 Dow Jones Industrials 26,403.28 26,916.83 513.55 Standard & Poors 500 2,926.46 2,976.74 50.28 For the complete up-to-date WorkBoat Stock Index, go to: workboat.com/resources/tools/workboat-composite-index/

PERCENT CHANGE 1.70% 6.71% 3.19% 4.79% 4.17% 1.95% 1.72%

Crowley Maritime Corp. Construction will begin in the first quarter with delivery expected by January 2021.

Kirby Corp. was up almost 12% in September. The Houston-based barge operator was hit hard by weather delays in the summer. Through June, the company had over 7,900 delay days, an 86% increase compared to the first six months of 2018. Kirby estimated that these conditions and incremental delays cost the company’s inland marine unit about 10 cents per share through June. However, strong customer demand, improved pricing and consistent barge utilization rates in the mid-90% range contributed to a more than 30% improvement in operating income in the second quarter compared to the first quarter. The high-water operating conditions have improved, which should be reflected in Kirby’s third-quarter results.

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.S. inland waterways stakeholders have notched some big victories over the last couple of years. The merciful completion of the $3 billion Olmsted Locks and Dam project is probably the biggest. And Congress has approved some record funding packages to help modernize the river system.

Great news, but according to a study released in August by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it’s just not enough. The study, “Importance of Inland Waterways to U.S. Agriculture,” discusses the critical connection between the inland waterways and the competitiveness of U.S. agriculture in global markets.

Compared to the status quo, the study said that increasing investment in the inland waterways by $6.3 billion over a 10year period (through 2029) and $400 million per year thereafter through 2045 would increase the waterways’ contribution to U.S. gross domestic product by 20% and increase waterways-related employment by 19% to 472,000 jobs.

Those numbers would more than offset the cost of completing all the proposed projects and would increase the market value of U.S. corn and soybeans by $39 billion,

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according to the study. Conversely, reduced investment would decrease the market value of those commodities by $58 billion.

Not surprisingly, the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and the Waterways Council Inc. (WCI) commended the USDA for releasing the study that emphasizes the benefits from investing in improvements to the inland

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Additional highlights of the study: • U.S. farmers enjoy a competitive advantage in global export markets in large part because of the nation’s robust, resilient transportation and infrastructure network that moves corn and soybeans, the nation’s highest yielding crops.

• Because of its efficiencies and lower costs, the inland waterways system saves between $7 billion to $9 billion annually over the cost of shipping by other modes. These values are based on all goods currently being moved on the water compared to the same volume transported by rail.

• Each dollar of waterways activity results in $1.89 in additional U.S. economic activity related to the waterways.

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hipyards and marine-related businesses employ people in a wide variety of jobs. With this comes different means of injury coverage for the people who work there. Just because you believe your employees are properly covered does not mean that they are.

Here are three areas of injury coverage: • Jones Act: This law covers employees who are considered crewmembers on vessels. Seamen employed on vessels traveling from U.S. port to U.S. port are entitled to coverage under the Jones Act. It is provided under your vessel’s Protection and Indemnity policy. Crew are covered for injury and illness while “in service to the ship” through the maintenance and cure portion of the coverage.

Crew are also entitled to sue the ship or ship owner for unseaworthy or negligent conditions which they believe caused their injury. To be considered

a crewmember, employees must spend roughly a third of their time at work in service to the ship.

• USL&H: Employees who work around docks, wharves or service a vessel fall under the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. These are stevedores, repair crew, crane operators or similar employees who service, load, or go on and off vessels but are not considered crewmembers. The two determining factors for USL&H are “situs” and “status,” both of which need to be met. To meet the situs test, the injury must occur while working on or near navigable waters. The status test is met by the work being done. Even if you have a boatyard that you feel would never have a USL&H risk, it is very inexpensive to have this coverage added to your state workers compensation policy on an ‘if any’ basis.

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By John K. Fulweiler

John K. Fulweiler of Fulweiler LLC is a licensed mariner and maritime attorney. He can be reached at john@ saltwaterlaw.com or 1-800-383-MAYDAY.

he obligation of maintenance is triggered when a seaman is disabled while in the service of the vessel no matter the cause. It’s an obligation intended and enforced to protect the “poor and friendless” sailor. But what if the seaman returns to work? Does this obligation cease?

The Supreme Court said that a vessel owner’s liability for maintenance is one of the “most pervasive” of all with any doubts to be resolved in the seaman’s favor. The top court has also allowed recovery of maintenance payments without deducting the earnings a seaman made after his injury. There’s case law to support the idea that maintenance is unique and the courts seem (rightly so) reluctant to penalize a seaman who is driven back to work against the tune of “I owe, I owe, so off to work I go.”

The fact that a seaman is labeled “fit for duty” and returns to work doesn’t necessarily relieve the obligation to continue paying maintenance.

The maintenance obligation is not measured by the fact that a seaman is back aboard the vessel, but by whether the seaman has reached his or her maximum possible improvement.

While exceptions exist, keep in mind that a seaman who returns to work and receives food and lodging at no cost might not be entitled to maintenance. The other side of the coin is that an injured seaman doesn’t likely forfeit payment of maintenance and cure if there remains a reasonable possibility that further treatment will aid in restoring him or her to pre-accident condition.

Some Italian restaurants are equipped with a Berkel 330M meat slicer. Its cast casing is lacquered in red paint and a flywheel spins on one end. The Berkel 330M is used to create ultra-thin shavings of prosciutto, that salty cured meat.

I pictured this machine when I was thinking about a vessel owner’s maintenance obligation and a seaman returning to work. These legal meats are sliced fine, making the facts of each seaman’s situation particularly important. Too bad they can’t rejigger the Berkel 330M to handle legal issues.

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USCG may look more closely at overnight vessels after fire

Overnight vessels may see more scrutiny.

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he fatal California dive boat fire has prompted the Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) to advise members that a Coast Guard inspection crackdown on overnight vessels might be coming so it would be prudent to review “important safety and risk management essentials.”

In its notice PVA provided annotations to a Coast Guard safety bulletin issued to all commercial vessel operators after the Conception burned just off Santa Cruz Island Sept. 2 killing 33 passengers and one crew.

While PVA members are not involved in overnight diving operations, “this was a significant accident resulting in loss of life that is well worth examining,” the trade group said.

“It is likely that the Coast Guard will intensify inspection efforts for passenger vessels with overnight accommodations, focusing specifically on fire safety, vessel operations and safety management.”

The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) preliminary report said all six crewmembers were asleep when the fire started — five in berths behind the wheelhouse and one in the bunk room. The vessel’s Certificate of Inspection (COI) requires a roving watch, according to the Coast Guard, which said the 75'×25' woodenhulled Conception built in 1981 was inspected in February and complied with regulatory requirements. The victims likely died of smoke inhalation, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff said.

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The bulletin urged mariners to “ensure crewmembers are aware of and clearly understand their obligations including any additional requirements detailed on the COI.” PVA pointed out requirements on certain vessels include an overnight watchman and an alternate crew for operations of more than 12 hours over a 24-hour period.

— Dale K. DuPont

DOT awards $32.8 million in ferry grants

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his summer, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced approximately $32.8 million in ferry grants. Nine projects in nine states will receive funding from FTA’s passenger Ferry Grant Program.

The projects awarded to ferry operators by the DOT were: • A $ 3.4 million ferry grant to Casco Bay Island Transit District (Casco Bay Lines), Portland, Maine.

• Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLINK), will receive $1.2 million to construct a new ferry terminal.

• The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will receive $5.9 million to upgrade passenger ferry slips at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. • The Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District in California was awarded $5.9 million to acquire a new passenger ferry vessel that will enhance service reliability for its passengers.

• The St. Johns River Ferry, owned by the Jacksonville (Fla.) Transportation Authority and operated by HMS Global Maritime, will receive about $3.9 million to upgrade critical elements related to public safety.

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n late September, nine barges broke away from their moorings at the San Jacinto River Fleet north of the San Jacinto River bridge in the Houston area. High water associated with Tropical Storm Imelda was to blame. Two of the barges became lodged under the bridge, which is part of Interstate 10.

The two barges were loaded with naptha and monoethylene glycol. The barges were safely removed and no product was released into the waterway.

CANAL BARGE BUYS FIVE TOWBOATS

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ine Bluff Sand and Gravel Co. has sold five towboats to Canal Barge Company Inc. New Orleans-based CBC has offered employment to Pine Bluff’s 80 transportation division mariners and will continue to provide transportation services to Pine Bluff for its crushed stone and riprap needs. The deal will not affect other operations at Pine Bluff.

The company will retain its barge assets and remaining harbor/tender boat fleet.

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• The Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division will receive $5.9 million to construct a pedestrian connector between the Seattle Multimodal Terminal and downtown Seattle.

• The Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority in Massachusetts will receive $2.5 million to construct a new terminal building to improve service for its passengers.

• The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro-North Railroad will receive more than $2.7 million to design and construct a new floating dock to replace an older one.

— David Krapf

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Patrol Boats

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.S. boatbuilder Metal Shark brought a 38' Defiant patrol boat to the Multi-Agency Craft Conference last year in Baltimore.

Along with its partner ASV Global, what set the team’s SharkTech patrol boat apart from the others was that it was an autonomous vessel.

These autonomous vessels can be custom configured for military, law enforcement, fire rescue, and other commercial markets.

At the time, Chris Allard, Metal Shark’s CEO, said, “The industry has watched and waited as autonomous technology has matured from its fledgling stages. We are demystifying and streamlining the process of autonomous technology integration by bringing this capability to market in turnkey form straight from the OEM (original equipment manufacturer).”

Beyond simple waypoint navigation or the execution of pre-programmed mission routes, Sharktech’s ASView onboard digital control system features a collision avoidance system with decision-making capability. The system allows for autonomous or remote operation of navigation and safety lighting, hailers and sirens, pumps, and other components.

It also permits the integration and autonomous or remote operation of a near-infinite range of specialized equipment, including fire pumps, monitors, and other firefighting equipment; hydrographic survey equipment; equipment for acoustic,

oceanographic, or meteorological monitoring; and the full spectrum of FLIRs and other specialty cameras.

NEXT STEP Recently, Metal Shark partnered with Sea Machines, a Boston-based developer of autonomous marine technology, to introduce a new 29' Sharktech autonomous vessel.

The new Sharktech 29 Defiant welded aluminum monohull pilothouse vessel features original OEMintegrated Sea Machines technology that offers a full range of advanced capabilities including active control and collision avoidance. The system allows for either traditionally manned, reduced crew or unmanned autonomous operations.

The two companies recently began demonstrations using the new platform, and units are now available for acquisition by government and commercial operators under Metal Shark’s stock boat program.

“This relationship came about earnestly because Sea Machines and Metal Shark share the mutual goal of bringing advanced autonomous marine technology to the market now,” said Don Black, Sea Machines vice president, sales and marketing. “One of the reasons Metal Shark chose to work with us was because we are one of the few companies that has autonomous marine systems commercially and readily available — meaning we www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2019 • WorkBoat

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have systems in stock, ready for installation on all types of workboats and a variety of commercial and government vessels now.”

Autonomous vessels are certainly of interest to naval officials who have been looking for ways to keep personnel safer during drug interdiction operations and in war zones. The Sea MachinesMetal Shark autonomous surface vessel package was developed using the SM300 vessel intelligence system that provides “operator-in-the loop” autonomous command and control, plus direct remote-control operation via wireless belt pack. “This system is configured for over-the-horizon detection as it pertains to collision avoidance, using radar and AIS sensors,” said Black.

Other features of the system include: • Autonomous command for more productive, predictable and safer marine operations; • Remote-helm control for faster re-

sponses and reduced operational costs; • Remote payload control for onboard equipment cameras, sensors and more; • Collaborative operations for a forcemultiplier effect; • Overall reduced manual effort that allows human operators to focus on higher-level tasks.

• Advanced mission planning and situational awareness capabilities round out the autonomous package. Routine software updates allow for system enhancements as additional refinements are made.

Black said the Sea Machines system can increase the productivity, predictability and safety of marine operations while helping to reduce incidents related to fatigue, poor visibility and challenging environments. “In terms of lowering risk and operational cost, unmanned operations can reduce stop-work periods and eliminate shift

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changes, which further increases productivity and safety,” he said.

The Sea Machines technology suite is designed to integrate into a versatile, military-proven hull form. Powered by twin outboard engines, the vessel has top speeds over 45 knots. The 29 Defiant can be customized to meet unique mission requirements. However, to reduce lead times, a standardized configuration has been developed for the stock boats program.

Yet the autonomous vessel is not just for military operations. “Sea Machines and Metal Shark are well matched for municipality, county, or state agency operations, including patrol, security, environmental protection applications and more,” Black said.

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The 31' Impact is the newest asset in Maine Marine Patrol’s fleet.

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• The St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office in Hudson, Wis., took delivery this summer of a 24' custom-built rigid hull inflatable boat (RIB). The new boat, built by Lake Assault Boats, Superior, Wis., enhances the sheriff’s patrol capabilities and water-based emergency rescue operations on a 27-mile stretch

of the St. Croix River, a National Scenic Riverway. Lake Assault’s 24' craft features an overall height of less than 13'6" and a person and cargo capacity of 3,000 lbs. It is able to operate in as little as 21" of water for easier access to shallow areas. The boat is outfitted with a bow-to-beach access door and ladder located at the front “V” of the

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Through federal grants, states and municipalities have also added to their fleets. Many of these non-military boats are multimission vessels. In addition to patrolling, these boats’ missions include recreational rescue operations, firefighting and more.

Here’s some of the non-military patrol/multimission boats delivered over the past year: • Brunswick Commercial and Government Products delivered a new 31' fisheries and recreational boating enforcement and maritime security boat to Maine Marine Patrol in South Portland, Maine. The Impact is the newest asset in Maine Marine’s fleet.

The boat is powered by twin 350hp Mercury Verado outboards capable of speeds of more than 50 knots. The new patrol boat is stationed at the South Portland Coast Guard facility. The boat was purchased with two grants totaling

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• Located on the Merrimack River in Massachusetts, the Lowell Police Department took delivery of a new 19' Ribcraft 5.85 for patrol and enforcement duties as well as

19' police boat’s responsibilities include a large beach, collegiate rowing clubs and boathouses, and growing weekend recreational boating activity.

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waters yet large enough to carry ample crew and gear and handle large seas.

• Moose Boats, Vallejo, Calif., delivered a 38'10"×13'10" M2-38 catamaran CBRN, dive and fire rescue vessel to the San Francisco Fire Department. SFFD’s Marine Unit responds to hundreds of shoreline and open-water search and rescue calls a year so the new M2 is

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100' docking tug will work on the Mississippi.

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ain Iron Works (MIW), Houma, La., delivered the 100'×38'×17'2", 6,008-hp Tier 4-compliant ASD tractor tug Andrew S to New Orleans-based Bisso Towboat Co. Inc. in October.

“There were actually three issues to deal with — more bollard pull, EPA’s required Tier 4 technology and compliance with the Sub M regulations,” said Bisso’s senior captain and vice president of training, Jonathan Davis. “They had to be addressed together. The propulsion solution that we chose would mean different modifications to the vessel to meet Subchapter M.” Main propulsion for the shipdocking tug comes from twin Caterpillar 3516E, Tier 4 diesels, producing 3,004 hp at 1,800 rpm each. The Cats drive Kongsberg US255 P30FP Z-drives through Kongsberg gears with 7.5157:1 reduction ratios. The propulsion package gives the Andrew S a running speed of 15 knots and a bollard pull of 84 tons. Kongsberg also supplied the 2,500-mm props and steering system.

“Our 3500 Series engine is a compact and reliable engine to begin with. Five of the Bisso tractor tugs have 3516s in them already. The SCR system we use in the new 3500 Series was developed by Caterpillar,” said Charlson Smith, Cat’s marine sales manager. “It has stood the test of time and durability on off-road vehicles, highway trucks and heavy

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equipment. The system utilizes diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), a urea-based fluid that is mixed with the engine’s exhaust, causing a chemical reaction that significantly reduces NOx in the exhaust. At the same time, the new 3500 Series engines maximize performance while increasing fuel efficiency.

When the Bisso folks saw how the engine performs, they were impressed.”

Auxillary equipment includes a JonRie 240 escort winch with a Bosch Rexroth Hägglunds drive level with 500' of Saturn 12 TM 3"D (orange) rope.

Ship’s service power is the responsibility of a pair of John Deere 4045 AFM85, 100-kW gensets. The tug has a maximum draft of 13' 3-7/16".

Capacities include 30,162 gals. of diesel fuel; 1,825 gals. lube oil; 1,825 gals. hydraulic oil; 3,000 gals urea; and 11,000 gals. potable water.

“On this vessel, the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) is the TPO (third party organization) overseeing the construction and outfitting. All tanks and piping were tested to check for leaks,” said Main Iron’s Benny Cenac. “This is something MIW always performed in house on every vessel built. For Sub M, the testing now has to be witnessed by the TPO.” — Kathy Bergren Smith and Ken Hocke

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Armstrong Marine delivers 38' patrol boat to Washington rmstrong Marine USA, Port Angeles, Wash., has delivered a new 38'×13' monohull patrol boat, Salish Scout, to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) after successful launch and sea trials in Port Angeles Harbor.

Armstrong Marine is building multiple vessels for the DNR’s Marine Law Enforcement program.

The Salish Scout is a sistership to the Sentry, completed earlier this summer.

“As the manager of 2.6 million acres of aquatic lands, the Department of Natural Resources plays a critical role in protecting our waters and preserving habitat from those who seek to damage it,” commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz said in a statement announcing the delivery. “Sentry

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Twin Cummins QSB6.7 425-hp engines in a semi-tunnel straight shaft arrangement achieve 24-knot cruise and 30-knot pursuit speeds. SeaStar/ Teleflex steering with a Capilano helm pump, an Imtra Side-Power bowthruster, Bennett electric trim

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“Sentry and Salish Scout have met all targets set for performance, use, and serviceability. We’re proud that both vessels have entered service right away and are now contributing in such a significant way to DNR’s marine law enforcement missions,” said Armstrong Marine USA managing director Perry Knudson.

Armstrong is also scheduled to deliver a 42'×16'×5' aluminum catamaran research vessel to Orca Maritime, San Diego, in November.

The new workboat, designed and built at Armstrong, will have a draft of 2', a range of 800 kilometers (500 nautical miles), a cruising speed of over 25 knots and a top speed of 37 knots. There will be work space for six scientists and a boat operator. The vessel will sport an A-frame for lifting up to 4,000 lbs., an adaptable deck foundation for configuring and securing technology, and a computer-controlled engine system to automatically maintain position and heading.

Orca Maritime will utilize the workboat in support of the Navy’s unmanned underwater systems programs in San Diego. Work will include the launch and recovery of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), underwater gliders, surface and underwater sensors, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) operations, unmanned surface vehicles (USV), the deployment and recovery of underwater training mines, and surface-supplied and scuba diving operations.

The boat will have a 19'3"×13'1" rear cargo deck with recessed all thread tie down points. Capacities will include 600 gals. of fuel and 55 gals. water.

Main propulsion for the research vessel will come from twin Volvo Penta D11 engines, producing 510 hp at 2,250 rpm each. The mains connect to forward facing duo props through Volvo IPS transmissions with 1.70:1 reduction ratios. Volvo is also

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BOATBUILDING BITTS fter reopening its idle barge manufacturing operations earlier this year, Arcosa Marine’s Madisonville, La., facility launched its first barge on July 25. The 297.5'×54'×12', 30,000-bbl. tank barge E2MS 314 was built for E Squared Marine Service LLC, Houston. Arcosa Louisiana shipyard completes Marine has built first barge after reopening. several barges for E Squared since its founding in 2012. The E2MS 314 is the first of two 30,000-bbl. tank barges Arcosa was scheduled to deliver to E Squared Marine’s fleet in August. New Orleans-based Harbor Towing & Fleeting LLC picked up the first barge on Aug. 23 and moved it to the Mississippi River where it began moving product. Arcosa reopened the facility due to favorable conditions in the barge construction market for multiple barge types including tank, hopper, and deck barges. The company’s construction backlog at Madisonville currently extends into 2020.

Incat Crowther announced it has been awarded a contract from Seastreak for the construction of a sister vessel to the Seastreak Commodore. Building on the success of the Seastreak Commodore, the second Incat Crowther 45 will help accommodate the large passenger volume along traditional routes serviced New fast ferry will have a capacity of

by Atlantic 600 passengers like its sistership.

Highlands, N.J.-based Seastreak. The new ferry will increase the operator’s fleet of Incat Crowther-designed vessels to nine. At 147'8"×39'5"×12'10" with a capacity of 600 passengers and a 5'4" draft, the aluminum sister vessel will join the Commodore as the the highest passenger capacity Coast Guard Subchapter K high-speed ferries in the U.S., according to Incat Crowther. The new passenger vessel will be built at Midship Marine, Harvey, La. It will be powered by four MTU 12V4000 M64 main engines, producing 1,875 hp at 1,800 rpm each, and will provide redundancy while operating efficiently at a modest rating. The mains will connect to Kongsberg Kamewa 63S4 waterjets. Ship’s service power will come from a pair of John Deere 6068 SFM85powered gensets.

In 2017, New Orleans-based Q-LNG Transport LLC awarded a contract to VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Miss., to build a first-of-its-kind (in the U.S.) liquid natural gas (LNG) articulated tug/barge (ATB) unit.

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astern Shipbuilding Group Inc., Panama City, Fla., has launched the first of two 80'×38'×13'2", 5,100-hp Z-drive tugs for Bisso Offshore LLC, a division of E.N. Bisso & Son Inc., New Orleans. The C.D. White was launched in late August.

In his remarks at the launching ceremony, Mike Vitt, Bisso’s vice president, said that Eastern answered the challenges created by Hurricane Michael last year while retaining its ability to build a beautiful boat.

The RAL RApport 2400 Z-drive shiphandling tug was designed by Robert Allan Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia. The C.D. White is currently under construction at Eastern’s Allanton, Fla., facility, along with a sister vessel, the A. Thomas Higgins. The C.D. White is scheduled to be delivered in December.

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The new ATB is scheduled First of its type U.S. LNG articulated for delivery tug/barge unit. in the first quarter of 2020 and will work under a 15-year contract for Shell Trading (U.S.) Co., delivering LNG fuel to ports in Florida and the Caribbean. The new ATB will bunker Carnival Cruise Line’s two new dual-fuel ships and two dual-fuel Siem Car Carriers AS pure car/ truck carriers.

The UK-based naval architect Walker Marine Design (WMD) has awarded a contract to Canada’s MetalCraft Marine Inc. (MCM) to build a new firefighting (FiFi) vessel for Kuwait. The 82' boat is scheduled for completion in 2021. The new FireCat is first in its class and has been customized to meet MCM’s Kuwaiti customer’s specific requirements. The end-user required a high-speed catamaran capable of handling a multitude of duties, including vessel escort, humanitarian and disaster relief, casualty evacuation and firefighting.

The FiFi vessel will 82' fireboat for Kuwait. be equipped with two MTU engines delivering speeds of up to 25 knots.

The boat will feature a twin-storied wheelhouse which will provide increased visibility. It will carry four crew, and is fitted with four berth cabins, medical room, and equipment storage space.

Louisiana shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered a new excursion vessel to Southwest Florida tour and charter boat operator Pure Florida. Sea Flight is a custom built 40'×14' welded aluminum foil-assisted catamaran designed and built to Coast Guard Subchapter T standards and configured to carry up to 33 passengers. Fort Myers, Fla.-based Pure Florida operates a fleet of 20 vessels from its locations in Naples and Fort Myers. Designed by Jutson Marine Design, the vessel features a foil-assisted catamaran hull designed to deliver enhanced performance, economy and ride comfort.

Forward and aft transverse hydrofoils elevate the hull at planing speeds to substantially reduce drag.

The Comorant recently completed a four-month major refit at Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, which built the vessel in 1979. Pret Gladding, co-founder of the Somerset, Mass., shipyard, designed the 56', 49-passenger ferry for the Naushon Island Trust. The Comorant’s original twin General Motors 6V53 148-hp engines were replaced with John Deere 4045FM85 Tier 3 diesels, each delivering 160 hp at 2,300 rpm.

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The two new RAL tugs have been customized by the designer, builder and owner to provide specific operational features including 64 metric tons of bollard pull, enhanced maneuverability and escort performance, better fuel economy, crew comfort, safety under the new Subchapter M requirements and reduced emissions that meet new EPA Tier 4 emissions regulations.

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On deck is a Markey Machinery DEPCF-42 HS single drum, 40-hp, render/recovery, line tension display, electric escort hawser winch forward, a Markey CEPB-40 5-hp tow bitt capstan aft, and a Washington Chain & Supply 90-ton SWL tow hook, electric-air remote control, manual or remote release tow hook.

Capacities include 28,000 gals of fuel oil, 8,750 gals. potable water, and two 850-gal. urea tanks. Firefighting equipment is comprised of a Counterfire ES-125-400, 1,500 gpm at 100 psi. diesel engine driven pump, and a 4" Stang remote controlled fire monitor.

The C.D. White is USCG certified Subchapter M, designed and built to ABS standards (but not classed under ABS rules.)

E.N. Bisso has taken delivery of four previous modern Z-drive ship assist tugs from Eastern since 2007, the Josephine Anne, Beverly B., Elizabeth B, and Archie T. Higgins.

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ritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently placed a big condition on a possible trade deal with the U.S. — ditch the Jones Act. “Donald, what we want is for our ships to be able to take freight, say, from New York to Boston, which at the moment they can’t do. So, we want cabotage. How about that?” he said to President Trump at this summer’s G7 meeting. Trump’s reply: “Many things — many things we’re talking about.”

Johnson’s suggestion is just one more fire Jones Act supporters likely will fight in their effort to preserve the nearly 100-year-old law — Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 — that requires cargo moved from one U.S. point to another be on vessels that are U.S. built, owned and crewed.

The law is vital for national, economic and homeland security, proponents say.

It’s necessary for moving military equipment and supplies, it ensures U.S. mariners will be available to operate government ships in war, and it supports a shipbuilding and repair industry for both military and commercial vessels. Otherwise,

General Dynamics NASSCO built the Isla Bella, the first LNG-powered containership in the world, in 2016. Along with her sistership the Perla del Caribe, the Isla Bella was purpose-built for the Jones Act Puerto Rican trade.

the country’s waterways — including 12,000 miles of inland and intracoastal waters maintained by the Corps of Engineers — would be open to foreign ships that operate outside U.S. law. Or, as a towing company official earlier told WorkBoat, without it, “we’re going to have Pakistani tugboats pushing ammonium nitrate barges through downtown St. Louis.”

“People who understand the law, understand its value,” said Matt Paxton, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), and a board member of the American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the industry’s Jones Act advocacy group.

“If you didn’t have the Jones Act, you’d have to invent it — to police our waterways, to police our coastline.”

AMP’s figures show that the law accounts for 40,000 vessels built in U.S. shipyards, 650,000 related jobs and $150 billion in economic output.

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Crowley Maritime’s Jones Act product tanker Ohio. The 600’, 50,000-dwt, 330,000-bbl. ship was the first tanker to receive the American Bureau of Shipping’s (ABS) LNG-Ready Level 1 approval. This gives Crowley the option to convert the tanker to LNG propulsion in the future.

president of public and government affairs at Kirby Corp., Houston. Costs, he said, that aren’t associated with international commerce, and a lot of people like to lump them together and blame the Jones Act. “The Jones Act comes down to security for America,” Woodruff said.

For instance, mariners may notice unusual things around refineries and power plants that aren’t visible on land, said Capt. Gregory Bush, president of the Associated Federal Pilots and Docking Masters of Louisiana, Metairie, La., which handles U.S.-flag vessels. “You get a different perspective from the water side.”

EDUCATION PROCESS Getting people to understand cabotage law requires continual education, he said, citing social media as the culprit for misinformation about the Jones Act. “So many people jump at the first thing they hear.”

He’ll ask someone planning to take their kids to Disney World if they can fly Aeroflot or some other foreign carrier there to Orlando, Fla., and they don’t know why they can’t. “It’s because of cabotage,” he tells them.

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“The Jones Act benefits from tremendous bipartisan support in Congress,” Paxton said, “but there’s external interest groups that attack the Jones Act. Those are real attacks and we take them seriously.”

Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) president Aaron Smith agrees that the law has a lot of support in Washington and among the people nationwide whose livelihoods depend on it. But that won’t stop opponents, he said. “A small number of, usually foreign, interests stand to make a lot of money if they can import foreign ships built in poor-quality, government supported shipyards and mariners from low-wage nations.”

In the past few years, critics have become increasingly vocal about the law and its impact on everything from hurricane recovery and accidents to the cost of living in Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico.

Those attacks are answered with ammunition such as a report commissioned by the maritime industry that concluded the law has no significant impact on consumer prices in Puerto Rico. Many food items, for instance,

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he Jones Act was named after its sponsor, Sen. Wesley L. Jones, RWash., who wanted to assure cargo moved to Alaska through the Port of Seattle rather than by rail to Vancouver, Canada, and then on foreign ships.

While there are 40,000 vessels in the Jones Act fleet, the number involved in international trade fell from 199 in 1990 to Sen. Wesley Jones 82 in 2017.

Congressional exemptions to the Jones Act include: 1941 – Canadian vessels allowed to take American Legion members between Cleveland and Milwaukee for their annual convention; 1984 – Passenger travel between Puerto Rico and other U.S. ports so long as no Jones Act service is available; 1996 – Vessels participating in oil spill cleanups.

National defense waivers include: 1989 – Several vessels to assist with the Exxon Valdez cleanup; 2005 – For 18 days after Hurricane Katrina to move Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil because pipelines had no power; 2017 – After hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria to expedite fuel shipments and for any product to Puerto Rico.

The largest penalty in Jones Act history was a $10 million fine levied by the Department of Justice in 2017 to Furie Operating Alaska for moving a jackup rig on a foreign-flag semisubmersible, heavy-lift vessel from the Gulf of Mexico to Vancouver, B.C., then by U.S.-flag tugs to Cook Inlet without getting a waiver.

In an August bankruptcy petition, Furie listed the DOJ as its largest unsecured creditor, owed $7.2 million for a “settlement agreement.”

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cost the same or less at a Walmart in San Juan than in Jacksonville, Fla., a study by Reeve & Associates and Estudios Técnicos Inc. found.

Supporters are especially diligent when it comes to waivers and interpretations of the law related to offshore installation vessels.

“The Jones Act does not need to be waived. It’s never been an impediment to anything,” Paxton said.

The law allows waivers in the interest of national defense, such as those given after major hurricanes starting with Katrina in 2005, but there’s no requirement related to vessel availability. The maritime industry points out that there’s no shortage of U.S.-flag vessels to help after disasters like Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017. Rather the issue was a lack of trucks and clear delivery routes to move aid out of the port.

“People use the excuse of an emergency as an excuse to make money,” Woodruff said. “Those types of waivers are of concern.”

Earlier this year, Jones Act advocates mobilized after reports Trump was considering a 10-year waiver of the law for foreign-flag tankers to carry liquefied natural gas (LNG) between U.S. ports.

They prevailed arguing for U.S. jobs and security.

SCA and OMSA sued Customs and Border Protection (CPB) claiming it has allowed foreign vessels to transport merchandise between U.S. points including on the Outer Continental Shelf in violation of the Jones Act. A bill before the House urges CBP to reverse its rulings, which would make it harder for foreign vessels to work offshore in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

With bipartisan support, the Energizing American Shipbuilding Act has been introduced in the Senate and House. The legislation would require that U.S.-built vessels transport 15% of total seaborne LNG exports by 2041 and 10% of total seaborne crude oil exports by 2033, providing a boost to the domestic maritime industry.

“Our geopolitical rivals have invested heavily in their shipbuilding capacity, and the U.S. should keep pace,”

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said Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a sponsor of the legislation along with Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif.

And Paxton notes, “China was not building ships in the ‘90s. Now they dominate the world’s commerce. They dump these ships on the market.”

As for the security of the Jones Act

itself, Charlie Papavizas, a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, and a Jones Act expert, said, “the Jones Act has substantial political support as it always has. But you never know where a threat is going to come from and free trade agreements are the devil’s playground.”

OPINION: THE CASE FOR REPEAL

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o maritime-related legislation in U.S. history has stirred up as much emotion as the Merchant Marine Act of 1920. Today, 100 years after its passage, the Jones Act still affects the everyday lives of Americans in ways not completely understood by the general public.

The underpinnings of the current controversies over the Act’s Section 27 lie in today’s political and economic realities. The U.S. and the world have changed greatly since 1920, yet the Act remains largely the same. In 1920, there was a robust U.S. shipbuilding industry. Today, no large bluewater cargo ships are being built in the U.S. for export. According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), “today, the price of a U.S.-built tanker is estimated to be about four times the global price of a similar vessel, while a U.S.-built containership may cost five times the global price.” Since the acquisition cost

of a vessel has to be passed on ultimately to the consumer, the U.S. public pays the difference.

In terms of national security — particularly, the availability of U.S. bottoms in times of war — some argue that, with limited funds, the U.S. war effort and U.S. taxpayer would benefit from having four times the number of bottoms at the same cost, even if they have to be built in foreign yards.

Even if we had the capacity to build the types of large, oceangoing vessels needed in wartime, we can’t afford to build them in the U.S. If, as Sen. Wesley Jones persuaded Congress 100 years ago, a compelling reason for the Act was the maintenance of a fleet of dry cargo ships for war readiness, it has failed miserably.

According to the CRS, today’s U.S.-flagged dry-cargo fleet consists of “twenty-four small to medium-sized container ships, seven ships that have

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ramps for carrying vehicles … and two dry bulk vessels designed to carry such commodities as grain and coal in bulk form.”

Proponents of the Jones Act’s restriction on foreign ownership of vessels in cabotage often point to maritime security concerns, but every day hundreds of foreign-flag ships, crewed exclusively by foreigners, call at U.S. ports without significant security issues. Foreign-built and -owned vessels are currently servicing offshore drilling rigs in the U.S. Gulf, and there have been no reports of any security issues.

In any discussion of the Jones Act, it is essential to keep in mind its separate parts. The argument that the Act is necessary for national security is misleading. If the provision in the Act requiring U.S. crews on vessels engaged in cabotage is left intact, then the requirement that these vessels be built and repaired in the U.S. may be considered on its own merits.

Jones Act proponents say that national security requires vessels to be owned by U.S. citizens whose loyalty will drive them to support a war effort (or who can be compelled by law to do so) and requires a pre-existing supply of U.S. bottoms to carry war materiel to foreign battlefields. Both of these arguments, when divorced from manning requirements, suffer from today’s political and economic realities. First, if 42

a U.S. citizen is free to buy and operate in cabotage a ship built at a foreign yard at 25% of the cost to build one here, then everybody benefits except the owners of U.S. shipyards.

Second, everyone, and especially the U.S. taxpayer and military, benefits from cheaper bottoms. If the U.S. can source a U.S.-flagged, foreign-built fleet four times the size of a U.S.-built fleet at the same cost, then that in itself is a boost to national security. In fact, today’s Navy recognizes this and, not being subject to the Jones Act, is considering buying foreign bottoms. In March, Gen. Steve Lyons of the U.S. Transportation Command testified before the House Committee on Armed Forces that the Navy “is contemplating the need to accelerate the purchase of used, foreign-built ships because building new ships in U.S. yards is estimated to be 26 times more expensive and thus not affordable.”

There is an argument against allowing foreign-built ships to trade between U.S. ports. Aaron Smith who heads up the Offshore Marine Service Association has sniffed at vessels being built by “poor quality, government-supported shipyards.”

But dry-cargo ships being turned out today by Chinese shipyards are built to international-class standards and are required to pass hundreds of rigorous class inspections, just like ships of this

size being built anywhere in the world.

Every day Chinese-built ships enter and depart U.S. ports without incident.

As for the U.S. economy, the Act hurts it, not helps it. In an article on RealClearPolicy.com (RCPC analyzes U.S. domestic policy), Thomas Grennes, emeritus professor of economics at North Carolina State University who has written extensively on the Jones Act, said that for every dollar gained by U.S. sailors, shipbuilders, and carriers as a result of the Act, U.S. consumers lose more than a dollar, resulting in a net loss.

Common sense dictates that goods going from the U.S. to Puerto Rico would have to cost more to justify the transportation expense, so we may take with a grain of salt the observation that “many food items cost the same or less at Walmarts in San Juan” than on the mainland. San Juan Walmarts may well absorb their losses on foodstuffs with higher prices on other imported goods.

In fact, according to the website Numbeo.com, the overall cost of living in Puerto Rico is actually 3.22% cheaper than on the mainland but purchasing power there is 26.09% higher than in Puerto Rico. And the claim that there is “no shortage of U.S.-flagged vessels” to supply Puerto Rico glosses over the fact that most cargo from the mainland to Puerto Rico is transported by containeron-barge, not by the type of oceangoing vessels that the military would need.

Further, there’s no denying that Hawaii, also dependent on U.S. bottoms for everything shipped from the mainland, is the most expensive state in the U.S. and Alaska isn’t far behind.

If foreign-built ships (at one-fourth the cost to purchase) were allowed to compete in these trades, the cost of transportation of goods to all three destinations would fall significantly.

These arguments will continue for decades if not longer, and although the hand of history lies heavily on the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, today’s economic and political realities require us to weigh carefully the claims of special-interest groups against the needs of the nation as a whole.

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he launching and hauling of vessels has mostly been done on a set of greased ways with the boat sliding into the sea in a cradle.

It isn’t foolproof, especially when the cradle breaks, sending the vessel off the ways and onto its side, its guests tossed into the scuppers and maybe over the side.

Cranes have been used to launch vessels but they too have had their problems, primarily when the crane’s boom snapped while the boat was hoisted out over the water.

The reverse of that, hauling a vessel from the water, has always been a labor intensive, arduous task, even after engines replaced the men and horses used to turn the early hauling windless. Once a boat

was ashore things weren’t necessarily much easier.

Moving even a midsized boat around a boatyard is not an easy project.

One of the starting points out of those earlier labor intensive, potentially costly endeavors took place in the 1940s at a yacht club in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. That’s when a man named Baudouin came up with the idea of using two piers with a steel frame on four truck wheels with chain blocks and straps to pull a boat weighing a few tons from the water and placing it on the ground.

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was established in 1954. It had a capacity of seven tons. It was soon followed with an open-end style boat hoist.

Just in terms of lifting capacity, Marine Travelift has come a long way.

In 1987 the company built the 500 BFM (beam forward machine) for Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding. With a 500-ton capacity, the 500 BFM was the world’s most powerful boat hoist at the time. Then, in 2010, the 1000C Marine Travelift built for Colonna’s Shipyard, Norfolk, Va., became the world’s most powerful boat hoist. At 1,100 tons, it’s Marine Travelift’s largest hoist in operation. However, they have a design for a 1,600-ton (3.52 million lbs.) lift that hasn’t been sold yet. That’s an improved lifting capacity of 1,593 tons in 62 years.

Marine Travelift isn’t focused only on lifting large, heavy boats. In 2018 they introduced the 400 TG (400 tons or 880,000 lbs.), which was specifically designed for tugs and other workboat

Colonna’s Shipyard’s 1000C Marine Travelift was the world’s most powerful boat hoist when built in 2010.

applications. The 400 TG features two sets of slings instead of four. “The slings can be tighter and closer together to better lift short, heavy vessels,” said Erich Pfeifer, president of Marine Travelift The newest model is the 150 TG (150 tons, 330,000 lbs.), which is also designed for shorter workboats such as tugs and barges.

The ability to pick up heavy loads is only one reason for a boatyard to have a Marine Travelift boat hoist. “Drydocks take up to a day to perform a lift,” said Pfeifer. “Marine Travelift regular picks take less than a few hours.”

That means that a lot less labor and time is involved. Thus, more boats can be handled in a day, “which maximizes work time and efficiency,” Pfeifer said.

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Hostar Marine Transportation Systems, Wareham, Mass., delivered its first submersible self-propelled boat in 2011 for the Coast Guard’s fleet of Metal Shark-built 38-foot training boats. The Coast Guard needed a way to haul its training boats as quickly as possible when a hurricane was due to hit or to get them in the water for a training exercise. That was followed six years later with a second 40'×8'6" self-propelled boat for the Coast Guard.

The boat built in 2017 came with a feature that was added to the earlier model after it was discovered that in an unloaded condition, the rear wheels lacked traction in the mud and slime at the bottom of a boat ramp. The solution was a proprietary traction control system that allows the operator “to reduce the drive torque to any of the four drive motors,” said Dwight Stimson, president of Hostar Marine.

The boats built for the Coast Guard are similar to Hostar’s Yard Star Series of self-propelled boats with some differences. “The Coast Guard required removable roller assembles on the keel

Hostar Marine’s submersible self-propelled boat handler launches a Coast Guard training boat.

support and cross beams,” said Stimson.

The Coast Guard also wanted a heavy winch to pull boats that might be dead in the water, and they requested all stainless steel hardware and hydraulic fittings.

The submersible self-propelled boats are controlled from an elevated platform on the forward end that provides better visibility than if the operator was on the ground, whether while launching, pulling a boat out of the water, or blocking boats on land. When blocking boats, the trailer on the self-propelled boat allows “blocking boats gunnel to gunnel with as little as one inch between gunnels,” said Stimson. That allows an increase in yard storage space by 50% to 75% over using a hoist.

A larger version of the Coast Guard’s self-propelled boat was delivered to Island Venture, a boatyard in Petersburg, Alaska, in 2013. It measures 50'×10'6"

and has six hydraulic stabilizing arms, instead of the four on the 40 footer. It also has a six-wheel drive unit, as opposed to the Coast Guard’s four-wheel drive.

The Coast Guard’s self-propelled boat mover can handle a load of 25 tons.

Island Venture’s boat in Petersburg is capable of moving 45 tons, and “she has hauled a 60-foot or possibly 70-foot boat,” said Stimson.

The Hostar self-propelled boat has a feature that makes it different from others, said Stimson. That’s “hydraulic drive motors at the front and the rear, as opposed to using a conventional steering axle from a tractor trailer and having just drive motors at the rear.” The bearings and seals are completely enclosed within the drive motor making them more saltwater resistant, Stimson said.

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In addition, a Marine Travelift boat hoist allows a boatyard to work on a boat on land as opposed to a drydock or ways which might present environmental issues.

Moving this vessel required multiple SPMT units on both sides of the keel.

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boatyard in February and is working with a boat manufacturer to build two 45-ton self-propelled platforms to move boat molds.

Another company with equipment designed to move workboats around a boatyard is Transport Systems and Products Inc., Stamford, Conn. That’s the shipyard transporter (SHT) and the self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT). The SPMT is a multiwheeled platform — two-, three-, four- or sixaxle modular units — that can handle up to 86 tons. Platforms may be mechanically connected to one another or several platforms can be held in place not with a physical connection but by the weight of the load the SPMT units are transporting. They would be programmed so a single steering unit controls all platforms.

The newest version of the SPMT — the SPMT Light — will be introduced at Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle in November and at the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans in December. The SPMT Light is a compact version of the SPMT and designed for use in smaller boatyards. There are two models — a 20'×8' two-axle version with an 85-ton capacity and a 29'×8' 4-axle model with a 176-ton capacity.

“With the SPMT Light you can go after smaller boats,” said Michael La Scala, Transport Systems vice president of sales. “The 65-foot workboat can be moved around with ease — both components and the whole boat.” At the end of September, two SPMT Light units were

in stock and ready to be shipped What La Scala calls an overgrown SPMT on steroids is the shipyard transporter. It can be coupled end-to-end like the SPMT or in the case of hauling a large hull section, coupled side-to-side.

When going over uneven ground or up a grade, the axles of the SHT, like the SPMT, compensate for the unevenness.

The front axles lower and the rear axles rise to keep the load level. It can handle an 11% grade, The control position of choice for the shipyard transporter is a cabin underneath the platform and between the wheels.

Usually there’s a control cabin at each end.

These are diesel powered but an electronic version will be introduced at the WorkBoat Show. The electronic shipyard transporter will be particularly handy when moving objects inside buildings

where diesels shouldn’t be operating.

The SPMTs were introduced in the early 1980s and the SHTs in the mid1970s. Over the years, two features have been introduced to make both units much more effective. First is the precise steering capability. It’s “single millimeters of accuracy,” said La Scala. “If you have to put two pieces of hull together, you have to be pretty precise.”

The second feature is the pendulum axles, whose importance La Scala describes “as enormous.” That’s the ability of the axle to raise, lower and turn 165º in either direction. He describes the axles as “all individual but they work together.”

Whereas some large shipyards have used railed transports to move large parts of a boat, with the SPMT’s latest features, “you can use the SPMT instead of rails, which gives the ability to go anywhere in the yard.”

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he largest commercial marine trade show on the West Coast opens its doors on Thursday, Nov. 21, 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.

The Expo features several special daily events including the popular Alaska Hall, Fisherman of the Year Contest, a taping of the Seattle Kitchen Radio Show, presentations by the Fisher Poets, and daily happy hours in the beer garden.

Produced by Diversified Communications, the show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 21 and Nov. 22, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23.

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2019 Exhibitor Listings F

Denotes Pacific Marine Expo Exhibitor Advertising In This Issue *Exhibitor list is subject to change. For the most updated list visit www.pacificmarineexpo.com

1 - Call Alaska LLC

4315

954-764-8700

1callalaska.com/

ABB Inc 253-280-9900

202 www.abb.com/turbocharging

ABD Insurance & Financial Services 206-960-4801

www.theabdteam.com

ABS

829

281-877-6000

www.eagle.org

Acupuncture and Wellness Center

4002

206-632-2810

360-647-7602

4031

www.allamericanmarine.com

907-235-5103

www.bayweldboats.com

711

www.alliedsystems.com/crane

Alphatron Marine USA

1124

www.efferusa.com

Altra Industrial Motion Corp 717-217-3879

1310

www.altramotion.com

AMC-Cliffv's www.mshs.com

Alaska Boat Brokers Inc

4312

www.alaskaboatbrokers.com

Alaska Central Express

4231

907-334-5100

www.aceaircargo.com/

Alaska Chadux Corporation

641

907-348-2365

www.chadux.com

Alaska Department of Fish and Game 907-465-6133

4127

www.adfg.alaska.gov

Alaska Division of Economic

3000

206-548-1306

nwmarineair.com

American Chemical Technologies Inc 517-223-0300

4214

www.commerce.alaska.gov

1101

863-324-2424

www.vulkan.com

AMOT Controls Corp

544

281-940-1800

www.amot.com

Analytic Systems

704

604-946-9981

www.analyticsystems.com

Applied Satellite Technology Systems US

640

778-658-0157

www.aquakob.com

Aquamarine Tech Services LLC

907-276-7315

973-420-1166

Alaska Marine Conservation Council 907-277-5357

Alaska Marine Safety Education Assn 907-747-3287 907-500-2134

4427

www.akMdoc.com

Alaska Net & Supply Inc

4021

www.alaskanetsupply.com

Alaska Sea Grant College Program

4321

www.seagrant.uaf.edu

Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute 907-465-5560

4118

www.amsea.org

Alaska Maritime Documentation

907-274-9691

4322

www.akmarine.org

4218

www.alaskaseafood.org

441

www.goaquamarine.com

ARG/Pacific Rubber Inc 206-762-6800

910

www.pacificrubberinc.com

Armstrong Marine USA 360-457-5752

851

www.armstrongmarine.com

Arrow Marine Services 604-323-7402

700 marine.arrow.ca/

Asano Metal Industry Co Ltd 81-256-33-0101

524

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

Aurand Manufacturing & Equipment Co 513-541-7200 Auto-Maskin LLC 832-738-1024

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429

www.ast-systems.us.com

Aquakob Systems Inc

Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation 4125 www.afdf.org

803

www.americanchemtech.com

American Vulkan Corp

480-247-2439

Development - Investments

124 www.ballardindustrial.com

800-958-2555

1201

www.baiermarine.com/

Ballard Industrial Bay Weld Boats

www.advantecmarine.com/ www.ajrmarinewindows.com

800-455-3917 206-783-6626

1125

928

442

1109

Allied Marine Crane 503-625-2560

Baier Marine Company

www.gowfire.com/

All American Marine

www.jrc.am

425-513-6747

907-232-4419

610

Altec-Effer USA

Motor-Services Hugo Stamp Inc

907-465-6371

Alexander Gow Fire Equipment

281-271-4600

Alamarin Jet/

907-209-6136

www.aleutianseast.org/

514

AJR Marine Windows Inc 604-944-1616

4117

907-274-7579

accupuncturewellness.net AdvanTec Marine 800-770-0455

116

Aleutians East Borough

138

www.aurand.net 1051 auto-maskin.com

Beckwith & Kuffel

1046

206-767-6700

www.b-k.com

Bekina Boots

444

325-539-0020

www.bekina-boots.com

Belzona Technology Northwest LLC 425-610-4902

www.belzonatnw.com

Bender Inc

713

484-288-7417

www.benderinc.com

Ben's Cleaner Sales Inc 206-622-4262

521 www.benscleaner.com

Bentleys Mfg Inc

639

503-659-0238

www.bentleysmfg.com

Big Bay Technologies

926

425-458-4321

www.bigbaytech.com

BIOBOR Fuel Additives

406

281-999-2900

www.biobor.com

Boats & Harbors 931-484-6100

734 www.boats-and-harbors.com

Boatswain's Locker Inc 949-642-6800

609

1350

www.boatswainslocker.com

Bomar/Pompanette LLC 206-450-5037

242 www.pompanette.com

Bonar Plastics Brand of Snyder Industries 531 402-467-5221

www.bonarplastics.com

Bostrom Company, H.O.

400

262-542-0222

www.hobostrom.com

Branom Instrument Co

710

206-762-6050

www.branom.com

Bridgestone HosePower 904-264-1267

200 www.hosepower.com

Bristol Bay Brailer LLC 907-469-0782

338 www.bristolbaybrailer.com

Bristol Bay Driftnetters Association 907-677-2371

Bristol Bay Fishermen’s Association 206-542-3930

4119

www.bbrsda.com 4226

www.bristolbayfishermen.org

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Pacific Marine Expo 2019 Exhibitor Listings Bristol Bay Regional

Coastwise Corporation

Seafood Development Association 907-770-6339

4119

www.bbrsda.com

Britmar Marine Ltd

1032

604-983-4303

www.britmar.com

Bronswerk Marine Inc - HVAC&R 619-813-4797

1442

www.bronswerk.com

Bulletproof Nets Inc

525

907-299-2933

www.bulletproofnets.com

Cali-optics Importer 626-548-7687

1156 www.SuperSportsOptics.com

Cargo Components

749

(253) 872-7810

1028

907-929-3148

www.coastwise.com

Cold Sea Refrigeration Inc/Sirsa Titanio 360-391-2199

Columbia Industrial Products 541-607-3655

325

www.cipmarine.com

ComNav Marine Ltd

1029

604-207-1600

www.comnav.com

ConGlobal Industries

120

206-624-0076

www.cgini.com

Advisory Council

4217

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 Eng., LLC 907-224-2500

www.circac.org

Cordova Port & Harbor

1431, 1439, 1529, 1533

4223

www.catalyst-marine.com

Center of Excellence for

4331

907-424-6279

www.cityofcordova.net

Cummins Inc 425-277-5330

1421 salesandservice.cummins.com

DA West

1004

360-378-4182

www.dawest.com

DACO Corporation

715

425-656-4505

www.dacocorp.com

DASPOS USA Inc

1243

206-353-1887

Marine Manufacturing and Technology

507

www.daspos.com

Datrex Inc

942

360-766-6282-3001marinecenterofexcellence.com

206-762-9070

CETS LLC

Deckhand Electronic Logbook

1509

206-588-1239

www.cetsinc.com

CFAB - Ak Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank

www.cfabalaska.com

Cheyenne Scale Company 206-933-7904

4233

www.cheyennescale.com/

Christie & Grey Inc 508-217-3061 CITEL Inc

901

519-342-7177

www.deeptrekker.com/

Delta Western LLC

729

907-343-1245

www.deltawestern.com

Dex-O-Tex Marine by Crossfield

1447

Products Corp

225

310-886-9100

www.dexotexmarine.com

www.citel.us

Dexter-Russell Inc

709

508-765-0201

www.doleref.com

Dometic

3000

574-264-2511

www.dometic.com

Dr. Diesel Technologies

226

951-719-6787

www.drdieseltech.com

Driveline Service of Portland Inc 503-289-2264 Drivelines NW

1343

206-622-8760

www.drivelinesnw.com 606

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

Dykman Electrical Inc

www.dexter1818.com

1544

503-223-2992

www.adykes.com

EAM-Mosca Corporation

730

570-459-3426

www.eammosca.com

Eco Star Collaborative

2601

360-794-9100

www.ecostargroup.com

Economic Alliance of Snohomish County 425-248-4225 Egersund Heroy AS

348

479-183-7072

www.egersundheroy.no

Electric Fishing Reel Systems Inc 336-273-9101 ElectricalHub.com

1108

425-745-1266

www.electricalhub.com/

Electronic Charts Co Inc Elliott Bay Design Group 206-782-3082

Elmore Electric/HIghliner LIghting 206-213-0111 4774855520 Environmental Marine Inc

206-851-8919

www.coastalfluidpower.com

Coastal Transportation 206-282-9979

Coastal Trollers Association 206-291-8068

50

4325

www.coastaltransportation.com 147

coastaltrollersassociation.com

Eltorque AS

225-572-0359 www.distributioninternational.com

606-561-4697

DNV GL

Enviro-Tech Diving Inc

425-861-7977 Dock Street Brokers 206-789-5101

645 www.dnvgl.com 615 www.dockstreetbrokers.com

360-201-0793 ERIKS 253-395-4770

725

www.uselmore.com

Distribution International

1105

1010 www.ebdg.com

800-535-1302 www.discounthydraulichose.com

500

813

www.electroniccharts.com

503-325-7962

www.clatsopcc.edu/MERTS

156

www.elec-tra-mate.com

Discount Hydraulic Hose.com

647

529

www.economicalliancesc.org

Clatsop Community College/MERTS Campus912 Coastal Fluid Power

1304

www.driveshafts.com/

206-282-4990

www.christiegrey.com 1012

954-430-6310

527

www.deckhandapp.com

Deep Trekker Inc 4121

907-276-2007

www.datrex.com

360-739-8060

439

931-359-6211

DSV Air & Sea Inc

Cook Inlet Regional Citizens 907-283-7222

Cascade Engine Center LLC

2500

www.coldsearefrigeration.com

Dole Refrigerating Co

133 www.eltorque.com 702 www.envmar.com 646 www.envirotechdiving.com 343 www.eriksna.com

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2019 Exhibitor Listings Everts Air Cargo

4129

907-243-0009

www.evertsair.com

FabTek Industries

153

206-693-3224

www.fabtekind.com

Farwest Corrosion Control Company

1246

Glamox Aqua Signal Corporation 218-944-4101

Glendinning Marine Products 425-691-7796 616-868-9730

Farwest Steel Corp

Globalstar

360-619-4761

www.farweststeel.com

Filtration Solutions Worldwide 913-829-9056

344 www.fs2500.com

Finning Power Solutions Inc

1150

206-489-5180

www.finningpsi.com

Fisheries Supply Company 800-426-6930

1521

www.fisheriessupply.com

Fishermen's News

220

206-284-8285

www.fishermensnews.com/

Fishtek Marine Ltd

347

441-803-8666-80 403-328-8146

428

Governor Control Systems Inc 425-513-9390

Great Lakes Maritime Academy 231-995-1200

738 www.fossmaritime.com 424

Greenline Fishing Gear A/S

Gaski Marine 902-701-8210 GHUnders 360-580-4161 Giddings Boat Works

348

www.greenlinefishinggear.com

Grundens

721

Hamilton Jet 425-527-3000

1333 www.hamiltonjet.com

HANSA-FLEX USA 253-886-5606

412 www.hansaflexusa.com

Harbor Marine Maintenance

1240

425-259-3285

www.harbormarine.net

512

Hatton Marine

1307

www.freedmanseating.com

206-283-5501

www.hattonmarine.com

www.fraserbronze.com

1213 www.seaangelusa.com 1515 www.FurunoUSA.com

Fusion Marine Technology LLC

913-397-8200

www.greenworldwide.com/

www.guycottenusa.com

Furuno USA, Inc.

Garmin USA

1149

508-997-7075

745

FT - TEC USA Corp

206-216-1048

www.nmc.edu/maritime

Green Worldwide Shipping, LLC 253-327-1600

302

www.flir.com

Freedman Seating Company

360-834-9300

1205, 1207

www.govconsys.com

339

Fraser Bronze Foundry Inc

786-757-1090

www.glosten.com

Guy Cotten Inc

www.fluiddesignproducts.com

702-573-7122

833

206-624-7850

1245

Foss Shipyard

541-888-4712

Glosten

www.grundens.com

Fluid Design Products

360-657-4721

www.Globalstar.com

360-779-4439

603-324-7775

206-281-4731

924

www.flexahopper.com

FLIR Systems Inc

800-774-7554

542

www.glidebearings.com

985-335-1570

4529274021

Flexahopper Plastics Ltd

1444

www.glendinningprods.com/

Glide Bearings & Seal Systems

310-532-9524 www.farwestcorrosion.com/marine 2605

1327

www.glamox.com/gmo

813

www.fusionmarinetech.com 712 www.garmin.com 249 www.gaskimarine.com 300 www.ghunders.com 905 www.giddingsboatworks.com

HDI Marine

1107

971-255-9139

www.hdimarine.net

Highmark Marine Fabrication (907) 486-5220

www.highmarkmarine.com

Hockema Whalen Myers Associates 206-365-0919

4116 1146

www.hockema.com/

Homer Marine Trades Assoc/ Port of Homer 907-399-6003 508-295-2900

4033 227

www.hostarmarine.com

Hotel Nexus, BW Signature Collection/ 360 Hotel Group 206-612-4362

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943

410-643-8900

www.hydrasearch.com

IBERCISA

812

34986213900

www.ibercisa.es

Icom America Inc 425-454-8155

1238 www.icomamerica.com

Imtra Corp

839

508-995-7000

www.imtra.com

Industrial Marine Power Engineering Group 811 604-276-8188

www.impeg.com

Inlet Energy

729

907-343-1245

www.inletenergy.com

Innovation Norway 713-997-9897

1033 www.innovationnorway.no

Integrated Marine Systems Inc 206-284-5710

International Marine Industries Inc 401-849-4982

946

1000

www.imifish.com

International Pacific Halibut Commission 206-634-1838 ioCurrents

1325

206-494-0099

www.iocurrents.com

ITSASKORDA

528

34946169408

www.itsaskorda.es

J&L Hydraulics Inc

1346

509-545-9032

www.jlhydraulics.com

Jastram Engineering

1348

604-988-1111

www.jastram.com

Jensen Maritime Consultants Inc 206-332-8090

515

www.jensenmaritime.com

JK Fabrication Inc/Nordic Products 206-297-7400

852

www.nordicmachine.com

JMP Corporation

913

305-677-8330

www.jmpusa.com

John Deere Power Systems 319-292-5016

911

www.iphc.int

1311

www.JohnDeere.com/marine

800-365-5214 Jotun Paints Inc 800-229-3538 JT Marine Inc 360-750-1300

www.hotelnexusseattle.com

1013

www.imspacific.com

Jo-Kell Inc

www.homemarinetrades.com

HOSTAR Marine Transport Systems

Hydrasearch Company

405 www.jokell.com 742 www.jotun.com 1050 www.jtmarineinc.com

Kaman Fluid Power/ Western Fluid Components

600

51

Pacific Marine Expo 2019 Exhibitor Listings 425-252-0974

www.kamanfluidpower.com/

Kami Tech Inc

121

206-283-9655

www.kamisteel.com

Karl Senner LLC

1413

504-469-4000

www.karlsenner.com

Kent Safety Products 320-252-2056

620

www.kentsafetyproducts.com

Kinematics Marine Equipment Inc 360-659-5415

321

www.kinematicsmarine.com

Kleen Pacific

1042

253-249-7252

www.kleenpacific.com

Klinger IGI

234

800-444-7157-293

www.klingerigi.com

Kobelt Manufacturing Co Ltd 604-572-3935

614 www.kobelt.com

Kodiak Shipyard and Harbors 907-486-8080

4116

www.kodiakshipyard.com

Kolstrand by InMac

333

206-784-2500

www.kolstrand.com

Kongsberg Maritime

921

800-284-5771

www.llebroc.com

Logan Clutch Corporation

1543

440-808-4258

www.loganclutch.com

Longsoaker Fishing Systems 360-393-5038

449 www.longsoaker.com

Lunde Marine Electronics Inc

Maritime Fabrications Inc 360-466-3629 Marport Americas Inc

1221

206-789-3011 www.lundemarineelectronics.com

Mavrik Marine

238

Lynden Inc

360-296-4051

www.mavrikmarine.com

4130

907-339-5150

www.lynden.com

MacGregor Rapp

939

206-286-8162

www.macgregor.com

Mackay Marine - Div. of Mackay Communications, Inc.

www.mackaymarine.com

Macondray Fish Company

142

310-890-2414 206-601-9360

643

www.mainemaritime.edu

MAJA Food-Technology Inc

307

www.majafoodtechnology.com

McDermott Light & Signal

337-364-0777

825

Kumho Fishing Tackle Co

342

827-051-3086-42

www.kumhohook.co.kr

KVH Industries Inc

1239

401-847-3327

www.kvh.com

Laclede Chain Manufacturing Company 636-680-2321

330

www.lacledechain.com

Lee Shore Boats Inc

3001

360-797-1244

www.leeshoreboats.com

707-652-7356

947

www.mareislanddrydock.com

Marel

311

206-781-1827

www.marel.com

Maretron

1132

602-861-1707

www.maretron.com

Marine & Construction Supplies LLC 206-782-8822

201

www.mcsllcusa.com

Marine Exchange of Alaska

4122

907-463-2607

www.mxak.org

Marine Exchange of Puget Sound 206-443-3830

4122

www.marexps.com

Marine Instruments SA

826

621

0034 986366360

www.marineinstruments.es

800-426-8860

www.lfsmarineoutdoor.com

Marine Jet Power

1111

LifeMed Alaska

4004

907-249-8356

www.lifemedalaska.com

LFS Marine Supplies

Lignum-Vitae Bearings 804-337-7169

www.lignum-vitae-bearings.com

Little Hoquiam Shipyard 360-538-1622 Llebroc Industries

52

506 801

www.littlehoquiamshipyard.com 213

614-759-9000

www.marinejetpower.com

Marine Systems Inc 206-784-3302

1233 marinesystemsinc.com/

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ADVERTISERS INDEX Advanced Mechanical Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Marine Propulsion Diesel Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

AdvanTec Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Maritime Partners LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Ahead Sanitation Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

McDermott Light & Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

All American Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Metal Shark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

American Equity Underwriters (The) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Mitsubishi Turbocharger and Engine America, Inc . . . . . . . . . 31

American VULKAN Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Motor-Services Hugo Stamp Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

BAE Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

MTU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Bloom Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Nabrico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Bostrom, H .O . Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Pacific Marine Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Browns Point Marine Service, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Panolin America Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

C & C Marine and Repair LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Phoenix Labor Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

David Clark Company Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Platypus Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Duramax Marine LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV3

Reliable Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV SNIPE, 17

engines, inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

R W Fernstrum & Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Environmental Marine Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Smith Berger Marine Inc/Marco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

FLIR Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Springfield Marine Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Force Control Industries Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

St Johns Shipbuilding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Furuno USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Tandemloc, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

International WorkBoat Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26+27

TEUFELBERGER Fiber Rope Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Karl Senner, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV4

Transport Systems and Products Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Kohler Power Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Twin Disc Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV2

Konrad Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Volvo Penta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Lyon Shipyard Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Walther Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Marine Jet Power AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Weems & Plath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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, 2019 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.

Annual Subscriptions for WorkBoat: USA: $39.00 Canada: $55.00 All other countries: Airmail $103.00 INDIVIDUAL STOCKHOLDERS OWNING OR HOLDING 1% OR MORE OF TOTAL AMOUNT OF DIVERSIFIED HOLDING CO. STOCK AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

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

24,545

24,002

-0-

-0-

23,092

21,783

Total Paid and/or Requested Circulation: 22,092

21,783

Free Distribution

by Mail:

1,704

1,676

Free Distribution outside the Mail:

460

250

Total Nonrequested Distribution:

2,164

1,926

Total Distribution:

24,256

23,709

289

293

24,545

24,002

90.0% 3,045

90.8% 3,353

Copies Not Distributed: Office Use, Left overs, Spoiled Total: Percent Paid and/or Requested Circulation: Paid Electronic Copies

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LOOKS BACK NOVEMBER 1949

• At least a dozen witnesses didn’t get a chance to testify at a recent meeting of the Maritime Affairs Subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee when hearings on the Hart bill to license deck officers on diesel driven or other internal combustion vessels were postponed indefinitely. The only witnesses heard were officers of the AFL

Masters, Mates and Pilots Union who strongly endorsed the bill. The bill would give the Coast Guard authority to examine deck officers on internal combustion driven vessels of 100 tons and over, which would cover most inland waterways barges. Witnesses who didn’t testify represented barge operators, including Chester C. Thompson of the American Waterways Operators.

Thompson was going NOVEMBER 1959 to testify • A 70'×20'×8' twin-screw pushtype towboat, the third of three, was delivered recently to the government of Argentina. Built by Todd Shipyards, Houston, the boat will work on the Parana River. The towboat is powered by two turbocharged 300-hp Atlas diesels.

The new vessels will be operated by Flota de Transportes Fluvial Fluvial, Buenos Aires.

• Bell Marine NOVEMBER 1969 Service,

• The self-propelled deepwater drillship Typhoon, converted from the World War II-era refrigerated cargo ship Karin at Bethlehem Steel’s Beaumont, Texas, shipyard, was commissioned Oct. 2. Built for Storm Drilling Co., Houston, the Typhoon is the first drillship in the company’s rig fleet. The ship can drill in water up to 600' deep.

Built in 1945, the Karin was one of 64

against the bill, arguing that barge companies have an excellent safety record and that the licensing would be a hardship on deck officers with good boat sense but poor written exam skills.

Houston, took delivery recently of a 65'×24'×7'6" pusher tug. Built by Harrisburg Machine Co., Houston, the Commuter is powered by a pair of 650-hp White Superior diesels.

105 C1 and other U.S. Maritime Commission type vessels built at the same Beaumont yard. Originally 338'×50', the drillship is now 380'×70'. The Typhoon’s width was expanded by 10' sponsons running about 250' along both sides of the hull. The sponsons, built by the yard and welded to the ship’s sides, provide added stability and also serve as part of the base for the 170' derrick. www.workboat.com • NOVEMBER 2019 • WorkBoat

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