Marine Log - July 2008 - (Page 4)

July 2008 Vol. 113 No. 7 John R. Snyder Editor ISSN 08970491 MARINELOG USPS 576-910 PRESIDENT Arthur J. McGinnis, Jr. amcginnis@sbpub.com jsnyder@sbpub.com editorial PUBLISHER & EDITOR John R. Snyder SENIOR EDITORIAL CONSULTANT Nicholas Blenkey nblenkey@sbpub.com ASSISTANT EDITOR Shirley Del Valle sdelvalle@sbpub.com nkitchen@msn.com wbeber@comcast.net psexton@sbpub-chicago.com wwilliams@sbpub.com pdesiere@sbpub.com Elections and energy policy CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Nigel Kitchen CONTRIBUTING EDITOR William B. Ebersold MARKETING DIRECTOR Peter Sexton CREATIVE DIRECTOR Wendy Williams ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR Phil Desiere C limate change will be central to any future energy policy. So what are the de facto Presidential candidates talking about? Last month, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain called for a $300 million reward for the inventor of a better battery for an electric car. He also flip-flopped from an earlier position and came out squarely in favor of lifting the federal ban on offshore drilling and opening up the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve to oil exploration. Perhaps a recent fundraiser in Louisiana changed his mind. Meanwhile, Democratic Presidential candidate Barrack Obama opposes lifting the ban on offshore drilling and instead favors incentives for biofuels. Obama also opposes the expansion of nuclear energy. Both candidates support a “cap and trade” scheme for lowering emissions. So, what’s the mood of the country? When it comes to taking the nation’s environmental pulse, California is a good place to start. Last month, American Honda announced its first five U.S. customers—including actress Jamie Lee Curtis—for what it is calling the first production hydrogen fuel cell-powered car, FCX Clarity. All the customers are from California, where there already are 204 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Infrastructure is, of course, an issue, but Honda is setting up a dealership and service network, and there are about 25 hydrogen refueling stations and another nine planned in the state. Hydrogen fuel cells are one of several green technologies that are being tested in the marine market. In late April, Germanischer Lloyd certified a 150passenger Icelandic whale watching boat with a hydrogen fuel cell auxiliary power unit. Back in 2005, Wallenius Marine, along with Wartsila and DNV, began testing Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for auxiliary power aboard its ships under a European Union-backed project. Foss Maritime will launch a hybrid tug this October from its shipyard in Portland, Ore., for operation in the Port of Long Beach. Crowley, too, is said to be close to ordering an LNG-powered tug for operation on the West Coast. It is not clear which of these technologies will emerge as the “winner” in the green sweepstakes. What would be welcome is more federal funding backing research, development and testing of environmentally friendly technologies for the commercial marine market. MARITIME & PORT SECURITY And, speaking of the Presidential election, port security could take a whole new shape, depending upon who takes the White House (see this month’s Inside Washington). With that in mind, we’d like your input in creating the agenda for Marine Log’s Maritime & Port Security 2009, which will be held in January. Please email your proposed topics to me at the e-mail address below or Nick Blenkey at nblenkey@sbpub.com. jsnyder@sbpub.com ART PRODUCTION MANAGER Todd Blanchard tblanchard@sbpub.com PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Mary Conyers-Brown NATIONAL SALES DIRECTOR Roland Espinosa mbrown@sbpub.com respinosa@sbpub.com INTERNATIONAL SALES MANAGER Donna Edwards dedwards@sbpub.com SALES REPRESENTATIVE -KOREA Young-Seoh Chinn SALES MANAGER Jeff Sutley CLASSIFIED SALES Diane Okon CONFERENCE DIRECTOR Jane Poterala CONFERENCE COORDINATOR Michelle M. Zolkos CONFERENCE ASSISTANT Latima Meynard jesmedia@unitel.co.kr jsutley@sbpub.com dokon@sbpub-chicago.com jpoterala@sbpub.com mzolkos@sbpub.com lmeynard@sbpub.com A SIMMONS-BOARDMAN PUBLICATION EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS OFFICES 345 Hudson Street New York, N.Y. 10014 TEL: (212) 620-7200 FAX: (212) 633-1165 website: www.marinelog.com e-mail: marinelog@sbpub.com CIRCULATION & SUBSCRIPTIONS: Call toll free (800) 895-4389, Monday-Friday 9 am—5 pm EST. 4 MARINE LOG JULY 2008 www.marinelog.com http://www.marinelog.com http://www.abb.com http://www.abb.com http://www.marinelog.com

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