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• The U.S. Coast Guard’s new Subchapter M Rule promises to enhance the safety of assets and operations on America’s inland waterways.
• A new joint industry project seeks to develop standards that will reduce costs and increase operating efficiencies for offshore oil and gas projects.
• The word seems to be everywhere and applied to everything, but what does it actually mean for the maritime industry?
• The American Petroleum Institute is developing standards to help oil and gas companies tackle the challenge of producing from high-pressure, high-temperature reservoirs.
• The Liberty Ships of World War II helped win a war and revolutionize an industry.
• ABS CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki on the surprising connection between Liberty Ships and the ships of the future.