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Briefs 8 Tech File Rapid Oil Containment Barrier 10 Insights Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant, USCG 12 Boat of the Month The Unlimited Columns
� By Dorman L. Strahan, OMSA
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16 Offshore: Maritime Business Doesn't Stop at the Shoreline 18 Legal: Where Have All of the U.S. Offshore Workers Gone?
� By Charles T. Blocksidge & Jonathan K. Waldron, Blank Rome
20 Finance: Capital and Financial Indices
� By Richard J. Paine, Sr., President, Marine-Finance.com
Features
36 Moving Day
When the Lieb House needed a new home, it got there via barge.
� By Don Sutherland
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42 Z-Drives at Work
Insights on Southern Towing's choice of a Z-Drive pushboat.
� By Alan Haig-Brown
48 Offshore FLNG Market Prospects
Massive projects for floating energy production could prove a boom for the workboat business.
� By Lucy Miller & Steve Robertson
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52 Aries Marine Invests in the Future
Despite a "terrible" offshore market, Aries Marine is looking long terms, and it likes the view.
Departments 68 62 67 68 70 People & Companies By the Numbers Technology Bits Directory
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