38 NOVEMBER 2017 • FOGHORN ADVERTISERS’INDEX LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 importance to them and engage in detailed conversations with their peers. The following conferences will be featured: • PVA Sales and Marketing Conference • PVA Ferry Conference • PVA New Technologies Conference • PVA Green WATERS Conference In addition, the extremely informative PVATicketing and Reservation Software Roundtable will be held again along with the very successful Innovative Battery Technologies Roundtable. MariTrends 2018 Exhibit Floor Growing quickly as vendors from throughout the passenger vessel industry gather to showcase their products and services for passenger vessel operators, the MariTrends 2018 exhibit floor is the gathering place for the PVA Annual Convention at MariTrends 2018. More than 80 exhibitors will showcase a variety of products and services aimed at your business. While attending the convention, you will interact with shipyards, marine electronics providers, seating manufacturers, engine companies, ticketing and reservation software companies, marine architects, credit card process- ing companies, photographic services providers and much more. Savannah—A Spectacular Convention City Known as one of the “World’s 30 Friendliest Cities” by Condé Nast Traveler readers, this coastal town has a world- class reputation for hospitality. A variety of new and trendy restaurants smoothly combine new era cuisine with tradi- tional Southern fare. Inviting oak-lined streets and grand architecture also provides plenty of opportunities to explore the City. All in all, Savannah serves as an exciting site for the PVA Annual Convention at MariTrends 2018 and its attendees. See You There! The PVA Annual Convention at MariTrends 2018 may be the most important event that you attend all year. I hope that you will join your colleagues in the passenger vessel industry in Savannah and take advantage of all that it has to offer you and your business. In the meantime, please let me know if we can ever be of assistance to you. Sincerely, John R. Groundwater Executive Director n All American Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Aon Risk Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Arcadia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Bay Ship and Yacht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Blount Boats, Inc,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Burger Boat Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Carus Ferry Ab Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Centa Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Dejong and Lebet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Delaware River and Bay Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Driveline Service of Portland, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 FareHarbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Flagship Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Freedman Seating Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Furuno USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 GPLINK LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Gulfstream Shipbuilding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Hamilton Jet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Horizon Shipbuilding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 HUMPHREE® USA LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Jensen Maritime Consultants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 John Deere Power Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Kobelt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Marine Group Boat Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Mavrik Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 MCM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 MER Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Metal Shark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Motor Services Hugo Stamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 MTU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Propspeed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Passenger Vessel Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Scania USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Springfield Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Starboard Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Trans4media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Twin Disc, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 UES Seating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Virtual Ticketing Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 West Marine Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 WheelHouse Technologies, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Yank Marine Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17