Sponsors

Safety, Service, Solutions. These three goals define the activities of ABS, a leading international classification society. ABS develops and verifies standards for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of ships and other marine structures. From our headquarters in Houston, Texas, ABS delivers services and solutions to our clients through a network of more than 150 local representative offices in 70 countries.

Senesco Marine LLC is the premier Northeast builder of double-hulled barges, tugboats, and other vessels. We provide our customers with on-time delivery and unmatched quality and workmanship backed by our highly-skilled employees. This same commitment carries right through to our Repair Division, offering repair work and dry dock services.

ConocoPhillips uses its pioneering spirit to responsibly deliver energy to the world. This purpose transcends all of ConocoPhillips’ operations. The company conducts its business to return maximum value to shareholders while utilizing a wealth of knowledge and resources from its employees and acting responsibly in all communities in which it operates.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, ConocoPhillips operates in more than 30 countries.

With roots several decades deep in farm equipment manufacturing, John Deere is often first thought of as a global leader in agriculture. Some overlook that we're also a worldwide leader in many other industries linked to the land — including off-highway diesel engines. Today, John Deere produces diesel engines for agriculture, construction, forestry, mining, generator drive, marine, and thousands of other applications around the world. Commercial and recreational boat owners have been relying on John Deere engines for more than 30 years. John Deere PowerTech™ engines are powerful, durable, fuel-efficient, and easy to maintain. And they are backed by a vast service and support network that can keep you operating — no matter where you go.

Currently, Ocean Tug/Barge Engineering has either directly designed, or been a fully participating engineering partner, for 38 operational AT/B’s in the US market over the span of over a quarter century. We are also engaged in six newbuild projects in the US as of 2006, and one overseas. This means the firm will have had a hand in over 70% of the operational AT/B’s in service in America – including, nearly 80% of those built or converted since 1994. The experience encompasses connection systems of all kinds, including Intercon, of which the firm's principal is co-inventor; Bludworth, Hydraconn and Articouple.

The firm has also now entered the international marketplace, with units under design for service in the Far East, and Eastern Europe, and is pioneering the application of alternative "green" power sources for the tug/barge marketplace worldwide. The firm has also expanded its product range with the introduction of new, high technology harbor and offshore tug designs.

Safety has been at the heart of our work since 1760 and we invest our time, money and resources to fulfill Lloyd’s Register’s mission: to protect life and property and advance transportation and engineering education and research. Through our impartial advice, broader knowledge, deeper experience and closer relationships we help ensure a safer world.

Founded in 1975, Alan C. McClure Associates, Inc. (ACMA) is one of the industry’s premier naval architecture and engineering firms. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, we’ve provided advanced engineering and design services to our international clientele in offshore exploration, production and marine transportation for more than 35 years.

ACMA services range from analytical design to project management and construction services, which include equipment selection, vessel equipment start-up and vessel sea trials. Our projects have included drilling rigs, tension leg platforms (TLPs), floating production systems and support craft for the offshore petroleum industry, as well as for ships, barges, tugs, buoys and marine terminals.

Wartsila is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets.  By emphasizing technological innovation and total efficiency, Wartsila maximizes the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers.  The company has operations in 160 locations in 70 countries around the world and is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.