PASSENGER VESSEL ASSOCIATION tel: 1 (800) 807-8360 • fax: (703) 518-5151 • pvainfo@passengervessel.com JULY 2018 • FOGHORN 3 FOGHORN Focus: Environmental Issues Volume 17, Number 06 JULY 2018 FOGHORN (USPS Number 023-702) is published monthly except combined January/February by Philips Publishing LLC, 4257 24th Avenue W, Seattle WA 98199. Periodicals postage paid at Seattle, WA and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to FOGHORN, c/o Passenger Vessel Association, 103 Oronoco Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314. Copyright 2018 by the Passenger Vessel Association. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written consent of the Passenger Vessel Association. PRINTED WITH SOY INK FOGHORN is a monthly publication of the Passenger Vessel Association. Copyright 2018. All rights reserved. PRESIDENT Gus Gaspardo, Padelford Packet Boat Co., Saint Paul, MN VICE PRESIDENT Bob Lawler, Boston Duck Tours, Boston, MA SECRETARY/TREASURER Colleen Stephens, Stan Stephens Glacier and Wildlife Cruises, Valdez, AK BOARD MEMBERS Bob Bijur, Island Queen Cruises, Miami, FL Chip Collopy, Shoreline Marine Company, Chicago, IL Richard Davison, Paradise Cruise Ltd., Honolulu, HI Jim DeSimone, Staten Island Ferry, Staten Island, NY Steve Jones, Gateway Clipper Fleet, Pittsburgh, PA Alison Nolan, Boston Harbor Cruises, Boston, MA Hoyt Purinton, Washington Island Ferry Line, Washington, Island, WI Bob Scribner, Charleston Harbor Tours/ Schooner Pride, Charleston, SC Jim Swindler, Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, San Francisco, CA ASSOCIATE MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE Rob McMahon, Pinnacle Marine Corporation, Stoddard, WI PAST PRESIDENTS Jeff Whitaker, Hudson River Cruises, Inc., Kingston, NY Margo Marks, Charlevoix, MI Dave Anderson, Fire Island Ferries, Bay Shore, NY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR John R. Groundwater LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR Edmund Welch REGULATORY AFFAIRS CONSULTANT Peter Lauridsen DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Leslie Kagarise DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT Jennifer Wilk DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS AND RISK MANAGEMENT Eric Christensen GENERAL COUNSEL Steven Bers, Whiteford, Taylor and Preston EDITORIAL OFFICES Managing Editor: Karen Rainbolt pvafoghorn@aol.com 2771 Houston Dr., Los Osos, CA 93402 TEL: (571) 388-7752 CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Richard Purinton: richard@wisferry.com Washington Island Ferry Line, Washington Island, WI ADVERTISING AND BUSINESS OFFICES Publisher: Peter Philips, peter@philipspublishing.com ADVERTISING SALES: Bill Forslund: bill@philipspublishing.com 4257 24th Avenue W, Seattle, WA 98199 TEL: (206) 284-8285 FAX: (206) 284-0391 www.philipspublishing.com About the Cover One of the most far-reaching advancements for the commercial passenger vessel industry is now underway: the design and building of a zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell ferry. Water-Go-Round will be tested in the San Francisco Bay beginning in 2019 before permanently joining Red and White Fleet. Story, page 10. Photo: Incat Crowther Columns 4 President’s Letter 5 Executive Director’s Letter 20 Business Matters 22 Legislative Report 26 How PVA Benefits You 28 Safety Matters 31 Newswire 32 PVA Green WATERS News 34 Member News 35 New Members 37 Calendar 38 Advertisers’ Index 6 Operating in the New Climate Climate change is challenging the operations of some PVA members. Adapting to the new climate takes serious thought and action according to Robin Trinko Russell and Michael Collins. 10 PVA Members Team Up to Build Nation’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vessel Groundbreaking work is underway thanks to a grant that is making in possible for the first commercial passenger vessel in the U.S. to built with a zero-emission hydrogen propulsion system. 14 PVA Green WATERS Announces New Voluntary Campaign Aimed at Reducing Plastic in Waterways Eight million tons of plastic leak into the oceans annually, according to one report. Since clean waterways benefit the passenger vessel industry, PVA’s Green WATERS Program is starting a new voluntary campaign to reduce pollution. 18 The Time Is Now for Green Solutions in the Marine Industry David Grucza offers his perspective on why the marine industry should embrace green solutions to lead in the creation of a water-based environmentally-friendly transportation system.