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Briefs 8 10 12 14 Tech File Ultimate Fat Burner Insights Commodore John Keever talks Training Boat of the Month From the Oil Patch to the Party Contracts Bollinger Wins JHSV Deal Columns 20 Offshore: Time to Open the Eastern GOM
Depend less on foreign oil by opening our waters � by Don G. Briggs, LOGA
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22 Government: Call for a TWIC Fix
Congress looks to expedite TWIC � by Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
24 Legal: Using a Tax Free Exchange
Great opportunity from MarAd � by
Lawrence R. DeMarcay, III
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26 LITE Center Says "Come on in"
The Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise, or LITE Center, is a comprehensive and tightly integrated data visualization and supercomputing installation. � by Matt Gresham
30 Apprenticeships are the Solution
In addressing the chronic and long-term shortage of qualified maritime workers, PMI suggests a vocational approach through marine apprenticeships. � by Gregg Trunnell
38 Bunkering the 3 Queens
Cunard's three Queen's -- Queen Elizabeth 2, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria -- recently made a historic stop in New York Harbor. � by Don Sutherland
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